The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Once we have a somewhat more precise picture of our target users, we can begin naming the most promising assumptions about their pains and needs and then dig deeper to test those assumptions. The truth is, even the most spectacular and unique value proposition won’t survive the market if it can’t be distributed or won’t capture value.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2021

There are plenty of all these blogs “15 alternatives to {Brand Name} that are equally good” that are…plain wrong. Because still – there are some differentiators that may affect your choice. Intercom offers literally just the simplest linear product tour + emails. And these posts are literally not helping anyone.

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Mind the Product

JULY 24, 2018

However, there is no free lunch, and reducing labor hours often requires capital expenditures (capex), namely tooling and automation. Make the capex decision too soon, before your product-market fit is validated, and you run the risk of sinking capital costs that you’ll never recover.

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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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Bogdan Coman Says

MAY 27, 2018

When the market sunk, we gone broke. But I learnt something: there is no Product without giving to customers a special and unique benefit. Without finding your secret souse and differentiate yourself from the competition. So, I learnt that a product becomes That Product when you really understand what it is about.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 18, 2021

Product marketing can be tricky to define. It’s not sales, it’s not product management , and it’s not “traditional” marketing either. In this article, we’ll demystify product marketing for product managers. What is Product Marketing’s Job?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SaaS companies often struggle to identify user problems worth solving, differentiate their products, and get the pricing right. Entering immature markets and devising a relatable product vision are also serious challenges. To avoid product failure, don’t launch without achieving product-market fit first.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In today’s episode, we discuss the six key elements to an effective product strategy and how to execute it, which we have evolved and adapted from Michael Porter’s famous paper “What Is Strategy?” ” Unique activities : Find the differentiators that make sense for you. Paul: So think about product-market fit.

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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. Once you find product-market fit, it’s not static 6.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you’re setting out on your roadmap journey it’s important that it reflect the point of the journey that you’re on – having everyone in a startup of 5 or 6 sharing daily tasks each morning makes sense as they work together to build a feature but in a larger company it’s a recipe for chaos.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you’re setting out on your roadmap journey it’s important that it reflect the point of the journey that you’re on – having everyone in a startup of 5 or 6 sharing daily tasks each morning makes sense as they work together to build a feature but in a larger company it’s a recipe for chaos.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

Speed, the ability to move and improve, to iterate and innovate, is paramount, and if you listen to Intercom on Product regularly, this probably sounds familiar. Not too long ago, when Intercom turned 10 , we dedicated an entire episode to speed , or why startups should always strive to keep momentum as they scale.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 17, 2018

“Things would be much better at a startup…” It turns out that?—?just people at a startup don’t automatically have a common understanding of their products’ value propositions either. And lack of alignment at a startup is more painful, especially in early stages when you are looking for that elusive product-market fit.

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Pragmatic Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Hello and welcome to the Pragmatic Live podcast series where we tackle the biggest challenges facing today's product management, product marketing, and other market and data driven professionals with some of the best minds in the industry. Yes, my name is Marcus. I'm a principal product marketer here at HubSpot.

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Pragmatic Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Hello and welcome to the Pragmatic Live podcast series where we tackle the biggest challenges facing today's product management, product marketing, and other market and data driven professionals with some of the best minds in the industry. Yes, my name is Marcus. I'm a principal product marketer here at HubSpot.

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Andrew Chen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Today’s episode is all about growth, one of the most top of mind questions for entrepreneurs — of all kinds of startups, and especially for consumer ones. And we cover everything from the basics of growth and defining key metrics to know, to the nuances of paid vs organic marketing and the role of network effects and more.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

This isn’t about team productivity mind you, but individual product managers productivity. It doesn’t come as a shock that the empowered product teams seem to be more prevalent in companies who have well and truely found product market fit and are growing quickly. Do you see the problem?

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 18, 2019

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? Or big market! Or technology differentiation! All of that said, beyond the obvious things (team, market, product, etc.) How long should a founder be without salary?

