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The “.ai”s Don’t Have It: What Startups Are Getting Wrong with AI

Piyanka Jain

Stop trying to look like an AI startup and start to be one instead. It seems like every startup these days is slapping .ai ai onto its name, like its a shiny golden sticker that will guarantee funding, customers, and success. The AI TrendTrap A startup rebrands as [Something].ai Where does your startup fall on thisscale?

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523: #1 change to make OKRs work for you – with Ben Lamorte

Product Innovation Educators

” Only one name next to every key result : Measure What Matters teaches that only one person should be accountable for every key result, but in many cases this is the wrong approach and causes teams to struggle with cross-functional alignment. .” No name next to a key result: Ensure someone is accountable to every key result.

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517: How to conduct an AI Design Sprint – with Mike Hyzy

Product Innovation Educators

Here’s how to get the best results: Practice Purpose Example One Stage at a Time Maintain focus and clarity Complete market analysis before moving to features Clear, Specific Prompts Get targeted responses “Create separate wireframes for each feature” Regular Progress Saving Preserve work across sessions Save summaries after each (..)

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Rapidly test and validate any startup idea with the 2-day Foundation Sprint (from the creators of the Design Sprint) | Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky (Character Capital)

Lenny Rachitsky

After decades of working with over 300 startups in the earliest stages, they discovered that most startups fail not because they can’t build, but because they build the wrong thing. The very beginning of a startup is your highest-leverage moment, and most teams waste months or years by skipping a few critical early questions.

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11 Best Customer Success Tools in 2024 (for Startups to Enterprises)

Userpilot

Best customer success software for startups and small companies. Zapscale Best for : Early-stage startups. out of 5 stars Pricing : Startup plan at $500/month, Growth plan at $2000/month, and Enterprise plan available upon request. Best for : Go-to-market teams, namely sales, campaign management, and customer success.

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Product manager is an unfair role. So work unfairly.

Lenny Rachitsky

Hide, ignore, and automate Slack 😑 Unfair: In my experience, PMs get tagged on Slack far more than any other role in a startup. (OK, So I keep a Notion database of feedback screenshots, charts, support tickets, links to Gong calls, Slack threads, you name it. OK, maybe we tie with engineering team leads.)

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Beyond “Be More Strategic”: 5 Myths Sabotaging Product People (and What to Do Instead)

People-First Product Leadership

A client joined a Series B startup as a senior PM and quickly received feedback that she wasn't being strategic enough. I recommend my clients draw three concentric circles: In the center circle, write your name. Ask your boss or a colleague for two names to start with. How do teams collaborate during strategic shifts?