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The ‘goldilocks zone’ for startup ideas and why building a ‘commando’ mindset is a must for founders
Pete Flint of NFX discusses the hidden patterns behind successful startup ideas, emphasizing strategic approaches to innovation and execution.
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AI agents threaten credit card ‘breakage models’ by optimizing rewards
Mahmoud Abdelkader discusses how AI agents could reshape commerce and payment systems, including the introduction of new agentic tokens.
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Wispr Flow’s seven product iterations highlight the ‘why’ over the ‘what’
Hector discusses the importance of simplifying products, maintaining agility through small teams, and aligning personal growth with company growth, drawing on his experience at Wispr Flow.
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From Zero to Zerodha – Nitin Kamath’s Journey Pt. 2 | Ep. 3 #UnPluggd
Founded in 2010, Zerodha is an Indian firm that pioneered the online discount brokerage model in the country, and today stands as India’s largest stockbroker by number of clients: over 1.5 million.…
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A Designer’s Path to Empathy
The objective of any product designer is not to become a design machine that simply churns out many designs or just ships a lot of stuff. Instead, our primary goal should be to…
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Lessons on Capital Efficiency from 21 SaaS IPOs
The Rule of 40 is a popular heuristic to gauge the business health of a SaaS company. It asserts that a healthy SaaS company’s revenue growth rate and profit margins should sum…
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The 24-month journey to product/market fit
It can easily take up to another 15 months before you find product/market fit. Totalling the amount of time at 24 months already. And it is not uncommon or a shame when…
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NextBigWhat Radio : Why us? Why now? [Ep. 1]
An introduction to the philosophy and driving force behind The NextBigWhat Podcast by Ashish Sinha, founder of NextBigWhat. Ashish has held senior Product roles at many top-tier companies and has been at…
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From Zero To Zerodha – Nithin Kamath’s Journey | Ep. 2 #UnPluggd
Founded in 2010, Zerodha is an Indian firm that pioneered the online discount brokerage model in the country, and today stands as India’s largest stockbroker by number of clients: over 1.5 million.…
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How AI Is Changing The Product Management Job Description
Mayukh Bhaowal, Director of Product Management at Salesforce Einstein outlines five new skillsets that product managers must acquire.
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How to kill (and improve) your product for the benefit of humanity
What would you do if you find that your product is receiving a lot of searches related to vaccines? And well, your site doesn't have helpful content? Here is what Pinterest CEO,…
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What certifications do product manager do?
NONE Actually. There are 2 types of product managers – the ones who look for such product management certifications and then there are ones who actually go ahead and build great products.…
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Customer Development: Maker of Yamazaki Whiskey visited desi thekas, bars before launching in India
So, when the world’s third largest producer of whiskey was planning an India launch, the CEO and Chief Blender came to India. 6 times a year. He visited pubs, bars and even…