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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Given that such partners have also built out a very strong 24x7 operational team across the country, it implied that the cost of maintenance was considerably lower than if we did this by ourselves. Operations fall in the same category.

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The Number One Thing Product Managers Want This Year

ProductPlan

One product manager at a mid-size telecommunications firm warns about a “fixation on revenue or other specific KPIs without focusing on other KPIs that could reveal trends with dire consequences.”. The concept of a product management team is still kind of new to many organizations. They replace themes and outcomes.