
On Scope Creep & ZIRP Lessons

“People are always going to ask you to do more. If you follow them blindly, you can end up being in a different market. Your product can have more features and a bigger footprint and more complexity than it originally had — and lose the focus that made it so valuable in the first place,” says Basecamp product manager Ryan Singer.
Martin Eriksson • Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams

Early on, big things might start out feeling like a toy. But their ability to extend from one value proposition to the next, and address more and more of a market is the secret sauce you want to dream about. That's where high net dollar retention comes from. Companies that are able to drive usage (more volume of the same thing) or modules (adjacent... See more
Kyle Harrison • Markets, Markets, and Markets
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