Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Janice built her career in Silicon Valley as a startup founder, product manager, and confidante for entrepreneurs and enterprise executives alike. She also guides several venture-funded startup companies, federal government entities, and non-profit organizations. It was the hottest startup in history.

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Productside

MARCH 24, 2025

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training Refining Product-Market Fit and Scaling B2B SaaS Products Most startups dont stall because of bad ideasthey stall because they stop refining their product-market fit and what works. Everyones chasing the next AI feature or untapped market. Her throughline? Theyre problem-solvers.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This is the recipe for a mediocre sales team. Like a sports franchise, a top team should be both collaborative and competitive. It’s a timely conversation for us, coming hot on the heels of the release of our book Intercom on Sales last month and Steli’s own book The 2020 Startup Sales Playbook this week. to Close.com.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2022

Recently one of the founders of a hot startup asked me, “How do we know if we should add new value props for existing customers or continue to invest in existing ones? The initial phases 2 and 3 (the time between startups raising Series A to raising Series B) play a massive role in achieving the 2T3D growth dream.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 9, 2021

All you need is a company providing React Native services and an outstanding team of developers who know exactly what they’re doing. Before you start planning your budget, let’s see why Uber is so popular and discuss what you need to develop a React Native app like it. yeah, don’t forget to develop a version for drivers.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

We covered how to manage messy opportunity solution trees , the most common challenges teams face when getting started with the discovery habits, what Im working on next, and so much more. Discovery is a team sport. I did classic web development before there were frameworks back in the ’90s. I think that was in 2004.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Or “We saw that you look at a lot of [Metro stations] when you use [Our App Name Here]. Now, you can get directions to [these Metro stations] faster in [Our App Name Here] because we’ve added directions from [Maps App X]. Paul Graham tells startups, “Do things that don’t scale.” Which message is more effective?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

Before moving to super app Gojek to lead its efforts on mass financial inclusion, Adam Darcy developed PayMe, a product that has helped to transform the way young people in Hong Kong think about HSBC. However, I quickly discovered that there’s too much brand risk for a trusted bank to take this type of lean startup approach.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 13, 2020

Christina Wodtke’s path to her current standing as an established authority on the attributes of high-performing teams and the use of OKRs has been a roundabout one. She’s also due to deliver a workshop on how to design product teams with intention at MTP Engage Hamburg. So what about high-performing teams?

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 7, 2021

We need an OKR expert to learn more about this, and joining us is the woman who wrote the bestselling book, Radical Focus , that tackles the use of OKRs and startup culture with an eye to getting the right things done. and many others, as well as founding three startups, and the online design magazine Boxes and Arrows.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

With so many moving parts in the creation process, from visual design to content or front-end development, what’s the one universal model all of these can apply to ensure the interaction in the end is more human and humane than machine-like? I’m looking at human conversation as a model for all interactions with digital systems.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 10, 2020

Therefore, it’s crucial for product managers, developers, and your entire cross-functional team to examine—and re-examine—the product experience from your user’s point of view and incorporate it into your product strategy. What Happens to Your Customers After Bad Product Experiences.

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome to JEDI Training for Continuous Discovery Teams. I’ve had the luxury of working with teams all over the world, and I teach them a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery. And I like to set the tone that this framework was developed and co-created with dozens of teams from all over the world.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

Not too long ago, when Intercom turned 10 , we dedicated an entire episode to speed , or why startups should always strive to keep momentum as they scale. We surveyed and interviewed key people in our teams to understand how they worked and how they saw Intercom’s internal operations. Paul: Yeah. Some of this cut deep.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As a result, the team at Uniregistry decided to take a new approach to product validation in an attempt to avoid the same fate. Core team: Product Manager, Product Designer, and a Full-stack Developer (click to enlarge). Each of these ideas was at a different stage of development. The Approach.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Instead of relying on someone else (like a coach or leader) to tell them what to do next, product teams can use an opportunity solution tree to keep track of their desired outcome , the opportunities they’ve identified to chip away at that outcome, and the solutions they’re considering to address those opportunities.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks. 2014 – Testing and Growing the Team.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 5, 2024

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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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, some methods are pretty poor. Some product managers make poor decisions because they don’t have the right skills. My name is Jacob. It’s from another team, so you can be completely honest with me. However, not all methods are equally effective when deciding what is valuable. I think it is a very good idea.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

