Anushka Anand

AMA: Salesloft Senior Director of Product Management, Anushka Anand on Building 0-1 Products

June 25 @ 11:00AM PT
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How do you get inspiration for product design when it comes to designing a new product?
After gathering all the requirements and having great insights into users pinpoints, studied competitors, and market trends, How do you then get the inspiration for design layout before talking to your designer to translate all of this into an intuitive user experience
Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
Even before visuals, clarify what experience needs to exist for the user to succeed.Write a “day in the life” narrative for your user, showing how they’ll use your produc...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
You evaluate the company’s business objectives (TAM expansion vs. churn prevention, etc.), market trends and competitive pressure to determine how you allocate resources ...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
Lots of interviews with the target persona. I recommend using the job to be done framework to deeply understand the social, emotional pushes of the situation and pulls to...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
You work with a set of customers who are your design partners (represent your target customer base) to validate iterations of the product - the set of features, the produ...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
The way to grow a company and to expand the revenue it can target is to expand the TAM through more offerings or new products particularly if there is a defensible market...
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Under what circumstances is it worthwhile to pursue a 0-1 product that can be easily duplicated by a large competitor?
Often times, early product start out as features. My worry is that a competitor would just copy us and then wipe us out.
Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
It’s worthwhile to pursue new products when you can articulate a clear differentiator or unique value proposition that your product or platform can deliver customers, or ...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
I think the pace of product delivery depends on the type of company more so that whether it's remote-first or all in-person. Working remotely definitely impacts how teams...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
There are multiple factors that go into this decision including competitive pressure, business and GTM priorities on top of customer validation. The most important one fo...
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What is your first step in developing a 0-1 product?
I haven't heard the phrase 0-1 products before and would love to learn more about it.
Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
0-1 product refers to building a new type of product or capability - new to the company (Tableau Prep) or new altogether but possible because of technology or market forc...
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Anushka Anand
Salesforce Director of Product Management, Tableau Next11mo
The top mistakes are:Having too narrow a set of customers, or none at all, who help validate the solution and approach. You need a diverse set so you can factor in requir...
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