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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

When Apple started using the catchphrase “There’s an app for that” in 2009 to convey the breadth and variety of apps available in its App Store, we could barely begin to picture just how true that would become – well over half the time spent online in the US is spent on smartphone apps. . And then there’s messaging.

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How to be a great product manager during a recession

Product Management Unpacked

The Great Recession (December 2007- June 2009). We are no longer in growth mode, it’s not about competitive differentiation to win new deals; it is about customer retention to keep subscriptions and renewals coming in. The Iran/Energy Crisis Recession: (July 1981 – November 1982). The Great Lockdown (March 2020-?).

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5 Lessons in Designing Physical Products for Software Product Managers

Mind the Product

In 2009, I’d already had 15-year career in the tech industry, mainly as a product manager at software companies like Microsoft and Adobe. Can you make it just as cool and differentiated as your product? But that year, I decided to take the plunge into physical products, launching KOR Water with my partner Eric Barnes.

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Goodbye Scion – What Happened To You?

The Accidental Product Manager

At the time Toyota was targeting the Generation X buyers and the Scion brand offered them a differentiation from the Toyota core line of cars. This is a similar problem to the one that General Motors faced back in 2009 with their Saturn brand. This type of customer does not value the differentiation as much.

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Winning product analytics

Mixpanel

In 2009, when Mixpanel was founded, the world was in a period of uncertainty and still facing the Great Recession. The data ecosystem looks nothing like it did when we got started in 2009. Amid a bleak outlook, companies like Slack, WhatsApp, and Uber were founded and began to lay the groundwork for orchestrating major paradigm shifts.

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Growth, Funding, Pivotal Moments and the Evolution of Adzerk to Kevel

Business of Software Conference

2:44 James Avery, Kevel: And this around 2009 I started the company that became Adzerk right around when I went to my first business of software in San Francisco. But it was interesting, because it really was like the first Boston within 2009 was when I decided, like, I’ve got to get an offer ad network business.

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9 Startups to Help You Build Your Virtual Economy

Sachin Rekhi

Peanut Labs also has built an impressive selection of direct payment options that differentiates them from other players in the space. I expect in 2009 we will see continued growth throughout the virtual currency ecosystem. Peanut Labs specializes in quality market research surveys, which are often the best type of soft offer.