The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Navigating the corporate world is a complex task, especially for established large companies. However, with the growing need for innovation and agility, many of these companies are looking at methodologies like Lean Startup to help them adapt and thrive in turbulent waters. Worse, it might introduce bugs or security flaws.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Our Chairman and Co-founder, Eoghan McCabe , sat down for a chat with Harry Stebbings on the Twenty Minute VC podcast to discuss his startup journey and the lessons he learned while building Intercom. What distinguishes good leadership from bad? So, that was what Intercom was all about originally, and still is today. Surprise people.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 24, 2024

He is the CEO and founder of CRED, an Indian-based fintech startup valued at over $6 billion. Prior to CRED, he founded three other startups, including Freecharge, which he sold for over $400 million to Snapdeal. He has also been an advisor to India’s most influential organizations.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. I temporarily relocated there with 2 more developers from my company. We were trying to catch up and close the timeline gaps SARS has created for an important tech transfer project with a Chinese startup. On that same day, I landed in the city.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Startups also have a silent killer. Unaware of it, you let it slide — and it grows and grows until the entire company is impacted. Still, because startup life is so hectic — it might feel like business as usual. Note: everything I say here is true for mature product companies as well. For startups, this can be the end.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

During our careers, we noticed specific issues that re-occur between CEOs and their CPO/VP product in early-stage startups. Early-stage startups are characterized by their fast-paced and dynamic nature, with teams working tirelessly to bring their products to market, validate their assumptions, and gain customer traction.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?” Moving into product leadership moves you away from the day-to-day hands-on tools and into a primarily coaching role.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

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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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. Today I want to talk about the blind spots that hiring companies have since they are at least as important for the ability to hire and succeed with the person that will help your company fly. Hiring a product leader is never easy.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I recently completed the process of hiring for a Head of Design role at my current company and was surprised when I couldn’t find much quality content anywhere (YouTube, Medium, even Google) on how to assess a designer’s portfolio, especially a designer for a senior leadership position. What I look for in a designer portfolio 1.

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TurnKey Labs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Fractional CFOs have gained momentum in recent years, empowering startups and SMEs with affordable financial leadership.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 7, 2022

Trends influencing the future of leadership – for product managers. Today we are talking about what product managers should know about the future of leadership. By the nature of the role, product managers are leaders, as they must influence others, and many product managers will be in senior leadership roles in the future.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

Working in startups and big technology companies, I’ve encountered one question more than most: “How do I make the switch from engineering to product management?”. What differences lie in the company expectations? What makes startups fail or succeed in their mission?”, Who am I building for?, and so on. Watch them below.

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Modus Create

MARCH 17, 2022

Executives across industries are reimagining leadership principles that thrive in an agile business environment — principles that don’t treat change as an anomaly but a culture. . What is Agile Leadership? 5 Principles of Agile Leadership. Here are five agile leadership principles that have served us well: 1.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Last week I joined the Mind the Product Leadership Forum in London. Whether we work at a big company or a small startup, we need to monitor how our teams are growing. Another hot topic at the MTP Leadership Forum was related to autonomy. Leadership can be Lonely. So, here it is. Hope you enjoy it. Is it enough?

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

His people-first leadership approach lives on through his son who recognized his father’s skills and ability to lead by example. I recall the startup founder who literally bounced with excitement when we discussed the product being built. They understand in the absence of learning, companies are doomed to repeat old practices.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In the past few jobs I’ve had (and excluding the time I started my own company), I’ve gotten in the habit of asking one question right off the bat. (OK, You see, whenever I would join a new company, I would spend much of my time meeting with engineering, sales, product management, and design marketing leaders and support.

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Modus Create

JULY 2, 2021

If you’ve ever worked in a successful early-stage startup, you must be familiar with the euphoria of the first signs of growth. Many startups struggle to carry the momentum of the initial growth spurt. . So, why do most startups struggle to scale? Growth is sacred for startups. It’s a phase that energizes the entire team.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 3, 2023

Many companies are working on digital transformation, but they’re struggling to see results. Creating a new startup is a different challenge. A lot of companies are pumping out demos of AI passing the bar exam or creating a marketing plan in 30 seconds. The pace at which each new wave of change comes is speeding up.

