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 lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. What is wrong with these startups? Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. What are the attributes of the framework?

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Mind the Product

JULY 21, 2020

All the sexy stories around product management come from startups, or revolve around working like a startup. Working in an enterprise gets much less respect – but being successful in a large firm is no picnic. All the sexy stories around product management come from startups, or revolve around working like a startup.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In this ProductTak talk, Product Director Jason Knight provides some insight into enterprise product management for B2B companies, specifically startups and scale-ups selling products to large companies. [.] Read more » The post Enterprise B2B product management by Jason Knight appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2020

It’s never easy to create enterprise-grade products. They are inherently expensive. You need them to meet exacting standards, and you also… Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».

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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 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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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 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 is currently the product head for a healthcare startup aiming to introduce innovative solutions to help parents with young children.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 11, 2025

95% of enterprise data problems involve access, cleaning and joining data, not analysis; companies that solve this integration challenge create tremendous value. Companies like Palantir that spent decades building enterprise data foundations now have the perfect position for the AI era, where proprietary data access is the critical advantage.

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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 is currently the product head for a healthcare startup aiming to introduce innovative solutions to help parents with young children.

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Productside

APRIL 2, 2025

Example: Sarah is a support manager at a fast-growing startup. Watch our next webinar for expert insights on whats replacing SAFe, how AI is reshaping teams, and what lean enterprise product development looks like in 2025. Not a persona. Ask yourself: Who is this for? Whats frustrating them? Thats who your story is really about.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 12, 2020

For enterprises that only adopt 3 to 5 new tools every year, it is going to be very hard for you to get in this list of top tools to integrate. Startups, Avoid Being Vitamins At All Costs was originally published in Product Coalition on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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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? While the previous section mentioned the importance of digital transformation, let’s dive deeper into the specific benefits enterprises can expect and showcase the urgency of embracing this change.

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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

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 Guy

JULY 16, 2020

This last thing is something very usual of startup-type scenarios, where change is part of your daily basis. She works at Runa HR, a startup that went through the YC process and is on its way to the B series and all the happy mess that implies. Thank you for reading this far. About Fabiola Borquez. More About The Product Mentor.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The reasons why Saas startups are recently making a huge wave to become the next trillion-dollar industry. Over the past years, investment in SaaS startups has been increasing steadily. Saas startups that provide software as a service have a good delivery model. Key Benefits of Saas — Must know for Saas Startups 1.

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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 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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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

OCTOBER 2, 2016

He also is the co-founder of The UX Lab , a UX Meetup with over 3400 members nationwide and is constantly volunteering and collaborating with the tech/startup community. Before coming to NYC, he co-founded a startup and helped build a million dollar valuation for a patent pending redesign of the standard jar, lovingly called Jar~with~a~Twist.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2025

John Doerr’s startup companies would even write their OKRs in the bathroom for everyone to see. Transparency Unlike traditional goal-setting approaches that keep objectives private between manager and employee, OKRs should be visible across the organization, enabling better alignment and collaboration.

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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). I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company.

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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. This evolution is a result of the value that Product brings to an organization looking to build or scale digital products. More About The Product Mentor. Better Decisions.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2019

When I first joined, the startup I work at had often been stuck with a backlog of products and services to create. Our startup’s sales team is incredibly talented and sells successfully – but does not necessarily sell products that have already been developed. In roadmapping meetings, everyone should be engaged in refining it.

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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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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 1, 2025

Consumer-like moats in AI: Success in AI depends on continuous product innovation and user satisfaction, rather than traditional enterprise moats like lock-in. The power of dogfooding: Cursor’s rapid success was fueled by intense internal use (dogfooding) and iterative development, ensuring the product met real user needs.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Workshop Achievements The teams in the workshop accomplished several key deliverables in under three hours: Deliverable Traditional Timeline Sprint Timeline Market Analysis 2-3 weeks 15-20 minutes Feature Definition 1-2 weeks 30 minutes UI Design 1-2 weeks 45 minutes Interactive Prototype 1-3 weeks 60 minutes Practical Applications Mike explains how (..)

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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 is currently the product head for a healthcare startup aiming to introduce innovative solutions to help parents with young children.

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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. View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor. Better Products. Better Product People.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Janice built her career in Silicon Valley as a startup founder, product manager, and confidante for entrepreneurs and enterprise executives alike. She also guides several venture-funded startup companies, federal government entities, and non-profit organizations. It was the hottest startup in history.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Building successful B2B growth teams requires navigating several phases: The “gold rush” phase of proving initial value Systematizing and scaling successful approaches Integration with other organizational functions Finding the right balance between PLG and traditional sales Creating feedback loops between PLG and sales motions Where to (..)

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Mind the Product

MARCH 20, 2020

The context of the company defines which leader you need when: Startup VP – As a startup VP you need to be willing to build things from scratch; take a problem, find a solution, and iterate as your team builds and scales, all the while experimenting fast in order to find a market fit.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This action not only creates new, frequently recurring revenue streams, but it also raises the value for enterprises. A guide to vertical strategy implementation for SaaS startups: Tips included 1. The startup quickly gained traction and has raised more than $120 million to date.

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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.

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Mind the Product

MAY 8, 2019

I see a lot of product managers from an enterprise company go, ‘Hey, I’m gonna work at a startup, it’s gonna be awesome’ And then they get in there and they go ‘Holy crap, what happened? Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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