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Product Failure is An Opportunity

The Product Coalition

Pivoting done well means the team doesn’t lose direction and can build on the insights for new product development. The dating platform “YouTube” rebranded as a video website and sold in 2006 to Google for USD 1.6 Odeo was a small podcasting startup in 2005. Pivoting in that sense is a different term for risk mitigation.

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5 Costly Branding Mistakes

UX Planet

For startups and product owners, the stakes are high, and the path is treacherous. Market research for startup branding can be perceived as an unnecessary expense, especially when compared to product development or marketing activities that seem more directly linked to revenue generation. Yet, it’s a double-edged sword.

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The State of Customer Development

Sachin Rekhi

A decade ago Steve Blank authored the book The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win to share with the world his philosophy for building winning products: customer development. Customer Development Maturity. So why is that?

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. Mid-stage startups.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Bain Public

FITC Winnipeg 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2005, Canada Flash Forward 2005, New York, U.S. Flash Forward 2008, San Francisco, U.S. FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2007, Boston, U.S. Flash Forward 2005, San Francisco, U.S. About Paul Ortchanian.

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Top 75+ Resources for Product Managers

Sachin Rekhi

I've found the best way for a product manager to learn to develop a vision is to immerse yourself in a collection of compelling product visions as inspiration for your own. Spool Babe Ruth and Feature Lists - Ken Norton Using The Kano Model To Prioritize Product Development - Martin Eriksson Position, Position, Position!

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5 Machine Learning Lessons for Product Managers

Mind the Product

According to Crunchbase, in 2018 there were 5,000 startups relying on machine learning for their main and ancillary applications, products, and services. That’s why it’s incredibly important to develop a good level of empathy and user understanding, not only for yourself, but for the whole team.