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Artificial Inteligence

Roman Pichler

JANUARY 12, 2017

The dark one represents the value curve of the smartphone industry in 2007; the light one the first iPhone. By assessing the degree to which the iPhone and the competitor products fulfil the twelve factors, two lines are created. When comparing the two lines, we see that the they diverge.

Strategy

Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager. While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager.

Strategy

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 8, 2020

First presented by Dave McClure in his presentation “Startup Metrics for Pirates” in 2007, the AARRR method was originally meant for tracking product marketing and management and focused on acquisition. Pirates metrics have become a popular model for business growth — but what are they and do they actually lead you to that buried treasure?

Presentation

The Product Bistro

JULY 21, 2018

A recent story about the original iPhone demo at Moscone center in SF, in early 2007 from the point of view of the engineers in the audience is particularly illuminating. Every product development project has a crucial milestone, the official demonstration.

Demo

Melissa Perri

MAY 13, 2016

In 2007 I joined an innovation swat team at Cornell in the Johnson Graduate School of Business. It was called the Business, Science, and Technology Initiative (known to the cool kids as BSTI). We were working with Kodak to come up with a completely new product that would appeal to our age group, the early 20s.

Technology

Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In 2007 I sat in a small conference room with 12 other people. I’ve been in product management my entire career, in many roles, but I didn’t even know much about PDMA until around 2007. In 2007 I sat in a small conference room with 12 other people. 7:05] Alan’s story of his involvement with PDMA.

Certifications

The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

The first iPhone (2007) differentiated this way: 3. Elimination: factors of the industry have long competed ⬇️ Reduction: factors to reduce below the industry standards ⬆️ Raise: factors to raise above all industry’s standards ⭐️ Creation: factors the industry never offered This map is called the Blue Ocean matrix. Apple used it too.

Product Strategy

Mind the Product

AUGUST 24, 2018

The term Product/Market Fit was coined by Marc Andreesen back in 2007 and it’s been a key goal for any new product or startup ever since. But like any buzzword, it is often oversimplified and misunderstood.

User Testing

Mind the Product

AUGUST 22, 2017

Then in 2007, Netflix launched their streaming platform. In 2007, Netflix started to look into partnering with hardware manufacturers to get Netflix content streaming on people’s televisions. In 2002, Netflix went public. While they had around 600,000 subscribers at launch, they had a challenge to face.

User Testing

Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is advice I’ve been giving to people for years, and it’s shaped by my own experience — after all, I moved to the Bay Area in 2007 and it completely changed my life. In 2007 this was cutting edge at a time when product success was often measured by vanity metrics such as the total registrations for a product.

User Testing

Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A lot has changed since The 4-Hour Work Week was published in 2007. The 4-Hour Work Week focuses on making the leap from employee to entrepreneur, but my system is for individuals working either for themselves or as part of a team, and for leaders of organizations looking to build Time Rich cultures.

Customer Experience

The Product Bistro

JANUARY 31, 2017

Then in 2007 it all changed. On June 29 th , 2007, Apple launched the original iPhone. Still, the second wave of web businesses began to thrive. This brought the power of the internet, and real browsing to your pocket. (Of

Agile

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In 2007, the company launched its streaming service, allowing subscribers to instantly watch a vast library of movies and TV shows online. However, with the rise of streaming technology, Netflix introduced its streaming service in 2007, initially bundled with DVD rental subscriptions at no extra cost.

Analytic Tools

Andrew Chen

JANUARY 3, 2017

January 2007. It was 2007, and the iPhone hadn’t been released yet, YCombinator was just getting started, and MySpace was still bigger than Facebook. I barely knew anyone when I first arrived here, so I had a simple goal in 2007: Meet 5 new people per day, every day. People are the secret sauce. Think long-term.

Startups

Gocious Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Ever since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007 , consumers have grown accustomed to physical devices containing software systems. Every year, we're introduced to various new products with astonishing capabilities that directly impact our everyday lives.

Development

Product Management Unpacked

APRIL 27, 2020

The Great Recession (December 2007- June 2009). The Iran/Energy Crisis Recession: (July 1981 – November 1982). The Gulf War Recession: (July 1990 – March 1991). The 9/11 Recession: (March 2001 – November 2001). The Great Lockdown (March 2020-?). It’s not a question of if , but when.

Product Management

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

At Google in 2007, the same thing was happening. As everyone knows, this situation didn’t end well for Encarta – and somewhat galling – the first Google search result for Encarta is a Wikipedia article!

Research Software

The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 12, 2017

Copyright (c) 2007 Joan M. Let me know via the comments if you think this can help you and your organization to be more effective. Image Credit: “Communication” by Joan M. Mas, Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) .

