The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2020

Most of us in the startup community have embraced the principles of Lean product development and MVPs. Despite this, most startups still flatline or fail after their MVP has been released. Startups are complex, so there’s many factors at play. This is precisely why growth curves for most startups are flat forever.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 6, 2021

In the battle for user attention, it is crucial to know what features and elements are relevant and up-to-date for startup mobile app development now. The trend has been with us for a while, and it will definitely be popular for several years to come. Along with the number of users, the number of competitors has also increased.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 21, 2020

Why you should work at a StartUp: Clarifying Reasons The number of people looking for jobs at StartUps has been growing year after year in the last decade, a modest number of students are already planning to work in this type of company since the early years of the University.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 25, 2022

CB Insights states that 41 fintech startups that are backed by venture capital are worth $154.1 One of the deciding factors for the fintech market to be that voluminous is banks investing in and supporting technological development. They have already earned the trust of the audience, so they are definitely worth paying attention to.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2021

Front end trends are developing slowly. It’s really hard to make predictions about what will happen in 2021, but we may surely say what technologies will remain at the peak of fame and will be used everywhere in front end development app. Frameworks are software that simplify the development process and different modules assembly.

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UX Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The MVP of the FIFA World Cup 2022 I recently took part in a workshop where the facilitator asked the participants about their definitions of MVP. Developers view MVP as squeezing in as much work as possible before the release date. Developers view MVP as squeezing in as much work as possible before the release date.

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Bryce York

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Surprisingly, there isn’t a universal or formal definition of the product development lifecycle. If you’re a product manager looking for a framework to structure your product development lifecycle, focus on these four key phases: Discovery. The 4 Phases of The Product Development Lifecycle. Evaluation.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Fast Development The startup world is fast-paced and sometimes very difficult to jump into as it moves. 4 Reasons You Should Definitely Build A Minimum Viable Product was originally published in ProductCoalition.com on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The market is saturated with hundreds of FinTech software development companies, so it can be challenging to choose the one that best fits your business. Are you looking for the best FinTech developer to build a robust payment app, personal accounting app, or banking application?

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Nulab

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Marina Vorontsova is a copywriter at Soshace.com — a hiring platform for web developers — hire a developer or apply for a remote job. That’s why it’s of the utmost importance that your startup understands the fundamentals of digital marketing and traffic management. Definitions.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 6, 2020

To help you make a better-informed decision about your future technology partner, we’ve conducted market and industry research in order to define the best cross-platform app development companies. why cross-platform app development? It is an established boutique design and software development house based in Warsaw, Poland.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 21, 2020

It is a product strategy document that is used as a source of truth by the product team, the development team, external stakeholders, etc. But, an internal roadmap for developers obviously needs to be detail oriented. Development team capacity is an important factor to consider. The goal is to keep the customer hooked.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 8, 2019

Everyone is hiring Product Marketing Managers (“PMMs”) and there is a great demand for expertise in this space, so read on for a strategic and tactical definition of “What is Product Marketing?”. We think these definitions are too one-dimensional because they’re focussed on products going TO the market.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

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. Why Do Most Startups Fail? No Market Need.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The stakes are exceptionally high for startups, where a misfit in the product team can have significant repercussions. A typical product sense and execution interview might commence with an intentionally broad question, such as, “Imagine you’re tasked with developing an AI model to predict the success rates of a dating app.”

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

It’s obvious that these tools were developed with little or no customer participation. In this situation, it doesn’t matter who creates the product, whether it’s two fellow developers or a corporation giant like Google?—?or This is a famous quote from Steve Blank, the founder of the customer development approach.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Pitfalls of Service-Led vs Product-Focused startups I have been on both sides of the spectrum and it has worked well for companies like Infosys, TCS which take on large service agreements with organizations and provide consulting services or develop software. At what point should you shift gears and focus on the product?

