The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2018

3 years ago I decided it’s time for me to leave my product role in a large B2B software company and start my own B2C startup called Missbeez. I would like to share with you some of the insights of my journey so far and the key differences between leading a B2B product and a B2C one. Often, there are conflicts between the two.

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NextBigWhat

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

With B2C products, startups can work with many standard metrics to define ‘success’ and find a pathway for growth that works for them. FWD is the fastest way to learn and develop in-demand skills – including Product Management – and move forward in career and life. Available for both Android & iOS.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. A startup, finding its feet and learning how to stand, should by certain logic be less wise, less capable and less developed than its older, wiser counterparts. I once heard an anecdote about a very young child being told a story about a very old man.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This post is now the single best way to find my best stuff across both the newsletter and podcast. 🎖️ The Best of Lenny’s Newsletter 1.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of teams to fail. And beyond the anecdotal, an often-cited 2019 study CB Insights found that “no market need” was the leading reason most startups don’t succeed. ” Credit: The Lean Startup Playbook. In short, yes.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Indeed, among our customers were B2C companies, small businesses, and large enterprises along with customers in places and industries well beyond Silicon Valley. You can’t find email lists using Job-to-be-Done, but you can find ones for B2C subscription businesses that have a high volume of website traffic.

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Product Talk

MAY 15, 2024

While Orion had started with a B2C focus, they got a lot of inbound interest in the B2B space. She had to set up the survey and add logic to make sure the right people were going to the Calendly link and coordinate with the developer who was filling in some of the hidden variables behind the scenes.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Tying analytics to business goals in a product-led startup. You might be at a startup, but it’s not the Wild West; you still need to tie your metrics back to bigger business goals. Retention is a key metric for any startup: Here’s a quick example for how to predict it.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I started off my journey as a UI developer at PayPal Engineering Singapore. It was a great experience working in an MNC that functions with the startup mindset. Product Management Journey?—?Developer

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

all the ingredients of a great startup experience! In a pay-it-forward kind of way, my team and I are sharing what we have learned to-date in a series of posts that hopefully will be useful to you whether you are at a startup or a larger organization. but more on this later…). Be responsive to requests from Sales?—?and

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up. Yvonne has taken a data-driven approach to international expansion, successfully avoiding the traps that have ensnared other startups. The patterns Yvonne and the team see on the B2C side often foreshadow behavior on the B2B side. “We

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

There’s a clear distinction between technical and business-oriented roles, as well as between those focused on B2C and B2B markets. On the other hand, sales-led companies have the product team receiving more input from sales and success teams concentrating on developing features that facilitate closing significant deals. For example.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2024

This challenge was critical because it could lead to inaccurate product decisions, delays in development , and missed opportunities in a competitive industry. This was not a problem in Microsoft because when you have millions of B2C users, it’s far easier to recruit participants with a $100 voucher incentive.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

If you work at an early-stage startup and you don’t have any customers yet, then you need to talk to prospects. Learn more about how continuous discovery works in early-stage startups here. ). How Continuous Discovery Works (And Doesn’t) in Early-Stage Startups. How to Develop Your Active Listening Skills.

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Usersnap

MARCH 16, 2023

Traditionally, we think about businesses being either B2B or B2C, however, there’s also a third model that combines the two. B2B companies that need help marketing their products or services can partner with B2C online shops. Other examples include a B2B product supplier buying leads from a B2C entity.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. It develops for Android and iOS, but also for the web.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 18, 2021

is the CPO of a startup in transition. In fact, the lean startup approach says that there will always be a better one around the corner, but you must take the turn first to see it. A decision on the next big bet isn’t as hard to change as the decision on whether you are a B2B or a B2C company. Sounds confusing?

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Userpilot

APRIL 18, 2024

It allows you to develop more targeted marketing campaigns that cater to each segment’s pain points. Data-driven product development – Evaluating how different users navigate and interact with your product eliminates the guesswork from product development.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Since my college days, I was always passionate about being an entrepreneur and my college experience led me to participate in what is called the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC). The EDC is an autonomous body that promotes the cultivation of startups and entrepreneurial ideas.

