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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

At Headspace back in 2016, we had established our product roadmap and success metrics and our mission and vision, but teams were still confused about why we were working on the projects we chose. Uniqueness of levers: Assess if the levers can have a unique and differentiated experience as a result of being built by the team/company.

Strategy 113
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Using Embedded Analytics to Drive Revenue

Mind the Product

Five years ago, including embedded analytics in an application was a powerful way for product teams to differentiate their applications, reduce customer churn, and charge more for their products. When considering the value of analytics relative to their products overall, survey respondents estimated the value at 54%, up from 45% in 2016.

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A Primer on Business Strategy From Hamilton Helmer's 7 Powers

Sachin Rekhi

Hamilton published this work in 2016 after a career of working with over 200 clients as a strategy consultant, including Netflix, Spotify, and Adobe. Hamilton narrowly defines a successful strategy as creating a route to persistent differential returns for your business. Counter-positioning.

Strategy 212
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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

Adam Risman , a former host of the podcast, asked Rachel what made that point when Rachel joined Slack in 2016 the right time to invest in growth marketing? We use a multi-touch attribution system. We spent a lot of time and effort setting up that foundational system, making sure that our data was really good. What did they say?

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The Top 10 Deliverables of Product Managers

Sachin Rekhi

For example, here is a video from 2016 that showcases the vision for SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport System which aims to bring the first manned crew to Mars. Inevitably I still re-create the high-level roadmap in presentations for All Hands meetings, exec reviews, and sometimes even customers.

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Stripe’s James Dyett on a customer-first approach to sales

Intercom, Inc.

And so, in 2016, he joined Stripe, where he’s now the Head of Strategic Accounts for the Americas. And then, finally, when you’re a manager and you’re reviewing an account plan, always ask: how does this help the customer? Sales, he thought, would do just the trick.

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The Journey to Hybrid: 20+ Things We Learned Transforming Pulse Everywhere

Gainsight

Meanwhile, Pulse the conference graduated from a ballroom in 2013 to a full takeover of the Intercontinental Hotel in 2014 , San Francisco’s Pier 48 in 2015 , the Oakland Convention Center in 2016 and 2017 , the San Mateo County Events Center in 2018 , and finally to the venue it was truly meant to call home, San Francisco’s Moscone Center, in 2019.