How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)
Lenny Rachitsky
MAY 11, 2025
Previously, he spent nearly eight years at Palantir, working as a forward-deployed engineer.
Build Better Products – Laura Klein on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
MARCH 17, 2020
She’s author of Build Better Products: a Modern Approach to Building Successful User-Centered Products ( US / UK ), the funniest trove of practical advice we’ve come across, as well as UX for Lean Startups ( US / UK ), which we didn’t have time to read before our chat. Quote of the Episode. Building better products.
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22 startup principles to scale your company in 2022
NextBigWhat
DECEMBER 24, 2021
22 startup principles to scale your company in 2022: 1) The obstacle is the way Every hard problem you solve is a moat that others will shrink from. Challenges completed are insurance policies against competition. Startups chase ambitious growth goals, which leads to short-term focus. Wear it like a loose garment.
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Managing infrastructure costs as your company grows
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 28, 2021
Startups are designed to grow quickly, but high growth rates can generate huge costs as new infrastructure is introduced and scaled to meet demand. This team can take on the everyday management of your infrastructure costs, for example: Developing a savings plan policy for your top-tier infrastructure.
When Joining a Startup Accelerator Program is a Bad Idea
Arkenea
JANUARY 13, 2025
The one thing startup accelerators don’t ensure is success of your startup. DropBox, AirBnB and Quora – all these companies went through a startup accelerator program. But applying for an accelerator program is a major decision for any startup; and there are some distinct pros and cons. 100-120K of funding.
Product Takeoff
Product Takeoff
MARCH 19, 2019
Just six days later , Tesla announced a new policy at supercharger stations across the US designed to correct the issue. The big picture for Product Management is based on these principles of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile. Lean Startup techniques help create multiple iterations of tests using a build-measure-learn loop.
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Build Smarter, Faster: How Our AI-Powered Finance UI Kit Helps You Launch the Next Big Thing
UX Planet
MAY 25, 2025
Thats why we built the AI-Powered Finance & Investment UI Kit : A ready-to-use , beautifully structured UI kit designed to help startups, creators, and innovators build the finance apps of tomorrowtoday. Its all designed to feel friendly , not overwhelmingeven when dealing with serious securitymatters.
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ONE THING on Roadmap Resolution
Product Culture
JANUARY 1, 2025
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Why Do Most Startups Struggle to Scale?
Modus Create
JULY 2, 2021
If you’ve ever worked in a successful early-stage startup, you must be familiar with the euphoria of the first signs of growth. Many startups struggle to carry the momentum of the initial growth spurt. . So, why do most startups struggle to scale? Growth is sacred for startups. It’s a phase that energizes the entire team.
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TEI 207: How product managers become change managers – with Amy Radin
Product Innovation Educators
DECEMBER 17, 2018
You also need to overcome policy, process, and governance that was not built to accommodate innovation. This happens all the time in the startup world. “Startups don’t have a monopoly on innovation, and legacy companies don’t have a monopoly on bureaucracy.” Amy’s website , full of resources.
The Shape Up Method: What Product Managers Need to Know
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 4, 2022
The below diagram will help you to illustrate and understand the process - Shape Up Process Let’s have a case study here, Precise Incorporation is a new startup in the e-commerce space. The company didn’t have a return policy when they started. Anybody who has been in eCommerce knows how advantageous a strong return policy can be.
Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security
Intercom, Inc.
JANUARY 5, 2022
Suddenly, the team got to know SOC 2 Reports all too well and realized just how burdensome and unscalable it could become, especially for high-growth startups. Drata recently raised $100 million in venture capital funding, which I believe makes it San Diego’s latest startup unicorn with an evaluation of $1 billion.
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Make New Product Features Stick
The Product Guy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Paul Graham tells startups, “Do things that don’t scale.” Many organizations have IT policies which forbid their employees from watching videos over the internet while at work. A bunch of items that are the same size in a cluster or which are cluttered on the page won’t receive a lot of individual attention. Landing pages.
How An Ambassador Can Unchain Your Innovation Teams By Creating A Bridge With The Core Business
Strategyzer
JUNE 3, 2020
One of the biggest advantages of building a corporate startup is having access to the abundance of resources and technical know-how that a typical startup would not have access to. Yet, we often see companies do not have a clear policy for how innovation teams can leverage key assets within the core business.
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How to Be a Truly Great Head of Product: Strategy
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Using the ‘Kernel’ from Richard Rumelt’s ‘Good Strategy/Bad Strategy’, specifically insights and developing a guiding policy allows you to enable your team and avoid micro-managing. Leadership’s role is to set a framework (or guiding policy ) to allow for good decisions and therefore good actions. I can train indoors or outdoors.
