Productivity Tools
topic on 6 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
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6 statements about Productivity Tools, every show
Verna: Deep engagement intensity is an anti-metric for simple productivity software
“For simple productivity tools, intensity is almost an anti-metric because intensity means like I'm getting stuck, like I'm doing too much where this actually is supposed to be easy.”
Enterprises Buy Productivity Software for User Love, Not ROI
“Selling productivity tools to enterprises are challenging because as no matter what ROI argument you make, people aren't actually buying tools for ROI. People buy productivity tools because their users like using them.”
Shlomo: Founders can vibe code custom productivity tools for their workflow
“You can vibe code your way into like productivity tools that really fits what you want to do and what kind of like the process for you looks like.”
Isenberg: AI auto-formatting will make manual formatting obsolete
“And I think the future of content creation tools and productivity tools, Is the machine should know what you're thinking and should automatically format things like formatting will be a thing of the past. It'll auto format things for you.”
Puri: Entrepreneurs should avoid building overt productivity tools
“As a general business rule, I'm like, just don't build productivity tools or build things that don't seem like productivity tools, but are actually productivity tools. That works. But if you build something that's supposed to be a productivity tool, I'm like, …”