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Michael's avatar

This is a great complement to Deb Liu's piece on her first 90 days as Ancestry's new CEO: https://debliu.substack.com/p/make-the-first-90-days-count

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Gibson Biddle's avatar

Good find!

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Me's avatar

Great essay that helps me look at my new job with context. Thanks Gib 🙏!

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Gibson Biddle's avatar

You are very welcome. Remember the 4 S’s!— spread the word!

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Tayo Kayode's avatar

This is perfectly timed. I’m glad I found out about your newsletter 🔥

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Gibson Biddle's avatar

Thanks! Tell your friends and colleagues— do your best against the 4 S’sat the bottom of each essay. It takes a village!

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Gibson Biddle's avatar

Four S’s!

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Akram's avatar

Great write up Gibson very helpful. Do you think this would apply for platform based products? Like where would platform stability, reliability and scale fit into this prioritization model of Growth, Engagement and Monetization in terms of focus

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