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Brian Hale

8 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 6, 2022 by Brian Hale · said 8 times in 4 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Apr 6, 2022
Insight
Product-market fit is fundamentally defined by user cohort retention
“Product market fit is retention.”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 8:44 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Disclosure
Facebook specifically recruited product managers who knew SQL for growth roles
“When we look for product growth people at Facebook, we tried to find people who knew SQL. You would try to get PMs who know SQL, and you would try to get a lot of data scientists and data engineers in these teams.”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 18:08 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Insight
Reusing past playbooks without analyzing current data is a major failure
“They're not really data-oriented, and they are assuming the thing that worked at their last company is exactly the same at this company, and they're just doing that, that's a real common Fuck up, right?”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 26:37 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Insight
Hiring a solo growth leader without full-stack team support will fail
“It will fail if you're just thinking about hiring just like the one person. Think about hiring a person who's going to hire a team and set it up the right way.”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 20:32 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Insight
Interview growth candidates by having them tear down neutral third-party apps
“It's important not to be biased by your own knowledge, so it's better to look at someone else's app, and then have them do, like, a breakdown”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 22:37 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Insight
Low single-digit cohort retention means a startup lacks product-market fit
“If you're down in low single digit percentages, you don't have product market fit yet.”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 10:31 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Assertion Supported
Brian Hale built his career in tech without attending college
“I didn't go to college. I didn't drop out. I just didn't go.”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 3:19 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
Apr 6, 2022
Insight
Growth decisions should be heavily data-driven with minimal gut feel
“I would say 95% data. Very, very tiny amount gut.”
Brian Hale Apr 6, 2022 ▶ 18:00 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams with Brian Hale, Head of Consumer Product & Growth @
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