Spencer Skates
8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 3, 2025 by Spencer Skates · across every show →
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Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025
Skates: The top filter for founders is persisting when quitting is rational
“One of the really clear takeaways from any of these journeys is there is a point that you get to a year, maybe two years in, where From a rational standpoint, you probably should quit but for whatever reason those successful ones don't, and so that is the numb…”
Dec 3, 2025 positive
Dec 3, 2025 positive
Dec 3, 2025 neutral
Skates: Amplitude reorganized its product team twice in one year for AI
“We've done two reorganizations in the engineering product and design organization since the start of this year. And so, you know, there were leaders and executives and different people who were very much kind of in the SAS modality, but were not on the bleedin…”
Dec 3, 2025 neutral
Skates: Multi-stakeholder products inherently require an active sales motion
“There are some products that you can adopt without selling and that like people just, you know, they have single player mode, you know, cursors, a great example. Slack's a great example. But there's some where you need to convince multiple people at the same t…”
Dec 3, 2025 neutral
Dec 3, 2025 positive
Skates: AI product building must be technology-first, not customer-driven
“With the capabilities of AI, because they're so jagged, you, it's a technology first understanding of what is possible. And so if you go to your customers and tell them and ask them what they want, like, they're not even going to be able to describe what's pos…”