Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It’s a timely conversation for us, coming hot on the heels of the release of our book Intercom on Sales last month and Steli’s own book The 2020 Startup Sales Playbook this week. A lot has changed since Close started teaching people and startups how to sell. We’re not really a startup anymore. to Close.com.

Weak Development Team

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

million round of venture funding from First Round Capital and others, scaled the team, got somewhat of product/market fit, but ended up selling early to TaskRabbit. Upon joining that team, I led online marketing and user acquisition growth for about a year. Adam: Did Thumbtack also reach product/market fit faster?

Analytic Tools

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 22, 2019

And then the entrepreneurial bug bit, and I started a bagel company in San Francisco – which as far as product-market fit goes, it was so amazingly easy to get there. Deepa: I’m always honored to share this, but we’ve been around since 2013 and have never lost anyone on the team. Paige: Thank you so much Deepa.

Feedback Software

The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They also largely sell their products online, and lean heavily on both social media and influencers for marketing, where many of their millennial customers turn for guidance on products. At stake is a share of the global cosmetics-products market, which is expected to reach US$805.61 billion in 2017.

Branding

ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2021

After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup in 2013. As I continued to help launch products, I realized that I was prepared to dive into entrepreneurial life myself. I believe that product management is a great training ground for entrepreneurship.

Product Management

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 17, 2018

They don’t think it’s part of your world as a product person, but they are the actual foundations by which you get pulled into their world. I constantly see software folks, people building startups, struggling to know where to stop. They do their JTBD interviews and they learn that Johnny wants marketing data.

User Testing

ProductPlan

MARCH 31, 2021

After a decade of working with others to launch successful SaaS products, I took the plunge to launch a startup in 2013. As I continued to help launch products, I realized that I was prepared to dive into entrepreneurial life myself. I believe that product management is a great training ground for entrepreneurship.

Product Management

The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

The day to day of a CEO and a Product Manager might not be identical…but they both involve meetings. In smaller companies and startups, both need to have a clear and firm understanding of the product strategy. Lots and lots of meetings. Stewart Butterfield | CEO, Slack We all know and love Slack by now!

Product Management

Melissa Perri

MAY 5, 2016

A Successful Start I learned about Minimum Viable Products like 99% of other Product Managers - through The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Testing products before you build them? has become a battle cry in product development that just means make it minimal, make it cheap, and make it fast. This makes so much sense.”

User Testing

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Rick started Guru in 2013, after successfully founding Boomi (a cloud integration and data management company) and selling it to Dell. Rick : Guru was born out of a pain I personally lived at my last startup, Boomi, which I started back in 2000. I then stayed with Dell for three years, and left to start Guru in 2013.

Customer Experience

Userpilot

MARCH 6, 2020

We bring a startup mindset and agile methods to both established companies and the public sector to unlock value in ways that delight their customers and improve their operational effectiveness. I discovered Design Thinking and Product Management while founding my first startup and have been learning and practising since then.

Research Software

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

That doesn’t mean his team overlooks traditional approaches; rather, they’re deploying a blend of tactics to create products with true, measurable value so powerful that it wows users and drives growth. Though he’s now HubSpot’s VP of Marketing and Growth, Kieran has seen it all. Can I get them to use it?

Onboarding KPIs

Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

February Product Conferences. Big names like the Product Marketing Alliance, Product World, and Product Con are still going through with virtual versions of their flagship conferences. Product Marketing Rendezvous. Source: Product Marketing Alliance.

Research Software

Brian Balfour

JULY 5, 2017

In the introduction to this series I made the point that Product Market Fit isn't the only thing that matters. It is actually only one of four fits needed to grow a product to $100M+ in a venture-backed time frame. Why we should be thinking about it as Market Product Fit.

User Testing

BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

At our latest Product Talks in Sydney, Kent Weathers , a Product leader with 15+ years’ experience bringing technology products to market, shared his strong opinions on why new product launches will continue to fail. lack of effective product marketing. Keep your Product Fit, and see you soon! [1]

Product launches

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

It was launched in 2011 and went broke in 2013 because people didn’t buy the product. The authors relied on their intuition or professionalism, and didn’t account for the most important factor in product creation?—?the the product/market fit. Everpix and Google Wave didn’t satisfy the market.

