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Crowdsourced Testing vs. Beta Testing: What’s the Difference?

Centercode

Those aspects show the difference between crowdsourced testing and beta testing. Crowdsourced testing, like beta testing, gives testers real products to use in the real world before release. How Crowdsourced Testing Works. Most crowdsourced tests have a short test window, ranging from a few hours to a few days.

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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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Assets & Liabilities: My Go-to Method for Taking Inventory With Teams

The Product Coalition

I like to crowdsource items for the assets column first because they tend to be positive and help maintain an optimistic energy in the room. Next, capture the contributions that others share.

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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

Here’s an example of how we collaborated with Product by focusing on the problems to be solved: Today we crowdsource the problems to be solved from folks on our Sales and Customer Solutions teams. Building a positive feedback loop. The last thing I’ll say is remember to invest in a positive feedback loop.

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Clearbit’s VP of Customer Success on turning economic headwinds into a growth opportunity

Intercom, Inc.

If you have lots of unstructured [information], it’s hard to get it in a position where it’s getting to the right person at the right time. It feels like crowdsourced problem-solving. “Showing the right thing to the right person at the right time is the Holy Grail of marketing and service. And you pose your challenge.

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The Important Product Manager Skill That You’re Missing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

By networking, you’ll get: Crowdsourced Solutions: Instead of spending hours researching, a well-placed question within your network can offer immediate answers. Being top-of-mind through active networking often leads to referrals, be it for job positions, partnerships, or client projects.

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Are you getting these 3 critical things from your customer feedback?

Centercode

But while the focus on bugs isn’t misplaced, you should know that your users – whether you’re soliciting customer feedback through surveys, crowdsourced testing , or Customer Validation – are pointing out more than bugs and defects. Positive feedback on features highlights what you should be doing more of.