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For better products, start with a problem statement

Intercom, Inc.

” The secret to shipping successful product, then, is clearly defining for your team the problem that you’re setting out to solve. A great problem statement supercharges product development. It inspires and guides your design team, it makes evaluation simple, and it creates direction for scoping and iteration.

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Product Judgment: How some people can repeatedly create product success

Intercom, Inc.

I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment. If you ever had to face a Manager, Director or Exec as they make bad product decisions and you’re struggling to persuade them otherwise, this post will help you. It takes years to build, and therefore ranges from very weak to very strong.

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Why 36% is the magic number: Finding the right amount of text in mobile apps

Intercom, Inc.

If it’s one of the most common elements in our designs, why is it so often the last thing most teams focus on – if they focus on it at all? Maps & transport: (Strava, Google Maps, Uber) 45.2%. This begs the question: how should an app developer make decisions about the amount of text to show and its quality?

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems. TradeGecko integrates sales channels, transportation providers and accounting into one so that businesses can stay on top of their game. Founders : Max Armbruster. Founded : 2014. from a seed round.

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Customer Onboarding Automation: How-to Guide

User Pilot

While at it, you may even identify weaknesses in the current journey. How can I reduce the workload for my team? For instance, a project management app can check welcome survey responses and trigger Flow 1 for project managers and Flow 2 for team members. If you do, iron them out and create your ideal map before you proceed.

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Norman Crowley on uncovering the business opportunities in tackling climate change

Intercom, Inc.

We were fairly poor. So I started to develop a hankering for making money at an early age. I always loved software and developing software. And so, our teams it’s a huge motivator for them. The use of the burning of fossil fuels for energy, the use of fossil fuels for transport, then animals basically.

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Implementing Microservices in NodeJS

Frontegg

This architecture emerged as a solution to the old monolithic approach to web application development. In essence, the microservice architecture solves the problem of accelerating the development of an extensive complex application. Improper use of the communication protocol can lead to poor performance in the application.