D'Arcy Coolican

8 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 9, 2019 by D'Arcy Coolican · across every show →

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Dec 9, 2019 positive
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Spot future tech by finding broken products people still care about
“And it turns out the best way to see the future isn't to look for what's working, it's to look for what isn't working, but people still really care about.”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 2:03 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019 positive
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Zeitgeist fit gives startups extra lives toward product-market fit
“Finding product zeitgeist fit is like getting a thousand extra lives as you try to play your way to product market fit.”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 3:25 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019
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Great early startups initially seem controversial and raise eyebrows
“Things that have product zeitgeist fit often feel misunderstood or controversial in the early days. At first blush, they raise a lot of eyebrows. But to the people who have been working on them, they're so clearly really elegant, if temporarily imperfect solut…”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 10:47 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019
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Product usage despite terrible user experience signals deep emotional fit
“People are using it despite the fact that it's not the best thing out there. Despite the fact that it's kind of clunky. Despite the fact that, in some cases, it's just straight terrible. If they are, that's a sign that it's got a line on something emotional, n…”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 10:08 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019
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Zeitgeist fit explains why failed ideas succeed 15 years later
“It can also help explain why something that blew up in a bad way in one era, like online pet food delivery, can blow up in a really good way 15 years later.”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 1:16 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019
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Voluntary adoption by elite technical talent predicts startup success
“The most talented, hardest working, most in demand people, the product managers, and engineers, and data scientists, they're intrigued by it. They're working on it. They're excited by it. They're using it. They're trying to make it a thing. Because if they are…”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 9:45 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019
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Organic swag adoption signals a startup transition to a movement
“If people are wearing t-shirts or hats or putting stickers on their laptops, people that have no connection with the company or the project in any way, that's a sign that it's as much a movement as a company, and that's a great sign for product zeitgeist fit.”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 10:30 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
Dec 9, 2019
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Product zeitgeist fit occurs when products resonate with cultural mood
“Product zeitgeist fit is when the product somebody is building is resonating with the mood of the times.”
D'Arcy Coolican Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 0:43 Product Zeitgeist Fit and the Next Big Thing
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