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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

Step 1: Preparation (3-5 weeks) The preparation step is a foundational effort where a lot of the groundwork and due diligence is done to inform the strategy selection process. Uniqueness of levers: Assess if the levers can have a unique and differentiated experience as a result of being built by the team/company.

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Product in Practice: Evaluating If a New API is Needed

Product Talk

The difficulties you face from going to 0 to 1understanding your customer, identifying what will differentiate your product, building early versions of that product, and actually finding customers to use it? Chi started sitting in on quarterly business reviews with top vendors. The same is true for API products.

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529: Is this the best AI-powered market research approach? – with Carmel Dibner

Product Innovation Educators

An AI system, properly implemented, doesn’t have these same motivationsit simply reports what it finds in the data. This discovery challenged a common assumption that machines would struggle with the emotional aspects of customer research due to their lack of human empathy.

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A guide to AI prototyping for product managers

Lenny Rachitsky

IDEs) that help you write code with the help of AI Let’s review the most popular tools in each category to see what they can do and what we can build. Claude goes one step beyond ChatGPT’s abilities with their Artifact system. One of the key differentiators among the various cloud development environments is hosting.

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Problem Solving as a Product Manager

The Product Guy

On one hand, everybody expected me to focus on the problems that will help them to succeed in their workflows or function, and on the other hand, I had limited time to give all the problems their due attention it. Therefore, it was important for me to be aware of the following three things: 1) Where should I start? 2) What should I solve?

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How customer expectations are rising – and what to do about it

Intercom, Inc.

Nearly two-thirds (58%) would sever their relationship with a business due to poor customer service. With customer experience rapidly becoming a key differentiator , resulting in increased consumer loyalty, more revenue, and greater cost savings, it’s more important than ever to stand out or lose out. With empathy. “I

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Five Ways to Track Customer Sentiment

Alchemer Mobile

Whether a customer completes a purchase, leaves a review, or mentions your company socially, there is always an emotional state connected to their action. Customer reviews are a great way to track sentiment, and in-app ratings prompts can help inspire customers to leave their thoughts on your mobile experience. In-app ratings prompts.