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A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital)

Lenny Rachitsky

Prior to Dropbox, Todd led product management for Twitter’s Content and Discovery teams after selling his startup, Cover, to Twitter in 2014. examples: Vanta, Lattice, Persona] Level two: Developing product-market fit. examples: Looker, Ironclad] Level three: Strong product-market fit, where the fish are jumping into the boat.

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Trial and Error of Building a Culture of Experimentation in Marketing | Rand Fishkin

AB Tasty

Rand Fishkin discusses the importance of “non-attributable” marketing and why companies should take more risks and allow themselves the freedom to fail. Rand Fishkin is the co-founder and CEO of SparkToro, a software company that specializes in audience research for targeted marketing.

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Priorities for Product Management Leaders; Product Management Festival 2014 recap

Good Product Manager

Recap in Tweets: Product Management Festival 2014. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) September 17, 2014. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) September 17, 2014. — Michael Smith (@myksmith) September 17, 2014. . — Michael Smith (@myksmith) September 17, 2014. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) September 17, 2014.

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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy." 2019: "How do I hire a Chief Product Officer? I need them yesterday."

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The Evolution of WhatsApp

The Product Coalition

link] Let's talk business Strategic Changes WhatsApp’s journey has been marked by strategic changes aimed at enhancing its value proposition and market position. Sequoia, on the other hand, reaped significant rewards when Facebook acquired WhatsApp for a staggering $22 billion in 2014. Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, Inc.,

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Tech proposes, Market disposes

The Product Coalition

All of these products had a huge Total Addressable Market (TAM), and were clearly Feasible, but failed to differentiate themselves in any meaningful way. The market subsequently allowed them to slide into obscurity. Here again, the concern mainly is that there has be enough of a market that the business has a shot at success.

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Join me at PIPELINE 2014!

Product Beautiful

On this Friday, June 6, 2014, I will be presenting at a virtual conference called PIPELINE 2014. PIPELINE is put on by Planview , and will include presentations about a wide variety of topics of interest to Product Management and Marketing professionals, including innovation, ideation, prioritization, and how to change your culture.