Ted Glasnow

What to look for Post-Product:

1) Retention: Users stick around 2) Surveys: Users say they’d be very disappointed if your product went away 3) Exponential organic growth 4) Cost-efficient growth 5) CAC < LTV 6) Customers clamor for your product 7) People are using it even when it’s broken

A product without a monetization plan is a feature, not a company

In Asia, for example, where fermented products like soy and so forth have been around forever, it's received better.

Good positioning sets off a set of assumptions about my product that are true. Bad positioning sets off a set of assumptions about my product that aren't true - leaving your sales and marketing teams to do the work of undoing the damage your positioning has already done

Teams (i.e. cross-functional product teams) are responsible for:1) Developing execution plans that support the high-level strategy2) Highlighting gaps & risks with the final plan3) Committing to a goal, with a given level of resources

[The Shopify app Store is] just not a great place to do distribution anymore. If you go on today, you’ll see Facebook and Google at the top, which doesn’t make sense if you want to improve app discoverability.