Zynga

5 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 24, 2018 by Mark Pincus · across every show →

Everything said about Zynga, oldest first

Jul 24, 2018 positive
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Pincus: Legacy studios spent $15M-$20M over two years before testing demand
“At the time, game companies would build an entire game and take even two years and 15, twenty million dollars before they even know if anyone wanted it, and we could come out with it on the web, maybe only spend four weeks.”
Mark Pincus Jul 24, 2018 ▶ 18:06 How to kill your bad ideas (with Zynga's Mark Pincus)
Jul 24, 2018
Disclosure
Pincus: Zynga operated on willingness to try and rapidly kill any idea
“Out of that, for me, came this mentality that I brought into Zynga of, I'm not wedded to any idea. Whether it's mine, yours, someone else's, I'll try anything, and I'll kill anything, and I'll kill it quickly.”
Mark Pincus Jul 24, 2018 ▶ 14:42 How to kill your bad ideas (with Zynga's Mark Pincus)
Jul 24, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pincus: Zynga Tracked Every Click When Rivals Relied on Google Analytics
“We were pushing it more than anybody because we went to tracking every click and analyzing it at a time that they were using Google Analytics.”
Mark Pincus Jul 24, 2018 ▶ 27:13 How to kill your bad ideas (with Zynga's Mark Pincus)
Aug 9, 2023
Disclosure
Pincus: Zynga's early policy was answering every employee and customer email
“Yes, I made it my policy early on to respond to every single email from every employee and every customer, and I have pretty much to this day been true to it.”
Mark Pincus Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 20:20 Let your customers be your scout (with Eventbrite's Julia Hartz) | Masters of Scale
Jul 2, 2026 positive
Insight
Pincus: Startups should replace the MVP with rapid failure testing machines
“Do not build it right. Build a culture of building it wrong. Do not, build it right, presume some level of success. I love Eric Ries. We've had great debates. I, I'm in the same spirit, but that word viable is actually hurtful because viable also means hope of…”
Mark Pincus Jul 2, 2026 ▶ 18:25 Mark Pincus unpacks his "Proven, Better, New" framework (with Reid Hoffman) | Masters of Scale
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