The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

Guest Post by: Merziyah Poonawala (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Joni Hoadley]. A startup development team consisting of a product manager and two offshore engineers was facing major challenges in meeting client deliverable deadlines – repeatedly. THE CHALLENGE. THE CAUSE.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. work in a fast-growing startup. Also, let me introduce you to the anti-patterns agile startups shall avoid at all costs. ??

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

You see, although we work hard to make Userpilot the best product adoption tool on the market, we know it isnt the perfect fit for every business. Helping prospects find the right product is a win-win situation. Userpilots key features include: No-code Chrome extension for building in-app flows. Pendo The dashboard on Pendo.

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Userpilot

MAY 27, 2025

We covered everything from features to pricing, along with insights from real users. It helps app owners guide new users, promote feature adoption , and deliver employee training, all within the mobile app experience. Analytics: WalkMe provides detailed insights into user behavior, product usage, and workflow progress.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

If your product is to survive and your business is to grow, improving your user onboarding must always be top of mind. First, onboarding is the one thing that every user of your product experiences. Secondly, just as Ruairí wrote recently , your onboarding strategy must adapt over time as your product and business evolve.

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Product Talk

MAY 15, 2024

Committing to continuous discovery means changing the way your product team operates. We hope that today’s Product in Practice will change your mind. Ellen Juhlin , a product coach and Product Talk instructor, shares several ways that she used in-app surveys to collect feedback and create regular touch points with customers.

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Userpilot

JUNE 5, 2025

As a product manager at Userpilot, I’ve had the chance (and let’s be honest, responsibility) to try out major onboarding automation tools in this space. In this post, I’ll walk you through how these tools compare based on actual, hands-on use, not just pricing tables and feature checklists. Starts at $300/month for 1,000 MAUs.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2025

If youve ever tried evaluating product tour tools, you know the surface-level comparisons dont tell you much. Every tool claims to be a no-code tool and easy to use, but few support the workflows product teams care about, like multi-step onboarding , flow targeting, mobile support, or analytics that go beyond step views.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

Startup funding was relatively easy to raise. Due to the growing tendency of backing technology businesses, a software startup could raise millions of dollars of funding in their earliest stages of development. The old-style Waterfall model was replaced with incremental and iterative development.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

” And that’s also why AARRR metrics are called pirate metrics. Short for acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and revenue, these metrics help you measure and drive product growth. In this article, we’ll dig deeper into the AARRR framework and the relevant metrics associated with each stage.

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Userpilot

MAY 6, 2025

When you’re building a mobile product , data is your lifeline. Whether for tracking feature adoption or spotting drop-off points, the right analytics tool can make or break your growth. Some tools are great for marketers, and others are for product or development teams. Consider if: Youre a very early-stage startup.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Let me jump right in: With product analytics, customer retention isn’t just something you measure after the fact; it should be something you can learn to predict (and then improve). How could a product manager possibly dig into the data and pull up something that’s genuinely useful for activation and retention?

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

In a fastmoving digital economy, many organizations leverage outsourced software product development to accelerate innovation, control costs, and tap into global expertise. Rather than building and maintaining a large inhouse team, businesses partner with specialized vendors to handle design, development, testing, and deployment.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2022

Recently one of the founders of a hot startup asked me, “How do we know if we should add new value props for existing customers or continue to invest in existing ones? Given that we have finite engineering and product resources, what is the path forward?” What would that balance look like?

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Table of Contents The problem with defining product-market fit In search of quantitative indicators of product-market fit 6 things about measuring product-market fit 1. With that in mind, product-market fit is a spectrum 4. Every business is unique, and metrics frameworks apply differently 5.

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2021

A flexible framework for one of today’s most important business documents “A great product manager has the brain of an engineer, the heart of a designer, and the speech of a diplomat.”?—?Deep Just like the role of a product manager can vary significantly from company to company, so can? So what goes into a product spec?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

‘How to optimize your product metrics for growth’ by Dan Olsen is one of the talks in this year’s Product Drive hosted by Userpilot. In this article, you will learn who Dan Olsen is, discover the core ideas from his book The Lean Product Playbook, and find out what you can expect from his talk.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. Developers can remove the pains associated with constantly incorporating new SDKs into an app and focus on delivering products that transform the customer experience.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

Want to advance your career in product management or find top talent for your team? This article shares exciting product manager roles focused on retention and churn and showcases standout candidates in the field. Recommended product manager job openings in data-driven companies 1. Who would be the best fit for this job?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 4, 2024

