Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 24, 2024

He is the CEO and founder of CRED, an Indian-based fintech startup valued at over $6 billion. Prior to CRED, he founded three other startups, including Freecharge, which he sold for over $400 million to Snapdeal. He has also been an advisor to India’s most influential organizations.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Perceptual Mapping is perhaps one of my favourite competitive analysis and Product Positioning tools. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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NextBigWhat

MAY 2, 2021

THREAD: My 20s were full of ups and downs I lost millions, made millions and helped build some billion dollar startups My biggest lessons learned: The future of startups: – Privacy-first – Community-first – Sustainability-first – Creator-first – Decentralized-first – Digital-first. Help people.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2022

Nimble young businesses, who live by the Lean Startup approach of building, measuring, and learning, move from nothing to a product customers love in what appears, from an established company perspective at least, virtually no time. Startups practice the lean methodology to avoid spending time on things that won’t deliver value.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Founder of a London and Budapest-based behavioural consulting startup. Such a positive outlook didn’t happen overnight. To end on a positive note, the world of research has expanded incrementally. UX studio works with rising startups and established tech giants worldwide. Luckily, I was wrong.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. Let’s have look at what product positioning actually is, what it involves, the benefits of effective positioning, the strategies you can employ, and the risks of ignoring all the wisdom in this article.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 9, 2022

April Dunford: Confusing Positioning and Strategy. I do positioning, and they’re like, hey, yeah, it’s the same thing.” How are vision, strategy, and positioning related? In a startup there’s a vision of where we think the company is going to be in like 5-10 years. Positioning. April is riled by this.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I recently completed the process of hiring for a Head of Design role at my current company and was surprised when I couldn’t find much quality content anywhere (YouTube, Medium, even Google) on how to assess a designer’s portfolio, especially a designer for a senior leadership position.

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Nulab

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Whether you’re an established company with a new product or a brand-new startup, knowing where you fit in the market is vital. Competitive positioning is a way to assess the market, suss out your competition, and work out whether your offering is a viable means of making money. Define your competitive positioning approach.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In attendance were 200 eager students and entrepreneurs who wanted to learn how to build a startup in 54 hours. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. Write down your product concept.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Today’s rising borrowing costs and dipping public markets are putting a squeeze on startup fundraising. If your startup is vying for an investment when there are fewer dollars to go around, it makes coming up with a compelling product idea and showcasing demand for it with data even more important. Do they need it?”.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 21, 2020

Why you should work at a StartUp: Clarifying Reasons The number of people looking for jobs at StartUps has been growing year after year in the last decade, a modest number of students are already planning to work in this type of company since the early years of the University.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 4, 2019

Chosen analyses how much time the candidates have spent in each role, be it a general role, a product management position, or a senior management role. The post AI at an Early Stage Startup by Zara Tam appeared first on Mind the Product. What’s Next? You can find ways to put your data scientists in the shoes of your users.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In attendance were 200 eager students and entrepreneurs who wanted to learn how to build a startup in 54 hours. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. Write down your product concept.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Q: Is there a common thread between the startups you founded in the past? Yes, in my non-profit I wanted to involve as many people as possible to build a ground momentum, however, in a startup, you are judged by how labor and capital-efficient you are. Hence, every action should lead to positive impact.

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Bain Public

JULY 29, 2021

Bain Public acted as an Exclusive Product Advisor to Bonjour Startup Montreal’s Startup Radar platform in defining their roadmap. Startup Radar is an ecosystem intelligence platform that powers the future growth of local startups.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The role of a Product Owner/Manager/Strategist is to help startups capture and transform customer insights into full product experiences that in turn increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and the business values. Competitor Positioning c. To do so, the activities of the PM include: a. Market Requirement Documentation b.

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Bain Public

JULY 20, 2021

L’Oréal Canada is Canada’s leading cosmetics company, seeking to transform the future of beauty alongside the tech and startup communities. About Bonjour Startup Montréal. Their Inno Startup open innovation platform has the primary objective of allowing networking of big organizations with startups to create win-win collaborations.

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Bryce York

APRIL 19, 2023

In the dynamic and fast-paced environment of startups, product leaders play a crucial role in driving innovation and steering the company toward success. Groupthink Prevention : The lack of rigorous processes in startups can potentially increase the risk of groupthink. Steelman arguments?

