Magic Moment
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast
20VC
2 statements about Magic Moment, every show
Blomfield: Startups should not obsess over exact definitions of retention magic moments
“Simply finding that kind of tipping point that looks about right from your metrics, and then agreeing with everyone that that's what you're going to optimize for, rather than being really pedantic about the exact definition is probably the best way to go.”
Product retention has no magic moment, only a diminishing returns curve
“But actually, it's a curve, and it's a smooth curve where the biggest jump is from zero to one, and then from one to two, it goes down slightly as a diminishing return curve. So mostly, these things are diminishing return curves, and there is no magic moment.”