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What is Good Product Strategy?

Melissa Perri

When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our product team. We had learned so much about what was preventing users from signing up on the site, and it was a lot clearer which direction in which we should be going. BUT we still had to test our ideas. YOU NEED A STRATEGY.”

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The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival

Bain Public

Product management is a job that encompasses elements of business strategy, engineering, marketing and market research. This means deciding what features to develop, when to improve them and how to get users involved. We’ll also discuss how to roll out the features and ensure your customers see the value in them.

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Leading the Change: How Ellen Juhlin Introduced Discovery Habits at Orion Labs

Product Talk

It involves strengthening your understanding of business outcomes , fostering collaboration in product trios , and cultivating many other habits like conducting regular story-based interviews , mapping opportunities on the opportunity solution tree , and identifying and testing assumptions. Teresa: Who are your typical customers?

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit. 3) power user curve showing a smile — with a big concentration of engaged users (you grow out from this strong core). 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation.

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Blaise Transit, A Bain Public Client, Says 'No Problem' Heading Into 2023!

Bain Public

Built on pillars of sustainability, innovation and inclusion, Blaise Transit improves and optimizes the user experience for multi-passenger vehicles fleet operators. As a smart Mobility start-up, they developed solutions to optimise and revolutionize public transport systems and services. This round allowed the company to raise $2.4

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit. 3) power user curve showing a smile — with a big concentration of engaged users (you grow out from this strong core). 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation.

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Solve a Hard Problem (Tinder). Chapter 8 of my upcoming book, The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

.” Here’s how I define each side: There are usually a minority of users that will create disproportionate value and as a result, they will have disproportionate power. For social networks, these are often the content creators that generate the media everyone consumes. This the “Hard Side” of your network.