Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In 2004, we started thinking about how we could build an ebook service. Jeff Bezos has a saying, “Stubborn on the vision and flexible on the details.” We were very clear on the vision—making shipping free—but we didn’t know what the right formula was. Instead, we start with our customers’ needs.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy. Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

Both positions involve being the keeper of a vision, and both also have to be decision makers by curating ideas from many different sources. As the company grows, it’s natural that the keeper of the product vision, becomes the keeper of the company vision. But there are numerous differences that keep these two roles separate.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I think that was in 2004. I’ll be totally upfront: I’ve been saying that for years, and I’m not writing a book right now, but I have a vision of writing more books. The first big change that we’ve seen is that our delivery cadence has changed. We’ve come a long way.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The leader must have a clear product vision and be able to sell it to the team successfully. The Wu-Tang Clan’s success came from the RZA ’s vision to bring a team of remarkable emcees together. In the beginning, members are not yet united under one vision, but that vision is necessary for the long-term success of any team.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Social Media Platforms (2004-Present) It’s hard to imagine a world before social media. Platforms like Facebook (since 2004), X (formerly Twitter) (since 2006), and Instagram (since 2010) have changed the way we communicate. The possibilities seem truly endless.

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freshtrax

AUGUST 31, 2021

In this rebranding, not only the brand elements, but also the company’s vision, cultural values, and services were all redesigned to create a truly new btrax. btrax was started in 2004 as a web design company based in San Francisco. We needed to clarify our vision and thoroughly think about why we exist and what we do every day.

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freshtrax

JUNE 11, 2019

We at btrax have been helping global companies expand their business into the Japanese market since 2004. Contact us to discuss how we can make your vision come to life in Japan. #######. Make sure to define your value proposition in the market first before jumping into this lucrative market.

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freshtrax

AUGUST 6, 2019

We have grown so much since our humble beginning in 2004, from providing design services for small businesses to now helping companies bridge the gap between Japan and America through design. The CEO’s Vision for the Future. For btrax’s 15 year anniversary, Brandon created a new vision statement. btrax is 15! Related article?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy. Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy. Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy. Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The company was founded by three enthusiasts who met at Howard Dean’s Presidential campaign in 2004. The company’s vision is to create a world where digital experiences transform people’s lives. Ustvo started as a small company founded by 2 best friends in the UK in 2004. Later on, they moved to Washington, D.C,

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Birst BI

JANUARY 29, 2019

I spoke to Brad Peters, Birst co-founder and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Analytics and BI at Infor, to provide us with Birst’s unique vision and history behind using machine learning to create a more intelligent and automated BI system. When you founded Birst, you had a vision for what BI could be.

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BrainMates

AUGUST 7, 2018

Says Nick Coster, “Since 2004-2006 when Facebook, Twitter and other social media ushered in a new era for the internet as a two-way medium, people shared the successes and failures of their product experiences with huge networks that enabled viral spreads of customer experiences. So why are Product Managers in short supply now?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 11, 2018

Also, in many cases the founders will still want to stay in charge of the vision and strategic direction of the product, so having someone who can (and probably wants to) steer the product autonomously falls into the category of ‘scaling up pre-maturely’.

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Defining and evolving the product vision. References: [1] Project Management Institute (2004). Managing the product throughout the product lifecycle ensures that it continues to satisfy market needs including: Gathering and prioritising customer and business requirements. Are you cut out for Product Management ? 3rd Edition.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We are delighted to chat with you about your work at Crowley Carbon and your wider vision for making global companies more sustainable. So in 2004, we got an idea to set up the largest WiFi operator in Europe and WiFi was new at the time. Not the retiring type. Dee: Hi, Norman. So you are very welcome along to Inside Intercom today.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The agency is dedicated to bringing business visions to life using its expertise in design and marketing. Andrew Cox set up Reactive Graphics, a UK website design company, in 2004. A multi-award-winning digital agency with offices in London and Essex. Bird’s three main services of web design, PPC, and SEO.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

By 2004, Microsoft was already announcing that they didn’t want to support it anymore, and by 2006 they ended support for it. I have no idea if this product even made it to Europe, because it was a complete flop. This is one of Microsoft’s worst products. It was their follow-up to Windows 98. It was launched in June of 2000.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Netflix’s Friends (Born 2004, died 2010). Netflix launched Friends in 2004, the year that Facebook grew from one million to six million members. Tunnel vision prevented us from accepting failure earlier. With a little luck and increased discipline, these ideas should make inventing the future a bit easier for you.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

Actually, we launched Basecamp in 2004. And then you end up building multiple products over a number of years, we launched in 2004, we launch Basecamp, and 2005, we launch Ta-da list, and then we launched Backpack in the same year in 2006, we launched Campfire. Was it at that time in the cycle? What was going on?

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And so you know the founder TBD I was like You know I figured out all the other sh*t that I’ve done in my career so I can probably figure this out I’m in and the team I was able to recruit one of the earliest engineers on the Gmail team who was there from 2004 to 2016. So I said All right let’s make this happen.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Making the iPod Windows-compatible and launching iTunes helped the product bridge the chasm shown in Figure 1, achieve product-market fit, and enter the growth stage in 2004. [2] Figure 2: Iterative, Risk-driven Strategy Creation [7] Start by capturing your initial product strategy using, for example, my Product Vision Board.

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