Vickie Peng: Diluting Enterprise Products for Small Businesses Doesn't Work
Vickie Peng · Vickie Peng: Why the Best Product People Actually Build Less Product? | E1141 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 17, 2024 · at 25:46
Vickie Peng, Product Partner at Sequoia Capital, reflects on product strategy lessons from adapting Facebook's enterprise advertising platform for small local businesses at Instagram.
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“Diluting this product for this person is not going to work. Even if that's the most efficient path, it is not the most effective path.”
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