Product momentum and narrative momentum are both crucial. It’s probably best to have narrative momentum a little bit ahead of product momentum but not so much that you’re creating a credibility gap. The opposite, product far ahead of narrative, creates a ‘best kept secret’ gap.
There are two wildly different pursuits you must execute to build great products:
1. Build what customers want
2. Bet on an unproven future
We tend to over complicate or over-wield the former, creating complex mechanisms by which customer feedback is quantified, abstracted,... See more
claire vo 🖤x.comThat's where the challenge of building quality products starts to creep in. The constant tension of shipping faster versus shipping better. Falling into a cycle of "Ship, then iterate" is a trap. It ends up being more shiterate . Things happen and that "fast-follow" V1.1 release or V2.0 you had imagined probably won't. There's always a new shiny
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