Tradeoffs

[This episode originally aired September 30th, 2019]

In this week’s episode of Tradeoffs, Hiten and I take a look at the fastest-growing company in SaaS history, Slack. Growing from a startup to a company with 1,664 employees in just five years, Slack is in a unique position to continue leading the charge in online business communication. But their insane growth may actually be hiding big issues for Slack’s future.

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[This episode originally aired August 19th, 2019]

This week, we’re investigating a company that've both looked up to in the past — note-taking and organization powerhouse Evernote. They’re an established leader in the market and one of the first movers in the space, but the tradeoffs they’ve made to get there have put the company in dire straits.

The biggest problem Evernote has is product-market fit. As big as Evernote is, they really don’t have a handle on what their customers actually want. And while a strong freemium acquisition strategy netted them 225M users, they’re not taking advantage of that base at all. As an 11-year-old company, we can assume that they’re battling some pretty strong tech debt issues as well, which really isn’t a good place to be with so many new competitors entering the market.

How can Evernote get themselves back on top? Take a listen to find out.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about founder scaries, Mailchimp, red teaming, and aggressive opinions.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about sales, swag, and alignment.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk all about crypto.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about Afghanistan, mastercard, and NFTs

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about covid, onlyfans, and fast.co

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Hiten and I take a break from talking about software products to dig into one of today’s most controversial rappers: Kanye West. That may sound a bit strange for a product-focused show, but the impact of Kanye’s music and personality on the world around him is an interesting example of how powerful personal brand really is. And with a successful musical career, fashion company, and design studio, Kanye definitely knows how to leverage that brand effectively.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about bias, founder naivety, chasing down positioning stigma, and good branding.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about asynchronous communication, product led growth, how to measure value on a product team.

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