Mat Harris

VP Product @ Activision Blizzard King, in ad tech since the dawn of mobile. Ex-Sears Hardware Dept. Re: all this free Internet — you’re welcome!

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@esthercrawford A lot of PMs think the point of a product sense interview is to perfectly deconstruct a vague prompt & demonstrate structured thinking.

But it’s more for detecting whether a PM has innate good taste, ambition, confidence, & can be inspiring.

AI can’t really help you much here.

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@pitdesi And they have the best breakfast in London

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@nikitabier Blue check mark is meaningless

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@auren Because there’s always someone else who can afford something that’s just out of reach

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@TurnerNovak It wasn’t a mistake, it was a right-sized bet for a company Meta’s size.

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@DenneyDara Typical ad tech startup story: spreadsheets + manual services + marketing sizzle are the key ingredients of an MVP

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@mjbarash Best way I found to heal plantar fasciitis is cowboy boots

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@lennysan Eliyahu Goldratt is an unexpected entry in the top 20

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@paulg @traestephens Also would say it’s not SF, it’s the entire Bay Area (SJC, SV, SF)

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@robleathern On your resume? Of course

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@gregorykennedy Except for mobile games

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@michaelmiraflor What Yeti has accomplished in this space is remarkable. And even more remarkable to me is what Stanley has done. From $70M tape measures, hammers and thermos business, to a billion-dollar water bottle empire is amazing. Inspiring brand building.

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@gregorykennedy I’m sure AI will create more careers, not fewer.

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@gregorykennedy Bro is just grinding

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@eric_seufert You could stop by the King office near the Avenida Diagonal….tell them I sent you

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@AdtechGod Glad to have made it through the first cut!

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@megangrA Tapjoy invented the offerwall in ~2010

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@robleathern It feels somewhat analogous to the way Uber and Airbnb just ignored laws

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@TheHolyKau I think the agent should abruptly end all meetings on time and auto-join the next one on time