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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

Beware of “tar pit ideas”: ideas that receive initial positive feedback but may lead to long-term challenges. However, despite the positive feedback and validation, they can become difficult to pivot away from once their limitations become apparent. But if there are still untapped ideas, persevere and try them first.

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Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, Optimizely, ChatPRD)

Lenny Rachitsky

Highlight the value you can bring in a new position and why it’s essential for the company’s success. Document improvement: Approximately 30% of users utilize ChatPRD to enhance existing specs, PRDs, strategy docs, or roadmaps, indicating its effectiveness in refining and iterating on initial project documentation.

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The Best of Everything Handpicked for PMs

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There's no need to wait another year to make positive changes in our lives. He is a key advisor and speaker known for his product strategy insights. Renowned for her practical approach to aligning product, marketing, and sales strategies. Kyle Poyar An authority in product-led growth, pricing, and SaaS market strategies.

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The 13 Proven Customer Retention Strategies For SaaS Companies [A Guide]

Userpilot

A successful customer retention strategy requires constant iteration and innovation to keep up with an ever-changing SaaS market environment. There has to be cross-departmental and cross-functional cooperation between product, sales & marketing, customer success, and customer support to implement a successful customer retention strategy.

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431: How to use Jobs-to-be-Done rankings – with Doug Stone

Product Innovation Educators

He has a Masters of Product Design and Development from Northwestern University and teaches Innovation Strategy internationally. Then flip the tension into a positive statement: “Do you want this benefit delivered by this brand or industry?” His work has informed over $1 billion in revenue growth for Fortune 100 companies.

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Product Managers are Not Required to Design, But Learning Design is Part of The Job

The Product Coalition

Product Managers play a crucial role in establishing the strategy and roadmap for a company’s products and leading cross-functional teams in the design, development, and launch of the products. The importance of adopting a customer-centric perspective and getting the entire development team to focus on creating a positive user experience.

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The Path Beyond CSM

Gainsight

You learned about other roles where your experience in CS can be a springboard for those positions. In Gainsight’s book, The Customer Success Professional’s Handbook, the authors shared the essential skills that every CS professional should possess. You provide feedback on business strategy, product design, and development.