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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

Userpilot

Renowned for his tenure on Airbnb’s product team, Lenny’s professional journey truly began in 2010 when he served as the CEO of a budding startup named “Localmind.” “Localmind” experienced steady growth until Airbnb made an acquisition offer in 2012, which Lenny accepted.

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The art of the pivot, part 2: How, why, and when to pivot

Lenny Rachitsky

In part one , I shared the largest-ever data set of startup pivots. As Dalton Caldwell (Managing Director at Y Combinator), in his legendary talk on pivoting points out, pivoting is all about opportunity cost: “[Pivoting] gets more shots on goal to try to find this elusive thing [called product-market fit].

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How Startups can compete in the Online Dating Market

The Product Coalition

This rising popularity has lead to a huge global user population of up to 220M people using dating platforms. Recently we decided to enter this market in our own company( JoySpot ), so I started studying this market heavily to learn how can a Startup penetrate it and be competitive versus titans like Tinder. from 2018 to 2025.

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Product Q&A with Justin Watt

The Product HQ

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. This removes much of the misalignment of motivation.

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Customer Development Guide For Product Managers

The Product Coalition

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. the product/market fit. Everpix and Google Wave didn’t satisfy the market.

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Product Q&A with Justin Watt

The Product HQ

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. This removes much of the misalignment of motivation.

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Top 9 Digital Design Agencies in 2023

UX Studio: Product Management

They play an essential role in creating fascinating websites that engage users and appealing branding that leaves a lasting impression. Our journey has led us to partner with startups and enterprises in more than 250 projects worldwide. These leave an exceptional first impression and differentiate our clients from competitors.