Innovatemap

JUNE 26, 2019

Time for the obvious statement of the day: the startup journey is chock full of challenges. But there is one thing that should always be at the top of a startup’s to-do list: positioning and messaging. From fundraising to selling to just keeping the lights on, founding teams have plenty to deal with.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 6, 2021

In the battle for user attention, it is crucial to know what features and elements are relevant and up-to-date for startup mobile app development now. Big Sur OS with 3D graphics was released by Apple in November, 2020 Overall, the visual style of major companies could be a reference point for mobile apps for startups. Let’s reinforce!

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. “You will be better served in the long run if these are viewed more as product collaborators” It can also help shape marketing messaging. How do they describe the category? What features are most appealing?

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 12, 2021

The bar investors have is rising as more startups are being developed daily. There are two optimal scenarios for digital product startups seeking pre-seed and early seed funding. When I look at the startups that investors give a pass on difficult-to-obtain metrics, I find their products are simply amazing.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Transforming communication with instant messaging. Its journey from a modest messaging app to a global giant in instant messaging has been nothing short of remarkable. They wanted to create an app that would allow users to send text messages, images, videos, and other media, without the need for expensive SMS plans.

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The Review by First Round

JANUARY 13, 2022

Before helping early-stage startups, Arielle started her career in Product Marketing at Google, where she helped launch and grow Google Books and AdWords before leading marketing for Gmail. She then joined Square, where she led the launch of the Square Stand. Read This First. Read This First.

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280 Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The “spray and pray” method — sending your message out to a wide audience and crossing your fingers that a portion of them will be interested — is ineffective and often a waste of money. And what if your messaging doesn’t address the needs of either buyer? Imagine two car buyers visit a dealership looking for an SUV.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 4, 2018

Many of the biggest implosions in recent history – especially ecommerce – have been due to startups getting addicted to paid marketing while fooling themselves on Customer Acqusition Costs. The messaging becomes stale, and novelty effects are real. [Originally tweetstormed at @andrewchen , Follow me for more!].

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 21, 2024

— Emilie Gerber is the founder and CEO of Six Eastern , a top PR agency that’s worked with over 100 tech companies, from stealth startups to publicly traded companies. Also offers opportunities for inclusion in lists of top startups or professionals in various fields. Simplify security. VentureBeat: AI.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 3, 2020

A Freshly-Minted Startup Here to Redefine Social Media Management More than three decades ago, becoming an entrepreneur was not for everyone. Instagram Direct Messaging. Meet Ubercircle?—?A It required a great deal of investment, the need to move out of the comfort zone, and a workforce. Fast forward to 2020?—?a Meet Ubercircle?—?A

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NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 9, 2020

That means audio apps don’t compete with a vast array of startups; they compete with doing dishes, driving, etc. Today, “video” spans YouTube clips, Zoom conferences, Snapchat stories, Twitch streaming, TikTok dances, embedded collab tools, messaging apps, & more. The competitive landscape is akin to mobile 10y ago.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2023

It’s quite a lot of think about, especially for startups that are on limited time with a limited budget. One of the reasons this advice is so popular, is that it encourages startup founders and their teams to get in front of prospects with their product ideas, as a way to build a consumer base. Nearly all startups have to.

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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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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Now, we are sharing the 10 best, proven sales techniques that real business owners and fruitful startups are utilizing to develop their brands. 10 proven sales techniques from top business owners and startups 1. There’s not a viable replacement for messaging your leads, picking up the phone, and having discussions with your outlook.

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280 Group

MARCH 2, 2021

The Product Marketing Manager owns “outbound” communication – messages to the market that drive motivation to acquire the product. The roles collaborate around product strategy plus the positioning and messaging of the product that defines its reason for being and set it apart from competitive or substitute offerings.

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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). . #3 In the end, Tech startups also need a great strategy to succeed in being a business entity.

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Oren Steinberg

JULY 13, 2018

The biggest asset any startup has is the time of its entrepreneurs and key talents. The success or failure of the startup often hinges on their ability to focus their efforts on the critical path at any given time. As the startup grows and faces scalability and growth challenges the issue of focus becomes even more challenging.

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Bain Public

JULY 22, 2021

(Montreal, Canada) - Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product, Data and Strategy of Bain Public , will lead a workshop on July 22nd in collaboration with Forum Ventures , formerly known as Acceleprise -- an early-stage fund and B2B SaaS startup accelerator! This ensures long term growth and success of any company and their products.

