Mind the Product

JANUARY 16, 2020

Product roles are becoming increasingly important in many companies, from the unicorn startups to older more established firms. Today, product might seem like a new field because of the growth of technology startups and the prevalence of lean and agile frameworks, but product roles have been around for a few decades. Build something.

Data Visualization

The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. From head of product at an early stage startup to managing global web properties at American Express, his career has taken him to the UK, France and back to New York.

Analytic Tools

Business of Software Conference

MAY 18, 2023

Market Insight Every company, every startup, has that insight, they’re just not conscious of what it is. Defining the problem does not give you a differentiated starting point – you’re defining the problem the same way as your competitors. The problem is not your differentiation. That’s what wins deals.

Positioning

Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

Renowned for his tenure on Airbnb’s product team, Lenny’s professional journey truly began in 2010 when he served as the CEO of a budding startup named “Localmind.” ” This platform specialized in location-based queries , allowing travelers to seek advice directly from residents of a particular city.

Feedback Software

Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

Hi readers, The growth teams at Uber and Airbnb occasionally met over the years to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, and share observations on the startup world. As a result of this experience, I’m often asked what I’d recommend startups do to grow supply in their marketplace. Otherwise, why would they choose you? Airbnb Germany.

User Testing

Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

and finally, what happens when my “X for Y” startup idea is taken? People love describing startups as “X for Y” — why? ” In fact, Marketwatch did an analysis of startup company descriptions and found that startups often compared themselves to other companies in their descriptions.

Startups

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Assets such as the domain name, the associated search engine optimizations (SEO) and a unique shopping experience can create a strong differentiation for business from the marketplace. Businesses can leverage on their own branded websites or marketplaces as differentiated sales channels.

User Testing

Roadmunk

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most recently, Ellen left Lola to launch her own startup that will make it possible to build a complete scalable app in an afternoon. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode.

Startups

Andrew Chen

AUGUST 8, 2023

during my travel. We do that by building a team that’s “games native” A major part of a16z’s differentiation has been our Operating Team that helps companies. Everyone has a startup mindset we all act like owners and work without clear directives. I have a long topic list to go through.

Entertainment

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2020

I learned to think and speak in a new language that included things like market forces, differentiation, competitive advantage, barriers to entry, segmentation, and focus. On the other hand, there is the tech world, and lean startup, and agile. Little did I know about the impact it would have on my professional life.

User Testing

The Accidental Product Manager

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the same time other companies are starting to use carbon-neutral products to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Product managers at bigger consumer goods conglomerates tend to move more slowly than startups. The thinking is that it gives customers an option and gives them a choice.

Customer Experience

freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It’s the competitive differentiator for Japanese apps who want to enter the market both domestically and abroad. They have many apps across the e-commerce, travel, beauty, golf, and payment industries to name a few. and cybersecurity startup Unbotify in February 2019. Integration is key. Adjust now and its plans for the future.

Analytic Tools

UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Our journey has led us to partner with startups and enterprises in more than 250 projects worldwide. It also granted us extensive expertise across various industries and niches, such as fintech, travel, education, healthcare, and more. These leave an exceptional first impression and differentiate our clients from competitors.

Research Software

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I grew up with a dad who was a salesman, and he traveled a lot for work, which also meant that people in his company all worked out of their home offices. It was a small team where, if you’ve ever been part of a very small startup, everybody does everything. Having that entrepreneurial mindset has always been there, I think.

Onboarding KPIs

Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

I could do crazy things like save my home address as ‘home’ and then plot my journey to a fresh destination, filtering by different travel options. But, as Citymapper found out as time went by, feature-based differentiation doesn’t last forever. And you can keep travelling deeper and deeper into the functionality of a Trello card.

Feedback Software

DISQO

AUGUST 1, 2019

The key, whether building solutions for emerging industries or recruiting in cutthroat labor markets, is sustainable differentiation. Company cultures with differentiated value propositions gain an edge in the war for talent. They travel, experiment, and continuously learn. Change the game, not the players.

Differentiation

DISQO

AUGUST 1, 2019

The key, whether building solutions for emerging industries or recruiting in cutthroat labor markets, is sustainable differentiation. Company cultures with differentiated value propositions gain an edge in the war for talent. They travel, experiment, and continuously learn. Change the game, not the players.

Differentiation

DISQO

AUGUST 1, 2019

The key, whether building solutions for emerging industries or recruiting in cutthroat labor markets, is sustainable differentiation. Company cultures with differentiated value propositions gain an edge in the war for talent. They travel, experiment, and continuously learn. Change the game, not the players.

Differentiation

Usersnap

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This flexibility is especially vital for startups, where the ability to adapt to rapid shifts in priority is essential. I recently attended a product fair where a CEO introduced his product roadmap with “think of it as AWS Cloud”, without differentiating it in any way. It does so without binding itself to precise timelines.