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Balsamiq

APRIL 23, 2018

First off, they created the User Centered Design Canvas , a powerful tool for analyzing product/market fit, value proposition, brand strategy, and more in a single document. I find stories about all kinds of businesses - from big name enterprises to small startups - extremely motivating and eye-opening.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

This is something that we saw with a lot of our startup clients, and a mistake we didn’t make with Close, which I am very grateful for. For us, it was clear that startups and small businesses were the types of businesses we understood. When you’re a small team, your time is everything. Speed is everything.

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

There are essentially three ways for a product manager to work, and I argue only one of them leads to success: They can escalate every issue and decision up to the CEO. Martina has gone on to have a remarkable career, in both product management and product marketing. The title is not important; the work they do is.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

If you’re a startup or small business with a limited budget, you might benefit from using a tool like Userpilot that offers more value for money. Growth Product Marketing Manager (Mid-market) Despite stellar ratings, some users have complained about Appcues’ suitability for single-page apps and API documentation.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

If you’re a startup or small business with a limited budget, you might benefit from using a tool like Userpilot that offers more value for money. Appcues’s interactive walkthroughs In-app walkthroughs play a key role in improving product adoption and user retention. You’re on a budget. I’m a fan of the segmentation.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

If you’re a startup or small business with a limited budget, you might benefit from using a tool like Userpilot that offers more value for money. Appcues’s Interactive user guides User guides are an integral part of creating frictionless in-app experiences and maximizing product adoption. You’re on a budget. – Sean W.,

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Balsamiq

APRIL 23, 2018

First off, they created the User Centered Design Canvas , a powerful tool for analyzing product/market fit, value proposition, brand strategy, and more in a single document. I find stories about all kinds of businesses - from big name enterprises to small startups - extremely motivating and eye-opening.

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Userpilot

MAY 20, 2021

Why Is It Important To Use A Product Feedback Tool? It is also the best way of differentiating your product from your competitors. A product feedback tool smoothens the process of collecting and managing user feedback. It has two higher tiers named Professional and Growth plan as well as a robust Enterprise version.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 18, 2019

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? Or big market! Or technology differentiation! All of that said, beyond the obvious things (team, market, product, etc.) How long should a founder be without salary?

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Andrew Chen

AUGUST 10, 2023

Then 100% – a mere doubling annually in a startup ecosystem that demands a much faster target. There’s a saying that no military plan survives first contact with the enemy, and similarly — no product roadmap survives first contact with stalled growth. And then the product stalls, per the graph above.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 23, 2019

My name is Bruce McCarthy. I’m the founder of Product Culture which is an organization dedicated to the idea that there are certain characteristics, certain habits of mind, certain ways of acting that really great innovative companies have that propel them to success with product after product.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

When I came to OpsGenie, a small startup company trying to grow, we were looking for a product that would allow us to scale to be able to support customers worldwide. So tell us about how you’ve differentiated there. We focus on improving the product in two equally important ways. Product demo: Intercom Switch.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 28, 2019

If I asked you to think of the most important aspects of creating a successful SaaS product, you’ll probably think of solving a need, user onboarding techniques, and the all-important product-market fit. It may sound obvious but ensuring that your users fully adopt your product is essential to its success.

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Hi readers, Consumer startups have gone through many phases: Web 2.0, Startups like Uber, Airbnb, Instacart, and others have been able to find product/market fit and scale their businesses. Every startup is a Fintech. Facebook apps, Mobile (remember SoLoMo?), In recent years, the Gig Economy has taken over.

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Hi readers, Consumer startups have gone through many phases: Web 2.0, Startups like Uber, Airbnb, Instacart, and others have been able to find product/market fit and scale their businesses. Every startup is a Fintech. Facebook apps, Mobile (remember SoLoMo?), In recent years, the Gig Economy has taken over.

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