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How Merging Purpose With Profit Redefines Product Roadmaps And Product Success

The Product Coalition

Founded in 2006 with a unique social mission: for every pair of shoes sold, they would donate a pair to a child in need, an initiative they called “One for One.” However, despite a strong, socially motivated purpose, TOMS struggled due to a lack of focus on business value and product differentiation.

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Creating and Marketing Cybersecurity Products by Richard Reiner

Mind the Product

Between 2002 and 2006, cybersecurity technologies for networks were now entering into a period of maturity. The solution required a pivot and a focus on their competitive differentiators as well as new geographical targets. His key points include: Creating a category at Assurent. Surviving in a maturing market at Enomaly.

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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

This was one of the defining moments that inspired the creation of HubSpot back in 2006. Instead, forward-thinking businesses can accelerate their growth and differentiate their brand by embracing modern strategies that match the way modern customers want to talk, shop, and buy.

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Tech proposes, Market disposes

The Product Coalition

All of these products had a huge Total Addressable Market (TAM), and were clearly Feasible, but failed to differentiate themselves in any meaningful way. Microsoft Zune Zune , the music player that also ran, launched in 2006, roughly five years after the iPod, and eventually discontinued in 2011. The Zune Is Dead.

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5 Costly Branding Mistakes

UX Planet

Survey to identify gaps in the market and opportunities for differentiation. Twitter: X The social network was founded in 2006. What unique value do you bring to the market? Competitive analysis: Instead of copying your competitors, use them as sources of inspiration.

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Goodbye Scion – What Happened To You?

The Accidental Product Manager

Scion had it’s greatest number of sales during 2006. At the time Toyota was targeting the Generation X buyers and the Scion brand offered them a differentiation from the Toyota core line of cars. Ever since hitting a high in 2006, sales have been on a slide. This type of customer does not value the differentiation as much.

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Where Does Product Management Fit?

Product Management Unpacked

When I joined a company in 2006 to run product management (as a CMO), the VP of sales would meet with the product managers every Monday morning to make new feature requests per what sales had sold the week before. I see product management reduced to a gopher for development and a clean-up function. It’s basically powerless.