4 Years 4 This

four years in the making of PlaySay's biggest product yet

 

My blog posts below are sorted in reverse chronological order:

Featured
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PlaySay Acquired by Babbel!
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What I Learned as a CEO
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designed UI & UX
Nuance + PlaySay = Voilà!
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designed UI & UX
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designed UI & UX
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led product development, led product strategy, led product launch
PlaySay is #1.
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led product development, led product strategy, led product launch
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led product development, led product strategy, led product launch
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PlaySay is Featured by Apple and is #3 in the USA for Education!
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designed UI & UX
Don't Draw Something, PlaySay Something!
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designed UI & UX
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designed UI & UX
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designed UI & UX
Ok, is PlaySay TOO Engaging?!
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designed UI & UX
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designed UI & UX
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planned go-to-market strategy
How we Launched and How we Did
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planned go-to-market strategy
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planned go-to-market strategy
Ryan Meinzer
led product launch, planned go-to-market strategy, led public relations
PlaySay is Now Live in the App Store, Launched by TechCrunch!
Ryan Meinzer
led product launch, planned go-to-market strategy, led public relations
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led product launch, planned go-to-market strategy, led public relations
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Dear Apple, is Our Love Mutual?
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Confession #2 - My Mother Got me my Job in Japan
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Confession #1 - I was a Functional Illiterate in Japan
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hired and managed a team of five full time employees
So Who are These PlaySay Guys, Anyway?
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hired and managed a team of five full time employees
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hired and managed a team of five full time employees
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PlaySay's New Splash Screen & App Icon
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The New Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
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Ryan Meinzer
integrated third party SDK, led agile development, service oriented architecture
App Successfully Approved by Nuance!
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integrated third party SDK, led agile development, service oriented architecture
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integrated third party SDK, led agile development, service oriented architecture
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entrepreneurship
PlaySay in/for The Land of Opportunity
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entrepreneurship
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entrepreneurship
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Leaked Screenshot of the "PlaySay Survival" App
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App Successfully Submitted to Apple!
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defined product value propositions, identified market opportunity
PlaySay's Fries & Pies
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defined product value propositions, identified market opportunity
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defined product value propositions, identified market opportunity
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defined product vision
PlaySay's Vision & Commandments
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defined product vision
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defined product vision
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led competitive and industry analysis
Our Beloved Competitors
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led competitive and industry analysis
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led competitive and industry analysis
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PlaySay - From Tokyo, to Philadelphia, to DC, to San Francisco
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validated product market fit hypotheses, led market research
Our Market & Product Hypotheses
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validated product market fit hypotheses, led market research
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validated product market fit hypotheses, led market research
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led agile development, interpreted complex data sets to monitor report and optimize key performance indicators, led multivariate testing, led quality assurance, led regression testing, scrum master, open source software, led load testing, led user testing
Our Lean Startup Process
Ryan Meinzer
led agile development, interpreted complex data sets to monitor report and optimize key performance indicators, led multivariate testing, led quality assurance, led regression testing, scrum master, open source software, led load testing, led user testing
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Ryan Meinzer
led agile development, interpreted complex data sets to monitor report and optimize key performance indicators, led multivariate testing, led quality assurance, led regression testing, scrum master, open source software, led load testing, led user testing
Ryan Meinzer
captured 18% of target market in Japan via SEO page optimization and SEM with a 60% ROI, oversaw key vertical analysis and P&L to ultimately increase repeat purchases by 200% YoY, led customer discovery, led customer validation, led customer develompent, led customer creation, led company building
Customer Development - How I Could Have Saved Years and $250K
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captured 18% of target market in Japan via SEO page optimization and SEM with a 60% ROI, oversaw key vertical analysis and P&L to ultimately increase repeat purchases by 200% YoY, led customer discovery, led customer validation, led customer develompent, led customer creation, led company building
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Ryan Meinzer
captured 18% of target market in Japan via SEO page optimization and SEM with a 60% ROI, oversaw key vertical analysis and P&L to ultimately increase repeat purchases by 200% YoY, led customer discovery, led customer validation, led customer develompent, led customer creation, led company building
Ryan Meinzer
led product development, led product launch, led product strategy
The 5 Products From the Most Exciting Year of my Life
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led product development, led product launch, led product strategy
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led product development, led product launch, led product strategy
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entrepreneurship
PlaySay's Love Story, How it All Began
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entrepreneurship
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entrepreneurship
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ascertained market, determined business case
Disrupting Language Learning
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ascertained market, determined business case
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ascertained market, determined business case