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Oren Steinberg

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Why do we go to startup competitions? “ One of the fastest growing paths for raising funds and awareness to your startup is competitions. The number of startup competitions seems to have grown tremendously over the past few years. I myself participated in dozens of startup competitions over the past couple of years.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2021

These online workshops will host startup founders from the Toronto, New York, and San Francisco cohorts! With this, he has identified an actionable process that enables him to offer concrete messages about product management and operations. This ensures long term growth and success of any company and their products.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 31, 2022

If you are an early-stage startup looking into getting started with Intercom, apply to the early-stage program and get 95% discount on your first year with Intercom. If your customers are startups or startup leaders, Twitter is a better channel because a lot of startups and venture capitalists are on Twitter.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 2, 2024

The Art of Listening In the fast-paced environment of startups, especially within the Israeli tech scene, the skill of listening is often undervalued. Listening goes beyond hearing words; understanding the underlying messages, emotions, and feedback can guide your product decisions. Yet, mastering this art is essential.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

And then there’s messaging. Consider WhatsApp, founded in 2009 and now hosting more than 65 billion messages every day. In China, WeChat, which launched in 2011, sends about 45 billion messages every day. The era of the smartphone can also be seen as the era of personal messaging. The impact of social media.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Around 2013, a serial entrepreneur named Mark Randall sold his startup to Adobe and joined Adobe. He realized innovation in a big corporation such as Adobe looks very different from innovation in a startup. It’s important to spread the message that not every idea is good and not every idea needs to be good.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 18, 2021

To start a startup, to take on incumbents, to disrupt an industry – all of this requires believing that you see things changing. Customers want to use messaging channels for support. Customers’ (and businesses’) preference for messaging channels has significantly grown since the onset of the pandemic. Self-belief isn’t optional.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 6, 2018

At eFounders , we launch 4 new startups each year. Including the roadmap seems like a detail, but it’s key to making sure your messaging sticks and, ideally, increases in relevance as more features get shipped. A story that includes all the key messages that you derived from your roadmap. Startups will do what fits.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 8, 2018

New message types. Awhile back, Intercom’s message style was a pop-up to start a conversation. There are times when that doesn’t cut it, for example: You want to send a message, not start a conversation. You want to send a rich message with images, etc. In their early years startups have advantages over the incumbents.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 12, 2021

Early in 2017, Dan joined the speech analytics startup TalkIQ, which would later be acquired by Dialpad, as their CEO. We power voice, video, messaging, contact center, and the cloud across any device, anywhere in the world. Prior to joining Dialpad, I was the CEO of a speech analytics startup called TalkIQ.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The EDC is an autonomous body that promotes the cultivation of startups and entrepreneurial ideas. During my time in the EDC, I participated in startup brainstorming sessions. The value matrix will also include a relevant marketing message tying the problem and solution together.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

More and more, I see startups hiring PMMs as their first marketer ”. More and more, I see startups hiring PMMs as their first marketer – understanding the value they bring when it comes to nailing your positioning and product-market fit from the start. Luckily, we’re seeing some shifts in the industry.

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Basel Fakhoury

MAY 17, 2018

We approached random people in coffee shops, went to numerous hotel lobbies, and got kicked off Airbnb after we messaged every host in Boston to see if they would talk to us about our “Airbnb for storage” idea. three broke startup founders (without a startup)?—?were

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Dear readers, I’m often asked- so what kind of startups are you investing in at Andreessen Horowitz? The most exciting new technologies coming around the corner, and how to evaluate them for producing new startups. This is such an indirect way for Google to tell their message, and to engage us in their products.

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Dear Strategy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Dear Strategy: “Do startups or small businesses really have the time to develop formal strategies like you talk about on the show? All of this is to say – yes, small businesses and startups should (and normally do) go through the same strategic thought process that large companies do. By and large, that’s actually a correct assumption.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2022

Millions of companies – from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups – use Stripe to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. We’re delighted to share that Intercom has launched as one of the first apps in the new Stripe App Marketplace, announced last month at Sessions.

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Roy Madden

JANUARY 29, 2021

It is a unique opportunity to significantly impact the growth trajectory of an exciting startup that is transforming how 15M+ curious minds research and consume information. Collaborate with the product management team to conduct user research and develop market positioning and messaging for key verticals and customer personas.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Erika is a former Head of Talent for tech companies who became a Job Search Strategist for startup and scaleup Directors, VPs, and department Heads for Product Management and other functions in tech. She sent me an email message that got my attention, and I’d like to read part of it. The company was looking for something else.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Yet in Mark’s experience working with and mentoring startups, he’s found that many entrepreneurs go with intuition over information. Those risks can be fatal: Mark has found a 75% failure rate for both Series A and Series C startups (as he presented during his 2019 SaaStr talk.). I think that’s message-market fit.

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