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We've found recurring patterns in new product monetization failure. While you might think many types of flaws can cause products to flop in the marketplace, we actually have found that monetizing failures fall into only four categories: Feature shock: cramming too many features into one product—sometimes even unwanted features—creates a product tha
... See moreGeorg Tacke • Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price
By contrast, consumer software tools that enhance human agency, that serve us when we are most creative and intentional, are often built by hobbyists and used by a handful of nerds. If such a tool ever gets too successful one of the Marl-serving companies, flush with cash from advertising or growth-hungry venture capital, will acquire it and kill i... See more
Ivan Vendrov • The Tyranny of the Marginal User
Sometimes getting the right positioning for your startup is more challenging than getting to the product itself.
“Often it’s not that you don’t know who the customer is, it’s that you’re not picking — you haven’t committed to one hypothesis over the other. That’s what creates the confusion about what the product is, what the feature set looks like,
... See moreTo feel creatively and intellectually alive, you have to stop mindlessly consuming the Internet and start mindfully curating it.
95% of content consumption is procrastination disguised as productivity.
Most people waste hundreds of hours consuming “just-in-case” content because it’s “interesting.”
Instead, you should consume "just-in-time" to answer a question keeping you from moving forward.
Most people waste hundreds of hours consuming “just-in-case” content because it’s “interesting.”
Instead, you should consume "just-in-time" to answer a question keeping you from moving forward.