Nottebohm: Companies should not make building decisions solely to optimize revenue
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Olivia Nottebohm, Chief Revenue Officer at Notion, advises against letting revenue optimization drive product and operational decisions.
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“You never want to make decisions as you're Building to optimize for revenue. You really, really have to be careful not to do that. In fact, I would almost recommend that you take away things that pull you in the direction of something that would make you optimize for revenue decisions.”
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