Insights
Expert insight for business leaders on building and scaling successful digital products. 🚀
Insights
 
        Less Talk, More Traction 
          Accelerating AI Adoption for Your Business
 
        The Fog of Vendor Fatigue 
          Finding Clarity in the Chaos
 
        Burned Out 
          How Product and Engineering Teams Can Find Relief.
 
        Resource Constrained? 
          Strategic software partnerships: innovate, save, overcome.
 
        Getting Unstuck 
          When your software development partnerships falter
 
        Beyond Specialization 
          The case for cross-industry software partners
 
        Business vs. Tech Debt: Which is Growing More?  
          The case for a product audit
 
        Accelerating Innovation 
          Move your ideas from concept to reality faster
 
        Choosing the Right Software Partner 
          8 principles to guide you
 
        Bridging the gap 
          Aligning Business Strategy and Software Development
 
        Customer Conversations 
          That drive winning products in the market
 
        Strategic Speed 
          When to accelerate and when to pace your software development
 
        Incremental and iterative software delivery 
          What business leaders need to know in 2025
Customer Stories
 
        What is Smeeple? 
          Smeeple founder Calvin Holston provides an introduction to Smeeple – an innovative two-sided marketplace.
 
        Working with Truefit 
          Smeeple founder Calvin Holston shares his experience working with a Truefit product team.
 
        Smeeple's changing vision 
          Truefit's early customer development research informed evolutionary changes to the product vision and UX.
 
        What goes into the product? 
          Learn how industry trends and insights shaped key decisions for creating a software product.
 
        Understanding what works 
          Smeeple shares insights on what proved effective in their journey and what they wish they'd known.
 
        Developing customers 
          Learn how Smeeple expanded its customer base using strategic client acquisition and onboarding.
 
        Intro To Flaherty & O'Hara 
          An introduction to Flaherty & O'Hara's business operations and expertise in alcohol law.
 
        Future Of Evergreen 
          How Flaherty & O'Hara plans to grow and evolve after streamlining operations with new software.
 
        Key Business Impacts 
          Flaherty and O'Hara discusses business improvements after implementing tailored software.
 
        Product Journey 
          How Flaherty & O'Hara's software platform evolved to meet their business needs.
 
        Software Introduction 
          Exploring how custom software transformed Flaherty & O'Hara's operations.
 
        Working With Truefit 
          How Flaherty & O'Hara found success working with Truefit's cross-functional product team.
Idea Launch
 
        Outcomes Over Outputs 
          Focusing on understanding the problem for effective software solutions.
 
        Prioritizing Risk 
          Learning about prioritizing key risks and user needs when it comes to software development.
 
        Alignment & Budget 
          Balancing key tradeoffs and strategically budgeting for software project success.
 
        Product Market Fit 
          Aligning software with evolving market needs to ensure optimal product fit and success.
 
        Success Factors 
          Aligning teams, understanding risks, and focusing on users to produce a successful product.
 
        The Importance Of Identifying Risk 
          Why identifying risks is crucial in software development.
 
        Understanding Risk: Value & Usability 
          Balancing software value and usability for effective solutions.
 
        Understanding Risk: Feasibility & Viability 
          Evaluating feasibility and long-term success in software projects.
 
        Alignment & Vision 
          Understanding the importance of testing assumptions and aligning visions with agile discovery methods.
 
        Defining The Problem 
          A clear understanding of the problem is crucial before beginning to generate solutions.
 
        Discovery & Problem Solving 
          Using discovery to ensure effective and accurate problem-solving.
 
        Prototyping & Next Steps 
          An introduction to prototyping in order to visualize and refine software solutions.
 
        Risk And Discovery 
          Exploring potential risks and testing innovative solutions through a thorough discovery process.
 
        Team Alignment 
          Aligning teams effectively through collaboration, workshops, and shared goals.
 
        Understanding & Framing The Problem 
          Framing and understanding the customer journey for solutions.
 
        Quantitative & Qualitative Testing 
          Using surveys and interviews to enhance product testing.
 
        Understanding The User 
          How understanding user needs and empathy shape the software development process.
 
        Decision Making 
          Key elements guiding decision-making in software development for optimal results.
 
        Defining Product Strategy & Maintaining Alignment 
          Aligning teams and product goals for business impact.
 
        The Competitive Landscape 
          Analyzing competitors to inform software development strategies.
 
        Understanding Context 
          Exploring how the software's context influences product insights and development strategies.
 
        Understanding The Domain 
          Grasping the business domain for effective software development.
 
        Unexpected Changes 
          Navigating how software evolves and adapts during the development process.
 
        Generating Solutions 
          Turning a product vision into actionable steps that drive effective solutions and successful outcomes.
 
        Navigating Feasibility Risks 
          Handling feasibility risks and technical constraints effectively.
 
        Object Oriented UX & User Flow 
          Designing user journeys with object oriented UX principles.
 
        Prioritizing Solutions 
          Assessing and prioritizing potential solutions to effectively reach desired outcomes.
 
        Testing Critical Assumptions & Reducing Risk 
          Key assumptions for product success.
 
        Visual Style Storyboarding 
          Utilizing storyboards to define and enhance user experience and visual style.
 
        Implementing Visions & Becoming Aligned 
          Aligning goals and overcoming challenges to realize visions.
 
        Learning From Testing 
          Learning from testing reveals key insights for effective software development.
 
        Making Changes 
          Refining strategy by making software changes before the build phase begins.
 
        Release Planing & Story Mapping 
          Addressing challenges with story mapping and release planning.
 
        Validation & User Testing 
          Testing and validation is used to ensure that the software solves the right problem.
 
        Implementing Product Changes 
          Implementing product changes as new insights reshape the build.
 
        Cross-Functional Product Development Teams 
          Diverse roles on cross-functional product development teams.
 
        Estimating Story & Feature Size 
          Understanding the process of estimating story and feature size.
 
        Measuring Progress 
          Using quality as a key metric to measure product build progress and success.
 
        Navigating Challenges 
          Understanding how strategic prep work helps teams navigate software build challenges.
 
        Outside Influences On Product Direction 
          Understanding outside influences on the direction of product development.
 
        Product Development Process 
          How the team organizes the product development process.