The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And the challenge is a lot harder in an enterprise context, where the buyer and the user aren’t necessarily one and the same person. Many businesses struggle to strike a balance between freemium’s light-touch customer engagement with the more involved enterprise sales process. Meeting the needs of an enterprise buyer.

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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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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

As Product Manager for a scrappy startup, I led agile sprints, collaborated with leadership and engineers, created user stories, and managed Jira. Magdaline is an Enterprise Product Manager who has played a key role in major electronic communication & collaboration initiatives. About Magdaline Derosena. Better Decisions.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 16, 2021

Here we provide a brief overview of the best app developers for startups for 2021. From day one, most startups are concerned with the question “How to find the best technology partner.” To make things easier for you, we have compiled a list of the best app development companies with immense expertise in working with startups.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 11, 2025

Previously, he spent nearly eight years at Palantir, working as a forward-deployed engineer. Removing hierarchical titles (making everyone “forward-deployed engineers”) reduced internal competition and politics, forcing recognition based on merit and impact rather than position.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). consulting engineer, helping customers implement Chef’s products.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 25, 2022

We have truly global ambitions to bring our mission of making internet business personal to the biggest enterprise customers across the world. This is the third post in a series exploring the ways Intercom has scaled key functions to support the needs of enterprise customers. We’re growing alongside our customers. Can Intercom do that?

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. Product, and especially product in startups, is now the hot job. -- 2014: "We don't need Product Management help, we need design help.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Harpal is a seasoned Product leader with 15+ year track record of delivering digital products within consumer and enterprise space. He co-founded a Machine Learning technology startup and served as CPO / VP of Product at intu plc (FTSE 100), Selligent Marketing Cloud, Epica.ai The Best Product Visionary. Harpal Singh.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

A startup development team consisting of a product manager and two offshore engineers was facing major challenges in meeting client deliverable deadlines – repeatedly. Each major release deadline created a high pressure environment with engineers working overtime in the weeks prior in order to meet delivery dates.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Companies still isolate innovation to a lab or a new product development team, and the reality is that ideas can come from anyone whether they work within engineering, sales, marketing, etc. The ability of a PM to pull ideas from everyone and filter them to meet customer needs is truly the mark of someone who knows what they’re doing.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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The Product Guy

JULY 18, 2019

At startups or growth stage companies, a “Product Manager” is responsible for identifying what needs to be built and then executing on building the product. was responsible for defining timelines with UX, design, and engineering and holding the team to those timelines. Product Management at scale has also evolved but at a slower pace.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Explore digital transformation strategies for enterprises Have you wondered why digital transformation strategies are a necessity? In simple words, a digital transformation strategy is a thorough plan for utilizing digital technologies to enhance the physical components of your company, including engineering, production, and service.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

By building a strong business tech stack for your startup – covering everything from incorporation to growing long-lasting customer relationships – you can not only win back time and establish best practices, but create a solid foundation for your business to grow. Ready to take your startup to the next level?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. But why is working in enterprise software now different?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Previously, Greg was the CEO and a Board Member of Sopheon (LON: SPE), a leader in enterprise innovation and product management software and services, where he successfully led the company to a private equity exit. His book, Start Your Startup Right , is available on Amazon. He has served on numerous boards, both profit and nonprofit.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 23, 2019

You have brought together some of the best robotics engineers and have raised money from some of the best Venture Capitalists in the valley. Some aspect of the above story is often seen playing out within many companies and startups alike everywhere. As the Lean Startup methodology suggests, build-measure-learn. Better Products.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 2, 2022

Steve orchestrates and executes customer engagements in the federal space, overseeing the development of products to address challenges in government enterprise, national security, and other federal areas of focus. I’ve seen four types of CTO roles: The startup CTO is the Jack of all trades. I negotiate among these roles.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recently, at Hemnet, Sweden’s beloved property platform, she led product development that drove a 130% increase in top line revenues, making it the growth engine of the business. Leadership doesn’t always mean management Many professionals enter product management from technical backgrounds, such as engineering or development.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

While your product managers use our analytics reports to track product usage, your engineering teams can use our session replays to uncover bugs, and your customer support team may use our in-app help center feature to offer self-service and reduce support tickets. UserGuiding UserGuiding is an affordable, entry-level tool for startups.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 13, 2019

There’s an engine that measures 48 different aspects of work and benchmarks them against our success group. 9:45] How does Fingerprint for Success apply to people in an enterprise? Having procedures are critical to some part of an enterprise but not to others, and finding that balance is key.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 25, 2025

At OpenAI, she established marketing foundations for ChatGPT for consumers and enterprises, as well as their developer API platform. An engineer turned marketer, Krithika brings a uniquely analytical approach to marketing. What makes messaging stick with developers, enterprises, and consumers?

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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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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. Blog posts – these can generate leads as more accessible forms of content that help from a Search Engine Optimization perspective as well as serving to educate your audience.

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The Product Guy

MAY 6, 2017

Product Owner @ Medidata Solutions (New York, NY (NYC) or San Francisco, CA (Bay Area)) Keywords: Agile, Backlog, Engineer, Scrum, User Stories [link]. Product Manager/Product Owner @ Lifion by ADP (NY, NY (Chelsea)) Keywords: Agile, Data Modeling, Enterprise Software, Product Manager, SAAS [link].

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Userpilot

MAY 3, 2022

How is enterprise SaaS marketing different compared from acquiring and retaining users for an SMB? Enterprise SaaS marketing, however, is a different story entirely. We’re going to teach you how to craft a marketing strategy made for the enterprise sales cycle so you can adapt your sales process.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Pricing : Userpilot offers flexible plans tailored to startups and mid-sized SaaS businesses, with pricing starting at $249 per month for the basic plan. Pricing : Qualaroo offers a free forever plan with all features included for startups and small businesses for up to 50 monthly responses.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2020

It goes without saying that to survive in the current market, small businesses and large enterprises may need a helping hand of a reliable software developer. Fireart software engineers are highly skilled in Angular, React, Node, Vue, and other Javascript frameworks. El Passion Min. project size: $5,000+ Hourly rates: $50?—?$99

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

What No One Tells You About Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup Over a year ago, I asked around, searched for books or articles, went to several talks but found very little advice on being a product manager at an early-stage startup. If any of these resonate with you, please reach out and let’s chat! Be mentally prepared!

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 17, 2021

Engineering Facing and High Abstraction Interface with Engineering?—?Internal Internal &External Stakeholders A PM whose role is engineering facing but also at high abstraction w.r.t. Engineering Facing and low abstraction A product owner The PM’s in this role are generally Product Owners. Story writing(Epics?—?Focusing

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UX Planet

JUNE 20, 2025

Whether from design, engineering, business, or any hybrid background, the next generation of leaders will use design as a core superpower. We’re exploring how AI-augmented design transforms businesses, from startups to global giants. This is a blueprint for the next frontier. Think of it as design thinking meets data orchestration.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. I’d worked for a startup in Hyderabad, India where everyone had to wear different hats,“ recalls Debashish. “I And it’s CMU.”.

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