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Read this korrent: It is difficult or impossible to copy the ability to build products that customers want, like, and use.
It is difficult or impossible to copy the ability to build products that customers want, like, and use.
Last stated today
7 Nov 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-11-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In B2B tech, product features are often very hard for competitors to copy. — tap to centre the map on it
In B2B tech, product features are often very hard for competitors to copy.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Jan 2025
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April Dunford — holds since 2025-01-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards. — tap to centre the map on it
Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Bill Gurley — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The hard question is no longer how to build something but what to build, because anything already described can be replicated. — tap to centre the map on it
The hard question is no longer how to build something but what to build, because anything already described can be replicated.
Last stated 7 months ago
29 Mar 2026
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough. — tap to centre the map on it
If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough.
Last stated 6 months ago
28 Apr 2026
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Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side. — tap to centre the map on it
Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side.
Last stated a year ago
12 Sept 2025
RS
Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people. — tap to centre the map on it
Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people.
Last stated 2 months ago
8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What you have to invent is the whole system around a product, including how it is sold, bought and installed, not the one piece people remember. — tap to centre the map on it
What you have to invent is the whole system around a product, including how it is sold, bought and installed, not the one piece people remember.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A felt want stays theoretical until the action of businessmen turns it into effective demand. — tap to centre the map on it
A felt want stays theoretical until the action of businessmen turns it into effective demand.
PD
Peter Drucker — holds since c. 1954 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A maker should lead the public with new products instead of asking what they want, because the public does not know what is possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A maker should lead the public with new products instead of asking what they want, because the public does not know what is possible.
AM
Akio Morita — holds since c. 1986 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product that people can hack or misuse helps its builder learn where to take it next. — tap to centre the map on it
A product that people can hack or misuse helps its builder learn where to take it next.
Last stated 9 months ago
19 Feb 2026
BC
Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-02-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given — tap to centre the map on it
A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given
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Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Sept 2026
BC
Bryan Cantrill — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
AT
Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it
Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot.
Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
EP
Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI's real-world impact is bottlenecked by the pace of product development and the rate of adoption, not by further gains in AI capabilities. — tap to centre the map on it
AI's real-world impact is bottlenecked by the pace of product development and the rate of adoption, not by further gains in AI capabilities.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Dec 2024
AN
Arvind Narayanan — holds since 2024-12-18 — tap for who they are
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It is difficult or impossible to copy the ability to build products that customers want, like, and use.
Last stated 7 Nov 2026 · today
Holds Gergely Orosz
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A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Justin Jackson
Similar wording
In B2B tech, product features are often very hard for competitors to copy.
Last stated 16 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds April Dunford
Similar wording
Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Bill Gurley
Similar wording
The hard question is no longer how to build something but what to build, because anything already described can be replicated.
Last stated 29 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Chip Huyen
Similar wording
If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough.
Last stated 28 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Polly D'Arcy
Similar wording
Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side.
Last stated 12 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Rob Snyder
Similar wording
Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Roman Ugarte
Similar wording
What you have to invent is the whole system around a product, including how it is sold, bought and installed, not the one piece people remember.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Tony Fadell
Same subject: customer demand
A felt want stays theoretical until the action of businessmen turns it into effective demand.
Last stated c. 1954
Holds Peter Drucker
Same subject: customer demand
A maker should lead the public with new products instead of asking what they want, because the public does not know what is possible.
Last stated c. 1986
Holds Akio Morita
Same subject: customer demand
A product that people can hack or misuse helps its builder learn where to take it next.
Last stated 19 Feb 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Boris Cherny
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A benefit lies in the giver's intention, not in the thing given
Last stated c. 56–62 CE
Holds Seneca
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A company that has become bored with the mechanics of running a business cannot succeed, regardless of its strategic success.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Bryan Cantrill
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: innovation
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Scott Rao
Same subject: innovation
Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Eliot Peper
Same subject: innovation
AI's real-world impact is bottlenecked by the pace of product development and the rate of adoption, not by further gains in AI capabilities.
Last stated 18 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Arvind Narayanan