Kassen Qian

2. Strong Product Leadership: in strong product companies, the product leaders are among the most impactful leaders in the company.

You’re a janitor: You do as much of the dirty work as possible so everyone else doesn’t have to (so the team operates more efficiently)

Our core philosophy is: We create innovative products while managing risk by prototyping early and cheaply.

Fixed time, variable scope.

" Brian and most everyone at the company is comfortable failing publicly , which I admire. But it’s definitely a challenge for us: figuring out how to be more successful merging that vision-oriented approach with an organizational muscle that helps us reduce failure."