The Product Coalition

JANUARY 13, 2021

Educating the market is hard enough as is, but there is one thing without which you cannot succeed. It was Friday, November 16th, 2007. The one thing all these ways had in common was that the underlying need, the problem that you want to solve for your customers, was there regardless of your product. We met at a local park.

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Sachin Rekhi

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Marc Andreessen initially introduced the concept of product/market fit in this post published in 2007. It was an incredibly helpful notion to explain why startup products were failing left & right as well as provided a guiding north star on what you ultimately needed to achieve to build a successful startup.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2022

What is engineering as marketing and how can it help you drive product growth and boost your authority in your industry? In this article, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about engineering as marketing, including: What is engineering as marketing? One of their biggest target markets is weddings.

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Andrew Chen

JANUARY 9, 2020

Fascinating discussion about what it’s like for a serial entrepreneur to raise money, operate a startup, lessons learned, etc. Why startups are hard – the math of venture capital tells the story. Tldr; half of startups fail, and a small portion – 6% – make all of the money. And other Q&A.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2007, Boston, U.S. Flash Belt 2008, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2008, San Francisco, U.S. FITC Winnipeg 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2005, Canada Flash Forward 2005, New York, U.S.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2020

So I want to share my take when to suggest for monolithic and when to suggest for microservices from several aspects: Product Phases When our product are still on proof of concept / MVP phase, I strongly suggest to use monolithic architecture , since there is no guarantee that the product would be used often.

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Invented in 2007 by Dave McClure, pirate metrics is a framework that is still used by businesses to measure and optimize customer interaction across their lifecycle. Step 3 to implement pirate metrics in your SaaS: use a product adoption tool and A/B test in-product experiences to drive those metrics up. What are Pirate Metrics?

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

Another incredibly important aspect for product managers to master is defining and iterating on your product's strategy. A compelling strategy details exactly how you'll dominate your market and is constantly refined until you find product/market fit. Design is the third critical dimension of product management.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Starting in April, I’m returning to my roots to invest in and help grow the next generation of startups. I’ll be focused on consumer startups, bottoms up SaaS, marketplaces, and more – utilizing my expertise in growth to launch and scale new companies. Incredibly excited.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

In late 2007, a pair of roommates found themselves scraping their wallets to come up with enough cash to cover their exorbitant San Francisco rent. Anthony Kennada , the Chief Marketing Officer at Gainsight , has helped navigate these tricky waters and put the Customer Success category on the map. Focus on people, not just product.

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The Product Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Hello, all you product-loving folks! 🥰 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ Thank you for reading Product Café’s newsletter ☕️ Subscribe for free to receive new posts every week!

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Userpilot

JULY 5, 2022

Small but regular improvements are a more reliable way to achieve product-market fit. If your customer feedback shows your product is very different from what they need, don’t wait and pivot. Closing the customer feedback loop will help your product stay relevant in the face of changing market trends and user expectations.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 18, 2019

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? Or big market! All of that said, beyond the obvious things (team, market, product, etc.) First, it’s interesting when a startup using a new platform or a new technology in a clever way.

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The Basics of Product Management

JULY 21, 2020

However, it is important to note that the market for these products is still unproven. The right product strategy is necessary to make the smart glass product a success. It is all a question about timing and finding the right product market fit. This holds true for all the recent Apple product categories.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2016

Shawn Anderson & Shane Corellian: Alternative Marketing, or “Oops I Did A Marketing” Ayat Shukairy: Why “Customer First” Fails & What To Do About It. Matt Wensing: 1 Startup In 10 Years vs 1,000 Startups in 10 Minutes. Matt Wensing: 1 Startup In 10 Years vs 1,000 Startups in 10 Minutes.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 18, 2019

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? Or big market! All of that said, beyond the obvious things (team, market, product, etc.) First, it’s interesting when a startup using a new platform or a new technology in a clever way.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

As many of you know, I'm a huge proponent of on-demand computing as I believe it's the best starting point for most early stage web startups. At my previous startup Anywhere.FM , we were an early adopter of Amazon Web Services in 2007.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2020

Currently, he’s co-founder and CEO of Drift, a startup that’s making it easier for businesses to talk to their customers. Previously, he was at HubSpot as Chief Product Officer after they acquired his company Performable. David Cancel // CEO & Co-founder, Drift. ML : Fantastic. What was the first company? E-commerce is dead.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 17, 2020

Having founded Doist in 2007, Amir Salihefendic is the CEO and founder of the company behind Todoist and Twist. So, we are creators of two tools; One is a task manager app that I started actually in 2007. And I kind of find like a product market fit todoist. And I needed to hire people.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 30, 2021

And there were lots of conferences for startups and lots of conferences for people that were raising funds and IPO going and all sorts of crazy old things. So you’ve come in and you’ve been running annual conferences since 2007, and then bi annual conferences since 2014, when you launched the EU as well as the US conference.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

One is that some stuff around product and team and building a new, a new breakout, very different product to the one that you’ve got. There are some questions around marketing. And I know you don’t do any marketing, haha. But again, you forget that the real work comes from maintaining products.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tim Barker has established three startups and has seen the ups and downs of the startup journey, from his first business being acquired by Salesforce – where he spent five years in the formative age of cloud computing – to his current company DataSift being acquired by Meltwater in 2018. Tim Barker, CEO, DataSift.

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