The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

How NOT to manage a Startup As a product manager, I led 2 teams in my recent startup gig with a lot of uncertainty, distractions and constant changes that impacted the engineers. A startup that is trying to scale, there are good and bad times. There was no buy-in on the company vision across the company.

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Radical Product

MARCH 19, 2021

Photo by Alexas_Fotos on Unsplash Unpacking old myths about what makes a good vision so we can adopt a new, radical approach. We’ve learned that a good vision has to be a BHAG, i.e. a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. In setting a big vision, we set a high-level direction that no one would disagree with. it needs to be radical.

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freshtrax

JULY 16, 2019

This makes it a hot spot for startups in Japan because of how much potential there is to grow there. These investments stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan causing the Japanese startup scene to be hotter than ever before. Curious to know which innovative startups are successful in Japan? Related article? Market Capitalization.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 3, 2024

Boz joined Facebook in 2006 as their approximately 10th engineer, and in his 18-year tenure he built the original News Feed, Messenger, and Groups, as well as many early anti-abuse and infrastructure systems. At various times he has been the engineering director overseeing Events, Places, Photos, Videos, Timeline, Privacy, and more.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The role of a Product Owner/Manager/Strategist is to help startups capture and transform customer insights into full product experiences that in turn increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and the business values. Call to Action If you are a Product guy, I hope this article has inspired you to further your passion.

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NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 1, 2019

A Product Manager at a startup has to typically deal with 3 main phases – formation, validation and growth. Synthesizing from the abstract when it comes to vision and features. Fostering an engineering-design partnership. And each of these phases has their distinct requirements. Leapfrogging with partners.

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Gainsight

JULY 11, 2023

Our team’s vision, focus, talents, and hard work were central to achieving this milestone. Within several months, I noticed they had the same problem I had in my startup but at a significantly greater scale and cost. That winter, I got to work building a startup company and a startup family.

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Antwak Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

Let’s talk about nine innovative approaches to censure any AI startup to bankruptcy. #1 Any AI startup willing to create helpful AI innovations needs to spend a lot of money on innovative work (R&D). It is quite crucial to first engineer people to persuade them. 4 Work without a vision. 1 Cut R&D expenses .

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Pitfalls of Service-Led vs Product-Focused startups I have been on both sides of the spectrum and it has worked well for companies like Infosys, TCS which take on large service agreements with organizations and provide consulting services or develop software. I am sure you all know the differences between the product vs service company.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 19, 2020

After all, excellent design and engineering can only come from product teams that are empowered to solve hard problems and build great software. In our model, product teams effectively own a piece of the product, and consist of a Product Manager, Designer, and a few Product Engineers. Alignment on great product teams.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I sat with an entrepreneur who was helping me with market research for the work I do with startup founders and explained to him what I do. Many people confuse strategy with a general direction or vision. In the seed stage, startups are a great promise. Photo by Nonki Azariah on Unsplash Last week I had a pleasant surprise.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Credit: Austin Distel Startups reading the wrong resources waste months with the wrong methods. How to write a user interview: “Lean startups” chapter 2 only (Eric Ries) The second most important thing is to understand how to ask questions. Time goes by, runway decreases. Eventually they run out of cash and shut down.

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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. It’s important for an early-stage startup with limited resources.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

In working at Seedcamp and helping over 100 startups understand product thinking, Taylor Wescoatt has learned some valuable lessons he’d like to share, together with some real-world examples to drive the point home! Strategically, this is about focusing vision and limited resources. Customer Councils.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

A product manager that I hire needs to always keep in the mind the product vision and key success factors, and emphasize them through all of the discussions with company teams that seek to limit their own team's effort, expenditure, or risk, and will blindly limit the product's potential. Product vision statement 5. Product Vision 4.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2018

The Big 3 ‘Lean Startup’ Mistakes Companies Still Make Are you spending a ridiculous amount of time working on a product, and getting nowhere? If this sounds like you, you’re probably stuck in the lean startup trap. The idea The problem in lean startup originates right at the first step. And you’re not the only one.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

A project manager is focused on the completion of a specific project, whereas product managers focus primarily on the long-term vision and evolving a product to deliver value over time. Here’s why it’s important: Defines a product vision and aligns strategy with organization goals. Champions a customer-centric approach.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The book did not disappoint: it was a fascinating history starting from his childhood, to his early startup adventures with Zip2 and PayPal, to a deep dive into how he willed SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity into existence and ultimately to success despite the odds being continually stacked against him. Craft a compelling vision.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

