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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Drawing from his 20+ years of technology experience and extensive research, Nishant shared insights about how these activities vary across different organizational contexts – from startups to enterprises, B2B to B2C, and Agile to Waterfall environments.

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Don’t Let Your Clients Drive Your Roadmap

The Product Guy

When I first joined, the startup I work at had often been stuck with a backlog of products and services to create. Our startup’s sales team is incredibly talented and sells successfully – but does not necessarily sell products that have already been developed. There are many issues with having clients drive the roadmap.

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Startup Roadmaps and Prioritisation, by Ahmed El-Sharkasy

Mind the Product

In this ProductTank London talk, Ahmed El-Sharkasy – CEO and Co-Founder at Knowledge Officer – offers exceptional insights on product roadmapping and prioritisation. If you’re a startup or want to found one, this talk is for you.

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“Build What Matters” Framework for Startups

The Product Coalition

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. What is wrong with these startups? Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. What are the attributes of the framework?

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How to Build Your Product Team's Second Brain

If you're doing it in a small startup, it's even more complex. I mean, we need calendars, feature descriptions, epics, designs, customer conversations, team conversations, prioritization, roadmap visibility, notes, long-form writing, CRM to stay on top of our sales, not to mention managing team's capacity, holidays, and more.

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Why Startup Pivots Fail… Even with Data

Piyanka Jain

Brikker (anonymized), a children’s toy manufacturing startup, was like a hamster on a wheel. So here’s how Brikker would use the BADIR data analysis framework to overcome all the reasons startup pivots fail. Is this not a far better, data-driven direction for a startup? Conclusion So, what does this mean for your startup?

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Balancing Product Vision with Market Realities: Exclusive TPG Live Recap

The Product Guy

Leadership or investors push for short-term wins that conflict with the roadmap. Shift from fixed yearly planning to rolling quarterly reviews to allow flexibility in roadmap decisions. Volunteer for early-stage startups or open-source projects to work on real product initiatives. How can I get hands-on experience?

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