Mat Harris

@esthercrawford A lot of PMs think the point of a product sense interview is to perfectly deconstruct a vague prompt & demonstrate structured thinking. But it’s more for detecting whether a PM has innate good taste, ambition, confidence, & can be inspiring. AI can’t really help you much here.

Last week I interviewed a candidate who was clearly reading answers given by an AI tool on his screen. He restated every question and instantly had a perfectly formatted STAR response to everything. So boring! It was odd & exhausting - a very uncanny valley type of experience.

@pitdesi And they have the best breakfast in London

Dishoom raised from L Catterton at a ~$400M valuation. They started with 1 restaurant in Covent Garden in 2010, now have 14 locations. $150m in revenue in 2023, $10M profit. NYC location in 2026.

@nikitabier Blue check mark is meaningless

If you had to remove 1 feature or part of the X app, what would it be?

@auren Because there’s always someone else who can afford something that’s just out of reach

most wealthy people do not feel wealthy why is that?

@TurnerNovak It wasn’t a mistake, it was a right-sized bet for a company Meta’s size.

are we just forgetting Zuck went all in on the metaverse in October of 2021?

@DenneyDara Typical ad tech startup story: spreadsheets + manual services + marketing sizzle are the key ingredients of an MVP

I’ve spent the last month rigorously testing all the ai ad makers and this is 0% surprising.

@mjbarash Best way I found to heal plantar fasciitis is cowboy boots

The two biggest cheat codes to build bonds in advertising… Mets fandom Plantar Fasciitis

@lennysan Eliyahu Goldratt is an unexpected entry in the top 20

The top 20 most mentioned books on my podcast

@paulg @traestephens Also would say it’s not SF, it’s the entire Bay Area (SJC, SV, SF)

@traestephens Boston is the intellectual capital. Not just of the US but of the world.

There are only four tier-1 cities in the 🇺🇸: New York (finance) DC (government) San Francisco (tech) LA (media & entertainment) No other cities are power centers for aspirational talent. Sorry.

@robleathern On your resume? Of course

Does TEDx* count as “a TED talk”?

@gregorykennedy Except for mobile games

Free trials beat freemium every time. Why? Freemium is expensive, and many never convert. It increases support costs and steers your feature set in a direction that may not align with the needs of paying users. But free trials give them an opportunity to try before they buy. I sign up for free trials all the time, and if they expire before I get a chance to test it. Many times, I go back and pay for a month of service. If I don’t like it, I cancel. The decision-making math of free trials: - 7 to 14 days = creates urgency - Full product access = you get better feedback - Clear deadline = get them to make a decision Users try it, see the value, and either pay or bounce. There is no ambiguity. You learn who’s serious and who just wanted to kick tires and waste your time. Now compare that to freemium: - Unlimited time = no urgency - Gated features = value prop is unclear - No end date = “I’m busy bro, maybe later” Freemium invites indecision, and you end up optimizing for user count, not revenue. But the real challenge is when you finally ask them to pay, they’re like, “Wait, this wasn’t free forever?” Don’t trick people into loving the free version and resenting the paid one. Make it clear: you’re running a business, not a public sandbox.

@michaelmiraflor What Yeti has accomplished in this space is remarkable. And even more remarkable to me is what Stanley has done. From $70M tape measures, hammers and thermos business, to a billion-dollar water bottle empire is amazing. Inspiring brand building.

We should stop equating consumption trends with culture. Sometimes it is exactly that, but other times it’s just water bottles.

@gregorykennedy I’m sure AI will create more careers, not fewer.

@matharris Yes. Longer careers. However, we will look back at this at the peak of AI.

Pro-athlete level salaries for AI devs? TOP

@gregorykennedy Bro is just grinding

Riddle me this. How is Sohan Parekh getting so many jobs when 170,000 devs have been laid off and comp sci graduates have one of highest levels of unemployment?

@eric_seufert You could stop by the King office near the Avenida Diagonal….tell them I sent you

Well hello, Barcelona.

@AdtechGod Glad to have made it through the first cut!

Now over 1,000 unfollowed and my feed is way more relevant. Aiming to unfollow another 1,000 by EOW

@megangrA Tapjoy invented the offerwall in ~2010

🧐 “Google unveils Offerwall to expand publisher monetization options Google Ad Manager introduces flexible tool allowing publishers to offer multiple content access methods while giving audiences greater control over site experience.”

@robleathern It feels somewhat analogous to the way Uber and Airbnb just ignored laws

Clueless Cluely -> a service whose terms of service cheat by not being readable (link takes you to another sign up screen), but if you do find them, they explain how you’re responsible for getting consent for everyone to use it

@TheHolyKau I think the agent should abruptly end all meetings on time and auto-join the next one on time

Please can I get an AI agent who will automatically notify the next meeting on my calendar when my earlier meeting is running over? Thanks!