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Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze)

Lenny Rachitsky

He’s most recently the author of Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs , hailed by Steve Wozniak as the “Bible for entrepreneurs.” The ultimate measure of product-market fit is customer retention. Achieving product-market fit requires patience and iteration.

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Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Snap, Zero)

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Jira Product Discovery —Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | HelpBar by Chameleon —the free in-app universal search solution built for SaaS — Tom Conrad is the CEO of Zero and on the board of Sonos.

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2019 Goals Gone off the Rails? 3 Ways to get Back on Track

Mind the Product

getting a certification (be it scrum, agile, product, coaching … you name it). The list goes on and on – showing once again that our product community is made up of people who push themselves, are curious, and have a learning mindset. Approach goal: “Be more appreciative of my CTO’s actions.”. getting a promotion.

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Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading

Business of Software Conference

Current reading: I’m currently in the middle of reading a whole slew of books on JTBD, for the research I’m doing on the topic. Next up: Moesta’s Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook and Christensen’s Competing Against Luck. Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. At Rapportive, we were 100% product. Finished Ulwick’s Jobs-To-Be-Done.