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Seven Tips for Building a Business in a Recession From Someone Who Did Exactly That in 2008

The Product Coalition

Seven Tips for Building A Business in A Recession From Someone Who Did Exactly That in 2008 Even amid chaos, there’s a chance for opportunity Ashish Toshniwal, CEO and Co-founder at YML Calm seas never made a great sailor, and in March 2009, I unintentionally broached into a tsunami. Let me know if we can help.” I thought I was being pranked.

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479: Beyond the pint glass–Learnings from creating the new Molson Coors Non-Alcohol portfolio – with Marlon Hernandez

Product Innovation Educators

In 2008, the Boomer generation reached an age where there was some decline in preference for beer. Sometimes we have the temptation to build ten brands at the same time. The celebrity behind the brand helped get people excited. We met with the founders of brands that were in the energy drink space to learn more from them.

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Product Managers Discover Older Customers

The Accidental Product Manager

It is estimated that Americans over 55 will account for half of all domestic consumer-spending growth from 2008 to 2030. Product Managers Respond To A Changing Market Customers over age 55 say their favorite retail brand no longer understands them or what they need. This meant ease and good looks weren’t always prime considerations.

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Paying It Forward

Mironov Consulting

Feels like 2008 to me. I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially  For the first time, I was asking for help rather than offering it, which was new and strange and deeply humbling for a name-brand MBA.  But Tech will recover, but layoffs can be catastrophic for those individuals.  So

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Will the economic downturn spark a new and better era of SaaS?

Gainsight

If you’re my age (or older), you probably remember exactly where you were and how you felt when the last Great Recession hit in 2008. And while the economic and geopolitical uncertainty doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon, I’m making a bold prediction about the future of SaaS: 2022 will not be a repeat of 2008.

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The 5 Most Trusted Mobile App Development Companies in Poland for 2021

The Product Coalition

Today, many brands realize the urgent demand for having their own mobile application to be tightly connected with their customers and run their businesses online more successfully. It was established in 2008 in Poznan. Amid the COVID lockdown, people spend even more time-consuming mobile content than ever before.

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Peter Thiel's Anti-Lean Manifesto

Sachin Rekhi

The Lean Startup methodology, first described in 2008 by Eric Ries, has taken the startup world by storm. Branding — A company has a monopoly on its own brand by definition, so creating a strong brand is a powerful way to claim a monopoly. Example: Twitter. Example: Apple.