Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 4, 2024

Brought to you by: • Explo —Embed customer-facing analytics in your product • Vanta —Automate compliance. He’s also invested in 100+ startups including OpenAI, AngelList, Coinbase, and Dropbox. Continuously learn: Keep learning and adapting your approach based on feedback and results.

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Basel Fakhoury

MAY 17, 2018

and the best way to do that was through user research. So instead of jumping head first into building a new product, we committed to a full range of user research to systematically test our most promising ideas. Luckily, the last idea we tested was the idea that would ultimately become User Interviews.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

Two years ago this week, I started work as the first VP of Product Management at NTENT - a company with huge, rapidly growing market, world-famous CTO, seasoned executives and engineering team, and core technology that only a handful of companies in the world possess. all the ingredients of a great startup experience!

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

by Sergey Kizayn, CTO, Intetics. Every startup goes through three basic stages as it strives to become the next Uber or Amazon: idea, launch, and growth. The secret to becoming a successful startup lies in knowing your strengths and weaknesses and overcoming all the obstacles you will face along your journey. No Market Need.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 7, 2024

Brought to you by: • WorkOS —The modern API for auth & user identity • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster — Ray (Jiayi) Cao is the global head of product strategy and operations for monetization product at TikTok.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 19, 2022

Testing programs to meet user needs using programming languages such as C++, Java, and Python. Given that Directors of Cloud Infrastructure are on the executive team, they will report directly to the CEO or CTO. Chief Technology Officer Truth be told, this position does not require much introduction.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! Even with the pop-up suggestions, we saw significant drop-off during user onboarding. The point is, empty textboxes aren’t just intimidating, they can significantly impact user engagement and conversion rates. Drop-off on the first page of an application is bad news.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Six years ago, Intercom invented business messaging – helping internet businesses interact with their customers in a personal, scalable way that had never been done before. We are laser focused on driving breakthrough innovations which help our customers grow their businesses efficiently. Ann joined us this past May.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? If you require user interface or graphic design, the selection process will differ slightly. Although noteworthy, working with large corporations differs remarkably from working with startups. How do they handle testing? cto , product , saas

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Working in Big Tech vs. at a Startup | Day in the Life Trying to decide if you want to work at a big tech company like Google or Amazon, or if you’d be happier at a startup? Trying to better understand the software engineer career path?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. both in the short and long term. Here are the things that you must keep in mind before?—?and and during?—?the

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Outgrowing your stack: Your tech stack was just right for your startup. Your tech team is suggesting a costly, time-consuming overhaul. How would your product perform if your user base were to scale up by a factor of 10? We also begin to assess how well the architecture fits with your business needs. And what causes that?

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Product teams can then execute by building, testing, and deploying products to achieve the desired outcome.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

UX Designer: Responsible for understanding the unique needs and requirements of SaaS users and designing the user interface and experience of SaaS products. Customer Success Manager: This person is responsible for customer relationships and experience as well as acting as the voice of the customer.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

At Benchmark, Sarah invests in consumer businesses and the consumerization of IT. His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. Christina has helped to grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, and the New York Times, as well as numerous startups throughout Silicon Valley.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In Japan, the food tech and nutritionally balanced food product industries didn’t exist and consumers weren’t familiar with the concept of the industry. That is until BASE FOOD , a nutritionally balanced food Japan-based startup, successfully created a product that popularized the industries.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 24, 2019

MVP is a phrase that startup people love to throw around. Side Note: Does a Successful MVP Equal Product/Market Fit? Startup teams tie themselves in knots considering how they’ll collect the right data from an MVP. Seek to build an MVP that evokes the emotion you seek in customers. Not at all. This is wasted effort.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Organizations from early-stage startups to mature enterprises have been prioritizing design and its methods as a competitive differentiator for years. About 90% of companies in their 2018 research aren’t fully realizing the full potential of their design teams. Get Involved with Research. indicates the struggle is real.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Not only is tracking the competition daunting, it doesn’t ensure the product chiseled and shaped will be used by YOUR user base. In 2022, the competitive strategy is not as much about analyzing the market opportunities but focusing on the satisfaction of customers. Listen to your customers 3. Let’s g(r)o(w)! ?

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The Product Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2023

🥰 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your bi-weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. Not going to lie, PMs do work alone on many occasions, from figuring out the roadmap to dealing with customers. Quantitative feedback which is defined by success metrics in each project.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

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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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Whenever I talk to startup CEOs, especially first-timers, the discussion on product goes immediately to UX and wireframes. In the evolution of a startup, the founders initially do whatever they can themselves. When it comes to the actual work products that product managers deliver: wireframes and user stories.

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Izenda

APRIL 29, 2019

Product managers don’t have full authority over all of the aspects that make products a success, such as user and data research, marketing, sales, or support. Conducting customer research. Learning from user testing. In some organizations, the role of a product manager can be a murky one. Pricing modeling.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

startups fail because CEOs have lousy bosses Why do startup fail? They are all reasons the founders mentioned when asked to tell why their startups failed. They are all reasons the founders mentioned when asked to tell why their startups failed. As if that is the problem and solution to most startup problems.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 10, 2018

However, when I talk to other entrepreneurs or startup folks, most of them ask: “Isn’t Intercom just a chat app? I’ve been asked this so often that I figured I’d share exactly how we use Intercom, the benefits it provides our business and more importantly, the benefits it provides our customers. Aren’t there lots of those out there?”.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Our second track, Delivering a Seamless Customer Journey, Both In and Out of Your Product , will allow you to level up your product experience for your users. Maybe you need to revamp your onboarding process to find efficiencies for users to see value faster. Product-led growth isn’t just for startups.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

In engineering, you want to move fast, ship often and solve real customer problems. It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers. Can you describe our standards technologies?

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