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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Digital technology has inadvertently become a significant contributor to the growing carbon footprint of the tech industry. Eliminate redundant features and loops that waste energy Regularly review and refactor code to remove unnecessary features and optimize loops, particularly during code reviews and performance optimization phases.

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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. While we were ultimately acqui-hired by imeem for the impressive tech we had developed, our dreams of building an independent web music player were over.

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In Search of a Better way to Measure Product/Market fit

Mind the Product

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. And you can always feel product/market fit when it’s happening.

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Why Accessibility Matters in a Post-Pandemic, Majority-Digital World?

The Product Coalition

we also face the question of how we will make digital technology truly accessible for everyone, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities. The distinction between the two terms tends to get blurred, and it’s because the definition of each term is fluid and changes as different technologies become more or less relavant over time.

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Smart Glass Product Review – Jio Glass, Apple Glass, Google Glass, Etc.

The Basics of Product Management

Smart Glasses are the latest craze in the world of wearable tech. We will review each smart glass available today, including the newest entrant, Jio Glass. With the growing importance of video calls, using this wearable tech may soon become an essential part of effective communication. How can an oil company pivot to technology?

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Oracle’s Catherine Blackmore on the evolution of customer success

Intercom, Inc.

After working in retail for companies like Kellogg’s and Nestlé, she switched gears to tech – first at Jigsaw, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2010, where she stayed on as the Vice President of Customer Success, and then at Badgeville, Bluenose Analytics, and now Oracle , as the GVP of Customer Success & Renewals.

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From iPhone to AI: How lessons from the mobile boom can help navigate the new era of software development

Modus Create

This bold prediction from Steve Jobs when he introduced the first iPhone in 2007 seems almost understated in hindsight. The smartphone has become arguably one of the most transformative technologies ever invented when you consider its vast impact across the planet. Within a week of the launch, Apple sold 1 million iPhones.