Warren Shaeffer
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partner @pearvc. repeat founder. repeat parent. mostly tweet to share lessons learned. very lucky. medium funny. wip.
Joined May 2010
The advice I most often give to anyone building consumer products: Reduce time-to-magic. Your product can be complicated under the hood, but to the user it should feel simple, delightful, and magical — as fast as possible. Some examples: • Tik Tok allegedly boosts a user’s first post, making the user feel the magic of distribution without the pain of building a following. • Uber subsidized the supply side of the market so that a user could hail a car in minutes. • Tinder first populated the app at USC by paying Sorority members to create profiles, overcoming the empty-room problem. A good way to improve time-to-magic is to ruthlessly reduce friction in your onboarding. Try to give as much value as possible upfront.
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Watch live here: Thank you @thisiskp_ for inviting me + making me feel like I'm in a movie poster alongside @lolitataub + @hlandgren
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Heyboss is expanding the market of people who can create functional apps, websites, and games. Time to build — er, have Heyboss build — that side project you've been dreaming about. Congrats on the impressive launch, @quxiaoyin !
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@quxiaoyin @OpenAI @awscloud @Hailuo_AI @elevenlabsio @supabase @ianhathaway_ @pejmannozad @andrewztan @brett1211 @maggiewithj @8ennett @OfficialLoganK @adayeoyh @anaganath Love this product and its potential to expand the market of people who can build. Well done @quxiaoyin 👏
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@emoryzanef @pearvc Hey Emory! Would love that. Your name just came up in a conversation yesterday :)
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@Yoroomie @pearvc Agreed Mike.But when they work they work big! By the way, I really liked the article from @danhockenmaier you shared on mapping the defensibility of marketplaces.
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