Mike Hudack
18 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 13, 2024 by Mike Hudack · across every show →
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Sep 13, 2024 positive
Sep 13, 2024
Hudack: Advertisers care about sales outcomes, not complex targeting tools
“They don't really want to target their ad. They don't want to think about optimization. They don't want to think about, like, they want to sell more products, you know, and so the simpler machine you can give them to do that effectively, the better.”
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Hudack: Unprepared product teams kill projects prematurely after missed launch targets
“You know, emotionally prepared for having to do that work, and if you're not emotionally prepared for doing that work then, you know, when you don't hit your goals with a launch, what happens is the team and everybody around the team who makes decisions around…”
Sep 13, 2024 positive
Hudack: Respect founders who shut down with cash over burning to zero
“I can speak for myself as an angel investor. The level of respect I have for somebody who comes to me with half of the money still in the bank and just says, hey, we were wrong about this, and has a conversation either about selling the company or shutting it …”
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Hudack: Founders and employees know in their souls when products fail
“Well, I really believe that, you know, people in their soul know that long before you tell them that, and I think that that's true of people who are, You know, doing a bad job in a job, or it's true of people who are building a product.”
Sep 13, 2024
Hudack: Turn around low team morale with quick wins and compelling mission
“Well, I think there are two things that are very important. You need to give people a win. You know, so Page Insights that we talked about earlier is an example of a win like that. You know, well, we can be proud about a thing that we shipped. And then I think…”
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Hudack: Founders should not write code before establishing a theory of the world
“I really believe that before you build something, you should have a theory of the world. You should, you know, understand who your user is, what they want to accomplish. You should understand your strengths and weaknesses in doing that and have a, you know, a …”
Sep 13, 2024 positive
Sep 13, 2024
Hudack: Product art sets user choice balance; data science refines it
“The art is picking the place. The science then is like evaluating, you know, in a controlled experiment, looking at the data to understand whether or not you've, Selected your point in this curve, this gradient, too far to the left or too far to the right, and…”
Sep 13, 2024
Hudack: Product teams should be 6-8 people and PMs are optional
“I think every product team should be probably between six to eight people. Most of those people should be engineers. If possible, one of those people should be a data scientist. One should be a designer. And then I think a PM is optional.”
Sep 13, 2024 negative
Sep 13, 2024
Mike Hudack: Product teams should prioritize customer outcomes over shipping goals
“That team should work together against, like, clear, coherent, outcome-based goals, which are not SHIP goals, but are like, we are going to increase the, you know, the revenue that we generate for this thing by 10% is like a decent goal, but a better goal is w…”
Sep 13, 2024 neutral
Hudack: A product is only good if unfeigned usage data proves it
“If you build something, and you give it to a bunch of people, and they don't use it, and they don't show that they enjoy it in ways that cannot be lied about, meaning they're spending time, they're moving money with it, they're, you know, talking to their frie…”