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How to Use Cohort Analysis to Master Product Retention

Indicative

The average worldwide retention rate in mobile apps from 2012 – 2019 was less than 35%. Forming a feedback loop right after the first purchase could lead to repeat purchases and more revenue. Did a particular app update lead to a buggy user experience? Product Retention and the Status Quo.

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What does it take to reach a product leadership role?

DISQO

Census Bureau , as of 2012, roughly 11% of people over the age of 25 held graduate degrees. Anecdotally, we were skeptical that specific experience was required, as numerous product leaders I’ve interviewed on This is Product Management landed in their roles from hardly related fields. appeared first on Feedback Loop.

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What does it take to reach a product leadership role?

DISQO

Census Bureau , as of 2012, roughly 11% of people over the age of 25 held graduate degrees. Anecdotally, we were skeptical that specific experience was required, as numerous product leaders I’ve interviewed on This is Product Management landed in their roles from hardly related fields. appeared first on Feedback Loop.

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What Do You Really Need: In-House Team, Outsourcing or a Tech Partner?

The Product Coalition

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. With a plain outsourcing vendor, there are no user experience guarantees unless you specified them up front.

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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included!

Andrew Chen

If you look at Google Trends, you’ll see that “growth hacking” all of a sudden became a term people in the industry were interested, and were searching for, in 2012. Thinking about new user experience, engagement metrics, and other important concepts. There’s a reason for that. I’d like to take some credit :).

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

In the years following the release of Apple’s podcast app in 2012, smartphones pulled ahead of computers for podcast consumption and have grown to become the dominant way that consumers listen to podcasts. Since Apple launched its Podcasts app in 2012, smartphones have quickly grown to become the most common device for podcast consumption.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

In the years following the release of Apple’s podcast app in 2012, smartphones pulled ahead of computers for podcast consumption and have grown to become the dominant way that consumers listen to podcasts. Since Apple launched its Podcasts app in 2012, smartphones have quickly grown to become the most common device for podcast consumption.