Mar 8, 2023
Apps and algorithms are like bathroom redesigns and subway station refurbishments. Over budget and over deadline.
Listen to this episode to learn why this happens and what to do about it.
Listen to 119. Why smart leaders expect the unexpected from software updates for more on this topic.
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Jun 22, 2022
"One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale," says Paul Graham, Y Combinator founder. Recruiting users manually and getting feedback is what lets you build a scalable product.
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"The most common unscalable thing founders have to do at...
Jun 8, 2022
Real estate marketplace Zillow took $500 million in write downs and fired 25% of its workforce in late 2021, largely because a pricing algorithm made a mistake. Learn what went wrong and how to avoid it.
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- Zillow started life as an online marketplace for real-estate in 2005, and...
Apr 6, 2022
How do you get to the top of a tech company as a non-technical professional? How can you drive innovation, when you’re not building the technology yourself?
That’s what you’ll learn from this interview with David Wells, ex CFO of Netflix and chair of the board at Wise.
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- “It’s...
Mar 16, 2022
Facebook disrupted the media market forever. The Apple App Store created the app economy, valued at $6.3 trillion today. What makes platforms like these SO successful?
In this episode, you will learn the core concepts behind platform businesses, so you can identify platforms in the making or build them yourself.
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