Jon Jain, Birdie head of product

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December 5, 2023

How to adapt your product to a new market

Finding early adopters and hiring a local team is a must when adapting a product to a fresh market

Jon Jain has held leadership roles at Kry and AWS, and is now head of product at elderly-care startup Birdie — where he's been leading product expansion into Germany, Birdie's latest market. “We’ve found significant overlap, at a high level, in the care journey across markets but there are always key differences that you need to adapt for,” he says. Here he shares his top tips for growing into new markets.

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Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is VP of startup ecosystem at Sifted, focusing on all things early stage. Follow her on LinkedIn

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