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From News To Product Launch: Why Product Managers Should Read More Technology News

The Product Coalition

Making better, more informed decisions As Product Managers and as startup founders, we continuously evaluate value vs. effort, even when we don’t realize it. When they finally are able to stir their “gajillion-megaton” aircraft carrier of a product — you’ll be way out in the distance.

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Helping startups to build a product practice

Mind the Product

ProductTank founder, co-founder of Mind the Product, author of a bestselling book on Product leadership, you will have heard him speak or read something he’s written. For over 20 years he’s been a driving force in furthering the craft of product management and shaping Product practice. [.]

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Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough

Andrew Chen

It’s hard to be a product without a strong theory of distribution Here’s a common startup situation. A team busts their ass for months building the first version of their product. Now a big question emerges — how do you get the first people to use your product? It’s almost done.

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3 Ways In Which Test Management Tools Assist Startups To Expand

The Product Coalition

Keeping this scenario in mind, we are presenting the three ways in which test management tools help startups to expand. It manages the product launches with simplicity and communicates with the staff without any complexity. Tracing of project tasks and defects is done within one app to simplify the testing process.

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How to use live chat for a product launch

Intercom, Inc.

For example, if you work at a startup, you’ve probably heard of Product Hunt , an amazing and vibrant community for founders to announce new products and product enthusiasts to discover and upvote them. Many companies, including us, have experienced traffic spikes after getting traction on Product Hunt.

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Lessons from launching SPEEDRUN, the Games x Tech startup accelerator

Andrew Chen

We target startups at the very earliest stages of development, often teams without products or metrics. These are universal, but for our sector of Games x Tech, we noted a few concrete problems: There’s not really a startup community within Games x Tech. And also, founders are founders. Or wait for traction.

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Lean Market Validation: 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea

ProductPlan

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In attendance were 200 eager students and entrepreneurs who wanted to learn how to build a startup in 54 hours. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. Write down your product concept.