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Gérald Marolf

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407 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

Would you say they are a running brand to you today?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

But Loewe is as aspirational and as crafty premium as it gets.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

And at the stage of where they disrupt sort of the LVMH universe, I think we partner up.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

Yeah, but we did some headphones, but it's also who cares?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

It's the same people who probably buy the running shoe.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

We sharpen down to understanding much better how the consumer unboxes it and creates their own definition.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

And that's why I love to talk about the Sopranos ending.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

And I don't know if you watch that show.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

I mean, just the way it ends, probably some people who listen in will get it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

It's up to you to make it up after watching six seasons.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

And engineering that is really, really hard.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

We probably didn't leave enough on the table.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

Like the story was complete.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

The product was perfect.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

We should have thrown in a second pair of laces.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

Maybe that would have been enough, but we should have left a bit more on the table for the consumer.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

No, I'm often surprised about late or early.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

And I'm also often overwhelmed by the why.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

Simplicity of your comfort and easy step in, for example, for footwear.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf

If you think about big footwear brands these days, and they come in all shapes and forms, Birkenstock, Crocs, Vans, whatever have you.