Stein: Friends won't use a product past 30 days out of loyalty
Robby Stein · Inside Google's AI turnaround: AI Mode, AI Overviews, and vision for AI-powered search | Robby Stein · Oct 10, 2025 · at 1:05:55
Robby Stein (VP of Product at Google, former consumer product lead at Instagram) explains how founders can discern genuine product-market validation from friends doing favors.
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“I've, I found out very quickly building startups that if you put 20 friends on something, they're not gonna do you that many favors. Like they're not gonna use a product every single day. Cause they're your friend, like 30 days in, 60 days in, 90 days in. They're not using your product unless you're doing something that's useful to them.”
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