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A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital)

Lenny Rachitsky

Before moving into venture capital, he played a crucial role as VP of Product and Design at Dropbox, guiding the company until its IPO in 2018. examples: Vanta, Lattice, Persona] Level two: Developing product-market fit. examples: Looker, Ironclad] Level three: Strong product-market fit, where the fish are jumping into the boat.

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The Incredible Speakers for #mtpcon London 2018

Mind the Product

Mind the Product London 2018 on October 18-19 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. Ivy has also been a contributing author to numerous books, including The Change Champion’s Field Guide and Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organizational Change. Get those 2018 tickets now!

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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

2018: "Can you teach people how to do MVP experiments? We started seeing the need for product leadership, even at the largest of companies. -- 2011: "What is a user story?" There will be more CPOs and leadership positions in product, but not enough people to fill them. We are a real business." How do we write hypotheses well?

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.

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NebraskaProduct 2018 | Building a Local Product Community

The Product Coalition

They have to keep an ear to the ground for changes in their market. They deal with leadership pressures and expectations. For 2018, we spent the year creating a meetup-driven product community in our very own Good Life state. What we learned in 2018 Treat the community as a product. Enter NebraskaProduct.

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2018: Product Feedback Trends in B2B SaaS

The Product Coalition

We’re not quite at the end of 2018 but it’s proving to be a very exciting year here at Receptive. There have been a lot of changes as a result of the SaaS industry beginning to capitalize on the power of product demand data from their customers, teams and the market. We call it the Product Feedback Policy. is just too big to ignore. #2

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From Product Management to Product Leadership

The Product Coalition

Rather, professionals who desire a career in product management often come to the role with degrees in Engineering, Marketing, Economics, Computer Science, etc. Originally published at fromchemistrytoclouds.com on May 31, 2018. Product Managers do not leave institutions of higher learning with degrees in Product Management.