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. Vision & goals Now, chart your course. Digital transformation (DX) is a wide business approach in its own right.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

In this article, We will tackle what goes wrong with today’s product roadmaps, and we will talk about how a fast-paced mid-size startup found exciting ways to create a roadmap that’s indeed achievable. The idea is to break it into smaller achievable parts so that the engineering team has tangible outputs. Engineering and design ?—?Any

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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

Little would my professor know that three years later I’d build and publish an iOS application on the App Store and would be interning as a Front End Engineer at Modus Create. I told him how no one would give me money to build out my vision, so I learned how to build it myself. I just had no interest in writing linked lists by hand.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2019

Here's a breakdown of how to consider a career in product management versus software engineering As a new grad, I was lucky enough to choose between product management and software engineering amongst other options. As an engineer, you’re responsible for building and shipping software. What do you do everyday?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

About the author – Else van der Berg Else has over a decade of experience working for startups and scaleups but is currently an interim Product Lead/Advisor at Value Rebels. She also founded SaaS consulting firm, Sonderhouse , through which she teams up with other experts to provide sound education and coaching for SaaS startups.

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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”. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

Some mentioned that while they had worked as a PM at startups for several years, they felt they still lacked the skills and tools to reach the next level in their career growth. Product + Engineering Programs : Technical Strategy , Scaling Product Delivery.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

TL;DR An over-engineered product is more complex than it should be and it solves problems that don’t exist. Low feature adoption is one of the symptoms of over-engineering. To avoid falling into the trap, set clear and realistic objectives that are aligned with the product vision. Follow product vision.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2019

Here's a breakdown of how to consider a career in product management versus software engineering As a new grad, I was lucky enough to choose between product management and software engineering. As an engineer, you’re responsible for building and shipping software. The day-to-day for a PM and engineer are drastically different.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

All Product Roles Are Not Alike Photo by Lennart Nacke on Unsplash My first gig as a Product Manager was in a Startup. We started from two half-baked basic Computer Vision algorithms to objects. An AI company, by the virtue of the Technology used, will rely on a combination of Product Managers and Engineers to solution a Product.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

Looking at how the best companies operate, Hubert and his team boiled down product excellence to three key areas of action: vision, strategy, and execution. A segmentation matrix can help product teams be laser-focused on both the long-term vision and the day-to-day plan. Use it to make better product decisions. ” So we did that.

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Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

The startup is building a community of elite talent from across Africa that has been rigorously vetted and trained to global standards, and helps connect talented workers with employers across the globe via their “Talent as a Service” platform. The other was whether we could build flows without engineering resources.

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Mixpanel

JULY 21, 2023

Over the past year, the design, brand, and engineering teams at Mixpanel have been working hard on a complete overhaul of how the world experiences us: our website. We’d have to hire and bring in UI engineers from other teams at Mixpanel that specialized in challenging user experiences. What should a website do?

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Mixpanel

JULY 21, 2023

Over the past year, the design, brand, and engineering teams at Mixpanel have been working hard on a complete overhaul of how the world experiences us: our website. We’d have to hire and bring in UI engineers from other teams at Mixpanel that specialized in challenging user experiences. What should a website do?

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Mixpanel

JULY 21, 2023

Over the past year, the design, brand, and engineering teams at Mixpanel have been working hard on a complete overhaul of how the world experiences us: our website. We’d have to hire and bring in UI engineers from other teams at Mixpanel that specialized in challenging user experiences. What should a website do?

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bpma ProductHub

AUGUST 1, 2016

To own a product requires a strong vision for what it can become and achieve. Product Managers should feel comfortable talking with execs, and equally with engineers and peers. And, if a new feature request comes in for review, the product owner needs to decide on its prioritization and inform the engineering team.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Our Chairman and Co-founder, Eoghan McCabe , sat down for a chat with Harry Stebbings on the Twenty Minute VC podcast to discuss his startup journey and the lessons he learned while building Intercom. The scale of our vision constrains the limits of our ambition. Vision is just how you think about the future.

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Innovatemap

JANUARY 26, 2021

The agency serves high-growth SaaS startups and scaleups through excellence in product management, product marketing, product design, and brand. The growth is in direct correlation to the accelerated trend of startups and scaleups investing in a stronger digital presence for their brand and for product-led growth strategies.

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