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Top mistakes made by Engineers-turned-Founders: Worry too much about scalability/fixing bugs.and more

NextBigWhat

Spending time cleaning up technical debt. Many engineers who become founders worked at a successful company with thousands++ users, so it’s tempting to think once you build something people will come – but most startups don’t have preexisting audiences so YOU have to build the audience. Follow @jackiexu_.

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My Biggest Takeaways?—?Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup

The Product Coalition

Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup In my previous article , I reflected on a few things that I would tell myself if I could travel back in time and the concept of “three waves of changes.” In this post, I want to talk about the three most important lessons I have learned so far as a Product Manager at a startup.

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The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival

Bain Public

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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We’re Thrilled to Welcome Ken Yarmosh as Partner

Modus Create

” – Patrick Sheridan, Cofounder & Managing Partner at Modus Create. Ken Yarmosh brings over 15 years of experience as both a startup executive and a technology thought leader. “In addition to his deep technical expertise, Ken is also a well-regarded thought leader in the app dev space. Welcome aboard Ken!

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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. Brant Cooper, Co-Founder of Moves the Needle. Get your tickets.

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Building Products for Positive Social Impact with Divya Dhar

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

This led me to start a health tech company in order to reduce the burden of care coordination in hospitals. I sold this company after 3.5 Q: Is there a common thread between the startups you founded in the past? To elaborate, every non-profit and company is different. It’s a very different maximization function.

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How to Deal With Unknown Unknowns in Project Planning

Amplitude

This is a guest post from Dillon Forest, cofounder, CTO & product manager at RankScience. But when you’re building a product with lots of technical or business unknowns—something many startups and product teams are doing—this process breaks down. The uncertainty of technical products.