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Jacob Andreou | From Ports to Transformations
Apr 4, 2024
Jacob Andreou, former product and growth leader at Snap, shares insights on building enduring consumer products during tech transitions. He discusses distinguishing transformative products from novelties, the importance of utility in product development, and strategies for long-term AI success and customer focus.
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- Building enduring products requires solving enduring needs with new technology, not just creating novelties or adaptations.
- Startups have an advantage in creating transformative AI products through customer obsession and addressing users' enduring needs.
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Stages of Technological Evolution
Tech shifts offer startups opportunities to create products that can define a generation. The phases of technological evolution, exemplified by the mobile transition, include ports, toys, and transformations. Ports involve adapting existing solutions to new formats, like early mobile apps. Toys are novel but lack lasting utility, while transformations leverage new tech for 10x better solutions, like Instagram and Uber in the mobile era.
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