Mike Hudack
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Oh man, there are a few and I don't know. It's always difficult to talk about things when people are still there and all of that kind of stuff. I think that we spent a lot of time building this thing called audience insights, which was like the logical, it was an extension of a lot of the theories that we had where we thought, oh, well, we have all this amazing data, like,
Oh man, there are a few and I don't know. It's always difficult to talk about things when people are still there and all of that kind of stuff. I think that we spent a lot of time building this thing called audience insights, which was like the logical, it was an extension of a lot of the theories that we had where we thought, oh, well, we have all this amazing data, like,
Oh man, there are a few and I don't know. It's always difficult to talk about things when people are still there and all of that kind of stuff. I think that we spent a lot of time building this thing called audience insights, which was like the logical, it was an extension of a lot of the theories that we had where we thought, oh, well, we have all this amazing data, like,
population level data where we can help marketers kind of drill down and find their audience. It's probably targeted sort of at brand marketers. And we said, oh, you can go in and you can explore the entire population of people in the world and what they're interested in. You can see that like Yankees fans also tend to like 20 VC or whatever, right?
population level data where we can help marketers kind of drill down and find their audience. It's probably targeted sort of at brand marketers. And we said, oh, you can go in and you can explore the entire population of people in the world and what they're interested in. You can see that like Yankees fans also tend to like 20 VC or whatever, right?
population level data where we can help marketers kind of drill down and find their audience. It's probably targeted sort of at brand marketers. And we said, oh, you can go in and you can explore the entire population of people in the world and what they're interested in. You can see that like Yankees fans also tend to like 20 VC or whatever, right?
And the idea was that it would like help you develop creative strategies. And it turned out to be incredibly difficult to build. It required a huge amount of novel technology Like it was just a nice to have. So I think that discrete thing, I wouldn't prioritize it the same way now. When do you think you're allowed nice to have Zim product?
And the idea was that it would like help you develop creative strategies. And it turned out to be incredibly difficult to build. It required a huge amount of novel technology Like it was just a nice to have. So I think that discrete thing, I wouldn't prioritize it the same way now. When do you think you're allowed nice to have Zim product?
And the idea was that it would like help you develop creative strategies. And it turned out to be incredibly difficult to build. It required a huge amount of novel technology Like it was just a nice to have. So I think that discrete thing, I wouldn't prioritize it the same way now. When do you think you're allowed nice to have Zim product?
I'm not sure that you're really ever allowed to have nice to have Zim product. It depends on what you mean by nice to have.
I'm not sure that you're really ever allowed to have nice to have Zim product. It depends on what you mean by nice to have.
I'm not sure that you're really ever allowed to have nice to have Zim product. It depends on what you mean by nice to have.
I think you have to think about the cost to build it. the cost to maintain it, the cost to explain it to people, the opportunity cost of all of those things. So not just the direct set of people who are working on that and the mind share that it takes from them and everything else, but what else would you have done that would have created more value?
I think you have to think about the cost to build it. the cost to maintain it, the cost to explain it to people, the opportunity cost of all of those things. So not just the direct set of people who are working on that and the mind share that it takes from them and everything else, but what else would you have done that would have created more value?
I think you have to think about the cost to build it. the cost to maintain it, the cost to explain it to people, the opportunity cost of all of those things. So not just the direct set of people who are working on that and the mind share that it takes from them and everything else, but what else would you have done that would have created more value?
And when you say that, you know, a nice to have, my immediate instinct is don't build it. Build something which is not just a nice to have, but is actually going to create meaningful value for your users and therefore for the company and for shareholders.
And when you say that, you know, a nice to have, my immediate instinct is don't build it. Build something which is not just a nice to have, but is actually going to create meaningful value for your users and therefore for the company and for shareholders.
And when you say that, you know, a nice to have, my immediate instinct is don't build it. Build something which is not just a nice to have, but is actually going to create meaningful value for your users and therefore for the company and for shareholders.
It was a fun project. I think that it was very cool, like in many, many ways. But yeah, I don't think I would build it again.
It was a fun project. I think that it was very cool, like in many, many ways. But yeah, I don't think I would build it again.