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The Importance of Crowdsourcing Your Product Ideas

ProductPlan

Crowdsourcing can help you collect feedback and generate ideas from diverse people and perspectives. What is crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is where you ask people outside your company for ideas, information, and opinions – usually via the internet – to help you craft better products. Why crowdsource product ideas.

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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

If an investor likes aspects of a startup, they may still say no because they are waiting for opportunities that meet a higher bar. But if there are still untapped ideas, persevere and try them first. Dalton says to put yourself in the shoes of investors and consider what decisions they would make if they were in that position.

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Clearbit’s VP of Customer Success on turning economic headwinds into a growth opportunity

Intercom, Inc.

If you get it right – and meet your customers at precisely the right moment – 75% will take action after seeing a message that’s relevant to them. Luke describes the meeting like this: “They bring their biggest churn challenges to this meeting. It feels like crowdsourced problem-solving. And you pose your challenge.

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You’re Not a Manager of Multiple Teams, You’re a Leader: Tips for Leading Multiple Teams

The Product Coalition

Some things you can do: Institute “skip meetings” where folks can directly talk to their boss’ boss. Crowdsource a standard and stick with it. Communicate Communicate Both Ways Lack of two-way communication is the root of all evils. It’s how wars and divorces get started. Communication also has to be tended to, like your flower garden.

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What’s a Customer Success Handbook and why it’s important?

Gainsight

A good handbook should be crowdsourced. Present and discuss the outline in a team meeting and explain your goals. Schedule a separate meeting to create or improve your team’s mission statement or charter. Review sections of the handbook and make improvements in team meetings.

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How we use Slack at Slack

The Product Coalition

For example, we run a weekly executive product review with a small group, sparing people’s time from unnecessary meetings, and then “pin” the notes in a public channel. Without leaving Slack, they can send their update directly back into Ally, so that it’s accurate when we share status reports in our Monday meeting.

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The Important Product Manager Skill That You’re Missing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

By networking, you’ll get: Crowdsourced Solutions: Instead of spending hours researching, a well-placed question within your network can offer immediate answers. Meeting diverse individuals: Offers fresh perspectives. Having a network means you have a reservoir of collective experience to tap into. Challenges your beliefs.