The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 11, 2023
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. You need both.
The Product Coalition
JUNE 14, 2020
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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ProductPlan
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Then in 2006, Amazon added AWS to the product mix. Louis Columbus, a contributor at Forbes, notes that “Amazon’s patent portfolio is dominated by Cloud Computing, with the majority of the patents contributing to AWS’ current and future services roadmap. For Amazon, speed is a critical competitive differentiator.
Product Talk
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Jobs to Be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation. By 2004, Microsoft was already announcing that they didn’t want to support it anymore, and by 2006 they ended support for it. The opportunities we choose to go after are what differentiate us in our market. This becomes their discovery roadmap. The Lean Startup.
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