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courier.com
Why a Future-Proofed Multichannel Notification System is Importantcourier.com
6 min read · Sep 2nd · A future-proof multichannel notifications strategy helps PMs stay in touch with their users without coming off as intrusive, non-responsive, or antiquated. · Shared by 101
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medium.com
How to build successful products without Feature Creepmedium.com
9 min read · Oct 2nd · My junior year, I took some time off Stanford to work on a consumer startup with my girlfriend. · Shared by 142
product management
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First Round
How Product Strategy Stalls in the Real World — 6 Common Failure ModesFirst Round
~20 min read · Sep 27th · Why does strategy tend to stall when the rubber hits the road? Nate Stewart, Chief Product Officer of Cockroach Labs, shares an essential guide for creating a resilient strategy that’s still standing… · Shared by 188, including Oliver Raduner, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler
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product management
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Growth.Design
Mental Models: Why expectations drive user behaviorsGrowth.Design
Sep 27th · This case study shows you how to use Mental Models to improve your product's user experience. · Shared by 158, including 👨‍✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, Oliver Raduner
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UX Collective
Research vs Vision: the origin story of Sony Walkman, Mini Cooper, and the iPhoneUX Collective
~15 min read · Sep 22nd · It’s always interesting to watch how companies approach the building of their new products. During the market research phase, companies… · Shared by 260
innovation
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Reforge
4 Major Problems With The Lean Startup MethodologyReforge
~13 min read · Sep 8th · Recently, startup veterans have identified four core challenges with the Lean Startup. Let's break each of those down & look at a more effective methodology. · Shared by 256, including Teresa Torres, Sachin Rekhi
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product design
growth marketing
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an alternative approach I developed that can serve as a better guide for new product innovation called The Deliberate Startup.
stoplight.io
API-as-a-Product | Stoplight API Best Practicesstoplight.io
6 min read · Sep 14th · How to Create an API Product Strategy: What does API-as-a-Product mean, examples of API Products, and how to use a product mindset to design API Products. · Shared by 233, including Arturo Rebolledo
software engineering
product management
product design
Growth.Design
Zeigarnik Effect: Why it's hard to leave things incompleteGrowth.Design
Sep 13th · Learn what the Zeigarnik Effect is and how to apply it to improve your product without relying on unethical dark patterns. · Shared by 228
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ux
aakashgupta.substack.com
Do you really need a North Star Metric?aakashgupta.substack.com
3 min read · Sep 12th · + Substack’s Product Growth Strategy · Shared by 217, including Oliver Raduner
product design
product management
growth marketing
First Round
How Product Strategy Stalls in the Real World — 6 Common Failure ModesFirst Round
~20 min read · Sep 27th · Why does strategy tend to stall when the rubber hits the road? Nate Stewart, Chief Product Officer of Cockroach Labs, shares an essential guide for creating a resilient strategy that’s still standing… · Shared by 188, including Oliver Raduner, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler
product design
product management
product strategy
UX Magazine
The Value of Inconvenient DesignUX Magazine
7 min read · Sep 15th · Technology makes seemingly inconvenient tasks easier — but at what cost? · Shared by 178, including Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation
product design
design
Every 📧
Figma’s Layered LessonsEvery 📧
7 min read · Sep 22nd · Or, how to learn something useful from big events · Shared by 170, including Nathan Baschez 📧
startups
product design
Growth.Design
Mental Models: Why expectations drive user behaviorsGrowth.Design
Sep 27th · This case study shows you how to use Mental Models to improve your product's user experience. · Shared by 158, including 👨‍✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, Oliver Raduner
ux
product design
Every 📧
What I Learned at ClubhouseEvery 📧
~15 min read · Sep 1st · 25 lessons from an early employee on product, community, go-to-market, and more · Shared by 153, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Nathan Baschez 📧
growth marketing
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GrowthHackers
