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The Evolution of WhatsApp

The Product Coalition

Transforming communication with instant messaging. Its journey from a modest messaging app to a global giant in instant messaging has been nothing short of remarkable. They wanted to create an app that would allow users to send text messages, images, videos, and other media, without the need for expensive SMS plans.

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Product Failure is An Opportunity

The Product Coalition

The game “Glitch” was the first product launched in 2011. The messaging feature “Slack” quickly became more successful than the game, and Glitch was cut in 2012. Odeo was a small podcasting startup in 2005. It allowed users to call a phone number to leave a message, which automatically created a web-based podcast.

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The Little Things

The Product Coalition

Big visions drive big innovations, which, in turn, generate big teams, revenues, and businesses. Many of these will surely make for good investments (have made some myself), but, as explained below, their effect on the startup zeitgeist at large concerns me. But, in my experience, it’s most often the little things? —?the

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Customer Development Guide For Product Managers

The Product Coalition

It was launched in 2011 and went broke in 2013 because people didn’t buy the product. It precisely describes the core of the concept and partly explains the startup curve model. The most important aspect of custdev is that it helps to find customers and create a product and messaging specifically for them. Ever heard of Everpix?

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A decade in the making: An oral history of Intercom’s first 10 years

Intercom, Inc.

Join us as we recall the initial aha moment, the early startup missteps, and the major milestones that have marked our first 10 years. But in 2011, Intercom was only a small group of friends, Eoghan McCabe, Ciaran Lee, David Barrett, and Des Traynor. The whole thing wasn’t some massive brand vision. There were no filters.

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Reflecting on the Intercom journey – Karen Peacock and Des Traynor in conversation

Intercom, Inc.

And so after a few more years doing that, I left and joined a startup. At the same time, I was doing a bunch of startup advisor work. Our best customers at the time were Silicon Valley startups, and the reason they were the best was that the dollar was significantly out-performing the euro. Karen: That’s a good value prop.

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How To Build And Structure A SaaS Product Marketing Team

Userpilot

While organizing your product marketing team by feature is the simplest path, it can lead to a lack of customer focus and your messaging may become too feature-centric. This diversified approach is necessary for startups and even advantageous in some situations since it keeps the team agile. Looking to drive adoption?