The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The Lean Product Playbook Summary?—?How How to Find Product-Market Fit “Main reason why most of the products fail is due to lack of product-market fit.” ~Dan Dan Olsen Product-Market Fit is inarguably one of the main factors deciding on product success or failure. The product-market fit.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2022

Product market fit, often just called product/market or “P/M” is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts. There is a lot of information out there about why it’s important for having a successful product and grow your business, but finding out how to achieve product-market fit can still feel elusive.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The role of a Product Owner/Manager/Strategist is to help startups capture and transform customer insights into full product experiences that in turn increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and the business values.

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freshtrax

APRIL 11, 2019

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , 20% of startups fail within their first year, 50% fail by their fifth year, and 70% are done by year 10. With so many pressing matters at the forefront of an entrepreneur’s mind, there are many reasons why a startup may fail. Vested is a startup helping small businesses find new employees.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 8, 2023

There were times when the alignment seemed almost impossible, the visions clashing. Visioning:** Articulating a compelling vision at an early-stage startup is, paradoxically, both vital and challenging. **Visioning:** Articulating a compelling vision at an early-stage startup is, paradoxically, both vital and challenging.

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Brian Balfour

JUNE 28, 2017

It’s Not Just Great Product The “go-to” answer for almost every question in startups, is “build a great product.” Building a great product is a piece of the puzzle, but it’s far from the full picture. It’s Not Just Product Market Fit The second “go-to” answer is product market fit.

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The Review by First Round

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Tara started Rupa Health in early 2018, but the product vision today looks very different from what she first built. As she’ll talk about over the course of today’s interview, she went through plenty of sometimes painful pivots on the path to finding product/market fit for Rupa.

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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. And these are reserved for products that look “special.”. Startup founders need to come to the table looking more polished than ever.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Startups don’t starve, they drown. It was 2010 when I watched the online stream of the Startup Lessons Learned conference, initiated by Eric Ries. I went with the cofounder of my first startup, which we used as our own “industry project” for our masters, and a couple of other students to Birmingham.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Especially with startups, by the way, which Marty mentioned to be “ so easily distracted ”. That’s where another quote by Jeff Bezos comes in handy: “ Be stubborn on the vision but flexible on the details ”. In startups, the product vision is even more critical, as it has so much in common with the actual company vision and strategy.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

In working at Seedcamp and helping over 100 startups understand product thinking, Taylor Wescoatt has learned some valuable lessons he’d like to share, together with some real-world examples to drive the point home! It takes a while to reach that fit to the point that you can optimize business and product strategy independently!

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Bain Public

APRIL 15, 2018

There are so many articles about the challenges and stresses of being a Product Manager. But this is an article about your CEO’s duty to set a vision, to define why your company exists. For some product managers, the thought of talking openly about the void left by a missing vision statement is paralyzing. He seems busy.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

The main difference between product management and project management is the focus. A project manager is focused on the completion of a specific project, whereas product managers focus primarily on the long-term vision and evolving a product to deliver value over time. Which roles exist in product management teams?

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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. Finally, make sure to focus on the highest value product initiatives.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Product Marketing is a fairly new domain and the role of ‘Product Marketing Manager’ differs greatly from organization to organization. You may want to jump to a relevant section: Who’s a Product Marketing Manager? Product Marketing Manager’s Role and Responsibilities (depending on the company).

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Bain Public

JANUARY 21, 2020

In collaboration with Notman House and chosen from a list of 13 startups, starting January 2020, we will be providing our Product Capability Building Program for Pre-Seed Founders, pro bono to LUCA Theory, a rising Montreal startup. We care about user problems and how products fit into their lives. Who is LUCA Theory?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. I sat with an entrepreneur who was helping me with market research for the work I do with startup founders and explained to him what I do. Many people confuse strategy with a general direction or vision.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In my last blog, we talked about being a PM in a Startup. Create templates and processes for your team so you can manage multiple ideas and products across different product lifecycles. Lean Canvas, or Product Vision Boards) Be creative and work around the constraints of existing tech.

