a customer and they say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s cool.’ You say, ‘Would you buy it?’ They’re like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I may buy it.’ That’s not the feedback you’re after. That basically means that, no, they’re not going to buy it. They’re just being nice. …
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Kill Bad Ideas Early: The Best Time to Pivot Is Today
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"We were very honest with ourselves. We worked on a bunch of terrible ideas before, and if there’s anything we had learned, it’s that today will be the easiest day to kill the idea and do something better. It’ll always be harder tomorrow. …
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75+ CFO Interviews Refine Product Strategy Through LinkedIn Research
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"We did 75+ interviews with CFOs, heads of procurement, and heads of finance. It really helped refine the idea. We had 110 pages of notes from 3 weeks of chats. Turns out the response rate is pretty good on LinkedIn when you just want advice."
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Founders share validation strategies for startup ideas
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A few of my favorite stories of how founders validated their startup ideas: 1. After 6 ideas that didn't work out, Rujul Zaparde (
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900000 Dollar AI Jobs Attract Top Talent Seeking Inspiration
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The $900,000 AI Job Is Here https://
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DataRobot empowers Kroger’s data scientists with ML platform
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🛒 @8451group, a retail data science, insights and media company that helps @kroger build personalized and valuable customer journeys, chose the DataRobot AI Platform to empower their data scientists with machine learning and improve the shopper experience. pic.twitter.com/DNR9wUHHYT
— DataRobot (@DataRobot) 16 août 2023@8451group
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LinkedIn deployment incident raises questions about release processes
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did someone at LinkedIn push to prod too soon today?
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Major Sales & Marketing Tech Companies Launch Generative AI Features
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In the past 24 hours, numerous sales & marketing tech companies have announced new generative AI features:
-Adobe
-GoDaddy
-Persado
-Seedtag
-Qualtrics
-Dialpad
-Crossing Minds
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Why Timing Matters for Founders and Investors
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Marketers Navigate Generative AI Tools Amid Noise
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Rapid advancement of generative AI has some marketers struggling to sift through the noise — a growing procurement headache compounded by concerns like copyright & data privacy. Meanwhile, other companies are finding success with new internal AI tools. https://
digiday.com/marketing/amid
st-all-the-generative-ai-hype-marketers-navigate-the-noise-to-build-and-test-new-tools/
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