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At the centre Adding one more feature and asking marketing to push harder will not restart growth, even when the feature is great. Holds JCJason Cohen Read this korrent →

• Similar wording Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised. Holds JCJason Cohen
• Similar wording Answering every problem, competitor and user request with one more shipped feature does not add up to a good product; it adds up to a horrible one. Holds DRDax Raad
• Similar wording AI has made it cheap to build the features that were never worth building, so shipping a new feature every day can make a product worse rather than better. Holds NENeetCode
• Similar wording Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely. Holds RVRahul Vohra
• Similar wording Ignore both the users who love your product and the ones who are indifferent to it; the only feedback that raises product-market fit comes from the somewhat disappointed. Holds RVRahul Vohra
• Similar wording A monopolist that can no longer grow by winning new users can only grow by making its product worse for the users it already has. Holds CDCory Doctorow
• Similar wording Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. Holds SASam Altman
• Similar wording Product-market fit shows up as anger when you tell people they cannot have it yet, not as polite interest. Holds PSPeter Steinberger