Best Of Product Roundup - September 14, 2024

The best expert-curated product content from the best product thinkers from around the Internet delivered twice a month.

Every two weeks, we dive into the vast ocean of product content online, both free and paid. We sift through it all to bring you the crème de la crème. Our round-up includes carefully curated links and concise excerpts from the top content.

This week’s highlights feature:

• Top 3 Long-Form Articles

• Top 4 Tweets

• Top 3 LinkedIn Posts or Short Videos

Our expert product team has selected these resources to help you save thousands of dollars on unnecessary subscriptions, avoid wasting time reading instead of taking action, and it saves you years spent trying the wrong advice. Our mission is to introduce you to brilliant product thinkers, whether they’re renowned experts or emerging voices.

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Top Long-Form Content

1. Non-Obvious Signs of Early Startup Traction — And How to Spot Them (Adam’s Pick)

   1. What we liked: For 0-1 companies in their earliest phases, this is a great quantitative list of what the feels are when you’re starting to hit gold long before the metrics bear these out.

   2. Choice quote: “But some of the founders we spoke to found that complaints are an underrated (and counterintuitive) measure of customer love.”

2. The Subscription Value Loop: A framework for growing consumer subscription businesses

   1. What we liked: There’s nothing groundbreaking in here, but it’s an incredible reference list, with real company examples and stories, of all the ways to ignite your consumer subscription products to the next level.

   2. Choice quote: “This explains why out of all the consumer subscription apps out there, fewer than 50 have ever reached $1B+ valuations, and fewer than 10 are publicly traded companies with $10B+ market caps.”