Product Builders

“I think as product builders, there's almost not a skill that's more important. Influence and building momentum behind great ideas is the way that great products actually get built. And if you don't have that influence, if you don't have the buy-in and the back…”

“It's a politically incorrect thing to say, but for a lot of product builders, their focus is as much about getting promoted at the end of the appraisal cycle as it is about building a product which really resonates with the audience. And when that is your ince…”

“I think the more Oriented you are towards the technology side. You get caught in, like, a wave of technology, and you don't want to admit when that wave is over, and you don't want to embrace the next wave.”

“There's a humility that comes from the process also of why the best product builders will say nine no's for every yes. Because when you say yes, it's like adopting a puppy. A feature is like adopting a puppy. It grows into a beast that you have to take care of…”

“Once you have that trust and that audience, and you combine that with product builders who know to iterate that, who are building non cookie cutter products. With a unique aesthetic. That's the formula for like the next wave.”

“If something relies on a lot of complexity, perhaps the product is a conglomerate of a ton of features, and for some reason we say that they all have to work together at the same time, otherwise users will not like it. These types of things are actually a way …”

“And the mistake that so many people building something make is they get hung up on the feedback of people who it's not for, as opposed to being obsessed with the people who it is for.”

“The customer is not meant to be the one coming up with a vision for your product. So they're there to share their feelings, share their concerns, share their frustrations. And then it's the responsibility of the product builders to synthesize what they've hear…”