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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Pivoting, resilience, avoiding tar pit ideas, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

Lenny Rachitsky

Beware of “tar pit ideas”: ideas that receive initial positive feedback but may lead to long-term challenges. However, despite the positive feedback and validation, they can become difficult to pivot away from once their limitations become apparent.

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429: Innovation practices of the best companies – with Sally Kay

Product Innovation Educators

The award started in 1988, and in 2004 the OCI committee was asked to write a chapter for the PDMA Handbook of New Product Development about the OCI award. Another example is Novazymes, a biotech company, which created their own crowdsourcing platform for their employees. They had tremendous success.

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6 Things I Learned About PLG and Customer Success

Gainsight

Because the product is so technical, the CS team includes the traditional CSM role as well as Technical Account Managers and Solutions Architects. Indeed, since Gitlab is so transparent, you can see their approach , including how they leverage Gainsight , in their online handbook. . Here are the top 6 insights: 1.