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

The most visceral example of why generative user research should inform strategy is in the case of early stage startups. The fact that it so often does not is a big reason why so many startups fail. Generative user research should inform strategy, while strategy should inform evaluative and investigative discovery.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We call it the product development life cycle. If ever curious to learn more about how teams go through these stages, we ran a survey with over 200 respondents to find out about teamwork, product development decisions, and how they’re made. What is the Product Development Life Cycle? The PDLC Stages. Brainstorming Ideas.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

and moreover, that the most common interpretation was not at all what I wanted to deal with, and definitely not where I believe (to date) most entrepreneurs need help. It works when each customer is extremely large, but there’s a caveat: you do a lot of dedicated development (which means expensive resources) for each and every customer.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2023

Yet I’ve read relatively little about the key question: when should a startup even try to take the PLG route? Why NOT to PLG I’ll start off by saying that even though we went with PLG, I still don’t think it’s the best choice for most startups: First of all, it’s not a good fit for many companies and products. To PLG later?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

What No One Tells You About Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup Over a year ago, I asked around, searched for books or articles, went to several talks but found very little advice on being a product manager at an early-stage startup. It’s important for an early-stage startup with limited resources.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2018

For example, Eric Reis, in The Lean Startup , recounts how cohort analysis helped his startup realize that their efforts at improving their product weren’t working: Thanks to the power of cohort analysis, we could not blame this failure on…external market conditions, or any other excuse. Eric Reis, The Lean Startup , 140–141.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

we got this request long before our MVP development agency was founded. Let’s talk about how to write a stunning app development RFP and make sure that the person who receives it clearly understands your needs and converts them all into something applicable and useful. ‘I need a website that will bring $10 a day’?—?we What about WHY?

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Des Traynor: So, maybe just a couple of dictionary definitions. When there’s unstructured data like masses of text or images or sounds, neural networks are now definitely the best way to deal with that data. And they are just scaling that up. They just added more and more compute to it, and it started to do amazing things.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They focus on a new product development definition that includes organic ingredients, personalized service and customization of their products, such as serum meant for a specific type of skin. The product managers at True Botanicals are also using common startup strategies to connect with customers.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I sat with an entrepreneur who was helping me with market research for the work I do with startup founders and explained to him what I do. However, the definition of strategy is a high-level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. This journey includes a lot of trial and error, by definition.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

After working on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine, he went on to develop Portfolium, a social networking platform that allows students and graduates to showcase skills beyond the traditional resume to potential employers. Liam: I’ve read a lot about difficulties in startups becoming SOC 2 Compliant. How does that feel?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

It’s nearly impossible to do, and even if you can do it, in most cases your startup won’t survive the time it would take in order to see its fruits. While the marketing strategy is typically not for you as a product leader to define, the unique value proposition definitely is. Many startups fall into this category.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

In product development, line jobs contribute to the products themselves, which means they contribute to revenue. Cutting overhead is definitely not personal—it’s all about how managers perceive an employee’s value. And if your company is a startup looking for funding? Worse, many staff jobs are commodity positions.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 22, 2016

One aspect of startups that the ecosystem is getting better at is designing our startups for learning from our customers to find product/market fit. But what I've found surprising is that these learnings haven't been readily applied to the development process and they definitely should be. What exactly do I mean by this?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Food tech is at the forefront of the global food industry’s transformation, and it’s our responsibility to remain abreast of all future food tech developments. Because of their tremendous potential for development in the future, many outsourcing software development companies are finding ways to name themselves in this industry.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Throughout his rich career, Marty has worn numerous hats within modern software product organizations, transitioning between roles involving product management, software development, product marketing , user experience design, and general management, among others. He also quotes case studies from Netflix and Google.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2023

The result was a very clear definition of success for the product and also a roadmap to measure progress. For example, with Minnesota Innovation, these two questions… What is the number of startups that are founded or relocated to Minnesota per year, and how does it compare to other states?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Around 2013, a serial entrepreneur named Mark Randall sold his startup to Adobe and joined Adobe. He realized innovation in a big corporation such as Adobe looks very different from innovation in a startup. We try to understand the definition of innovation in each company. 22:58] What are those decision gates like?

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Our conversation reminded me of an old startup adage that still rings true: First-time founders worry about the product, second-time founders worry about go-to-market. After developing and launching multiple apps, I have definitely learned to be in the second camp. The best part? You can check out the full episode here.

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