To PLG or not to PLG
The Product Coalition
MAY 9, 2023
Yet I’ve read relatively little about the key question: when should a startup even try to take the PLG route? Why NOT to PLG I’ll start off by saying that even though we went with PLG, I still don’t think it’s the best choice for most startups: First of all, it’s not a good fit for many companies and products. To PLG later?
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Scaling Customer Obsession In Your Organization, Part 1: Leadership
The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
For startups, creating a customer-obsessed culture is easier if the founders start with it from the beginning, and are open to doing the right thing to scale the culture with their growth. This means an investment in the right tools and skills to translate customer obsession into policies and actions. That will be the focus of part 2.
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GDPR: Who Should be Your Data Protection Officer?
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
As the newly crowned DPO at my company I believe a product person is the best placed to help a business implement a strong data protection policy in readiness for GDPR next year: after all, a product person should have an overview of the business and know where data is used. What Does a Data Protection Officer do?
5 Climate Tech Startups to Watch
freshtrax
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Although the amount of investment in startups has begun to decrease in 2023 due to the declining macro environment, a large amount of funding was raised between 2021 and 2022. In this issue, we will take a look at startups in the climate-tech market from the United States. Five Climate Tech Startups from the U.S.
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt
Lenny Rachitsky
JANUARY 21, 2024
.” The “kernel” of any strategy comprises three parts: diagnosis , a clear definition of the challenge at hand; guiding policies , your overall approach to dealing with the challenge; and coherent actions , the set of specific steps you’ll take to implement the guiding policies and overcome the challenge.
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Continuous Improvement: How It’s Important for Software Developers
The Product Coalition
MAY 18, 2022
Whether your company is a startup or a multinational enterprise, understanding the importance of continuous improvement is essential. Thus, custom software development and engineers face the same challenges faced by the market demand. Using continuous improvement at a small scale helps software development teams work more effectively.
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158 What the evolution of cities can teach us about building platforms
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 7, 2018
Companies do the same, copying strategies and policies to engender the same growth or profit. Lesson Three: Platforms, like cities, are about people. We often look for patterns in order to replicate the success we see elsewhere. And cities follow this same trend.
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The ugly side of growth – how to scale your sales team sustainably
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 25, 2019
If you’re reading this, you might be familiar with Paul Graham’s famous article “ Startup=Growth ,” where he lays out the difference between traditional businesses and startups. Paul Graham puts it like this: “A startup is a company designed to grow fast”. Making sure culture scales as you grow.
We’re making our prices public
Mixpanel
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
And with our new Error Forgiveness Forever policy, we won’t charge at all for events that were tracked by mistake. Providing the best value for startups We’ve updated our free plan to include up to 20M events per month, which is the most generous free plan for product analytics on the market.
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Passing the GDPR test; or how we learned to stop worrying and love the EU
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 1, 2018
With the new GDPR regulations having come in to effect on May 25th, everybody was getting inundated with emails, asking you to allow companies to keep in touch with you or telling you that they’ve updated their privacy policy. The ability to stress Intercom to the point of breaking, without customer impact, is the ideal.
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The Product Agent: Managing Ideas on a Product Team
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. From Startup to Enterprise A job at a startup means a lot of responsibility. I redesigned the internal and public web properties and was promoted into my first “product leadership” role.
Outsourced Software Product Development: A Comprehensive Guide
Arkenea
APRIL 10, 2025
Businesses of all sizesfrom startups to Fortune500 companies recognize that external development teams can drive efficiency, innovation, and strategic focus. Examples in Practice Startups often outsource MVP development to launch quickly. Quality assurance: Manual and automated testing, security audits, compliance checks.
The Product Agent: Managing Ideas on a Product Team
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. From Startup to Enterprise. A job at a startup means a lot of responsibility. I redesigned the internal and public web properties and was promoted into my first “product leadership” role.
You Got To Lose To Know How to Win: How I Discovered Product Management
The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
My first job I was working in the Group health actuarial team to analyze customer health claims data and developing pricing for current-year policies. Tools I discovered during my initial product days After five months of internships, I finally received a full-time offer from a logistics startup ( Swift ).
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Is Conversational UI the New Standard for Digital Application Design?
The Product Coalition
MAY 23, 2023
Imagine a data analyst who wants to evaluate the effect of a new policy on the company’s performance. Instead of ploughing through endless spreadsheets and data sets, the analyst could simply pose a question to the conversational UI: “How has the new policy impacted our performance?”
