Gainsight

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But when you’re an early-stage company, proactive management is difficult without the right resources and tooling. Early-stage companies have started to create a decent customer base. In the early stages, you are typically stuck managing Customer Success with spreadsheets. Here are the highlights.

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First Round Review

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We crowdsourced a tactical guide for first-time startup job-seekers on how to evaluate career opportunities at early-stage companies. Considering moving from BigCo to startup?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 4, 2019

The post AI at an Early Stage Startup by Zara Tam appeared first on Mind the Product. Trial and error and research takes time. You can find ways to put your data scientists in the shoes of your users. As a product manager, try to understand how AI works, not just why.

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Miro

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Brady shared what he’s learned from helping early-stage startups. The post Brady Flynn (Primer) on how to accelerate growth at early-stage startups appeared first on RealtimeBlog | A blog by RealtimeBoard. Here are his tips for accelerating growth. Here at Primer, we started with customer development and […].

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Dragonboat

JULY 25, 2022

SANTA CLARA, CA — July 2022 – We are pleased to share that Dragonboat has been chosen out of 500+ companies that raised Seed & Series A rounds, as one of the Top 100 Early-Stage Companies to Work for in 2022 by executive search firm Will Reed. This decision as an employer of choice is based […].

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup In my previous article , I reflected on a few things that I would tell myself if I could travel back in time and the concept of “three waves of changes.” I use this story to remind myself of the biggest struggle facing (the first) product managers at early-stage startups.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Early-stage startups are being forced to drastically cut costs, rethink funding strategies and take-on high-risk debt as survival becomes goal #1. The post How to Create Healthy, Sustainable Growth for Your Early-Stage SaaS Businesses appeared first on Gainsight Software. Building Your Durable Growth Engine.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 12, 2021

While some early tech successes pitched investors by simply sharing the ideas they had in their head or presenting prototypes that didn’t work, that approach doesn’t work anymore. There are two optimal scenarios for digital product startups seeking pre-seed and early seed funding. You Have a Product. You Have a Vision and a Brand.

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NextBigWhat

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Kaustubh shares his views on how early stage startups should go about building an MVP in the most low-friction manner possible. Kaustubh Khade is the Co-Founder at Spark Studio. He was earlier Associate Vice President and Director of Product Management at Byju’s. FWD Radio is an initiative by FWD Learning App.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

What No One Tells You About Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup Over a year ago, I asked around, searched for books or articles, went to several talks but found very little advice on being a product manager at an early-stage startup. It’s important for an early-stage startup with limited resources.

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UserInterviews

JANUARY 2, 2018

Erik Zahnlecker, Co-founder and COO at Allocate, on finding participants, prioritizing the effort, and more on managing user research at an early stage startup.

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NextBigWhat

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Early-stage bottom-up SaaS founders – this thread is for you. 1/ What metrics should early-stage bottom-up SaaS founders focus on? The post Early-stage SaaS founders-Here is a 101 on metrics nobody told you ever appeared first on NextBigWhat. Most important metrics to track. Tools to track these metrics.

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UserInterviews

JANUARY 2, 2018

Erik Zahnlecker, Co-founder and COO at Allocate, on finding participants, prioritizing the effort, and more on managing user research at an early stage startup.

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UserInterviews

JANUARY 2, 2018

Erik Zahnlecker, Co-founder and COO at Allocate, on finding participants, prioritizing the effort, and more on managing user research at an early stage startup.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 23, 2020

Build a Product Roadmap like a Comedy Routine Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2024

In fact, I’d argue that it’s a common pattern of success for early-stage companies and products. Sharma Finding your ‘Niche’ More recently, I’ve found myself doing more work with early-stage founders, and defining your niche has been a common topic. Focus is a high-leverage skill. Niche Canvas. Download the canvas here.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 20, 2024

👋 Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of ✨ Community Wisdom ✨ a subscriber-only email, delivered every Saturday, highlighting the most helpful conversations in our members-only Slack community. Read more

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this ProductTank Oslo talk, Kristian Collin Berge, Founder of UX Signal shares an example of early-stage product discovery and what the usual problems are. Read more » The post Unusual business in the product discovery stage by Kristian Collin Berge appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Make a decision as early as possible and use the decision-making process to iterate and improve on that decision. A six-stage decision-making process. Stage 1: Define the dilemma. The first stage of any decision-making process is to define why you are making a decision. Stage 2: What is your “default decision”?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 7, 2020

