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Des Traynor talks startup strategy, product fundamentals and Enterprise SaaS on 20VC

Intercom, Inc.

Our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor joins the 20VC podcast for a fascinating conversation with host Harry Stebbings. ” Two of the Biggest Myths in Startups: Being First and Defensibility. “I think being being first doesn’t matter. ” The Makings of Great Product Marketing.

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Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt

Lenny Rachitsky

— Richard Rumelt is a legend in the world of strategy. He’s the author of Good Strategy/Bad Strategy and The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists, both of which are often recommended by guests on this podcast. Strategies are fundamentally about what you’ll do in response to a challenge.

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The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1?—?Seed)

The Product Coalition

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. heard my explanation and immediately said — ‘oh, you are doing product strategy’.

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Top Strategies to Advance Your Product Management Career Rapidly – Part 4

280 Group

Leadership Definitions. Let’s start with a couple of definitions of leadership. Our first definition is from the book An Integrative Theory of Leadership. As big fans of Peter Drucker, we particularly like this definition of Leadership: “Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.”

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Product Strategy 101: It’s About Depth, Not (Just) Vision

The Product Coalition

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. This should be your first step into product strategy. Looking at long-term goals is definitely one of the things that make any strategy hard to build, but for product strategy that is not the hardest part.

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Productboard founder and CEO Hubert Palan on mastering product strategy

Intercom, Inc.

In this episode of Inside Intercom, we caught up with Hubert for a chat about starting small, committing to a product strategy that helps you reach your long-term goals and making sure everyone’s on the same page. Use it to make better product decisions. I started as a product manager and ended up as the VP of product. ” So we did that.

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Why your growth depends on taking risks with your hiring strategy

Intercom, Inc.

There’s a key turning point for your hiring strategy in a rapidly scaling team or organization. It’s imperative that early hires are able to hit the ground running and are excited by a chaotic startup environment. Hiring strategy for early stage startups. Scaling up your hiring strategy.

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