Guest: Scott Belsky - Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design and Emerging Products at Adobe. Scott is a former founder of Behance, an author of "The Messy Middle," and an angel investor in companies like Pinterest, Uber, and Airtable. Key Takeaways: Develop Empathy: Focus on understanding the customer's problem deeply rather than being passionate about a specific solution. First Mile Experience: Prioritize the onboarding experience to ensure users quickly see value, as this is crucial for retention and growth. Do Half: Implement half the features you initially plan, focusing on the core problem to avoid unnecessary complexity. AI's Impact: AI will empower individuals to explore more possibilities and collapse organizational silos, making teams more efficient and creative. Conviction in Entrepreneurship: Continuously assess your conviction in your solution. If conviction wanes, consider pivoting or quitting. Topics Covered: Product sense development, first mile experience, AI's role in product management, decision-making in entrepreneurship, consumer product success factors, resourcefulness in product development.
“If you've lost conviction, you should not be doing what you're doing in the world of entrepreneurship.”
“Creative confidence kind of goes down from there for most adults, and that's really sad.”
“Passionate people will always have a path.”
