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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. In finance this is known as a “stop-loss order”. The dating platform “YouTube” rebranded as a video website and sold in 2006 to Google for USD 1.6 Does the product have an imbalanced cost benefit?

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Launching a New Breakout Product | Jason Fried | BoS USA Online 2020

Business of Software Conference

The launch of Hey, Basecamp’s new email service, has become one of the most talked about product launches of 2020- not least because of the very public fight with the Apple store. In this talk, recorded online at BoS Conf Online USA, Jason talks about the conception, design and launch of Hey email. Yeah, in 2006.