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Will Wu

Founding Member, Ghost Angels Fund. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Will Wu served as CTO of Match Group, where he founded its AI Lab and led product innovation, after nine years at Snap as VP of Product. At Snap, he spearheaded the creation of Snapchat Discover and Chat before joining fellow alumni to launch the Ghost Angels Fund.

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Everything Will Wu said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

20VC Insight
Will Wu: Every mobile app ultimately competes for finite attention against TikTok and gaming
“I mean, I think you're competing for time. You're sort of share of mind for people, whether it's, you know, gaming or TikTok or whatever it is. I mean, at the end of the day, there's just a finite, finite amount of time in the day. And I think, you know, at so…”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 51:26 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Wu: Ignore user requests only when they conflict with core values
“I think listening to users is normally extremely important, though I think the one exception might be when something that users are asking for Conflicts with one of your core product values. But then I still think you don't like ignore them, but I think it's j…”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 52:05 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Disclosure
Tinder is developing an AI feature to select users' best photos
“They have been working on this new AI feature that allows users to very quickly surface the best photos from their camera roll, all using AI in a privacy-safe way.”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 56:25 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Evan Spiegel offered Will Wu a Snapchat job the day they met
“In that moment, he was like, I have the perfect job for you. And later that day, I got a job offer in my email, and it said product designer as a job title.”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 6:30 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Disclosure
Will Wu is building an 'Art and Science Lab' team at Match Group
“I'm just sort of beginning to build a new team here at Match Group called ASL, ASL, and it has two meanings, but one of the meanings is art and science lab”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 13:11 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Will Wu: Early founders should talk to strangers on the street
“You can get really scrappy if you're an early founder, entrepreneur, you can go talk to people on the street.”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 18:56 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Disclosure
Will Wu: Snap acquired Crash Club's studio after one intro call
“I confirmed my suspicion. I immediately flew over to them, like, the next day to Brisbane, Australia, to pitch them on essentially Snap buying their game studio. And we had, we made it happen incredibly quickly.”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 36:16 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Disclosure
Will Wu: Match Group designers use Midjourney and DALL-E for concepts
“I have already some product designers on my team who are using tools like mid journey or Dolly to come up with different UI concepts or visual concepts.”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 44:18 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Supported
Will Wu: Apple used skeuomorphism on original iPhone to anchor user understanding
“The original iPhone, for example. It was very simple. Actually, they use design, user interface design patterns like skeuomorphic iconography to help ground people's understanding in real physical analogies.”
Will Wu Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 20:50 Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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