5 Proven Mobile App Optimization Strategies to Boost Engagement
Userpilot
MARCH 21, 2025
Small inefficiencies, whether a slow startup time, unclear navigation, or poor caching, can lead to user drop-off. Category Checkpoint Check Action Code & Performance Startup Time Optimization Is the app’s initial load time under 2-3 seconds? Profile startup. Use appropriate cache expiration policies.
Can Product Managers Use Social Media To Market Forbidden Products?
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Other cigarette companies have created policies that prohibit them from using social media to promote their products. This is a market that saw a new startup, Juul, show up and dominate the market. E-cigarettes are still relatively new and these waters are untested. Not all products are created the same.
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Bain Public to take part in a Product Management Conversation with Startup Grind Montréal
Bain Public
JUNE 14, 2021
(Montréal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product of Bain Public joins Cédric Tawil, Director at Startup Grind Montreal , in a fireside chat discussing what the future of product management holds and how businesses can prepare for it. This fireside event is hosted by Cédric Tawil from Startup Grind Montreal.
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Top PLG Product Manager Roles (+ Candidate Spotlight)
Userpilot
MAY 27, 2025
Som Nath [Image] Candidates short profile Som has over 6 years of experience in the tech industry, particularly in 0-to-1 startup environments. Improved retention by digitizing policy renewals, uncovering new personas via user research, and leading a company-wide collaboration workshop to surface product opportunities.
Unlocking Innovation in Japan: 3 Barriers and How to Overcome Them
freshtrax
JUNE 5, 2023
To foster innovation, Japanese companies should consider adopting policies that prioritize work-life balance, provide flexible work environments, and offer extended periods of leave. Conclusion: As an advocate for innovation, I have witnessed the emergence of promising developments within both established companies and startups in Japan.
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Bain Public to Lead a Product Workshop with Forum Ventures (Formerly Acceleprise) Summer 2021 TO, NY and SF Cohort Startups
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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Bain Public to Lead a Product Workshop with Acceleprise SF, NY and TO cohort startups
Bain Public
JANUARY 24, 2021
These online workshops will host startup founders from the Toronto, New York, and San Francisco cohorts! (Montreal, Canada) - Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product, Data and Strategy of Bain Public , will be leading a workshop on February 4th in collaboration with Acceleprise : The B2B SaaS-focused accelerator. About Paul Ortchanian.
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Assumption Testing: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Product Talk
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Do a data audit and examine the ethical assumptions related to your data policies. This article on how continuous discovery works in early-stage startups can help with that. Each inference is an assumption that you can test. Define your ideal customer profile and generate the assumptions that it depends upon.
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How Serverless Computing Has Changed the Cloud Landscape
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 3, 2023
Simplified scalability Developers utilizing serverless architecture need not be concerned with scaling policies. Soar Soar is an Australian startup that has revolutionized the geospatial industry by combining satellite and drone imagery with blockchain technology. The serverless computing service provider manages all scaling on demand.
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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more
Andrew Chen
JANUARY 9, 2020
Fascinating discussion about what it’s like for a serial entrepreneur to raise money, operate a startup, lessons learned, etc. Why startups are hard – the math of venture capital tells the story. Why startups are hard – the math of venture capital tells the story. Is your startup idea already taken?
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Managing high availability at Intercom
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 16, 2022
This is why our customers – from small startups to massive, complex enterprises – put their trust in us. We educate our engineers in these policies and processes throughout their Intercom careers, from employee onboarding to performance reviews. Here’s how we do it. Availability is embedded our culture.
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How Alpha helped Toggle® speed up product development, reducing a projected launch from 18 months to 5 months
DISQO
MAY 6, 2020
Founded in 1928 with “a dream of providing a quality insurance product at a reasonable price,” Farmers® Insurance serves more than 10 million households with more than 19 million policies in all 50 states. This startup within Farmers quickly started focusing on renters insurance as their first project and named the new business Toggle.
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Blind co-founder Kyum Kim on the hidden power of anonymity
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
I started my career while I was in college back in South Korea when my friend started an ecommerce startup called TMON. When you’re in a startup, as your mom said, it might not last a year, so it’s too early for you to be personally invested on a career level.
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Industry newsletters where you can find more signal and less noise
Roy Madden
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The other day, I liked how they analyzed the strategies behind two up-and-coming startups and gave a valuable takeaway.”. Keep up with health care politics, policy and business, by health care reporter Caitlin Owens.”. Health care: Axios Vitals.
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