This has two benefits: First, it allows you to quickly test an idea and release a feature fake or early version of a feature, gather user feedback, and adapt it. This makes them better suited for coping with innovation, uncertainty, and change—challenges that are present at the early life cycle stages and a life cycle extension.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2021

If you have been in the crypto world for a while, you know that whoever gets in early wins big. Certain crypto platforms help investors discover early-stage crypto projects before they enter into the mainstream. Unlike most crypto launchpads, BullPerks offers low-entry access to early-stage deals for retail investors.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Market research focuses on wider market trends early in the product development cycle, while market validation focuses on the specific product and its market potential after the ideation stage. Research happens in the early stage of the product development cycle, often before the product concept is fully shaped.

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Amplitude

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Learn from a previously exited founder how you and your team can identify the most opportune times to build, launch, and re-design throughout your early-stage startup’s journey.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

David Matheson, whose session is titled “Improving decision quality during stage gate reviews.” Suppose my son, who is in his early twenties, goes to a party and has to make the decision whether to have a sober or drunk driver drive home. One thinking lacking in stage gate decision making is a relevant portfolio context.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2022

“We have seen awesome customers like Spendesk and Notion start on our early-stage program and go on to become unicorns ”. This program builds on the success of Intercom’s existing early-stage startup program, complementing it with a closer focus on venture-backed startup needs as they scale.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

What about a seed stage start-up? When roadmaps are not required Roadmaps seem to be a universal answer at product companies regardless of stage. Early Stage Company?—?When When a company is in concept, seed stage, even Series A or the equivalent, roadmaps aren’t valuable. Early Stage Product?—?New

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Product Talk

JANUARY 17, 2024

At this stage, the ThoughtFlow team faced several challenges. The post Product in Practice: Making Customer Interviewing a Habit in an Early-Stage Startup appeared first on Product Talk. Product in Practice: Making Customer Interviewing a Habit in an Early-Stage Startup was first posted on January 17, 2024 at 6:00 am.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2023

That’s why the CTO’s attention is on programming for the earliest stage. Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO.

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Dragonboat

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

We cannot be more thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Will Reed has named Dragonboat, out of 2,500+ eligible Seed and Series A B2B tech companies, an early-stage company shaping the future of workplace culture.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

There are three main stages of customer retention: early stage (focused on new customers), mid-stage, and late stage. When it comes to early-stage customer retention strategies, you have several ideas to try out: Personalizing the onboarding experience to shorten time to value. Late stage.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

When working in early growth stage companies, being able to scale your teams quickly enough is a key element in keeping the human workforce aligned with advancement levers. Hiring might be the first thing to come to mind, right? But hiring is only part of the solution. [.]

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Detecting tumors and cancers Some cancers are extremely difficult to identify until they have progressed to a later stage. Early detection using AI and machine learning can allow patients to obtain therapy before a more serious prognosis. It aids in the early diagnosis of various disorders.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

At this stage, they did a “design spot check,” which involved pulling in customer success and marketing partners to get their feedback. In this stage, we could refine it while the paint was still wet,” Kelsey explains. They ran a retro to take a closer look at their process. They wanted to identify what was working and what wasn’t.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 18, 2024

Find the transcript at: [link] Where to find Dalton Caldwell: • X: [link] • LinkedIn: [link] Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: [link] • X: [link] • LinkedIn: [link] In this episode, we cover: ( 00:00 ) Dalton’s background ( 04:41 ) The value of simple advice ( 07:04 ) Dalton’s advice: “Just don’t (..)

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Userpilot

JANUARY 30, 2023

They include innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. The product adoption process follows a series of stages the user must go through, and they include: Awareness. They're important for software development to get early feedback, but they usually don't stick around.

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Userpilot

APRIL 21, 2024

Track customer onboarding conversion metrics With funnel analysis , you can create an activation conversion funnel that breaks down the onboarding journey from user sign-up to the activation stage. early-stage tech startups). It can help you monitor metrics such as average conversion time, conversion rates, etc.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It’s causing them to overlook commonly occurring risks facing early-stage ventures. Now, as a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a VC with Stage 2 Capital , Mark is leaning to the quant once more, identifying a more data-driven perspective on the questions of when to scale and how fast. .

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