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Why we need Product Management, with Rich Mironov

BrainMates

Part of my journey was 6 startups. My recent experience is more with startups, and I tend toward enterprise rather than consumer. I observe, certainly in startups but also in really big companies and everything in between, most of the folks are incented to think about the current quarter. They want the message.

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

Mixpanel

It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of teams to fail. There’s a reason, after all, that Y Combinator chose the slogan “make something people want” shortly after they were founded in 2005. ” Credit: The Lean Startup Playbook. In short, yes.

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

Andrew Chen

You can follow and message Li on Twitter if you have thoughts about the piece. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. Many apps for listening to podcasts, but little differentiation or loyalty. The app landscape.