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20 Top Product Management Books for 2021

Alchemer Mobile

Solving problems quickly, efficiently, and with customer needs as the north star separated the great brands from the good ones in a year that has completely changed the way we digitally engage with brands we love. Buy it here. Value Proposition Design. How to Create Products and Services Customers Want. by Alexander Osterwalder.

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

Andrew Chen

Though Apple accounts for the majority of podcast listening, the company currently doesn’t monetize podcasting at all — all ads that you hear on podcasts are a result of advertisers and podcasters connecting off-platform. The primary goal behind these podcasting initiatives is mostly brand-building and marketing, rather than driving revenue.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

Though Apple accounts for the majority of podcast listening, the company currently doesn’t monetize podcasting at all — all ads that you hear on podcasts are a result of advertisers and podcasters connecting off-platform. The primary goal behind these podcasting initiatives is mostly brand-building and marketing, rather than driving revenue.