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How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. work in a fast-growing startup. Also, let me introduce you to the anti-patterns agile startups shall avoid at all costs. ??

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The key to fierce customer loyalty? Your support team.

Intercom, Inc.

For nearly a century, companies held to the same principles for driving growth: deliver value to stakeholders and employees first, then to customers. Customers, too, expect more and will put their money where their values are. Customers, too, expect more and will put their money where their values are.

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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

Today Udemy for Business boasts 80% of the Fortune 100 – the top 100 largest US companies by revenue – as customers. At the helm of Udemy for Business’ customer acquisition machine is their VP of Marketing Yvonne Chen. This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up.

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HubSpot’s Michael Redbord on staying in touch with your customers as you scale

Intercom, Inc.

In a company’s early days as a lean, mean, business machine, it’s fairly easy for leadership to stay in sync with their users. You might say it’s one of the strongest advantages a startup has. It becomes harder for the folks running things to make time to be inside their customers’ minds. Speak the customer’s language.

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Most startups don’t starve, they drown. Here is why, and how to survive.

The Product Coalition

Startups don’t starve, they drown. It was 2010 when I watched the online stream of the Startup Lessons Learned conference, initiated by Eric Ries. I went with the cofounder of my first startup, which we used as our own “industry project” for our masters, and a couple of other students to Birmingham.

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Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test before Investing in Ideas

The Product Coalition

MVP: Test an Idea Before Investing In It In 2010, businessman Joel Gascoigne came up with an idea to create an app that would allow social media users to plan the date and time of posting. When the product met users’ expectations, the entrepreneur continued to develop its functionality. a skateboard. In this case, a car.

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Growth Hacking with Customer Journey Mapping and AAARRR Funnel

Userpilot

The term “growth hacking” was coined by Sean Ellis in 2010 after he used this strategy to ignite unstoppable growth for Dropbox, LogMeIn, and other successful startups. Acquisition — Where are your potential customers coming from? Activation — How many users take the first step? Break down silos.