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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

Feedback loops: a system’s outputs affect its inputs, creating loops. Systems Thinking brings a broader approach to UX research, positioning product use within a more complex ecosystem and considering its interdependencies. Exploring feedback cycles and chain effects within the system. Systems Thinker, 2014.

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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

We created our first sales function in 2014 and in the busyness of building out the team, we had little time to reflect on how our experiences on the frontline of sales could add value to our product roadmap. Building a positive feedback loop. The last thing I’ll say is remember to invest in a positive feedback loop.

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Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO

DISQO

Holland has also held leadership positions in product management at The Nielsen Company. “We Alpha was founded in 2014 and is venture-backed by Spider Capital, Crosslink Capital and Calibrate Ventures. The post Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO appeared first on Feedback Loop. Media Inquiries. SVP Marketing, Alpha.

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Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO

DISQO

Holland has also held leadership positions in product management at The Nielsen Company. “We Alpha was founded in 2014 and is venture-backed by Spider Capital, Crosslink Capital and Calibrate Ventures. The post Alpha Appoints Rob Holland as New CEO appeared first on Feedback Loop. Media Inquiries. SVP Marketing, Alpha.

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Method to the Product Madness

The Product Guy

When I joined Wetu in 2014, I was the 7th employee, we had just over 100 companies using our software, we were exclusively available in Africa, and the product was already 5 years old. Defining a discovery process will help immensely with the validation and feedback loop!

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12 Benefits of Product-Led Growth for SaaS Companies

Userpilot

What is more, they’re more likely to respond positively to your account expansion efforts and upgrade to higher plans or buy additional products or services. Scalable and faster growth Slack had 8,000 subscribers on the day it launched in 2014. Benefits of product-led growth: Easier feedback collection.

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

Andrew Chen

In 2014, the first season of Serial aired, considered to be the first breakout podcast, with its narrative audio journalism drawing in 5M downloads in the first month. From our research, users seldom feel passionately — either positively or negatively — about the podcast app they’re using. A taxonomy of consumer podcast apps.