Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

I'm often asked about my Y Combinator experience so I thought I would take the time to blog about it. I did Y Combinator the Summer of 2007 in Boston with two awesome co-founders. We built Anywhere.FM , a web music player that brought an iTunes-like experience to the web, and eventually sold it to imeem. So what is Y Combinator? Y Combinator is a new kind of seed stage venture firm.

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All About Product Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Agile development gives the software product manager a good sense of orientation. Therefore it’s no surprise that when the development team steps away from using scrum or their preferred agile techniques things get a little disorientated. I've observed this on two occasions over the past few years. Totally moving away from scrum/agile The first time was in the summer of 2007 when we where planning a major redesign of a B2B website.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Despite the over 200 music startups that launched in 2008 , I am disappointed with the lack of startup innovation in the space. While many of them definitely nailed building something people want, most failed to make something people will buy. When developing a startup, figuring out a viable business model is as important as producing a compelling product.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

So are you thinking about adding a virtual economy to your app or website? The great news is there are a variety of startups out there waiting to help you! Incentivized CPA Offers and Direct Payments. Over the last two years more than a half dozen partners have emerged to supply publishers with offers and direct payment options to fuel cash flows into their virtual economy.

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Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.

Product Management

Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

2008 saw an explosion in virtual currencies and their associated virtual goods all across the internet. With Facebook social game Mob Wars suspected of making a million dollars a month and Zynga rumored to have made $50 million in revenue in 2008 off of its social and iPhone games, companies are seeing real revenue from this burgeoning monetization model.

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