Presentation

Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

Hi readers, The growth teams at Uber and Airbnb occasionally met over the years to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, and share observations on the startup world. As a result of this experience, I’m often asked what I’d recommend startups do to grow supply in their marketplace. Otherwise, why would they choose you? Airbnb Germany.

User Testing

Userpilot

JULY 6, 2023

Can be expensive for small startups on a budget of less than $100. The pricing differentiation is based on the number of Monthly Active Users (MAUs) your company has. You can also create onboarding programs, A/B test in-app messages, analyze data, and get a complete picture of your product/service users. Cons: Only works with web apps.

Data Visualization

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Hannah: What would you say are some key points that differentiate Duolingo from competitors? And I would say it’s the main differentiator as well. Successfully do a backflip Travel to Brazil and Argentina Thanks for chatting with me Cem! Cem: I would say that it’s definitely the mission*. First impressions, done right.

Data Visualization

UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They can create really nice looking screens that are user friendly […] But if you’re building on top of that some business knowledge, and you’re able to think with the head of business stakeholders, that’s a way to differentiate yourself.” ” Transcript Karthik: [00:00:00] Hello, folks.

Research Software

Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Critically the whole lean startup movement is about testing your assumptions right. Some people may say lean startup or agile means we don’t need a roadmap, we don’t need a priority list we just start somewhere and we just go. It’s also worth prioritizing entirely new product ideas.

Customer Experience

UX Studio

JANUARY 17, 2024

She practices thought leadership and leverages her diverse expertise to mentor designers, guide leaders, and provide strategic counsel to startups. And now, being an adult, I think I’m trying to get back to this, childish part of me and actually dreaming about things that are not goals and like probably differentiating these two things.

User Testing

Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Companies differentiate themselves from competitors by building a richer understanding of the opportunity space. Compare and contrast when there’s risk in the solution, when the opportunity is a differentiator, or you need to uncover an innovative solution. Vistaly is a startup in this space that has happy customers.

Data Visualization

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

” Unique activities : Find the differentiators that make sense for you. I think a lot of startups do this too, right? And the reason for this is that you need differentiation. So the differentiation is always only temporary, assuming it’s valuable, but it’s always only temporary. Is that it?

Product Strategy

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Every startup I talk to shares the same core problem: “ Last year was great, this year is not, we need to grow faster, any ideas Des?” Meanwhile, there were more and more new startups being formed, who had more money than ever before. If their value isn’t differentiated (i.e. Why talk about reacceleration?

Engineering

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

If there’s anything we’ve learned when it comes to working in hypergrowth startups is that you’re not really supposed to have it all figured out on the first try. Or how much business travel do we think will come back? There will be some business travel and customer on-sites. Iterate, iterate, iterate. One is Product.

Feedback Software

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

But as the college-dorm-room startup matures, there’s a fascinating twist to be found in the way it applies its new mission to Workplace, a B2B startup within the (former) startup. You really have to think of Workplace as a SaaS startup within Facebook. What’s your differentiator?

Feedback Software

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. Andrew: And that is what startups mostly care about in the early days, because you don’t really have any active users, right? Part 1: User Acquisition. Sonal: Yesss!

User Testing

The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2018

But arguably, it was also something worth doing as it allowed for young professionals to learn from those who have traveled down the road on which they were first riding. To do so is to ignore psychographics completely, as well as overall differentiations within this group. I read my inbox frantically. What is a social agency ?

Technical Review

Business of Software Conference

JULY 6, 2020

Don’t quit your job, do it part time and work overnight’, ‘you got to iterate and test’ and ‘lean startup! Lean Startup! Lean Startup!’ Why are we doing this – lean startup! Lean Startup! But all the startup wisdom at the time was telling me to quit. Why are you building all this stuff?

User Testing

Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Meet the customer where they are, learn and establish your differentiated value At IBM the first call was about them and the second call was all custom. EX: Same product for utilities and retail, both had the same differentiated value of needing it to keep transactions going.

Research Software

Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. We’re interested in investing in the next wave of consumer products and startups coming into the ecosystem, and that includes the audio ecosystem. but may not directly sound like podcasting.

Analytic Tools

Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. After this analysis, I’m looking for really differentiated verticals of audio. We’re interested in investing in the next wave of consumer products and startups coming into the ecosystem, and that includes the audio ecosystem. but may not directly sound like podcasting.

Analytic Tools

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2020

The key differentiator between us and our sales counterparts is that we don’t carry quotas. In his essay “Do Things that Don’t Scale,” investor Paul Graham argues that in order to grow, startups must take extraordinary measures. Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia traveled door-to-door to meet Airbnb hosts.

User Testing