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Value Engineering and Build vs. Rent

Mironov Consulting

 And calling out the need for some honest discovery before we embark on major engineering efforts.  Renting (licensing) means we can put more of our own effort into market differentiators. rent rent rent rent We’re in the HR software business rent build?

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Moving from Services to Products

Mironov Consulting

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See Services companies (aka custom development, agencies, outsourcing/nearshoring, contract engineering, consultancies, any work-for-hire) primarily market/sell the time and expertise of their people.  Work

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White Label Software and Analytics: Enhancing Your Brand

Reveal

It is also natural to want to keep your team focused on their areas of expertise and rely on already established solution providers in areas we need help. When it comes to embedded analytics a lot of business owners and managers use white labeling software that helps them build trustful and loyal relationships with their valuable customers.

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Chartio Is Going Away – Choose Reveal as Your New BI Vendor

Reveal

Chartio is a cloud-based business intelligence and analytics solution that provides business teams with the tools and functionalities for data exploration and data visualization. Atlassian is an Australian company that builds platforms and tools for businesses and software developers.

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How Merging Purpose With Profit Redefines Product Roadmaps And Product Success

The Product Coalition

So we got to talking about a software product we had collaborated on in the past. The business value delivered hard numbers to the finance and actuarial teams. However, despite a strong, socially motivated purpose, TOMS struggled due to a lack of focus on business value and product differentiation. And I swear it’s not.

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Intercom on Product: Speeding back up when momentum drops

Intercom, Inc.

After all, almost any product or service can be replicated by a competitor. If you’re short on time, here are a few quick takeaways: A company’s differentiator, or the reason their customers choose them over others, only lasts as long as their ability to improve faster than others can copy. or “Who’s making the decision?”

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He helped shape WallStreetBets. Now Kevin Xu is betting on his own social app.

Mixpanel

Kevin Xu is an engineer-turned-product manager with experience at big tech companies like Google and Stripe. And other platforms can’t really provide this, so I’ve made it the core thesis of AfterHour. But if you’re going to build a differentiating social network, it really has to be at least a 10x or 20x differentiator.