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Video: Product Strategy, Getting Buy-In, and Startup Ideas

Sachin Rekhi

Video: Product Strategy, Systems, and Frameworks with Sachin Rekhi. For example, I've had a friend with a masters degree in education become a product manager at an edtech startup, a sales operations professional become a PM at a sales tech startup, and an MD become a PM at a health care startup.

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Growing up without growing old: How to keep the startup spirit as you scale

Intercom, Inc.

. “You grow into the big, bloated company once you stop being a startup” This talk I gave at Web Summit 2021 is about pushing back against that. Here, I dive into how to remain a startup, what to look out for as you scale, and how to grow up without growing old. The key takeaway?

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How Continuous Discovery Works (and Doesn’t) in Early-Stage Startups

Product Talk

“I get that the continuous discovery habits framework works well for mature products, but does it work for early-stage startups?”. I spent all of my full-time employee experience at early-stage startups (many of them pre-product) and I relied on these same habits to figure out what to build. This question always surprises me.

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Video: Product Management & Innovation with Productboard

Sachin Rekhi

Video: Sachin Rekhi on Product Management & Innovation | Behind the Roadmap I recently joined Productboard in my home for a conversation about all things product management and innovation. If any of these topics interest you, I'd encourage you to check out the video.

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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Pivoting, resilience, avoiding tar pit ideas, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

Lenny Rachitsky

They possess an unwavering conviction in their startup’s potential, even in the face of daunting obstacles. Understanding the distinction between a genuinely innovative startup idea and one that merely garners initial enthusiasm can save founders time, resources, and energy in the long run, steering them toward more promising ventures.

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Video: How Today's Product Builders Find Product/Market Fit

Sachin Rekhi

Video: How Today's Product Builders Find Product/Market Fit. We started by pointing out the shortcomings of the Lean Startup methodology, which remains the most popular approach to finding product/market fit today.

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Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more

Lenny Rachitsky

He is the CEO and founder of CRED, an Indian-based fintech startup valued at over $6 billion. Prior to CRED, he founded three other startups, including Freecharge, which he sold for over $400 million to Snapdeal. He has also been an advisor to India’s most influential organizations.

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