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The Review by First Round

JANUARY 13, 2022

For the past 7 years, she’s helped hundreds of companies build their positioning and brands from the ground up, both as our Marketing Expert in Residence here at First Round and in her own consulting work. Today’s episode is with Arielle Jackson. Read This First. Today’s episode is with Arielle Jackson. Read This First.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. Guest posts – traffic on startup sites will be low at first, so it is better to create content on sites your target persona is likely to read so you are generating awareness as well as obtaining a valuable backlink.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 12, 2020

You’ve got multiple offers from startups engineering positions, but how do you choose which one to take? With so many factors to consider, this article aims to compile the most important factors into one easy-to-read resource for software engineers evaluating startup offers. It’s the wild west out there.

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First Round Review

JUNE 4, 2019

Qualitative market research is the catalyst for creativity that not enough startups are taking advantage of. Jesse Caesar demystifies qual, outlines the questions that qual's uniquely positioned to tackle and shares how startups at any stage can add this powerful resource to their toolkits.

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First Round Review

JUNE 3, 2019

Qualitative market research is the catalyst for creativity that not enough startups are taking advantage of. Jesse Caesar demystifies qual, outlines the questions that qual's uniquely positioned to tackle and shares how startups at any stage can add this powerful resource to their toolkits.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. As startups, we are often competing against larger more established players that can outspend, out-market and out-sell us. take on a large competitor by literally naming them and then positioning them into a corner – using their own positioning against them.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 7, 2017

Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. UX Designer @ Piktochart Sdn Bhd (Penang, Malaysia) Keywords: Graphic Design, Startup, UI/UX, UX Design, UX Research [link] Filed under: product management Tagged: product management.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy." We've come a long way but we still have far to go. What is Product Management?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. A startup, finding its feet and learning how to stand, should by certain logic be less wise, less capable and less developed than its older, wiser counterparts. This means a change in approach for product managers operating in startup and corporate environments.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 3, 2019

Why most VCs typically invest in only one startup in a given business category. . The math of startups and venture capital. Of all the topics of the book, one of my favorites has to be the math of startups and venture capital, because it gives us a perspective on the life and death of startups as a whole. The J-Curve.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 21, 2019

From page 1 of Obviously Awesome: How To Nail Product Positioning So Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It , it was clear that the team at Business of Software needed to read April Dunford’s new book. 1 – Positioning is the difference between ‘So?’ Positioning changed the ‘So?’

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 12, 2021

The bar investors have is rising as more startups are being developed daily. There are two optimal scenarios for digital product startups seeking pre-seed and early seed funding. When I look at the startups that investors give a pass on difficult-to-obtain metrics, I find their products are simply amazing.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Now, we are sharing the 10 best, proven sales techniques that real business owners and fruitful startups are utilizing to develop their brands. 10 proven sales techniques from top business owners and startups 1. Being a positive thinker and business strategist, he has helped lots of businesses to reach new heights and goals.

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Oren Steinberg

JULY 13, 2018

The biggest asset any startup has is the time of its entrepreneurs and key talents. The success or failure of the startup often hinges on their ability to focus their efforts on the critical path at any given time. As the startup grows and faces scalability and growth challenges the issue of focus becomes even more challenging.

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280 Group

APRIL 18, 2023

Jennifer is now the Vice President of Product Management at Synthetaic, an end-to-end AI company. “ I had never worked directly on an AI product before, nor had I worked in a startup, but the more it scared me, the more I knew it’s what I had to do next.” And even newer is your title of Vice President of Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2019

Sure, there are some junior positions out there that can be reached with a few months’ experience and a prestigious certification. However, most of the time professionals who undertake the transition aim to build the following story with their resume: their gradual acquisition of product skills across different positions and functions.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Bain Public, we’re proud to offer free one-on-one sessions, discounted rates and lead pro-bono partnership efforts, donating company time to provide product-driven startups with expert advice and coaching about product management. In giving back, we’ve established a way to positively impact the Canadian startup ecosystem.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 17, 2024

Noam’s example at YouTube shows that reallocating resources away from a draining project, even if it risks your own position, can lead to team success and open new impactful opportunities. Putting yourself in challenging positions can hurt in the short term but may also accelerate your career.

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