Adam Fishman
16 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 15, 2022 by Adam Fishman · across every show →
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Fishman: Solo practitioners should not hold the Head of Growth title
“Personally, I don't think you should be a head of growth as a solo practitioner. Cause like, yes, you're the head of growth, but like you're, A one person show, right? So I tend to think of the role more in the latter camp, which is like a manager of managers,…”
Jun 15, 2022
Fishman: Patreon's major growth mistakes came from skipping qualitative creator feedback
“The mistakes that we made at Patreon were typically just looking at numbers and not actually, and thinking, oh, these numbers say that if we do this, it's in the best interest of creators, it's going to work great. Like we know what our bounding boxes and our …”
Jun 15, 2022 negative
Jun 15, 2022 positive
Fishman: Interactive prototypes are far more effective than text for product communication
“I think a prototype is worth a whole chapter in a book. So I try to communicate with visual aids whenever possible. Like it's really important. Words on a page are great. A picture of what the thing is actually doing is even better. It's something that people …”
Jun 15, 2022 positive
Jun 15, 2022
Fishman: First growth hires should be mid-level player-coaches, not executives
“There's really is like a sweet spot here. To junior. And you just have a bunch of order takers that can't prioritize their way out of a wet paper bag and figure out what they should be doing or to or they've maybe only seen it done one way before. And so they …”
Jun 15, 2022
Fishman: Great growth hires arrive on day one with a plan
“One of the things that separates the good from the great is a lot of the best people that I've worked with, they come in on day one, and they've already been thinking about the business. They've got a plan. They've done some homework. They've done some learnin…”
Jun 15, 2022 positive
Fishman: User-generated growth loops have higher growth ceilings than paid loops
“So things that are generated by users typically have a much higher ceiling because every new user can generate and participate in that loop. Things that are generated by the company Or paid advertising or things like that tend to have lower scopes because ther…”
Jun 15, 2022 neutral
Fishman: Startups should master one or two core loops before expanding
“I typically recommend that companies start with a core thing, one core loop, or maybe two core loops that that they can really work on for a while, but you have to be able to project that out and see when you're going to start to run out of steam. And then try…”
Nov 25, 2022
Nov 25, 2022
Fishman: First growth hires must be mid-level player-coaches, not junior specialists
“Two junior, and you just have a bunch of order takers that can't prioritize their way out of a wet paper bag and figure out what they should be doing. Or they've maybe only seen it done one way before. They just sort of like want to rubber stamp it and say, we…”