experimentation

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 6, 2022 by Ben Williams · across every show →

Everything said about experimentation, oldest first

Nov 6, 2022 positive
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Growth experimentation generates organizational learnings rather than delivering immediate outcomes
“And if you think about experimentation, It's not about delivering outcomes. It's about generating learnings that the organization can leverage effectively to deliver outcomes.”
Ben Williams Nov 6, 2022 ▶ 55:00 How Snyk built a product-led growth juggernaut | Ben Williams (VP of Product at Snyk)
Feb 12, 2023 negative
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Isford: Growth teams should use experimentation for risk mitigation, not optimization
“Generally my advice is to experiment when you need to, and to primarily see it as a risk mitigation tactic when you're making dramatic changes and to let the product development process do more work.”
Lauryn Isford Feb 12, 2023 ▶ 6:10 Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)
Oct 29, 2023 neutral
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Ries: Respect for craft increases the necessity of testing everything else
“Having a respect for craft, for design, for perfection, that increases the need for experimentation and testing for all the other stuff.”
Eric Ries Oct 29, 2023 ▶ 52:26 Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
Nov 9, 2023 negative
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Johari: Experimentation cultures foster risk aversion and overly incremental testing
“What I generally believe is that we're risk averse on both these two dimensions. That what people decide to test in a world that has promoted experimentation for everything tends to be more incremental by design. Okay. Because, and we'll come back to by actual…”
Ramesh Johari Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 41:38 Marketplace lessons from Uber, Airbnb, Bumble, and more | Ramesh Johari (Stanford professor)
Aug 11, 2024
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LaPointe: Teams stuck translating ideas instead of experimenting face market disadvantages
“And that team, because they got stuck in the translation phase instead of the experimentation phase, has a huge disadvantage in the market.”
Evan LaPointe Aug 11, 2024 ▶ 40:06 Improve strategy, influence, and decision-making by understanding your brain | Evan LaPointe
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