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528: From startup founder to product success and why interacting with people is the big change – with Anya Cheng

Product Innovation Educators

How an AI-powered fashion startup achieved product-market fit Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, we’re joined by Anya Cheng, former product leader at Meta, eBay, McDonald’s, and Target, and current founder of the AI-powered fashion startup Taelor. ” The problem?

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The “.ai”s Don’t Have It: What Startups Are Getting Wrong with AI

Piyanka Jain

Stop trying to look like an AI startup and start to be one instead. It seems like every startup these days is slapping .ai The AI TrendTrap A startup rebrands as [Something].ai Many startups today are not using AI to solve real problems, but theyre using it to signal that theyre cool, cutting-edge, and worth peoples money.

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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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Building Wiz: the fastest-growing startup in history | Raaz Herzberg (CMO and VP Product Strategy)

Lenny Rachitsky

Wiz hit $100 million ARR within 18 months (the fastest growth in startup history) and, five years in, is generating over $500 million ARR. It also serves over 45% of the Fortune 100.

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Turning Metrics into Dollars: How to Turn Your Analytics Data into a Real Financial Model for your Startup

Speaker: Tristan Kromer, Lean Agile Coach, Kromatic

Early stage startups in particular may not need a four year business plan, but they need to start building out a model which will show how they can someday be profitable. Some teams struggle to constantly optimize conversion rates without understanding the financial impact of those conversion rates. Sometimes that 0.1%

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511: Product insights from employee #1 after a $2.3 billion exit – with Chris Elmore

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can foster a culture of innovation Watch on YouTube [link] TLDR In this episode of Product Mastery Now, I’m interviewing Chris Elmore, a tech entrepreneur and college professor who helped found Avid Exchange, a unicorn startup that went public in 2021. How can you address these barriers?

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The Hardest Lesson—Fail Fast and Validate Early

The Product Guy

He reflects on how getting feedback early can prevent costly mistakes and save precious time and resources, especially for startups with limited runway. Drew explains how, early in his career, he spent too much time making assumptions and building features before validating them with users.

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Before Transforming The Experience, You Need to Disrupt Yourself

Speaker: Vivek Bedi, Product Expert and Keynote Speaker

In both established organizations and “small” startups, leaders need to strike a balance between the speed and agility and scale and relationships that go into successful digital transformations. Undergoing digital transformation is the key to succeeding in this digital era - but the process isn’t all innovation and shiny new tech.

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100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company. Hit your number with 100 Pipeline Plays. Use our proven data-driven plays to grow your pipeline and crush your revenue targets. Close more deals with these winning plays!

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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. Product management is one of the most complex knowledge jobs.

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Put Your Data to Work: The Complete Playbook

What do startups and Fortune 500 companies have in common? An interactive guide filled with the tools to turn your data into a competitive advantage. They rely on data to power products, business insights, and marketing strategy.

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Design Hacks for Non-Designers: Ask Expert Laura Klein

Speaker: Laura Klein, Principal at Users Know and Author of UX for Lean Startups

Laura—principal of Users Know and author of Build Better Products and UX for Lean Startups—has over 20 years of experience helping companies innovate responsibly and improve their product development processes. Join UX designer and product management expert Laura Klein for a no-holds-barred Ask Me Anything session on UX design.

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How To Launch A Feature To Maximize Growth

Speaker: Brian Balfour, CEO, Reforge

Whether you're part of a new startup, or at an established organization looking to make the most of your next launch, you won't want to miss this webinar. You'll learn: Four common reasons why the best intentions fail. Five steps to successful product or feature launches. How to set your product or feature up for lasting growth.

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Scaling to the Masses - Fit Your Product for a Larger User Base

Speaker: Dustin Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Incubator

Whether you're running a small startup or trying to get your idea to take off in a large corporation, you'll need the right tools and perspective to scale your product. Romantic notions aside, the story neglects to mention the most essential variable to product success: scalability.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way.