Adam Fishman
6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 13, 2022 by Adam Fishman · said 10 times in 8 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Oct 13, 2022 negative
Executive function and execution skills cannot be taught on the job
“Teaching somebody how to execute is not that fun, right? That's a hard skill. Like the ability to execute is something like executive function skills and things like that. If you haven't developed those by the time you were an adult, I don't know that I'm goin…”
Oct 13, 2022 negative
Founders shouldn't hire growth talent by pattern-matching specific senior leaders
“I get asked all the time that how do you hire growth people? And it's usually something like, hey, how do we find you, but 10 years earlier in your career? And it feels like. That question is missing the first principles approach to hiring a growth person. If …”
Oct 13, 2022 positive
Product teams must address users' emotional mindsets before making logical appeals
“Most people come to your product with an emotional frame. And a lot of people want to appeal to their logical brain right away. And the reality is don't do that. And so you have to understand the sort of mindset that people are in.”
Oct 13, 2022 positive
Deep growth specialties like SEO and paid acquisition require external hires
“When you are onto something and you really need expertise and you don't have that expertise internally. Yes, I think hiring externally is the right thing to do at that point, because those are really specific skills that some people have taken years to learn. …”
Oct 13, 2022 positive
Founders should hire first growth roles internally to reduce risk
“I tend to skew more towards internal hire, to be perfectly honest, because I believe in creating opportunity inside a company. I think it's not done often enough. And I also believe that helping people transition into new roles is a way to get more people into…”