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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 2018, the total amount of VC investments was more than $3.5 These investments stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan causing the Japanese startup scene to be hotter than ever before. Top 10 Largest Japanese Companies in 2018.

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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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How Startups can compete in the Online Dating Market

The Product Coalition

The global online dating market was valued at $6,400.0 from 2018 to 2025. It’s a huge and fast-growing market and this factor is probably responsible for the gigantic amount of companies that arise in this segment year after year. million in 2017, and is projected to reach $9,202 million by 2025 , growing at a CAGR of 4.7%

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Experimentation over Internal Politics: The Product Managers’ Wish List for 2019

DISQO

The study of more than 250 product managers from large enterprises and startups throughout the U.S. However, the research also uncovered that the ability to innovate and experiment is being hindered by costly internal politics and distractions. 57% of product managers say they would like to be freed up to spend more time roadmapping.

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Pivoting a Startup with User Research

Basel Fakhoury

That’s when we realized that finding people to participate in user research studies sucks. three broke startup founders (without a startup)?—?were One lesson that we learned from our first failed startup was that it’s impossible to validate (or invalidate) an assumption unless you set clear success and failure criteria.

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How to Build Mobile Apps Customers Really Want

Alchemer Mobile

“The average app loses 77 percent of its DAUs (Daily Average Users) within the first three days after the install” according to research conducted in late 2018 by Andreessen Horowitz general partner Andrew Chen and mobile intelligence startup Quettra. How do you maximize your opportunity?

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Cognitive bias–and other innovation observations for product managers Feb 16, 2018

Product Innovation Educators

A lot of larger organizations are trying to operate as a startup. They’re putting Lean Startup practices into action and seeing mixed results. New Podcast Episode for Product Managers & Innovators: Rookie mistakes in market research product managers must avoid – with Gerry Katz. Read more at [link].