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The Product Guy

JULY 18, 2019

Product development roles and “product” as a discipline are rapidly evolving within technology companies. At startups or growth stage companies, a “Product Manager” is responsible for identifying what needs to be built and then executing on building the product. Product Management at scale has also evolved but at a slower pace.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 2, 2019

For Bangaly, you start with the fundamental customer experience – thinking through how you develop customers’ first awareness of your business, encourage their first purchase, and ultimately grow long-term engagement and monetization. This is episode eight of Scale , a brand new podcast series on moving from startup to scale up.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

Founders of early-stage startups ask questions like, “When should I hire my first product manager? I usually recommend that startups hire a relatively junior product manager initially. Do you have a combination of B2B people, B2C people, and marketplace people? 19:09] Tell us more about challenges related to people.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 14, 2018

Keywords: b2b, b2c, Product Management, Recruitment, UX. Keywords: Agile Development, App, Backend, Developer, IOS, Product Management, Startup, User Interface Design, UX Design. Each week we highlight some of the recently posted openings. Check out this week’s newest, below…. Head of Product @ Jopwell (New York).

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Product Marketer (PMMs) : PMMs operate at the intersection of product development and its target audience. For burgeoning startups, roles may blend; the head growth marketer could double as the data analyst. Our lens will focus on the SaaS growth marketer’s role, which mirrors many aspects found in the B2C sphere.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

While it is very nice and comfortable to stay and continue doing the things you already know, if you want to develop yourself and become a master of product management you need to get out of your comfort zone and jump between different type of companies, different type of tech technologies and different type of markets.

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Arpit Rai

OCTOBER 29, 2019

What’s the difference between product management in B2B/SaaS and B2C? To be honest, I haven’t worked in the B2C sector. Following are some of the differences I can think of: Customer Research: B2B PMs tend to speak with customers a LOT more than B2C customers. That’s just because you have so much data in B2C compared to B2B.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

David Krell is the VP of Product at Going (formerly known as Scott’s Cheap Flights), a B2C SaaS company that helps members save between 40–90% off airfare. It felt like 10+ years of experience, from customer development to Jobs Theory all in one actionable package. I literally couldn’t put it down.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Stacks can be developed at the project, team, or functional level and are regularly used to improve internal collaboration, measure the impact of marketing activities and reach customers in new ways. This works as well for a B2B company like Intercom as it does for any B2C company. Stage 2: Engage. Stage 3: Analyze and optimize.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 18, 2020

It doesn’t involve heavy development and brings everyone relevant to the discussion early. When I recommend this to the startups that I work with, it usually translates to having senior people on the calls with customers (because that’s how startups work), trying out the new pitch, and feeling it themselves.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

TL;DR: we recently released an all-new Free Plan with up to 100K Monthly Tracked Users (MTUs), made changes to our pricing curve, and launched a Startup Program to give early-stage companies more runway for growth. First and foremost, startups are in our DNA. We know what you might be thinking: that’s crazy!

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

While it is very nice and comfortable to stay and continue doing the things you already know, if you want to develop yourself and become a master of product management you need to get out of your comfort zone and jump between different type of companies, different type of tech technologies and different type of markets. Jump Markets.

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NextBigWhat

JULY 30, 2020

These are experts in customer development. I’ve found the Creator PM role prevails in young startups (Series B & earlier). Larger companies that aggressively pursue the development of new products (think Atlassian vs. Slack) are more likely to have this role. The larger the company, the less often you find this role.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 31, 2017

Sunil Parekh is the VP of Product Management at Truveris, which is a healthcare startup based out of New York City. In the start of his presentation at ProductTank NYC, he further breaks down his experience by listing some of the professional roles he’s played, like Lab Researcher, R&D Engineer, Product Manager, and Startup Advisor.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

While it is very nice and comfortable to stay and continue doing the things you already know, if you want to develop yourself and become a master of product management you need to get out of your comfort zone and jump between different type of companies, different type of tech technologies and different type of markets.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

While it is very nice and comfortable to stay and continue doing the things you already know, if you want to develop yourself and become a master of product management you need to get out of your comfort zone and jump between different type of companies, different type of tech technologies and different type of markets.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

While it is very nice and comfortable to stay and continue doing the things you already know, if you want to develop yourself and become a master of product management you need to get out of your comfort zone and jump between different type of companies, different type of tech technologies and different type of markets.

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