On AI, Search and Google
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On AI, Search and Google

It is time to admit that i was wrong on AI and its impact on Search. Before you jump to conclusions, I still think Google Search is and will continue to be a behemoth for years to come. But Google is changing and Search is powering that shift.

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Version One is just the start.
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Version One is just the start.

I've spent years thinking about how products evolve and what separates the ones that last from the ones that fade. The pattern I keep coming back to: the best products don't launch complete. They launch with a sharp insight and earn the right to grow. Weirdly, this post sat in my drafts for a long time and while I was listening to the “The Infinity Machine” by Sebastian Mallaby these past few days, I realized the time had come to publish. I wrote about the iPhone, Kindle, Echo, Netflix and the one incomplete idea we're all living inside right now.

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Apple’s Distribution Moat: Why a So-So AI Strategy Doesn’t Sink Them (Yet)
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Apple’s Distribution Moat: Why a So-So AI Strategy Doesn’t Sink Them (Yet)

This week, Apple will hold annual iPhone event and unveil its next generation of iPhones along with a bunch of other hardware including watches, AirPods and more. But the conversation for much of last year has been around Apple’s AI misfires. While I think Apple’s AI strategy has been a miss thus far, I also believe they are remarkably insulated due to their incredible distribution moat. Some thoughts.

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A New Chapter
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A New Chapter

I am excited to kickstart my advisory and mentorship on this auspicious day of Vijayadashami.

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The Constraint Advantage: Using Limits to Build Great Products
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The Constraint Advantage: Using Limits to Build Great Products

Building compelling new products takes innovation, an obsession to deliver customer value and a little bit of luck. It also requires a few crisply articulated and well understood constraints to help teams anchor themselves. History is littered with examples of great innovation, a healthy obsession with customer value, lots of luck and yet few really successful products. Read on to see why constraints make a lthe difference.

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