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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. Product, and especially product in startups, is now the hot job. -- 2014: "We don't need Product Management help, we need design help.

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Learnings from London: How to build a billion dollar app

Mind the Product

This week in our Learnings from London series, we turn our attention to #mtpcon London 2013 where George Berkowski, former Head of Product at hit startup Hailo, led a session on the main stage to inspire us on how feasible it is to build a billion-dollar app! [.]

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Top 10 Japanese Startups

freshtrax

This makes it a hot spot for startups in Japan because of how much potential there is to grow there. In recent years, venture capitalist (VC) investments for domestic businesses have grown 8 times larger than it was in 2013. Curious to know which innovative startups are successful in Japan? Related article? Established year.

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Leveraging Data-Driven Insights: A Guide for Effective Product Decision-Making

The Product Coalition

Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster. The journey from data to insights is an empowering transformation that will undoubtedly define the future of product management. References : Davenport, T. Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities. Harvard Business Press. Croll, A., & Yoskovitz, B.

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457: The right way to apply Kickbox to unleash innovation in your organization – with Ralph Hartmeier

Product Innovation Educators

Around 2013, a serial entrepreneur named Mark Randall sold his startup to Adobe and joined Adobe. He realized innovation in a big corporation such as Adobe looks very different from innovation in a startup. Around 2013, a serial entrepreneur named Mark Randall sold his startup to Adobe and joined Adobe.

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The Evolution of WhatsApp

The Product Coalition

When WhatsApp introduced voice messaging in 2013, it was a novel and convenient way to communicate compared to traditional text-based messaging. This translated to a return on investment of over 2,700 times, solidifying Sequoia’s reputation for identifying and backing promising tech startups with the potential for explosive growth.

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Our CEO’s Take on Making Data More Accessible for Product Teams

Indicative

Jeremy’s first job out of college was as an intern at a new startup building wireless ASPs. His two and a half year stint at the company is what first hooked Jeremy on the startup world and tech ecosystem. The app was acquired by Match.com in 2013, but it was the intervening years that gave Jeremy the inspiration for Indicative.