What matters most: original vision or adapting to feedback?

Sam Stephenson

Founder · Granola

User value

Sam Stephenson says what matters is whether the person actually gets daily value out of it, holding himself accountable to that rather than just shipping; because building is easy, he says it matters more to make something really useful.

Jeff Morris Jr.

Founder & General Partner · Chapter One

Avoid wasting time

Jeff Morris Jr. says founders should avoid wasting time on wrong ideas, calling it a bad use of dollars and founder time; he says to work on important problems rather than stay stubborn about the pitch deck.

Keith Peiris

Co-Founder · Lightfield

Building something you love

Keith Peiris says to build a company, product and service you love and that moves you emotionally, because if you're obsessed, there will be customers as obsessed as you.

Manoj Leelanivas

President, HP Solutions · HP

Listen to customers

Manoj Leelanivas says he prioritizes listening to customers, and to frontline employees, rather than assuming from strategic principles, because markets, technologies, customers and organizations change.

The answer starts at 10:49.

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Faith Forster

Chief Maker · Discoveree For Product Leaders & Managers

Adoption

Faith Forster says the focus is now adoption rather than shipping features once in production, because AI makes building and changing features quick and easy, so teams should work alongside customers to see what works and fix friction.