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Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze)

Lenny Rachitsky

He’s most recently the author of Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs , hailed by Steve Wozniak as the “Bible for entrepreneurs.” It will help you deliver value to users, tell a more inspiring story about your company, and recruit a team.

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Top 5 Usability Testing Books

UX Planet

Usability testing is a crucial aspect of user experience design, focusing on evaluating a product or service by testing it with representative users. Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests ” by Jeffrey Rubin and Dana Chisnell “ Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set…Test! by Carol M.

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The GitLab way: Kindness, transparency, and short toes | David DeSanto (CPO)

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by: • Orb —The flexible billing engine for modern pricing • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Paragon —Ship every SaaS integration your customers want — David DeSanto is the chief product officer of GitLab, which is the largest remote-only company in the world.

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F Customer Feedback

The Product Coalition

Brilliant meeting so many new people and catching up with so many Receptive customers too. It was called: F Customer Feedback Video will be available soon too. F Customer Feedback Hello, I’m Hannah Chaplin the CEO at Receptive. However, customer feedback is actually a huge opportunity for your business.

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CX expert Annette Franz on putting the ‘customer’ in ‘customer experience’

Intercom, Inc.

Most businesses design customer experiences from the inside out, based on what is best for the company, when they should be doing the exact opposite. Few people are as passionate about customer experience as Annette, the founder and CEO of consulting firm CX Journey Inc. How to put the “customer” in “customer experience”.

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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. But if there are still untapped ideas, persevere and try them first.

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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. From 1988-2004, winners were early adopters of Stage-Gate, cross-functional teams, and voice-of-the-customer. One of those elements is solving a significant customer problem.