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Bryce York

APRIL 19, 2023

In the dynamic and fast-paced environment of startups, product leaders play a crucial role in driving innovation and steering the company toward success. Groupthink Prevention : The lack of rigorous processes in startups can potentially increase the risk of groupthink. Steelman arguments?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Did you know that 42% of startups fail because no one wants to buy their product? Product experts have tried to tackle this issue but they gloss over the impact a company’s structure and leadership team have on product/market fit. And variances in industry and company size add complexity to this issue.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 9, 2022

We’re delighted to share that Intercom has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 2022 , landing at #35 on the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. Intercom helps companies build strong customer relationships through ongoing, personalized, and engaging communication.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

the startup was intentionally built to scale in every way, from their product and development to their culture, core values and even leadership. Creating Meaningful Core Values In the early 2000s, René saw very few companies embracing the idea of core values. That’s the goal.” Until he landed at Intuit.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy." Product Strategy = Company Strategy in this case.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But when you’re an early-stage company, proactive management is difficult without the right resources and tooling. Early-stage companies have started to create a decent customer base. Internal Culture Customer Success is not the responsibility of one team, it’s a company-wide effort. Company morale.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

How NOT to manage a Startup As a product manager, I led 2 teams in my recent startup gig with a lot of uncertainty, distractions and constant changes that impacted the engineers. A startup that is trying to scale, there are good and bad times. We had grown more than 30% without proper guard rails and senior leadership.

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Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

How do you partner with startups to fuel the innovation programs at your company? Find out in this episode of the Enterprise Product Leadership podcast. The post How to partner with startups to fuel your innovation with Haven Allen appeared first on Daniel Elizalde.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 1, 2023

I’ve been at a number of product events recently where conversations turned to fractional work, joining or launching a startup, or simply taking time off due to a lack of opportunity in one’s current situation. We came up with a few potential factors. Their team is there to help them and the business.

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

She’s spent her eight years in Product working for a variety of digital companies – from startups to publicly listed multinationals. When she started at N26 it was a relatively small company with about 380 staff, half of whom worked in customer support. Today there are 45 product managers. Rate this Article.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

But you can’t really succeed this way, at least not the way your company needs you to. Companies need this function in order to thrive. My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership. In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 8, 2022

Starting a Company Is a Young Person’s Sport I founded a company when I was in my mid-30s, giving up a high-paying job to fulfill my entrepreneurial dream. In Silicon Valley terms, by the time I was ready to start a company, I was over the hill. Starting a company is very, very hard work. and, yes, my age?—?first,

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As a leading product design company with over 10 years of field experience, we share our list of top product design companies to look at in 2021. Without further ado, let’s look at the list of top product designing companies to work with in 2021, based on our judgment. . Top product design companies. Wandr studio.

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NextBigWhat

MAY 26, 2021

I took the plunge and decided to follow the ‘age-old’ wisdom of fixing my own problem and building a startup around the solution. I hated doing legal work for my startups and never really understood what I was paying for. A ten-billion-dollar company. A hundred-billion-dollar company. Win or die leadership.

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Nulab

JUNE 4, 2020

Of course, any advice worth considering will at least mention leadership. Owning key projects, seeking a more left-to-right view of the business, and pushing new goals are a few ways you can demonstrate leadership potential when seeking a new role. Foundation of leadership. Money matters.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

Eric Ries is a name synonymous with innovation and startup success. As an entrepreneur, author, and advisor, Eric has transformed the way businesses approach building products and launching startups with his Lean Startup methodology. Eric Ries is an entrepreneur, author, advisor, and the creator of the Lean Startup methodology.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Bain Public, we’re proud to offer free one-on-one sessions, discounted rates and lead pro-bono partnership efforts, donating company time to provide product-driven startups with expert advice and coaching about product management. In giving back, we’ve established a way to positively impact the Canadian startup ecosystem.

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