Is Viable a Product or a Service?

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Thent: Viable means you read the press release of what you're trying to build and you want to buy or use the product. People don't do press releases for incremental releases, they do them for big advancement. Thent: Don't let the process itself become the nd goal. And then don't let the mvp get in the way of understanding your customers.

In this episode from February 2021, early Amazon execs Colin Bryar and Bill Carr -- in conversation with a16z's Sonal Chokshi -- go beyond the well-known artifacts of Amazon innovation, like the memo and the press release, and share the leadership principles, decision making practices, and operational processes that helped Amazon continue to innovate, invent new products and learn from its mistakes, as it scaled.

It’s all based on their book, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon, drawing from the 27 years combined experience of being in the room where it happened at Amazon.