Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

He also led product management at social networking pioneer Friendster, and was the cofounder and CEO of YourVersion, a TechCrunch award-winning personalized news startup. Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through to its NASDAQ IPO.

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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.” My 3 Biggest Takeaways?—?Being I then convinced the team to hire a part-time UX consultant to help me with user research.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

This is a guest post from Dillon Forest, cofounder, CTO & product manager at RankScience. But when you’re building a product with lots of technical or business unknowns—something many startups and product teams are doing—this process breaks down. The uncertainty of technical products. Make some mockups.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Compared to a candidate that only boasts a Bachelor’s Degree or has a Masters in a technical field, an MBA shows that you mean business… literally. Whether it’s finding a cofounder, a future boss, employee, or somebody who knows somebody, this component of the MBA experience cannot be undersold.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Jahan Khanna, cofounder/CTO of Sidecar spoke of its origin: It was obvious that letting anyone sign up to a driver would be a big deal. However, a seismic shift soon occurred when rival app Sidecar innovated in recruiting unlicensed, normal people as drivers on their platform.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

Let’s time travel back 15 years ago, when there were no smartphones and the internet was accessed only through desktop computers. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

Let’s time travel back 15 years ago, when there were no smartphones and the internet was accessed only through desktop computers. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization.

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