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Salesforce’s Mike Kreaden on how to build a platform to drive growth

Intercom, Inc.

It’s now so inexpensive to go to market that having a great tech vision and product isn’t enough. And I remember Marc [Benioff] interviewing me, like he did every employee, and painting the vision for what the platform would be. Can you take us back to the early days of Accelerate and what the original vision was?

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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. It’s important that founders use product metrics to paint a picture of where their journey has taken them since they started, and how it ties into their vision for the future. Bonus advice we love.