Omar Choudhry
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I must have taken like two years maybe to get the product out, overthinking so many different things, hiring software engineers, you know, which obviously cost a lot. And it was just one of those things that just felt like it was normal. That's what you had to do, right? And then with marketing, it was similar. You know, you needed some sort of social media budget, a creative team.
I must have taken like two years maybe to get the product out, overthinking so many different things, hiring software engineers, you know, which obviously cost a lot. And it was just one of those things that just felt like it was normal. That's what you had to do, right? And then with marketing, it was similar. You know, you needed some sort of social media budget, a creative team.
If not, you'd have like professional advertising or an agency you'd bring on to help you out. And then even the marketing angle was kind of like the seasonal big campaigns, momentum, you know, gearing up to like a special thing type of method. And then operationally, you know, you're really hiring talent for productivity, you know, to actually get stuff done, right?
If not, you'd have like professional advertising or an agency you'd bring on to help you out. And then even the marketing angle was kind of like the seasonal big campaigns, momentum, you know, gearing up to like a special thing type of method. And then operationally, you know, you're really hiring talent for productivity, you know, to actually get stuff done, right?
If not, you'd have like professional advertising or an agency you'd bring on to help you out. And then even the marketing angle was kind of like the seasonal big campaigns, momentum, you know, gearing up to like a special thing type of method. And then operationally, you know, you're really hiring talent for productivity, you know, to actually get stuff done, right?
And so you needed people to actually make progress so, you know, you could all work together and actually, you know, push the business along. You then need an office space because working was a physical thing more than remote. And product cycles in general, come back to the first point, were really dragged out, which meant that the cost then also became dragged out, right?
And so you needed people to actually make progress so, you know, you could all work together and actually, you know, push the business along. You then need an office space because working was a physical thing more than remote. And product cycles in general, come back to the first point, were really dragged out, which meant that the cost then also became dragged out, right?
And so you needed people to actually make progress so, you know, you could all work together and actually, you know, push the business along. You then need an office space because working was a physical thing more than remote. And product cycles in general, come back to the first point, were really dragged out, which meant that the cost then also became dragged out, right?
And so you're spending a lot of money keeping all these people on board to then produce a product and then get it out into the market. And then I think these three kind of shifts happened very recently, like I said, with COVID and with AI and the way marketing has changed.
And so you're spending a lot of money keeping all these people on board to then produce a product and then get it out into the market. And then I think these three kind of shifts happened very recently, like I said, with COVID and with AI and the way marketing has changed.
And so you're spending a lot of money keeping all these people on board to then produce a product and then get it out into the market. And then I think these three kind of shifts happened very recently, like I said, with COVID and with AI and the way marketing has changed.
And so I think there's been like a big technical shift with product, like an audience shift with marketing and then a cultural shift with operations. And so the technical shift of product, I think, is being especially, you know, credited to AI. You know, you can build products instantly. And I think the more and more people are hearing the word AI because it's around every day now.
And so I think there's been like a big technical shift with product, like an audience shift with marketing and then a cultural shift with operations. And so the technical shift of product, I think, is being especially, you know, credited to AI. You know, you can build products instantly. And I think the more and more people are hearing the word AI because it's around every day now.
And so I think there's been like a big technical shift with product, like an audience shift with marketing and then a cultural shift with operations. And so the technical shift of product, I think, is being especially, you know, credited to AI. You know, you can build products instantly. And I think the more and more people are hearing the word AI because it's around every day now.
It's like the buzzword of the century in a sense. But we mustn't become desensitized to how powerful it is. And so that's just really important to iterate that. We're not in a state where you have to take ages building products. And you could also do it at low cost and with zero employees. You don't need engineers anymore. You don't need to spend tons of money doing it.
It's like the buzzword of the century in a sense. But we mustn't become desensitized to how powerful it is. And so that's just really important to iterate that. We're not in a state where you have to take ages building products. And you could also do it at low cost and with zero employees. You don't need engineers anymore. You don't need to spend tons of money doing it.
It's like the buzzword of the century in a sense. But we mustn't become desensitized to how powerful it is. And so that's just really important to iterate that. We're not in a state where you have to take ages building products. And you could also do it at low cost and with zero employees. You don't need engineers anymore. You don't need to spend tons of money doing it.
You can just get out there and start right away, which is what we're going to do today.
You can just get out there and start right away, which is what we're going to do today.
You can just get out there and start right away, which is what we're going to do today.