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Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough

Andrew Chen

It’s hard to be a product without a strong theory of distribution Here’s a common startup situation. A team busts their ass for months building the first version of their product. Now a big question emerges — how do you get the first people to use your product? It’s almost done.

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Differentiate Yourself in an Already Clustered SaaS Market

ProductPlan

Industry veterans and startups quickly try to stand out in an already clustered SaaS market. It takes more than just keeping up with the competition on product comparison checklists to stay relevant. Effective product teams position their solutions as market leaders. As markets mature, the competitive landscape gets crowded.

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Why do 40% of product launches fail?

BrainMates

It’s heart-breaking that, after all the effort that goes into developing and launching a new Product, from so many different people, 40% of product launches fail. Markham’s landmark study showed [1] and this is what we learned about at the latest Product Talks in Sydney. lack of effective product marketing.

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How startups die from their addiction to paid marketing

Andrew Chen

Many of the biggest implosions in recent history – especially ecommerce – have been due to startups getting addicted to paid marketing while fooling themselves on Customer Acqusition Costs. A familiar story: New product launches. The product is low freq – gotta spend to grow. Build out there channels.

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Customer Development Guide For Product Managers

The Product Coalition

It precisely describes the core of the concept and partly explains the startup curve model. After coming up with a seemingly brilliant idea, a group of developers and designers gather to create a new product. However, when novelty fever declines, only 10–15% of the users are left and the product hasn’t made its sales target.

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BoS USA 2023 – The Sigmacorn Notes

Business of Software Conference

For example: a statement such as “Our company makes a cheap product with few features and great support” Pair with opposites and identify choices that companies make Act like a lawyer: make a great case for the opposition Extract choices: refine these choices into intelligent decisions that could have been made Identify attributes — there are no strengths (..)