Your growth strategy should align with your company's strategyGrowthHackers
5 min read · May 20th · In the same way that there's no single industry in which growth couldn't be applied, there's also no single timing or strategy of a company… · Shared by 1052, including Startupxplore, Víctor González Pacheco
startups
product design
growth hacking
saas
growth
raw.studio
Airbnb’s Feature Release: What Can We Learn From It?raw.studio
7 min read · Jun 1st · Airbnb consumer behaviour has shifted and inspired product changes, with their most recent feature release being the talk of the town. CEO Brian Chesky is even calling it “the biggest change in a… · Shared by 983, including Janosch Troehler, Christo Meid
product design
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medium.com
Why Product Thinking is the next big thing in UX Designmedium.com
7 min read · From 2015 · Life’s too short to build something nobody wants… · Shared by 976, including Chris Messina, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Oliver Pitsch, ThomNagy, Klaus Eck, Martin Recke, designshard, Moritz Meenen, Dominik Grolimund, Herbert Bay, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Greg Meyer, Christoph Magnussen, Lailo, Thomas Power, Casey Smith, Marc Steffen, Scott Williams, Tris Hussey
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product thinking
design
ux strategy
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HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
The Ultimate Guide to Minimum Viable ProductHackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
10 min read · From 2016 · Please raise your hand, if you’ve ever heard about minimum viable product (MVP) and have no clue what it is. When you talk to software… · Shared by 925, including Patrick Scheuerer, Howard Getson, Helmi, Courtney Bolton ★, designshard, Stephen C Sanders, Emerson Macedo, von Moerenburgh, Startupxplore, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Christian Leu, Brent Summers, Christian Müller, Parin Vachhani, Dez S. Papp, Glenn Oberholzer, Matthias Lampe, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund, Markus Maurer
mvp
product management
design thinking
lean startup
startups
ux
daverupert.com
The Demo → Demo Loopdaverupert.com
2 min read · Jun 22nd · The secret to making successful creative products. · Shared by 913, including Trent Walton
design
product design
creativity
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The Most Important Rule in UX Design that Everyone BreaksPrototypr 👁️✨
9 min read · From 2017 · In Product Design, and Possibly Life Management · Shared by 894, including Fabrice Liut 🍌🥑😌, Matthias Lampe, David Hellmann, Nick Floro, ThomNagy, designshard, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Dominik Grolimund, Josep M. Ganyet, Gabriele, Chris Love - PWAs 📳📱& SEO 🔎, tjalve, Zain Fathoni, Lluís Codina, Tim Herbig, Thomas Pleil, Erick Mazer Yamashita, Dez S. Papp, Amel Mehenaoui, Joe Germuska
ux
design
diseño
flow
Lenny Rachitsky
Kickstarting and scaling a consumer businessLenny Rachitsky
Jul 5th · Step 1: How to come up with an idea · Shared by 885, including Ryan Hoover, Dom Zuend, ErmanTaylan.eth, Mark Kaigwa
startups
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consumer
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Step 1: INSIGHT: Come up with your idea ← This post  Step 2: AUDIENCE: Identify your super-specific who  Step 3: HOOK: Craft your pitch  Step 4: REACH: Find your early adopters where they are  Step 5: RETAIN: Iterate until enough people stick around
andy.works
The World's Most Satisfying Checkboxandy.works
8 min read · Jun 14th · The Art of Game Feel (a.k.a Juice) in Product Design · Shared by 866, including Simeon.__proto__, Michelle Boisson, faq-mac, Scott Berkun, Patrick Sanwikarja, Tim Holman, Center Centre – UIE, Dom Zuend, Ralph Straumann
product design
ux
visual design
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In Product Design, we sprinkle a touch of “delight” on key moments—colorful illustrations in our onboarding, confetti for major milestone reached. In reality, it’s the mundane, everyday interactions that need our attention most.  Like, say, a checkbox.
Quartz
Google’s former happiness guru developed a three-second brain exercise for finding joyQuartz
2 min read · From 2017 · Happiness is habit-forming. · Shared by 822, including Chris Guselle, Cassidy, Pat Kua, Veronika Lampion, Rich, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Spreng, Manda Nicole, Vikram Dutt, maxadorno, Jacob Jarnvall, hiten.eth, David Nagel, Dominik Grolimund, Courtney Bolton ★, Weiting Chen
happiness
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Thin slices of joy occur in life everywhere… and once you start noticing it, something happens, you find it’s always there.
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