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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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Finding Product-Market Fit – Expert Advice From Prowly’s CEO Joanna Drabent

Userpilot

Product market fit, often just called product/market or “P/M” is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts. There is a lot of information out there about why it’s important for having a successful product and grow your business, but finding out how to achieve product-market fit can still feel elusive.

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

Fascinating discussion about what it’s like for a serial entrepreneur to raise money, operate a startup, lessons learned, etc. Why startups are hard – the math of venture capital tells the story. Why startups are hard – the math of venture capital tells the story. Is your startup idea already taken?

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Mobile Second: When Desktop is the Right Platform to Focus on First

Mind the Product

In 2010 Google announced it would prioritize mobile ahead of desktop when developing new products. As we all know, there’s been a massive shift toward mobile-first product design since then. Can you attain product/market fit with either an iOS or Android app, or will you have to release both versions simultaneously?

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Bought-in and paid for: how Atlassian bridge the gap from freemium to enterprise sales

Intercom, Inc.

For every company that’s executing the freemium model successfully, there are hundreds more that struggle and the tension it can create between sales, marketing, and product teams. The connected model makes sales, marketing, and product equal partners at the table. Meeting the needs of an enterprise buyer.

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

The Product Coalition

You can successfully prevent these problems by starting software development with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). 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.

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Sean Ellis on charting a path toward sustainable growth

Intercom, Inc.

Adam: “Growth hacking” is a term you coined in 2010, but since then a lot of alternative definitions have sprung up. Sean: I came up with the phrase because I thought startups had no choice but to be super focused on growth. I thought startups had no choice but to be super focused on growth.