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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

Vertical Integration for Startups In the past couple of years, I have worked with multiple startups in an advisory capacity and this has provided an opportunity to think about strategy in innovative ways. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical

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Podcast: Too Many Product Managers with Ken Norton

Mind the Product

Now Senior Operating Partner at GV (we still slip up and call it Google Ventures), Ken was a CTO and CEO/founder before he joined Yahoo! When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Should you go work at a startup?

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Hiring Your First Product Manager

The Product Coalition

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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Product Management at Startups vs. Enterprises

The Product Guy

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com. Signup to be a Mentor Today! Meet the mentors….

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

Userpilot

There is a ton of product management advice out there, but most of it is generic tips repeated over and over again. Keep on reading to learn about his journey into product management , his recommended newsletters and podcast episodes, and his top tips for product management success.

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Beats, Bootstrapping and Life – Mat Clayton on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.

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#BoSFAQ | How to move from a consulting to product business

Business of Software Conference

Q | How to move from being a consulting to product business. Read on… “Hi Mark, I am expecting to move into the role of CTO of a small start-up. I am interested in topics around handling general chaos in a fast paced company that is trying to move from being funded by consultancy to one funded by software license sales.