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Product in Practice: Making Customer Interviewing a Habit in an Early-Stage Startup

Product Talk

This means that even when startup founders are motivated to test their ideas, they are more likely to notice the evidence that suggests their idea is fantastic and miss the evidence that suggests their idea is flawed. He began reading books like The Lean Startup by Eric Ries and The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank.

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SaaS Customer Onboarding Dashboard: Definition & Examples

Userpilot

Let’s explore how a customer onboarding dashboard works and see different examples. We’ll go over 6 examples of customer onboarding dashboards that you can get with Userpilot, and they include: Set up feature tags and in-app events dashboard to track customer behavior , including feature usage , event occurrence, and user activity.

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From Niche to Success: How To Make Vertical SaaS a Worthwhile Startup Investment

The Product Coalition

Spotify is an example of regular SaaS ; you pay to conveniently locate and stream music. Let us look at 5 examples of vertical SaaS to help you understand what they are and how they work: 1. Slack, a company-wide communication platform aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, is the most basic example.

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How to successfully launch on Product Hunt (when it’s right for your startup)

Lenny Rachitsky

It’s free, available to everyone, and if you can pull off a great launch, Product Hunt can change your startup’s growth trajectory. However, the little-known truth is that of the thousands of startup founders who try their hand at Product Hunt each week, very few see any impact. One name kept coming up: Leo Bosuener.

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“Build What Matters” Framework for Startups

The Product Coalition

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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Why your startup might never achieve great design

UX Planet

Avoiding the 7 most common mistakes founders make when building a design team and culture in their startups. Neglecting to learn about design Many startup founders, often from engineering or business backgrounds, might not fully grasp the concept of “good UX” or the overall importance of design. Firstly, congratulations!

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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Pivoting, resilience, avoiding tar pit ideas, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

Lenny Rachitsky

They possess an unwavering conviction in their startup’s potential, even in the face of daunting obstacles. Understanding the distinction between a genuinely innovative startup idea and one that merely garners initial enthusiasm can save founders time, resources, and energy in the long run, steering them toward more promising ventures.