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Laura Schaffer

today my guest is Laura Schaefer

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Grow your career by pulling ground-level customer insights up to executives instead of waiting to be promoted

Since ~80% of hypotheses fail, use cheap validation methods first and reserve A/B testing for pre-vetted ideas

Adding friction that addresses the user's psyche can increase conversion, because not all friction is bad

Drop the 95% confidence bar to run more experiments, backstopped by qualitative corroboration and a pre-set game plan

Developers must prove products themselves, so invest in self-serve — sales can't convert them at the build stage

Bury the intimidating-but-necessary onboarding step inside familiar, exciting content instead of leading with it

Protect growth teams from weekly-win pressure by committing to low/medium/high bets over a year-long horizon

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