The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

At the close of 2020, when we’re on the brink of entering a new decade, we thought it’d be a good time for a little history lesson. With more people entering the Product landscape than ever, now is a good time to help the newbies understand where Product Management came from, and how far the industry has come. Sound familiar?

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 14, 2024

In part one , I shared the largest-ever data set of startup pivots. And who knows—if you give it just a bit more time, it could still work! Hard pivots: This is when a company with a live product and real users/customers changes direction. Occasionally a pivot is a mix of the two (i.e. See: The next feature fallacy.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

How do you know what your customers need and want? In this webinar, Robi Ganguly, CEO and Co-Founder, Apptentive and Ben Johnson, VP Mobile Strategy, Rightpoint will cover the essentials to have in place both pre- and post-launch in order to provide the best customer experience possible.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 10, 2024

A Success Disaster Fast forward 5 years to 2012. He often looked troubled but this time he seemed particularly down, almost Eeyorish. My favourite use case was using them as the prize for a team challenge at Business of Software Conference USA 2012 where we had pre-installed a startup disk on each device. It is yours.

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Modus Create

MARCH 14, 2023

A question that spawns a new answer every time it’s asked. It’s not a one-time project with a finish line but a strategic capability that helps teams evolve in a way that best suits their interests. AVP cut marketing costs for Audi by 30% and reduced its time to market from weeks to hours. What is digital transformation?

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Too often, startup founders spend time hoping for a miracle. Read more : Mirages and Broken Funnels: What’s Holding Your Businesses Back from Scaling and Reaching Profitability Over time, as turning a profit seems to take longer and longer, founders start asking themselves valid questions like, ‘Are we going to make it?’

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

Before moving to super app Gojek to lead its efforts on mass financial inclusion, Adam Darcy developed PayMe, a product that has helped to transform the way young people in Hong Kong think about HSBC. While I was living and working in London in 2012, I noticed a recurring problem with paying back friends after a social activity.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 27, 2023

She is a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success of women in the venture-capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. She joined Pinterest in 2012 as their first PM and launched their first search and recommendations features. Before Benchmark, Sarah was a partner at Greylock Partners.

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Sachin Rekhi

MAY 7, 2022

The Lean Startup methodology, first described in 2008 by Eric Ries, has taken the startup world by storm. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , has become a New York Times best seller, selling millions of copies to aspirational entrepreneurs. Origin of Lean Thinking. Thiel starts by sharing the origin story of lean thinking.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Michael leads product and design at Medium, which he joined when it acquired his startup Talkshow Industries. He was the VP of Product at blogging platform Six Apart, created new media properties and influential content creators as VP Artist Development at Say Media, and then led Product and Design at Twitter from 2012 to 2014.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

And Google Wave is a universal communication platform that appeared in 2010 and was closed in 2012, as nobody could understand what it was or how to use it. It’s obvious that these tools were developed with little or no customer participation. Customers didn’t understand the app’s value, and sales were low.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A product or feature might have been successful at the time of release, but technical capabilities improve and user expectations evolve. One of the most successful pivots was from a dating site that dramatically reduced its vast number of features based on the highest user engagement. Odeo was a small podcasting startup in 2005.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2019

These companies will help you build a user-friendly software that allows you to manage your financial activity efficiently. The company specializes in creating software solutions that help both customers and employees of financial organizations to be able to leverage the latest technological advancements.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Today, businesses starting from small startups to large enterprises create 2D animated commercials and explainer videos to boost their marketing campaigns. Since its inception in 2012 in Warsaw, Explain Ninja has shipped more than 700 projects for clients worldwide. The 2D animation may help you do it more effectively.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes. 2012 – the Inception. From there we put together a basic roadmap and started writing user stories.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Garry is a firm believer that great products only come about through the intersection of technology, business processes, customer support and user experience. He’s also worked as Chief Marketing Technology Officer at Holiday Extras, where he was responsible for all areas of technology, marketing and customer acquisition.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

They play an essential role in creating fascinating websites that engage users and appealing branding that leaves a lasting impression. To help you find the perfect web design partner more easily, we’ve compiled a list of the top 9 digital design agencies that are leading the way in redefining digital experiences.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

His topic of choice was how to make the existing technology for detecting solids within a fluid provide the same (or better) results at a lower production cost than the market offerings at the time. In the academia of applied science in 2012 it was not common practice to think about design and user experience.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 13, 2021

A year from now, on Jan 1, 2022, we’ll remove the Messages & Experiments feature from Mixpanel. This post outlines: Why we made the decision and how you’ll be able to learn more about your users as a result. Resources for Messages & Experiments users during the transition. Future considerations.

