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Winning product analytics

Mixpanel

In 2009, when Mixpanel was founded, the world was in a period of uncertainty and still facing the Great Recession. The data ecosystem looks nothing like it did when we got started in 2009. Amid a bleak outlook, companies like Slack, WhatsApp, and Uber were founded and began to lay the groundwork for orchestrating major paradigm shifts.

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How to be a great product manager during a recession

Product Management Unpacked

The Great Recession (December 2007- June 2009). We are no longer in growth mode, it’s not about competitive differentiation to win new deals; it is about customer retention to keep subscriptions and renewals coming in. The Iran/Energy Crisis Recession: (July 1981 – November 1982). The Great Lockdown (March 2020-?).

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GV’s Kate Aronowitz and Vanessa Cho on leading through design

Intercom, Inc.

Both are design partners at GV (launched as Google Ventures in 2009 as the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc.), Once we’ve identified that, “Yes, this is the problem that will help differentiate you,” we roll up our sleeves and work with them on the most complex problems to see how we can help them accelerate.

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Goodbye Scion – What Happened To You?

The Accidental Product Manager

At the time Toyota was targeting the Generation X buyers and the Scion brand offered them a differentiation from the Toyota core line of cars. This is a similar problem to the one that General Motors faced back in 2009 with their Saturn brand. This type of customer does not value the differentiation as much.

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Best User Retention Tools & Software to Keep More Customers

Userpilot

Here are a few of our tips for screen recording tools: Smartlook is great for differentiating between user views on different devices, OSs and browsers. Is it compatible with the other tools in your stack or are you going to be importing and exporting data to spreadsheets like it’s 1995 – let alone 2009 – all over again?

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Some (spiritual) reflections on my systemic design studies

UX Planet

Design domains (Jones and van Patter, 2009) 1.0 Differentiation has produced science, technology, and the unprecedented power of mankind to build up and to destroy its environment. But the complexity consists of integration as well as differentiation. The following figure illustrates this.

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9 Startups to Help You Build Your Virtual Economy

Sachin Rekhi

Peanut Labs also has built an impressive selection of direct payment options that differentiates them from other players in the space. I expect in 2009 we will see continued growth throughout the virtual currency ecosystem. Peanut Labs specializes in quality market research surveys, which are often the best type of soft offer.