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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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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This explanation should not be as detailed as what would go in a product requirements document (PRD) Market Requirements Document (MRD) Example Let’s say you’re the product manager for a SaaS startup that produces marketing automation tools. Vision statement ?—?The Target market ?—?Describe

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2023

First, figure out if you’re at product-market fit (PMF) You’re at PMF if customers are banging at your door. If your customers pull your product so hard that you can’t catch up with demand. The second biggest risk is misalignment between teams, and with your company vision. The Yin and Yang are not all black or white.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 16, 2022

A minimum delightful product is a variation of the minimum viable product (MVP) (popularized by Eric Ries in his book, ‘The Lean Startup’ ). Next, remember to keep your vision at the center of your product enhancements. Continue to test the strength of your product-market fit.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Product marketing speaker. AI and product management The use of AI in product management isn’t new; small and large companies have been doing it for years. She has a knack for strategic thinking and loves SaaS in general, especially product-led growth. Connect with Else on Linkedin. Register for Audrey’s session.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 18, 2021

is the CPO of a startup in transition. They have a solid business but realized that the growth potential there is limited so they pulled me in to help them redefine their vision and strategy. It is very rare to simply sit in the room until everything is sorted out and have a clear vision and strategy as an immediate outcome.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 3, 2023

Creating a new startup is a different challenge. My framework address five barriers to digital transformation: Lack of shared vision: A lot of companies have a generic intent to become more digital or futureproof the business, but those phrases are meaningless and generic, as opposed to a vision that is specific to the company.

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Product Culture

MAY 24, 2023

In a startup, the founder is often the driver of product/marketing/sales/vision/kitchen sink. As the organization scales, it may hire a product person. Being the first product hire is tough, because of all the context locked the founder's head. Write a draft vision, strategy, goals, and priorities.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

I've organized this collection into several sections, starting with product management 101. I then break down the resources into the way I think about what a product manager does, which is drive the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. Design is the third critical dimension of product management.

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Roy Madden

JANUARY 29, 2021

You will be responsible for developing and executing the Feedly marketing strategy. 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. Grow and lead the product marketing team. About Feedly.

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision? It helps you find product-market fit and gives your team direction. How do you create objectives?

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Innovatemap

JANUARY 26, 2021

Innovatemap, a digital product agency and three-time Inc 5000 award winner, announced today the addition of five new hires, a new client delivery service, and a new location for service delivery. The agency serves high-growth SaaS startups and scaleups through excellence in product management, product marketing, product design, and brand.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

To avoid falling into the trap, set clear and realistic objectives that are aligned with the product vision. Use opportunity solutions trees to align the problems you try to solve with product goals. Failure to reach product-market fit Overengineering often delays the moment companies reach product-market fit.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

Some mentioned that while they had worked as a PM at startups for several years, they felt they still lacked the skills and tools to reach the next level in their career growth. By doing so, they explicitly build their product intuition through each and every quarter's OKR loop.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 10, 2022

She has built products in industries including broadcasting, media, advertising, technology, government, consumer, robotics, and wine. She cofounded the Radical Product Thinking movement of leaders creating vision-driven change, along with authoring the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 24, 2019

MVP is a phrase that startup people love to throw around. Everyone believes their vision is really the Minimum Viable Product. You can simply declare “it’s not really minimum” if you want to do something less than their vision, or declare “it’s not really viable” if you want to do more! Not at all. What can we Learn?

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Innovatemap

MARCH 17, 2021

According to Silicon Valley Bank’s 2020 Startup Outlook Report , only 41 percent of tech startups have at least one woman in an executive role and only 37 percent have at least one woman on the board of directors. We work with fantastic teams of all stripes,” said Katie Lukes, Principal, Product Strategy at Innovatemap.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. Roadmap Just like any product, you will not have everything from the start.

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