“All new fails” - Zynga CEO Mark Pincus explains his favorite product principle
“All new fails. If all new worked, we’d be using new stuff all the time. But how often do you change what’s on the front of your iPhone? How often do the top 10 or 25 apps change? They haven’t https://t.co/pY0Og7wXjW
Startup Archivex.com“All new fails” - Zynga CEO Mark Pincus explains his favorite product principle “All new fails. If all new worked, we’d be using new stuff all the time. But how often do you change what’s on the front of your iPhone? How often do the top 10 or 25 apps change? They haven’t https://t.co/pY0Og7wXjW
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