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alex
“Don't be so humble - you are not that great.”
― Golda Meir
"The information you consume each day is the soil from which your future thoughts are grown."
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Shitty retention is ubiquitous
First, perhaps obvious, but no wonder retention in mobile products is terrible. I’ve often written about these benchmarks for retention:
When you ref... See more
First, perhaps obvious, but no wonder retention in mobile products is terrible. I’ve often written about these benchmarks for retention:
- daily retention of consumer apps: D1/D7/D28 of 60/30/15
- the % of active users — that is, DAU/registered — should be 25%
- or, for consumer/SMB subscription: M12 of >30%
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How Novelty Effects and Dopamine Culture Rule the Tech Industry
a human-curated search engine for ideas and concepts
If you rule out all dissent on the basis that it's hate speech and misinformation, you will detach entirely from reality.
Host: And of course, the luxury sector spans over so many different products. But what do you think the definition of luxury is?
Bernard Arnault: First of all, I don't like very much the word luxury, because you have something attached to it, which means show off, which mean something of non significance or something, something that is useless. And ... See more
Bernard Arnault: First of all, I don't like very much the word luxury, because you have something attached to it, which means show off, which mean something of non significance or something, something that is useless. And ... See more
KG • Letter #100: Bernard Arnault (2016)
Instead of asking: "Do you have any questions?", ask "What questions do you have?"
The first almost always results in silence, while the second helps people feel comfortable asking questions.