Tewari: Glance Asian product testing cost one-tenth of US testing
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InMobi and Glance founder Naveen Tewari explains why his company iterates and pressure-tests consumer products in Asian markets before launching them in the US.
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“The cost of my testing the product in Asian markets was about a 10th lower than the cost it would have had if I had to do the same thing in the US at that point of time.”
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