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Stellar Product Strategies for Early-stage Startups

The Product Coalition

I’m not a big fan of the word “product strategy”. Here are 4 steps any startups can follow to create a great product strategy: 1. He thought the best strategy was to play something. A great product strategy is the same. Start by listening to customers and their problems. Strategy is where you’re going.

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The Evolution of Netflix

The Product Coalition

At a time when brick-and-mortar video rental stores dominated the market, Netflix offered unparalleled convenience and selection, allowing subscribers to order DVDs online and have them delivered to their doorstep. The company also leveraged data analytics to personalize recommendations and improve the user experience.

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How to break into Silicon Valley

Andrew Chen

But I like to pretend) You’ll never regret spending time in SF If you work in tech, you’ll never regret spending 3-5 years in the Bay Area. 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.

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User Funnel in SaaS: How To Optimize Each Stage and Drive More Conversions?

Userpilot

How can you stop losing customers in your user funnel and start getting to convert them faster? User funnel optimization is the key to improving your conversion rate. In this article, we’ll be discussing top strategies to optimize your user funnel, as well as 3 tools to help you do a funnel analysis to boost retention.

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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

Systemic Thinking: The Key to an Impactful UX Strategy Systems Thinking is a holistic approach to problem analysis and solving that emphasizes viewing systems as a whole, rather than focusing only on individual parts. Applying Systems Thinking in UX Research The field of UX focuses on understanding and meeting user needs.

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New Course: Finding Product/Market Fit

Sachin Rekhi

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. Instead the Lean Startup encouraged launching a minimum viable product (MVP) as quickly as possible to maximize customer feedback from real users.

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Customer retention is the new conversion

Intercom, Inc.

Convincing potential users to sign up for your product isn’t easy. The latest batch of billion-dollar companies are built on high customer retention. They help their users be successful, and that means providing great onboarding. I’ve been working with my co-founders since 2007-2008. We’ll get there.”.