As a product management veteran with over 20 years of leadership experience, I’ve worked with numerous organizations looking to transform their approach to building and delivering products. These product leaders come from various roles – from CPOs and product managers to designers, engineers and sales people.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Yet in Mark’s experience working with and mentoring startups, he’s found that many entrepreneurs go with intuition over information. Or, even if they’re leaning towards the latter, they’re often not using the right metrics. The framework consists of three elements: product-market fit, go-to-market fit, and growth and moat.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 7, 2018

Today he’s the founder and CEO at GrowthHackers , whose software, community and annual conference help teams work together to drive breakout growth results for “must have” products and services. a lot of Sean’s early focus and success there came from experimentation with onboarding. It’s analysis-driven grit.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 3, 2019

On this week’s show, we catch up with email marketing strategist, Val Geisler, as she walks us through some practical emailing tips, her process for onboarding, and why she likens career progression to a spiral staircase. Think about onboarding like you’re hosting a dinner party. The dinner party approach to onboarding.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

How are you going to find one metric that matters enough to help grow your business? Although you need several important metrics like customer lifetime value, activation, and retention, all the data can sometimes be overwhelming and make you lose focus. You should not care about only one metric. Why is using an OMTM important?

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

What are Pirate Metrics? Invented in 2007 by Dave McClure, pirate metrics is a framework that is still used by businesses to measure and optimize customer interaction across their lifecycle. But how does the pirate metrics framework work for SaaS and how can it help drive growth? What is Dave McClure’s pirate metrics?

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UX Planet

JUNE 1, 2025

Through case studies, statistical evidence, and methodological frameworks, I aimed to establish how systematic user research can positively impact key business metrics, from acquisition to referral. Additional statistics reinforce this argument: 74% of SaaS companies consider their product the primary driver of growth OpenView, 2022.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 5, 2024

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Q: How do you hit #1 on Product Hunt? Product Hunt is one of the most effective ways to get early users for a product. Below, Leo shares the seven things you need to get right to win on Product Hunt, and five myths.

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Userpilot

MARCH 21, 2025

As a product manager, I know that even small friction points cause users to drop off. An unclear onboarding flow, slow screen transitions, or a buried key feature can mean the difference between retention and churn. My team at Userpilot has helped countless product teams enhance their mobile UX without compromising performance.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Written by Mary Moore, copywriter at Shakuro As a UI/UX designer or a startup founder, youre likely acutely aware of the countless challenges that come with this task. Features like interactive quizzes, gamification, and visual aids can reinforce concepts and help users retain information.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 18, 2021

To answer this question (and take action), you basically need three things: Metrics – so you know how fast is your SaaS growing and what do you need to do to improve the growth rate. You can measure growth by using various metrics like pirate metrics. Dave McClure’s Pirate Metrics. Pirate Metrics consist of: Acquisition.

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Userpilot

MAY 3, 2023

Is Pendo onboarding functionality any good? We look at the onboarding features Pendo offers, how to use them, and their pros and cons. TL;DR Pendo onboarding is a set of features you can use to help your users experience product value and become competent users. What is Pendo Onboarding? What is it?

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2022

A smooth onboarding process is like the key to a puzzle. It unlocks customer engagement, starts the customer relationship on the right foot, and ensures that customers continue using the product the right way for a long time to come. Customer onboarding helps customers realize the full value of the product.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In this blog post, we’re going to break down the pros and cons of using UserGuiding as an onboarding and engagement tool for SaaS and give you the best alternatives that may fit your specific needs and use cases. UserGuiding is a no-code tool for user onboarding. Userguiding features. User onboarding. Feature adoption.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 20, 2023

The build-measure-learn process is a fundamental part of the lean startup methodology introduced by Eric Ries in his book “The Lean Startup.” ” Over time, companies across different industries have used it as a valuable tool for building successful products. Book a demo and learn more.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Pendo Engage is an in-app guidance and feedback collection tool to help you track key metrics or usage data. TL;DR Pendo Engage is a product adoption platform for with in-app guidance , product analytics, and feedback collection capabilities. If you want to learn more about Userpilot, then get your free demo today!

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Looking for an example of a happy, high performing product team? Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. When I wrote Build Better Products in 2016, it honestly came out of a ton of consulting. Laura: Exactly.

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