The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2023

Product-Led Growth practice lead, Dave Boyce describes the distinction between finding product-market fit (PMF) versus finding go-to-market fit (GTMF). By Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition Getting the product right and ready before launch is critical for digital product businesses.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. The most common case is in startups when the practice is to build things that do not scale (see also Do Things that Don’t Scale by Paul Grahm).

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. The most common case is in startups when the practice is to build things that do not scale (see also Do Things that Don’t Scale by Paul Grahm).

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 3, 2019

Why most VCs typically invest in only one startup in a given business category. . The math of startups and venture capital. Of all the topics of the book, one of my favorites has to be the math of startups and venture capital, because it gives us a perspective on the life and death of startups as a whole. The J-Curve.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 16, 2022

You’ll almost certainly have heard of a minimum viable product. But a minimum delightful product might be new to you and exactly what you need to focus on as a product manager. Next, remember to keep your vision at the center of your product enhancements. What is a minimum delightful product?

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. The most common case is in startups when the practice is to build things that do not scale (see also Do Things that Don’t Scale by Paul Grahm).

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

, Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. The most common case is in startups when the practice is to build things that do not scale (see also. What is technical debt?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

From a Product Management and Strategy viewpoint, I believe internalizing this fear of failure drives some of the best outcomes for the organization and its customers. I will also do away with the notion of a “Product.” Markets need solutions. The Economics of a product is relative in that sense. Ecosystems? —?As

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. The most common case is in startups when the practice is to build things that do not scale (see also Do Things that Don’t Scale by Paul Grahm).

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Why should product managers involve themselves with prioritizing technical debt? When it comes to technical debt many product managers do not like to get involved. The most common case is in startups when the practice is to build things that do not scale (see also Do Things that Don’t Scale by Paul Grahm).

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels Educating the market has a bad reputation, and rightfully so. 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. You need to understand the market and act accordingly.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 20, 2016

As the product management role has become far more popular here in Silicon Valley and at technology firms in general, we’ve started to see specialization in the role begin to emerge. I’ve had the opportunity to serve in many distinct product roles as well as lead hiring for such roles as well. Innovators.

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Mixpanel

APRIL 27, 2020

Leading a product team in a startup—where it’s basically you, or maybe you and one other person—is far different from leading a large product management team for a well-established company. Startup: Set ruthless priorities. Enterprise: think like a startup.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

How marketing and product management work together. Turns out if you ask 50 different people what marketing is, you’ll hear 50 different answers. That is what our guest did to investigate what people think about marketing and how it fits into the work product managers do.

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Userpilot

JUNE 17, 2022

How can product managers align with sales teams to build product roadmaps that deliver on customers’ needs? Do you spend too much time thinking about past victories instead of focusing on future success as a product manager ? Current customers have no shortage of internal advocates: Customer success.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

Enterprise companies with multiple or complex products tend to have larger product teams made up of specialists, while startups often have to cope with smaller structures where members perform numerous roles. A well-structured product team requires a product leader – either a product manager or a product owner.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Mixpanel

APRIL 27, 2020

Leading a product team in a startup—where it’s basically you, or maybe you and one other person—is far different from leading a large product management team for a well-established company. Startup: Set ruthless priorities. Enterprise: think like a startup.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 4, 2020

If you’re a product manager or part of a startup, you’ve likely heard about the Minimum Viable Product concept for getting products to market faster. In my opinion, the definition of an MVP is often misunderstood, and I’ve seen entrepreneurs and product teams misinterpret it with unfortunate results.

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Sachin Rekhi

APRIL 12, 2020

In Silicon Valley, we've become well-versed in the importance of finding product/market fit as the most important early pursuit for any new product or startup. Beyond product/market fit, it turns out business strategy really does matter.

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Mind the Product

JULY 24, 2018

In this third post in his series on product management for manufactured products, Dustin Levy looks at how you prepare for launch. Often, these prototypes will demonstrate selected features or subsystems of the final product you intend to launch. You can read his earlier posts here and here. Setting the Launch Date.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 4, 2021

In a way, once you are set on your target market , the level you are at is no longer for you to decide. You need to understand the market and act accordingly. The key to understanding which level you are at lies in understanding where your differentiation is?—?at Each level requires a different marketing strategy.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 3, 2019

Why most VCs typically invest in only one startup in a given business category. . The math of startups and venture capital. Of all the topics of the book, one of my favorites has to be the math of startups and venture capital, because it gives us a perspective on the life and death of startups as a whole. The J-Curve.

Startups 40

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

The skill of running effective user interviews is key to defining your target users, finding product-market fit , growing your product, figuring out what to build next — or just simply understanding how users perceive your product. How to prepare for a user interview, all the way to sharing the results with your team.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 21, 2022

What product managers need to know about launching products. Today we are talking about go-to-market planning and what is involved in planning the launch of products. Now, he is the co-founder of Ignition, which has helped organizations launch more than 200 products. We had to learn everything again.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The authors relied on their intuition or professionalism, and didn’t account for the most important factor in product creation?—?the the product/market fit. Everpix and Google Wave didn’t satisfy the market. It precisely describes the core of the concept and partly explains the startup curve model.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The Lean Startup Method I differentiate between Lean methods and Lean Startup methods. Both rely on efficiency and fast learning, but the Lean Startup books focus much more on customer development and finding product-market fit. A lot of focus on developing customers while developing the product.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

Understand Your Core Values The product roadmap in a product company (as opposed to a services company, for example) sets the strategic direction of everything going on. In startups, it is actually the company roadmap. As such, it cannot be limited to include only the product-related parts like features and product KPIs.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

For established SaaS companies, the average churn is between 5% to 7% per year, early-stage startups should expect an average annual churn of 10% to 15%. The most common reasons behind high churn rates are: Bad product-customer fit. Differentiating the different types will help you track and reduce attrition with ease.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Thus, I arrived at the Product Mentor program with ambitions to learn strategy development from a seasoned product mentor. Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

At first, like many organizations trying to target higher value customers with more complex requirements, it was difficult to develop a product and approach that met their needs but there was clearly a market that was worth pursuing. Can we test the market without committing to build a significant new product?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2021

Because still – there are some differentiators that may affect your choice. If you’re an early-stage startup on a very tight budget (under $100 per month) the options for you include: Intercom, Userguiding and Product Fruits. Intercom offers literally just the simplest linear product tour + emails. There are two.

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