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Crowdsourced Testing vs. Beta Testing: What’s the Difference?

Centercode

Those aspects show the difference between crowdsourced testing and beta testing. Crowdsourced testing, like beta testing, gives testers real products to use in the real world before release. How Crowdsourced Testing Works. Most crowdsourced tests have a short test window, ranging from a few hours to a few days.

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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

Here’s an example of how we collaborated with Product by focusing on the problems to be solved: Today we crowdsource the problems to be solved from folks on our Sales and Customer Solutions teams. Building a positive feedback loop. The last thing I’ll say is remember to invest in a positive feedback loop.

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Assets & Liabilities: My Go-to Method for Taking Inventory With Teams

The Product Coalition

I like to crowdsource items for the assets column first because they tend to be positive and help maintain an optimistic energy in the room. Next, capture the contributions that others share.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

An innovation incubator that crowdsources solutions to common problems using NASA’s data is an impressive weekend hackathon. Idea generator, collaborator, problem solver, pilot maker, team builder, resource leverager, … Interestingly, some state governments have CINO positions too. What is a Chief Innovation Officer?

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30 Steps to Mobile App Launch

Alchemer Mobile

The first step of any go-to-market strategy is to lock in a compelling positioning statement: Who is your app intended for? Now it’s time to put your app and positioning to the test. Use this as an opportunity to crowdsource quality assurance and ensure a relatively bug-free experience once you release your public app.

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

Intercom, Inc.

If you have lots of unstructured [information], it’s hard to get it in a position where it’s getting to the right person at the right time. It feels like crowdsourced problem-solving. “Showing the right thing to the right person at the right time is the Holy Grail of marketing and service. And you pose your challenge.

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Where the Best Ideas Come From

The Product Coalition

Positioned as they are at the intersection of business strategy, customer experience and change, nobody is better qualified than product leaders to know. There wasn’t much value found in crowdsourcing either, which has become more popular in recent years. Surprisingly, ideas from leadership ranked near the bottom at 13%.