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Read this korrent: Product people should be in direct contact with their users.
Product people should be in direct contact with their users.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Direct communication with customers matters more than small, incremental product tweaks. — tap to centre the map on it
Direct communication with customers matters more than small, incremental product tweaks.
Last stated 8 months ago
23 Jan 2026
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Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely. — tap to centre the map on it
Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You have to talk to customers and share your ideas as early and as often as possible, even though you need not take their advice. — tap to centre the map on it
You have to talk to customers and share your ideas as early and as often as possible, even though you need not take their advice.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product team should probably be honest about how firm a commitment each feature it ships is. — tap to centre the map on it
A product team should probably be honest about how firm a commitment each feature it ships is.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Claire Vo — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You cannot get real feedback on a new consumer product before shipping the whole thing; feedback starts when somebody spends their own money on it. — tap to centre the map on it
You cannot get real feedback on a new consumer product before shipping the whole thing; feedback starts when somebody spends their own money on it.
Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it
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.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People should make software that exactly meets their own and their friends' needs. — tap to centre the map on it
People should make software that exactly meets their own and their friends' needs.
Last stated a month ago
30 Aug 2026
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Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for. — tap to centre the map on it
Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
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Colin Percival — holds since 2025-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it
“Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it
A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — 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 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for.
Last stated 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out. — tap to centre the map on it
About 5% is the most common final ownership stake for the founder of a VC-funded startup that works out.
Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jul 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it
"Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely.
Last stated 2 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it
AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles.
Last stated 6 months ago
26 Mar 2026
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Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI Agentic War has begun between Big Tech players. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI Agentic War has begun between Big Tech players.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
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