Gina Gotthilf

7 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 19, 2023 by Gina Gotthilf · across every show →

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Oct 19, 2023
Insight
Gotthilf: Testing how candidates prove excellence reveals their metrics focus
“What are you world-class at? And how do you know that you're world-class at that? And the second part is almost more important. The, what are you world class at? Like, it's okay if someone says like, look, I'm more, I'm working on becoming world class at whate…”
Gina Gotthilf Oct 19, 2023 ▶ 1:26:35 Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf
Oct 19, 2023
Insight
Gotthilf: Career growth requires managing perceptions and storytelling, not just impact
“My one learning there that has stuck with me, and I think can work for other people too, is that it's not just about Doing things that actually matter and like, and learning. It's about being able to tell the story and it's about understanding what other peopl…”
Gina Gotthilf Oct 19, 2023 ▶ 11:04 Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf
Oct 19, 2023
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Gotthilf: Increased a campaign landing page conversion rate from 3% to 12% in a day
“There was one day where like I brought one page from three to 12% conversion rate with statistical significance.”
Gina Gotthilf Oct 19, 2023 ▶ 20:17 Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf
Oct 19, 2023
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Gotthilf: Duolingo scaled its early user growth with zero marketing budget
“When I was hired by Duolingo as a consultant and as an employee, my mandate was make Duolingo grow. Here's no budget. I had no budget and people are shocked.”
Gina Gotthilf Oct 19, 2023 ▶ 29:28 Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf
Oct 19, 2023 positive
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Gotthilf: Mission-aligned paywall copy boosted Duolingo's paid conversion rate
“When we were testing screens to get people to convert into paid users on Duolingo, we found that including something like By paying for Duolingo, you're making language learning accessible to millions of people that actually improved the metric.”
Gina Gotthilf Oct 19, 2023 ▶ 49:19 Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf
Oct 19, 2023
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Gotthilf: Over 50% of Duolingo's A/B tests failed
“More than 50% of our A-B tests didn't work out.”
Gina Gotthilf Oct 19, 2023 ▶ 36:52 Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf
Dec 13, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Duolingo hit 1M day-one downloads in China before a government ban
“I went and launched Duolingo in China, and it got downloaded by a million people in the first day, and then the app got blocked, and we, you know, because of the government, and then we couldn't figure out what to do, and then everyone rated the app, like, one…”
Gina Gotthilf Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 56:53 Failure
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