What Itamar Gilad thinks about network science
Product coach and author of Evidence-Guided; spent two decades in product roles, at Google (including Gmail and YouTube), at Microsoft and at startups.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Itamar Gilad has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingMost product ideas deliver little or no value; a small minority create significant impact.
Their wordsBut the odds of finding such an idea are quite low. A/B-test research shows that the vast majority of ideas deliver little or no value; some even detract value. Analyze feature usage in your product and look at past roadmaps, and you’ll see a clear power law — a small minority of your ideas create significant impact. The reason is simple: in most products most low-hanging fruit have already been picked. The odds of coming up with something novel and truly good are quite slim.
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