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Is This Ex-Googler’s Pre-Product Approach the Fast Track to Product-Market Fit?

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Starting in 2009, Savoia began using an approach as an engineering director at Google that helped the tech giant know whether it was about to build the right product for the market … or a product that would flop. You make your case with objective data: CTR, customer acquisition cost, etc. Why doesn’t everyone do this?”

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Back to The Future: Power of SMS-Native

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Couple that noise with the flurry of AI/messaging startups from a few years back (set off by Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition), in conjunction with app developers’ notification euphoria… all of which have resulted in a state on our mobile phones where “ our brains being overloaded with push notifications about nothing.”.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

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Put all that together, and consider that this is a company that thinks in decades or even centuries, and we’re bound to see both more jobs and more acquisitions. Additionally, few legacy companies have been as successful in innovating through younger channels like YouTube, Vine, Snapchat, podcasting, and more. Much more funding.

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