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This is Andrew "Boz" Bosworth's strategy memo on how FB should approach ads. Boz is a personal friend of Sriram and ex-colleague and this memo, sent in December 2012, showcases Bosworth's strategy skills.
Sriram Krishnan • Andrew Bosworth on FB ads
But in 2013, after a key meeting of Facebook's top ad tech execs with COO Sheryl Sandberg, a decision was taken that would severely limit FBX's future.
Sriram Krishnan • Andrew Bosworth on FB ads
We have a core feature offering that is very strong. A small feature idea comes up that serves a subset of the market, but it isn’t too hard to do and it isn’t a bad thing, so we indulge. Repeat that thought process a hundred times and you have a cluttered UI, a large team, a slow product, and no obvious path forward.
Andrew Bosworth • Focus
‘Hardware is hard’: Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth on VR’s iPhone moment and Facebook’s big bets
Protocolprotocol.com
Instead of protecting your teams from failure, prepare them for it.
Andrew Bosworth • Antifragile
Ben Barry
benbarry.com
Meta (formerly Facebook) CTO Andrew Bosworth warned employees that creating safe virtual reality experiences was a vital part of its business plan — but also potentially impossible at a large scale.