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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Pivoting, resilience, avoiding tar pit ideas, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by: • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Vanta —Automate compliance. During his time at YC, he’s advised more than 35 YC unicorns, including DoorDash, Amplitude, Webflow, and Retool, and has worked across 21 different YC batches.

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6 Things I Learned About PLG and Customer Success

Gainsight

Have you ever heard the one about the client that “was a little different than your other customers?” In the Customer Success world, this scenario has become a bit of a joke. So when a Customer Success leader, as one of OUR clients, tells us about how different they are, it’s reasonable to be a bit skeptical.

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Crowdtesting – all you need to know

Usersnap

The customer finding it could damage your reputation. It’s nice to have your customers testing the application. Crowdtesting is simply user testing through broader groups of people. Let’s look at the primary “Crowdsourcing” concept first. The collation of inputs from large groups is called crowdsourcing.

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10 SaaS Knowledge Base Examples and Best Tools to Build Yours

Userpilot

Helping your users get the most out of your product is an important (and tricky) job. Knowledge bases can become one of your most effective tools for answering your users’ questions, reducing pressure on your support team – and ultimately enhancing the customer experience. Ready to get started?

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Connect Product Strategy to Execution in ProductPlan

ProductPlan

More recently, we’ve helped you crowdsource new ideas from customers and stakeholders alike , and create a consistent GTM process for every new launch. Many of our customers are candid about their struggles to connect initiatives planned in their roadmaps to the broader goals they support. It’s a complicated request.

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Top 6 Translation Management Tools for Software Builders

Usersnap

Especially when building customer-centric products, the software text matters. Providing software in our customer’s native language impacts the user experience a lot. There are many reasons why Translation Management is important for your product’s customer experience.

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Connect Product Strategy to Execution in ProductPlan

ProductPlan

More recently, we’ve helped you crowdsource new ideas from customers and stakeholders alike , and create a consistent GTM process for every new launch. Many of our customers are candid about their struggles to connect initiatives planned in their roadmaps to the broader goals they support. It’s a complicated request.