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Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve

Harvard Business

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

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How Cycle Time and Cost of Delay Makes Product Development Decisions Easier (Day 2)

Johanna Rothman

Here's where I stand with my WIP: I completed one presentation, so I have 4 remaining. The four presentations range in duration from 15 to 90 minutes. My normal cycle time for presentations is roughly three times the duration of the presentation. As I said in my Day 1 post, my WIP is too high. Also the novella.

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Easier Product Development Decisions and Why Backlogs Might Slow You Down (Day 3)

Johanna Rothman

First, my WIP status: 4 presentations still (no change from yesterday). I don't have just one product for my business. And I'm not a team working on just one feature set or a product. They need team (including the product leader) agreements, and management agreements, and support agreements. What happened?

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How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1)

Johanna Rothman

That's because working in flow allows and creates ease in my development. This week, I want to finish these things: 5 presentations, one of which I need to finish today. A book is much larger than a presentation. I suspect at least one of the presentations will take more time than the novella. I don't use iterations.

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Creating a Product Line for Doctors

Business Consulting Agency

Establishing a product line tailored for medical professionals presents an exceptional opportunity for supplemental revenue, scalability, and an array of other advantages. Creating a product line for doctors with expert assistance for better results.

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Quick Guide to a Career in Product Design

Tom Spencer

Product design is more creative than engineering, more practical than art, and more hands-on than graphic design Product design is a field that involves the creation and development of new products or product improvements. What Do Product Designers Do?

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Making Your Products Accessible to Underserved Markets

Harvard Business

Prahalad argued that the world’s poorest people constituted the “bottom of the pyramid” (BoP) and presented a massive opportunity for the world’s wealthiest companies. Management leaders need a clearly defined Side of the Pyramid (SoP) strategy to optimize the available opportunities and develop more inclusive products and services.