Jason Fried

7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 9, 2024 by Jason Fried · said 28 times in 9 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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2024 26 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode

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Sep 9, 2024 positive
Insight
Fried: Discontinuing apps after production runs creates collector value like luxury watches
“Like Patek Philippe, for example, will make a watch for six years or for four years and then just discontinue it. So it wasn't like we're going to make a thousand and just, it's like, we're going to make this and we're going to decide at some point that there'…”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 31:54 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
Sep 9, 2024 negative
Opinion
Fried: Digital sketching apps suffer from permanence and cluttered toolbars
“One of the things that bugs me about sketching apps is how permanent they are. I know you can delete in the whole thing, but like, there's just tools, there's tools everywhere.”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 23:10 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
Sep 9, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Fried Dislikes Selling Ads and Won't Build Ad-Based Products
“I kind of don't want this to exist because I just don't like the idea of like, Selling ads.”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 7:23 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
Sep 9, 2024 negative
Opinion
Fried: The software industry is too serious and takes itself too seriously
“And this is not fair because there are, there's plenty of like fun software, but a lot of the, a lot of it is the software industry is too serious. It takes itself too seriously.”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 35:32 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
Sep 9, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Fried: I never think about user acquisition when evaluating new product ideas
“How much are you thinking about how am I going to get the first 100,000 people to download this? Jason Fried: I don't think about that at all. Jason Fried: For me, it's like is the idea any good?”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 26:58 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
Sep 9, 2024
Disclosure
Fried: Sketching on steamy shower doors inspires my product interface designs
“I draw interfaces all the time on shower doors. That's where a lot of my, like, product interface ideas come from.”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 19:02 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
Sep 9, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Fried: A daily scratch-off ad app could become an international phenomenon
“Now, I think this could be huge, actually. I think a lot of people would do it. I think it could be like an international phenomenon kind of thing, because it's so stupid and simple, and like, why not?”
Jason Fried Sep 9, 2024 ▶ 6:04 The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software
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