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The Evolution of WhatsApp

The Product Coalition

The Beginning: Redefining Communication WhatsApp’s journey began in 2009 when two former Yahoo employees, Brian Acton and Jan Koum , envisioned a platform that would provide a simple and reliable way for people to stay connected. On February 24, 2009, Koum completed the development of the iOS application and established “WhatsApp Inc.”

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Riding into the Future with Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxis

freshtrax

What’s the appeal of this service and the evolution of self-driving technology? Let’s take a closer look at this new technology and its user experience. trillion yen) from investors such as SoftBank, Honda, and Microsoft to test and develop self-driving car technology. This new cab service will be completely driverless!

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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. We’ve arrived at this moment due to the collective vision, effort, and trust of each and every employee, customer, and partner we’ve been lucky enough to have on our team.

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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. What we did have was a lot of faith in our vision.

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Layoffs: Has the Product Management Industry Failed Us?

The Product Coalition

The Fall of Icarus — Jacob Peter Gowy 2022 was a dark year for the technology industry. Between marketplace, cloud, hardware, streaming and much else, they had to narrow down their vision of value delivery and specialize. 2009 was not easy after the 2008 crash, but we all lived through it in one piece.

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Brand is behavior

Mixpanel

We explored world-building, science fiction, the history of data analysis, different technologies throughout time and how they impacted society, shapes, blobs, and various animation styles. We believe in builders because they have a vision and ideas. Over time, we felt a greater pull toward expanding our vision.

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Matt LeMay: A Conversation About Clarity

Mind the Product

He loves to think and communicate about technology, to reflect on the meaning of communication and what organisations can do to improve it. Start With Specifics, not the Vision. There’s always a wish to start with vision, but that to me is dangerously unconstrained, and unbounded. I’ll never forget it.”. Clarity Over Comfort.