Learning from Failure: 4 Lessons from Famous Product Flops

I recently launched a website around my unusual hobby: collecting memorabilia from failed products and companies. I have such classics as a sock puppet from pets.com, a mug and baseball from Enron, and a Warriors bobblehead doll from FTX. Amusing as these might be, I have a serious reason for sharing this interest: while we […]

The Best Opportunities for AI Startups

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Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript from the Norwest Nowcast above where Norwest Partner Priti Youssef Choksi explains why the sweet spot for AI startups is developing products that incorporate AI into people’s existing workflows – not creating stand-alone AI solutions. Hi, I’m Priti Youssef Choksi with a Norwest Nowcast about the opportunities I […]

A Pragmatic Guide to Holistic, Scalable Product-led Growth

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Harsh Jawharkar is a growth leader and executive advisor who partners with investors, founders, and CXOs to shape and accelerate growth across all stages. In this article, he offers entrepreneurs a guide to product-led growth. In the first article on this topic, “Product-led Growth: What Startup Founders Need to Know,” I discussed what PLG is […]

Product-led Growth: What Startup Founders Need to Know

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Harsh Jawharkar is a growth leader and executive advisor who partners with investors, founders, and CXOs to shape and accelerate growth across all stages. In this article, he offers entrepreneurs a guide to product-led growth. Every week I speak with founders and CEOs who are building exciting new B2B SaaS companies. They’ve established product-market fit, […]