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Gainsight

JULY 11, 2023

By Steve Cornwell, July 11, 2023 This morning, we announced that Gainsight acquired Northpass in the most exciting moment in my 20 years of company building and the most defining moment in the history of Digital Customer Education. I want to share how this acquisition came together and what it means for our customers and industry.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

My book aims to change that, systematically laying out concepts for startups and folks launching new products to consider. ” Here’s how I define each side: There are usually a minority of users that will create disproportionate value and as a result, they will have disproportionate power.

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NextBigWhat

JUNE 27, 2021

If you’re a SaaS founder, you need to study Notion The growth strategies used become a $2B startup and reach 1M users after a single seed round A thread 1) Notion was founded in 2012 by Ivan Zhao. Since it’s re-launch in 2018 it’s been the fastest growing platform for teams and individuals.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As Gail Goodman said in her 2012 BoS talk, ‘ The Long, Slow SaaS Ramp of Death ’, these are all just mirages along the pathway to software company profitability. Here’s the analogy: None of those things are going to make or break the startup either’, he explains. None of them made or broke the blog. This is liberating.

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The Product HQ

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

He worked on projects with MetaLab on the side starting in 2012 and officially joined the team in 2015 where his formal title is Project Manager, which at MetaLab includes product management as a focus. He’s worked on and launched products for Fortune 10 companies and startups. I firmly believe one-time jobs are one to stay away from.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It will take a lot of your time to review and assess every company’s website manually. Wasted time means lost opportunities. Our user experience professionals have already analyzed the expertise of dozens of design agencies in San Francisco, New York, Berlin, London, to name a few. Is there anything we can do for you?

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. We’re interested in investing in the next wave of consumer products and startups coming into the ecosystem, and that includes the audio ecosystem. Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 22, 2020

He was also a guest two years ago, sharing how product managers can make better use of their time, in episode 210. Around this time I met Jake Knapp, who had been experimenting with a new process for team collaboration called a Design Sprint. Jake joined the team at Google Ventures in 2012, and we started running Design Sprints.

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Generation Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2017

A/B testing is a crucial element in any startup foundation. For example, in 2012, a Microsoft employee working on Bing came up with an idea for how to display ad headlines. The best part is, this change didn’t hurt the user experience. For startups, every penny counts, even if you’ve secured your VC funding.

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 19, 2023

of all US streaming screen time. Meanwhile, if you’re looking to test product ideas but are struggling to recruit participants, a new startup has you covered. Finally, if you’re feeling overwhelmed with meetings and would like to take some time to manage your time and conduct a calendar ‘health check’ this new product could help.

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Product Management Unpacked

JANUARY 28, 2019

Women, like Kate Hare, are at the top of the field, shaping the products, brands and experiences that have become staples in our digital repertoires. In 2012, she became President and CEO of Yahoo, where she doubled the search engine’s stock price, recharged the brand, had a baby, and topped Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list in her first year.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 1, 2023

My career coach, Sabrina Braham, shared an article with me titled “ Majority Of Americans Would Rather Fire their Boss Than Get A Raise ” It’s from 2012, so I did what anyone would do, I asked ChatGPT if there were more recent figures. Of those who had a difficult boss, 32% said they’d quit their job as a result.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 7, 2021

Over the past decade, Joel and Buffer have gone through several transitions and big decisions which he will take us through in his talk, roughly covering the following: 2010: Launching Buffer and shifting the focus to marketing 2011: Transitioning to full-time work on Buffer. What you will learn. Joel Gascoigne. Who is Joel Gascoigne?

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Growing startups and evaluating startups share common skills. Earlier this year, I joined Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner, where I focus on a broad spectrum of consumer startups: marketplaces, entertainment/media, and social platforms. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 5, 2021

UX studio is an established design agency helping companies worldwide design impactful digital experiences. As an expert and an opinion leader in the UX field, we’ve reviewed the competency, portfolio, and former projects of New York design agencies to define the best user experience design agencies in New York , based on our judgment. .

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

He worked on projects with MetaLab on the side starting in 2012 and officially joined the team in 2015 where his formal title is Project Manager, which at MetaLab includes product management as a focus. He’s worked on and launched products for Fortune 10 companies and startups. I firmly believe one-time jobs are one to stay away from.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 2, 2021

He’s co-founder/CEO of his fourth startup, Thread. In this interactive discussion, Kieran shares some of his experiences and learnings having founded and grown four tech businesses before the age of 30. million customers before being acquired in 2012. Video below. Upcoming Events.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The history of Slack, the most widely used workplace messaging app, is often referred to as a classic startup success story. Six months after the release in September 2012, the company had to shut down the game servers and admit it couldn’t compete with other online RPGs that already had sustainably growing fan communities and profits.

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