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How Continuous Discovery Works (and Doesn’t) in Early-Stage Startups

Product Talk

“I get that the continuous discovery habits framework works well for mature products, but does it work for early-stage startups?”. I spent all of my full-time employee experience at early-stage startups (many of them pre-product) and I relied on these same habits to figure out what to build. This question always surprises me.

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Oversharing Information With Developers: Product Management Lessons Learned

The Product Coalition

Too much information Or maybe they thought they understood, but I didn’t do a good enough job of explaining it, because I overexplained. I had overloaded them with information. About the author I’m a UX Designer turned Product Manager, with experience in startups, freelance, and agile B2B2C companies.

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Navigating the Struggle: CPOs and CEOs in Early-Stage Startups

The Product Coalition

During our careers, we noticed specific issues that re-occur between CEOs and their CPO/VP product in early-stage startups. Early-stage startups are characterized by their fast-paced and dynamic nature, with teams working tirelessly to bring their products to market, validate their assumptions, and gain customer traction.

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Startup Idea Exploration Workbook: 15+ Free Miro Templates To Navigate Exploring New Ideas

The Product Coalition

Startup/business/side-hustle ideas can be as exciting as they are scary. Just enough work to replace fears with facts (or at least informed guesses). So I’ve repackaged the materials I’ve used or put together over the years into a Startup Idea Exploration Workbook. No previous startup knowledge required. Dirty prototype.

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Put Your Data to Work: The Complete Playbook

What do startups and Fortune 500 companies have in common? From search engines to navigation systems, data is used to fuel products, manage risk, inform business strategy, create competitive analysis reports, provide direct marketing services, and much more.

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What It Means To Be “Scrappy”: Enzo Avigo About Early Stage Startups

The Product Coalition

Enzo Avigo, CEO of June Read a copy of the LinkedIn post below to find out more: Early stage startups, your product execution speed is everything. Startups can solve that by switching their mindset. Scrappy: go on Linkedin & copy information ❌ Perfection: Integrate Stripe ? But how can you go fast with so little resources?

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The Stages of Startups – Georgie Smallwood on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

Startups are often talked about as if they’re all the same, as if experience in one is directly transferable to another. The post The Stages of Startups – Georgie Smallwood on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. Visit The Product Experience homepage for more information and more episodes!

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