Product Strategy, Feedback Cycles and Laser Focus with Andreas Prins

<p>Andreas Prins comes on to share the pivot and journey he’s gone through with StackState, a product company. My biggest takeaway is how much more effective you can be by solving one problem, and solving it really well. By maintaining focus on a single use case, things become simpler and more clear. Both from a customer perspective, as well as from the teams that build the product.</p> <p><br></p> <p>“If you need 6 web pages to explain what you do, you might want to rethink your solution”</p> <p>One of my favourite quotes from the episode. </p> <p><br></p> <p>It was a real pleasure to learn from his journey and I hope it’s a good listen as well :)</p> <p>Enjoy! 🎙</p> <p><br></p> <p>Connect with Andreas Prins:</p> <p><a href="https://linkedin.com/in/andreasprins">https://linkedin.com/in/andreasprins</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/andreasprins">https://twitter.com/andreasprins</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Full episode on YouTube ▶️</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/u5xkR267WfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/ojJZ4ijWq0I</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>New episodes every Wednesday with our host <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-akil">🎙Patrick Akil</a>!  </p> <p>Big shoutout to <a href="https://xebia.com/">⁠Xebia⁠</a> for making this episode possible!</p> <p><br></p> <p>OUTLINE:</p> <p>00:00:00:00 - Intro</p> <p>00:00:28:20 - The day to day of Andreas</p> <p>00:01:14:21 - Market Research</p> <p>00:02:31:03 - Taking ideas from open source</p> <p>00:03:45:44 - What problem is StackState solving?</p> <p>00:06:45:32 - How has StackState evolved?</p> <p>00:09:46:01 - Building the right thing</p> <p>00:12:55:28 - Engineers adopting solutions</p> <p>00:16:17:19 - Breadth vs. depth</p> <p>00:17:54:20 - Feedback from the engineering team and customers</p> <p>00:20:26:35 - Who talks to customers?</p> <p>00:21:55:03 - Pitfalls of technical founders</p> <p>00:25:49:30 - Super focus on one problem</p> <p>00:27:20:41 - Getting great engagement at demo&#39;s</p> <p>00:30:30:00 - Processin