User Testing

The Basics of Product Management

JULY 21, 2020

It is all a question about timing and finding the right product market fit. It was launched with a lot of fanfare in 2012 with commercial availability by mid-2013. The recent surge in the market for alternative apps to TikTok is another case in point. appeared first on The Basics of Product Management.

Technical Review

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

6 masterpieces released on the Definitive Jux label In 2013, together with Killer Mike, EL-P established Run the Jewels (RTJ). In this pivot, you broaden the range of services/products being offered. It is often made by companies who found a product-market fit and are ready to expand their horizon.

Feedback Software

Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

Your non-technical product managers and product marketing managers will certainly thank you! This allows for a lot of agility, leading to regular product experiments. The lessons from all of those experiments will translate into a better product experience for your customers. Get a demo today!

Analytic Tools

UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

UX studio is an expert design company that helps businesses worldwide design impactful digital products. Apart from working with established brands and startups, we assess the expertise of various companies and create our independent rating list of trustworthy design companies. Our client portfolio is rich and diverse.

Research Software

Gainsight

MAY 7, 2019

Dan Olsen is a well-known PM consultant and the author of the bestseller, “ The Lean Product Playbook ,” a practical guide to achieving product-market fit. She also works with leading companies as a trainer and mentors them on building products within a budget. Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt.

Technical Review

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 12, 2020

Where you’ve shown me screenshots where you would talk to customer after customer in your areas of Intercom trying to find product market fit, customer after customer after customer after customer after customer. Over time, the product evolves and the market evolves. Creating a safe space for product judgment.

User Testing

Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Product tours are a useful tool for SaaS companies in 3 main areas: New user onboarding. Most SaaS teams create product tours in order to show their new users around their product. Product marketers often find that a good product tour ensures that more new users activate. Get a demo today! Userguiding.

Analytic Tools

Gainsight

APRIL 12, 2023

Mistake #2: On the other hand … not betting on the team that got me there “Everything will be fine once we get a new head of [X]” – every startup CEO ever (also me, frequently) When you launch a company, the initial team is usually whoever you can get. To run a startup, you have to make bets. Teammates and clients will leave.

Analytic Tools

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2019

And as the Group Product Marketing Manager for Platform here at Intercom, I’ve loved seeing all the creative apps our partners have built. And that just gives you more product-market fit and helps you grow faster. My biggest thing with startups is that it’s really fun to figure out: How can we equip them?

Marketing

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2018

Eric: I was leading growth at an online education startup called Treehouse, a company I still love, and that led to the opportunity to come to Single Grain. This was in 2013, and my job was to figure out how to redirect or pivot the company, because it was going through some tough times.

Webinar

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 14, 2024

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].

User Testing

Business of Software Conference

MARCH 30, 2021

And there were lots of conferences for startups and lots of conferences for people that were raising funds and IPO going and all sorts of crazy old things. Possibly my favourite, possibly 2013 was really lovely in many, many respects. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.

Weak Development Team

Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

Another incredibly important aspect for product managers to master is defining and iterating on your product's strategy. Another incredibly important aspect for product managers to master is defining and iterating on your product's strategy. Design is the third critical dimension of product management.

Product Research

Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2016

Matt Wensing: 1 Startup In 10 Years vs 1,000 Startups in 10 Minutes. Rahul Vohra: The Product-Market Fit Engine. Claire Suellentrop: Get Out Of The Echo Chamber: How To Use JTBD To Perfect Your Product’s Messaging. Nilan Peiris: Building A High-Growth Startup Sustainably. Eric Ries: The Startup Way.

Weak Development Team

Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The growth team was originally created in 2013, founded by Ed Baker. There were a number of individuals and startup founders who were putting the necessary ideas, workflows, and tactics together. Above: Too many startups are beginning with “I need a growth team!” Product teams focus on creating core value.

User Testing

Business of Software Conference

AUGUST 1, 2019

Read on below to find great talks about: Optimising for Product-Market Fit. Last time: At #BoS2018, the founder of Silicon Valley’s buzziest startup spoke about how he adopted and adapted Sean Ellis’ product-market fit survey at Superhuman. Why competitive advantage doesn’t mean what it used to.

Feedback Software

Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

billion in 2013), along with nine other companies (including another company he sold for over $1 billion). He’s also been on 20 boards and has been an advisor to over 50 startups. If you’ve lost product-market fit, it’s time to go back to square one.

Technical Review