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Why New Products Fail?

Countless reasons can lead to product and startup failure.
A most significant problem is the lack of understanding of customer pains, needs, and behaviors.
Another issue is relying on guesswork for product hypotheses.

01

Lack of Product-Market Fit

35% of startups were tackling problems that are interesting to solve rather than those that serve a market need.

—”The Top 12 Reasons Startups Fail,” CB Insights.

02

Poor Customer Discovery

No market research on the product or the market has been done before the development and launch.

—Schneider, Joan, and Julie Hall. “Why Most Product Launches Fail.” Harvard Business Review.

03

Inefficient Launch Strategy

Commercial launch is often undermanaged, and value is left on the table.

—Grüntges, Volker, et al. “Product Excellence: Driving Success through True Product Excellence.” McKinsey & Company.

from ideas to growth

What is NBM4?

NBM4 is a comprehensive method for designing and launching new business models and products.
It guides organizations from the first idea to successfully delivering a product to market and supporting its growth.

Empowering Product Journeys

Why NBM4?

After 25+ years of experience in product management, sales development, and consulting, I’ve repeatedly encountered the same challenge. Startups and even established product/business development teams often fail to prevent common mistakes and repeat past errors.

While many tools and frameworks exist, few tackle the full product lifecycle—from ideation to growth. Drawing on my experiences at startups and companies like Microsoft, VMware, and IBM, I developed the New Business Modelling Framework. NBM4 is a holistic approach to managing the entire product journey.

Applying its ideas to more than 20 products has been encouraging. Still, the world is constantly changing, and I feel compelled to elaborate it further through this site.

This material is still a work in progress. You can find a summary of the current results in the next presentation:

Your feedback ✍🏼 is invaluable. Any ideas, comments, and suggestions, including pointing out omissions or errors, are absolutely welcome.

Ideas Realized, Value Delivered

Key Benefits of NBM4

Deeper understanding of customers’ needs
Strategic growth, market, channel, and model fit
Accelerated business transformation

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