Weak Development Team

Mind the Product

JUNE 18, 2019

Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen has been credited with bringing the term “product/market fit” into the mainstream lexicon in 2007. During my dealings with investors and product veterans, I’ve often heard that you can always feel when product/market fit is happening.

User Testing

Mind the Product

JUNE 22, 2018

Mobile-phone based payment system M-Pesa first launched in Kenya in 2007. He speaks about his experiences of engineering innovative Kenyan payment systems such as M-Pesa and M-Shwari, and of reinventing how we manage asthma conditions using simple computing tools. The Story of M-Pesa and M-Shwari.

Data Visualization

The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 12, 2017

Copyright (c) 2007 Joan M. Let me know via the comments if you think this can help you and your organization to be more effective. Image Credit: “Communication” by Joan M. Mas, Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) .

Weak Development Team

Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 23, 2022

In 2007 I founded my first startup, Anywhere.FM, which developed a web music player that allowed you to upload your entire music collection to the web and then stream it from anywhere. I've dedicated my entire career to five such hunts across the three startups I co-founded as well as the new products I built at LinkedIn and Microsoft.

User Testing

Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2018

A Twitter user used it in 2007 as a way to track conversations when he tweeted at some of his friends. Josh shows a clip from a skit from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that emphasizes the cultural significance of the hashtag in social media. Josh points out that the first hashtag wasn’t something that Twitter planned to use.

User Testing

Melissa Perri

MAY 13, 2016

In 2007 I joined an innovation swat team at Cornell in the Johnson Graduate School of Business. To understand these needs, you have to also understand the timing of 2007. It was called the Business, Science, and Technology Initiative (known to the cool kids as BSTI). I want to know what people expect from me.

Research Software

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2020

Established in 2007, it has already shipped 300+ projects for clients from 27 countries. El Passion Min. project size: $5,000+ Hourly rates: $50?—?$99 99 / hr Headquarter: Warsaw El Passion is a Warsaw-based software development company with exceptional skillset and extensive experience.

Analytic Tools

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

When I moved to Silicon Valley in 2007, self-serve software was all the rage. When software and service aren’t equal priorities, it’s impossible to build a successful company. The people you hire provide just as much value as your product. Everyone wanted to create products that sold themselves.

Research Software

Product Talk

MARCH 30, 2016

Back in 2007, I worked on a product that helped big company recruiters recruit candidates. Or you load up on vegetables at the grocery store, only to toss them out a week later when they go bad. You’ll suffer an even worse fate if you build a product based on a coherent story that simply isn’t true in reality. I learned this the hard way.

User Testing

Sachin Rekhi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

And then in 2007 he launched the SEOMoz Pro Membership subscription product to an existing audience of 10,000 marketers specifically interested in SEO. Rand Fishkin launched SEOmoz.org in 2004 to share his thoughts as he learned about SEO.

Finance

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Marc Andreessen describes PMF in his 2007 blog post : “You can always feel when product/market fit is not happening. Even when I search for “how to find product market fit,” I find vague articles describing how you should understand your target persona, test prototypes, etc., but nothing around how to measure it.

User Testing

The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2020

Reference [1] Anonymous, Monolithic Architecture , 2016, unknown publisher [2] Anonymous, Microservice Architecture , 2017, unknown publisher [3] Marty Cagan, Roles and Ratios , 2007, Silicon Valley Product Group Monolithic vs Microservices from Product Manager Perspective was originally published in ProductCoalition.com on Medium, where people are (..)

User Testing

The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

When Amazon started planning to release the Kindle in 2007, it didn’t start with a fully formed plan. Participants: Senior Leadership (required), Product Manager (required), Product Owner (optional) Guiding Question: What is the purpose of this platform and how does it support company goals? Instead, a smart person asked a hard question.

Vision

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Angel investor Dave McClure has greatly influenced this topic ever since his awesome talk from 2007. Yet, they rarely tell us why. Qualitative research should always follow quantitative analysis. Follow me on Twitter , check out my blog and have a fantastic day!

Customer Experience

Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I moved to the Bay Area in 2007, as a first time founder with a lot of energy and a lot of questions. I’ll be focused on consumer startups, bottoms up SaaS, marketplaces, and more – utilizing my expertise in growth to launch and scale new companies. Incredibly excited.

User Testing

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

I’ve been working with my co-founders since 2007-2008. You can check out the slides and video below. Would you prefer a written account? What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the presentation. The nature of traction itself has changed quite a bit in that period.

Customer Experience

UX Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

345–358, 2007. FORRESTER, Jay Wright. System dynamics — a personal view of the first fifty years. System Dynamics Review: The Journal of the System Dynamics Society, v. MEADOWS, Donella H. Thinking in systems: A primer. chelsea green publishing, 2008.

Research Software

TurnKey Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into. Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Even when I earned my first $100 from selling primitive applications for the Nokia Ovi […]

Development