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What 14 startup investors and advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit

Mixpanel

There’s a reason, after all, that Y Combinator chose the slogan “make something people want” shortly after they were founded in 2005. Also, you will find the customers that you paid for may not be good quality customers, or that you’re not making something differentiated enough.” It makes sense intuitively.

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When You Should Not Listen to Your Customers

The Product Coalition

To assist with the practicalities of product management, I propose segmenting user needs in a way that differentiates between the expressed needs that people volunteer, the unexpressed needs they do not communicate, and the unrecognised and potential needs they cannot accurately describe themselves.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. Many apps for listening to podcasts, but little differentiation or loyalty. High-quality differentiated and deeper content vs. broad, free libraries of shallower content. but may not directly sound like podcasting. The app landscape.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. Many apps for listening to podcasts, but little differentiation or loyalty. High-quality differentiated and deeper content vs. broad, free libraries of shallower content. but may not directly sound like podcasting. The app landscape.