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Hiten沙的支柱Successful Go-To-Market Strategy

On the latest episode of Ground Up, Hiten Shah details the successful research, development, and launch of his newest tool, FYI.

John BoniniJohn Boninion June 11, 2018 • 1 minute read

Hiten Shah has been building SaaS products for about 15 years.

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But recently, after coming off of two failed attempts at building a product solution in the document space, he and his co-founder Marie Prokopets went back to the basics of bringing a product to market–focusing obsessively on the problem first.

“We’re weren’t sure what tool we wanted to build,” said Shah. “But we did know that we wanted to solve the most challenging problem that you have.”

After rounds of market research interviews, a common theme emerged.

“I can’t find my documents across all the different tools I use.”

The resulting product,FYI, which stands for “Find Your Information”, helps you search and organize all of your documents in one place.

Google Drive, Dropbox, Slack, Box, OneDrive–these are just some of the integrations FYI launched with.

From development to launch, their approach to bringing FYI to market serves as a clinic for bringinganythingto market.

I dug into all of the steps with Shah, starting with the initial idea.

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John Bonini
John Boniniis Director of Marketing at Databox. He's passionate about building brands that tell great stories. Connect with him on Twitter @bonini84.
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