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New Course: Finding Product/Market Fit

Sachin Rekhi

The hardest part of bringing a new product to market is always the elusive hunt for product/market fit. Marc Andreessen describes product/market fit as "being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market". The experience of failing on Anywhere.FM

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The Only Leading Metric to Measure Product-Market Fit and How to Use It

The Product Coalition

Product-market fit (PMF) is a tricky thing for startups. It’s that sweet spot where the needs of your target market perfectly align with what your product is offering, and if you’re a product manager at an early startup, it’s your job to help your product find that fit. And you can always feel product/market fit when it is happening.

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How to break into Silicon Valley

Andrew Chen

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 my case, I was very interested in the state of the art on growing users, metrics, network effects, and marketing. And Burning Man people.

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The Evolution of Netflix

The Product Coalition

From its humble beginnings as a DVD rental service to its current status as a global streaming powerhouse, Netflix’s evolution has been marked by relentless innovation and strategic adaptation to changing market dynamics. UX Timeline, back to the past! At that time, Netflix’s subscription plans cost $16.99

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What is Engineering as Marketing and How Can It Help You Drive Product Growth

Userpilot

What is engineering as marketing and how can it help you drive product growth and boost your authority in your industry? In this article, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about engineering as marketing, including: What is engineering as marketing? One of their biggest target markets is weddings.

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Behind the Product: Why CNN+ Failed

280 Group

As Product Managers, we’re constantly watching new and old products, and the marketing associated with them, to find examples for our training and materials that we can use to exemplify good, or not so good, practices in Product Management. Since Netflix introduced streaming video on-demand (SVOD) back in 2007, the market has exploded.

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Educating the Market Starts With a Need

The Product Coalition

Educating the market is hard enough as is, but there is one thing without which you cannot succeed. It was Friday, November 16th, 2007. This point is so important that I want to emphasize it once more: you can educate the market to use your product if the potential customers have a strong unmet need that your product can answer.

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