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Hardware startups

How to implement a robust supplier onboarding program that verifies quality, capacity, and compliance before production commitments for hardware.

Building a resilient supplier onboarding program requires disciplined verification of quality, capacity, and compliance; a structured process minimizes risk, ensures reliability, and protects your hardware roadmap from costly delays.

Thomas Moore

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August 08, 2025

Go-to-market

How to design a customer success playbook that proactively reduces churn and increases expansion opportunities.

A practical, evergreen guide to building a proactive customer success playbook that minimizes churn, strengthens relationships, and uncovers measurable expansion opportunities across the customer lifecycle.

Samuel Perez

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July 18, 2025

Idea generation

How to prioritize idea features based on impact, effort, and evidence from early user feedback.

A practical, repeatable framework helps teams weigh feature ideas by impact, required effort, and empirical user feedback, enabling faster, more confident product decisions that align with real needs and sustainable growth.

Paul Evans

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July 26, 2025

Idea generation

How to design early retention hooks that align product value with daily routines and create natural reasons for repeat usage.

A practical guide to crafting early retention hooks that sync your product’s core value with daily routines, creating reasons for users to return, engage, and integrate your solution into their everyday lives.

Anthony Gray

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August 08, 2025

Idea generation

Approaches to building minimum lovable products that deliver core value and inspire word-of-mouth growth.

This evergreen exploration reveals practical, repeatable patterns for crafting minimal lovable products that capture core value, delight early adopters, and catalyze organic word-of-mouth growth through clear benefits, strong messaging, and intentional iteration.

Aaron White

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July 30, 2025

Failures & lessons learned

Lessons on managing cash flow crises in startups and negotiating extensions with stakeholders.

A practical, evergreen guide to surviving cash shortages in startups, detailing strategic cash flow management, transparent stakeholder communication, extension negotiations, and recovery steps that protect long-term value and preserve relationships.

Jessica Lewis

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July 24, 2025

Product analytics

How to design dashboards that surface critical retention metrics from product analytics and enable fast prioritization of fixes.

This evergreen guide explains how to craft dashboards that illuminate retention dynamics, translate data into actionable signals, and empower teams to prioritize fixes quickly without getting lost in noise.

Matthew Clark

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July 19, 2025

Mobile apps

How to design mobile app consent experiences that clearly explain benefits and maintain transparency with users.

Crafting consent experiences that transparently describe benefits, choices, and data use can build trust, improve retention, and empower users to control their privacy without sacrificing usability or onboarding momentum.

Nathan Reed

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July 23, 2025

SaaS

How to build a churn analysis framework that identifies root causes and recommends product and process improvements for SaaS

A practical guide to designing a churn analysis framework that uncovers underlying drivers, translates insights into actionable product changes, and aligns teams around process improvements that reduce customer loss over time.

Michael Johnson

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August 08, 2025

Product analytics

How to use product analytics to determine whether progressive onboarding increases long term engagement for novice versus experienced users.

A practical, data-first guide to testing progressive onboarding and measuring its impact on long‑term engagement, with clear steps to distinguish effects on novice and experienced users across a real product lifecycle.

James Anderson

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July 17, 2025

Patents & IP

How to balance aggressive patent filing with focused portfolio curation to manage costs and preserve high value assets

A practical guide for startups seeking rapid patent coverage while maintaining a lean, high-impact portfolio that preserves resources, reinforces strategy, and protects core innovations from dilution or obsolescence.

Peter Collins

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August 06, 2025

Growth & scaling

Approaches for designing scalable customer segmentation strategies that inform personalized marketing and sales.

In fast-growing ventures, scalable customer segmentation blends data-driven insight with agile testing, enabling marketing and sales teams to tailor messages, offers, and outreach at scale without sacrificing relevance or speed.

Patrick Baker

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August 06, 2025

Exits & M&A

How to negotiate step in rights and control provisions to mitigate buyer risks while preserving seller flexibility.

When negotiating step-in rights and control provisions in mergers and acquisitions, balance must be struck between buyer risk mitigation and preserving seller flexibility, ensuring practical guardrails, clear triggers, and scalable remedies that support continuity, governance, and post-transaction value creation for both sides.

Kenneth Turner

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July 17, 2025

Patents & IP

Guidance on preparing for due diligence requests related to patents during fundraising and acquisition processes.

Founders and legal teams face rigorous patent due diligence during fundraising and acquisitions; this guide outlines practical, proactive steps to organize IP portfolios, respond efficiently, and protect value while maintaining momentum in negotiations.

Mark King

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August 06, 2025

Hardware startups

Approaches to building strategic partnerships with distributors and retailers for hardware product launches.

The article offers a practical, evergreen guide for hardware founders to design, negotiate, and nurture strategic partnerships with distributors and retailers, turning channel collaborations into scalable launches and sustainable growth.

Matthew Clark

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August 04, 2025

Product analytics

How to use product analytics to analyze feature stickiness and decide whether to invest in improving, promoting, or sunsetting features.

This evergreen guide unpacks practical measurement techniques to assess feature stickiness, interpret user engagement signals, and make strategic decisions about investing in enhancements, marketing, or retirement of underperforming features.

Anthony Young

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July 21, 2025

DeepTech

How to design a sustainable funding strategy combining grants, VC, and strategic partnerships for deeptech ventures

A practical, enduring plan blends grants, venture capital, and strategic collaborations to empower deeptech startups, aligning funding with milestones, technology readiness, regulatory needs, and long-term market impact for enduring growth.

Nathan Turner

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July 24, 2025

Product-market fit

How to create a strategic framework for deciding when to prioritize retention-improving features versus new acquisition-focused capabilities.

A practical guide for leaders seeking to balance product investment between retaining existing customers and attracting new ones, grounded in data, customer value, and long-term growth strategy.

Thomas Scott

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August 04, 2025

DeepTech

How to design a commercialization strategy that sequences vertical targeting to build momentum and create defensible references.

A pragmatic blueprint for deeptech ventures, outlining how to sequence verticals, earn early traction, and forge defensible references that compound advantage, spreading credibility across markets while preserving capital and focus.

Sarah Adams

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July 19, 2025

Hardware startups

How to develop modular product platforms that support customization, upgradability, and cost-effective manufacturing across multiple market segments.

This article guides engineers and entrepreneurs through building modular product platforms designed for scalable customization, future-proof upgradability, and lean manufacturing across diverse markets, ensuring sustainable cost management and rapid market entry.

Frank Miller

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July 15, 2025

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