product design

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Derek Thompson · across every show →

Everything said about product design, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Thompson: Extreme user defenses signal extraordinary product design success
“And if a product is designed such that the consumer has to employ meticulous, complicated strategies to stop using it, that's an extraordinary sign that something was done right to a certain extent.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:01 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Apr 23, 2025 negative
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Vance: Manufacturing regions inevitably master design through network effects
“It turns out that the geographies that do the manufacturing get awfully good at the designing of things. There are network effects, as you all well understand. The firms that design products work with firms that manufacture. They share intellectual property, t…”
J.D. Vance Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 11:10 JD Vance on the Future of America
Nov 11, 2025
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Lee: Product Taste Extends Beyond Visuals to the Full User Journey
“When people say taste, they oftentimes just think about only the visuals. It's like, what is, like, the visual output? I oftentimes, you know, the analogy I have more is, you know, if you think about, like, a restaurant you go into a restaurant, you know, the …”
Grant Lee Nov 11, 2025 ▶ 41:28 Grant Lee: Building Gamma’s AI Presentation Company to 100 Million Users
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