Strange and irrational user behavior often signals the biggest opportunities
Shaan Puri · Our 2020 Predictions For OpenAI Came True… Here’s What’s Next (#508) · Oct 17, 2023 · at 1:01:52
Shaan Puri recounts an investment heuristic learned from early Twitter product manager Anamitra about identifying breakout consumer tech trends.
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“When you see that weird behavior that you don't understand, The thing is not to, the thing not to do is label it and write it off. It's to lean in and try to understand it. He's like, so I saw that people were like, why would you text out what you're eating right now? Like, what do you, why? And why do you like to see what other people are saying in that same way? Like that seems completely like strange behavior, but people are doing it. He's like, anytime you see strange behavior and people doing it, like that's usually the inner, that's what a amazing opportunity actually looks like.”
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