My take on it: while I love ex-developer PMs, and find that their teams often execute better, this is by no means a requirement. However, if a non-techy PM meets a non-businessy team lead, things can go sideways pretty quickly. while the user name does have a unique id, the team and content do not.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Andrew and his co-founder and team have created a way for their customers to design engagement rings, experience their design in their home with a mock-up ring, tweak what they want, and then receive their one-of-a-kind custom ring. Similarly, we’ve hired some of the top jewelry designers from major name-brand companies.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Among other things, it was soon clear that we’d fallen into a common trap for startups and new products. Discovering adjacent market opportunities is a fun part of startup life, but it can be a tricky hand to play when you’re dealt it. We’d responded to market traction without properly understanding our users.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

And as the organization grows, the work involved to get teams aligned on who you’re selling to and how you’re selling is not something to be taken for granted either. Ambient Strategy founder and CEO April Dunford on the symptoms of weak positioning. When you’re a small team, your time is everything. Speed is everything.

Customer Experience 165

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The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2023

My mentor and I started in our usual spot, talking about startups and new products in the healthcare industry. What about a seed-stage startup? While I thought it was an absolute, for a micro-second, I questioned it, and then the floodgates of doubt opened — maybe not such a bad thing in this case. Or an entirely new product?”

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

In startups, it is actually the company roadmap. As a product leader who is creating this roadmap, you need to treat it as a compass and plan not only for your team and the technology team but rather as the direction that the entire company needs to go in. So, having a great platform but poor content won’t really help them.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 4, 2021

Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels Educating the market has a bad reputation. If you are simply advertising your product, you are educating the market on the product and on why it is better than the competition, namely your unique value proposition. Many startups fall into this category. Many blue-ocean startups start here.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels Educating the market has a bad reputation, and rightfully so. It’s nearly impossible to do, and even if you can do it, in most cases your startup won’t survive the time it would take in order to see its fruits. Many startups fall into this category. Many blue-ocean startups start here.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ML teams tend to invest a fair share of resources in research that never ships. If you want to invest in ML, hire someone with experience on both the tech and the operational side so they can start working with the product team from day one. I think this is important for product teams for two reasons. ” Des Traynor: Yeah.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 19, 2019

According to Crunchbase, in 2018 there were 5,000 startups relying on machine learning for their main and ancillary applications, products, and services. Secondly, as great product managers are also great capacity builders for their teams, you should start looking for opportunities that AI can present for your product.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That approach is already being rewarded and recognized – Rebecca was recently named on Inc Magazine’s influential Female Founders 100 list for 2021. How can you develop the technology while making sure it really gets to the people who need it the most and has an actual impact on their lives? Liam: For sure.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Stacks can be developed at the project, team, or functional level and are regularly used to improve internal collaboration, measure the impact of marketing activities and reach customers in new ways. Without this foundation, your marketing stack can become a set of siloed tools that will bog your team down in complexity.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 6, 2025

Whether you’re planning six months ahead or sitting in discussions right now, here’s the process I’ve developed through trial and error with clients over 15 years. Start demonstrating how you’ll solve their specific problems for the company/team. And how can I best show up for [name other team member(s)]?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 11, 2018

To paraphrase: Your goal shouldn’t be to hire Product Managers, your goal should be to hire someone that helps your team ship value at a higher rate. And in order to do that, you need to someone who is complementary and compatible with your existing team and with the game you are playing as a company, at the stage your product is at.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2018

The bad news? Consider this your warning… The Kano Model Named after its creator, Noriaki Kano, this model was first introduced in the 1980s. If this sounds like a poor attempt at an ice breaker, that’s because that’s exactly what this sounds like. That’s the good news; you’re spoiled for choice. The way this works is simple.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

How to prepare for a user interview, all the way to sharing the results with your team. I compiled this guide back when I was training product managers on my team to be able to run user interviews. How many times this month would you say you used the [insert name] app?” How should I change the UX of [feature]?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 28, 2024

Founders of acquihired companies led the teams behind Community Notes, Spaces, Super Follows, Fleets, Communities, Tipping, and more. Twitter acquihired entrepreneur types who were ambitious and then gave them responsibility and autonomy to develop new products. Copying can be done in good taste or poor taste.

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