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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. The first iPhone (2007) differentiated this way: 3. Strategy is where you’re going.

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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 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.

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New Course: Finding Product/Market Fit

Sachin Rekhi

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. 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.

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AARRR vs RARRA: Pirate Metrics Explained

Mind the Product

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. However, [.]. The post AARRR vs RARRA: Pirate Metrics Explained appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Bain Public

FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2007, Boston, U.S. Paul Ortchanian is a pro in injecting strategies and tactics to monetize his client's businesses. I share my passion for product through workshops, published articles and speaking engagements.

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

Userpilot

Engineering as marketing is an inbound marketing strategy that involves creating free useful tools for your target audience. It’s a free tool that HubSpot launched in 2007 that scores your website based on factors like speed, SEO, mobile-friendliness, and security. Best practices for implementing it. Real-world examples to inspire you.

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Top 75+ Resources for Product Managers

Sachin Rekhi

I then break down the resources into the way I think about what a product manager does, which is drive the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. Another incredibly important aspect for product managers to master is defining and iterating on your product's strategy.