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Paying It Forward

Mironov Consulting

COVID, global supply chain issues, war in Ukraine, inflation, energy supply disruptions, virtual currency meltdown… pick your precipitating event.  A I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially  Especially 2001.  I Feels like 2008 to me.

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Japanese Female Entrepreneurs who Thrive Against the Odds

freshtrax

Also, in one Japanese startup event, the percentage of female speakers was less than 5%. According to Amy Jin , who spoke at an event by Startup Grind on Women’s Leadership , there are more CEOs named Mike than women CEOs in the world. This article by Business Insider Japan explains that in Japan only 4.2%

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The Collision of Product Management and Product Ownership

The Product Coalition

McElroy wrote a short memo where he described “Brand Men” who had overall responsibility for the brand and managing of a product. Ahead of his time he also described that the best “Brand Men” would do this though experimentation and customer interactions?—?obviously obviously most people skipped that part! written by Neil H.

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Why Marketing Should Go Agile

Pragmatic Marketing

Software developers faced a similar crisis in 2001. We still spend time writing thick marketing plans, constructing yearly budgets, launching big-bang ad campaigns and targeting broad audiences (instead of having conversations with people). Some marketers, including myself, are taking a different approach—one based on agile development.

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From vanity to value: How Intercom conducts NPS surveys

Intercom, Inc.

“First developed in 2001 by Fred Reichheld, NPS quickly became a key metric in all sorts of industries, an agreed measure of customer loyalty” First developed in 2001 by management consultant Fred Reichheld, NPS quickly became a key metric in all sorts of industries, an agreed measure of customer loyalty. .

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The tools we use: Challenging dogma in the design process

Intercom, Inc.

This was probably best illustrated in what’s been called the single most famous edit in the history of cinema, in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The video operator for the demo was a guy named Stewart Brand , who among other things published a magazine at the time called the Whole Earth Catalog. It’s an ongoing process.

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Leading A High-Growth Company | David Cancel, Drift | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

And you got a lot more obsessed or not obsessive but in a lot more of your tweeting is about growth and you know your user event which you’ve just done two of not yet holds two in the same month. So I think in this phase you have to build a brand. Like what does a brand mean? Never again. It’s called hyper growth.