Vincent Tian

Growth @Whatnot, previously Growth @Pinterest

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

Announcing my secret guide to find free stats about any tech company. Free data for any website or mobile app is only a few clicks away, and it's even more valuable for private companies where data is limited.
https://t.co/Z2L4cT2Tww

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

@alexnhicken @Whatnot Hey Alex, I'm happy to assist - if you don't mind sharing your Whatnot account username w/ me in DM, I can follow up and confirm about credit

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Made sense at the time and the nerds showed everyone how right they were

In 2021 as it is in 1995, just you watch

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius: https://t.co/oCiXp5kwMN

[Brian Rothenberg @bmrothenberg]

Some startup cultures value the act of shipping features over the actual customer or business impact that those features do (or often don’t) make.

It’s a hard cultural change toward the latter — if you’ve seen this play out successfully, what are some key reasons why it worked?

[Ryan Hoover @rrhoover]

There’s a saying: “Be so good they can’t ignore you”

Also applies to SEO: “Rank so well they can’t ignore you”

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

Introducing my 2-part user acquisition blog series with Part 1 – The 8 Key Conversion Metrics Pinterest Tracks in Experimentation: https://t.co/LovZNzHrHY

Stay tuned for part 2 where I outline the relationships between SEO, logins/signups, and app installs!

[Brian Rothenberg @bmrothenberg]

Innovate on distribution, not just product. While important, it’s not enough to just have an enticing product — really great companies also have a distribution advantage — something to enable them to grow at an explosive rate.

https://t.co/jfcLun0luN

[scott belsky @scottbelsky]

Long admired how Ben & team build for the long-haul and optimize for quality growth at the expense of Silicon Valley buzz. Now passing 250M MAU, Pinterest is more relevant than ever before. https://t.co/nOjDU8DikS

[Similarweb @Similarweb]

Want to learn how @Pinterest approaches #growthengineering?

In the latest installment in our series of interviews with #LeadGeneration experts, we spoke with @vincentdtian about #Pinterest and their #datadriven approach to user acquisition.

https://t.co/P47Y3Bxhls

[Gaurav Munjal @gauravmunjal]

Met a great PM today.

"We do not celebrate feature releases, we celebrate the impact of the features on the metrics. We only celebrate when the features move the needle for our important metrics."

[kevin simler @kevinsimler]

The essence of systems thinking: Every persistent biological or cultural structure exists because of a positive feedback loop. Sometimes it’s hard to see. But to understand the structure, you must understand the loop.

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

Really interesting idea to gamify discussions to encourage civil discourse

[Jeff Lonsdale @JeffLonsdale]

Would be fun to try a group discussion formatted like poker.

A dealer shares the topic, the big blind and small blind have to engage no matter what (big blind more), and other people at the table are welcome to choose whether to buy in or not.

Then rotate for the next topic.

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

Interesting that more PE firms are buying startups (post-P/M fit, recurring revenue, vast TAM). Bringing in ops experts (e.g. Sales/Growth) to maximize value should be a new career path for those in Growth, maybe through PE firms? @fcollective

https://t.co/IW6xUQrseX

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

3/ Business models will heavily determine the outcome of competition between companies (see below for NFLX vs AMZN). To me, this means companies should continue innovating in how they monetize and have diversified revenue streams to efficiently provide users and themselves value.

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

2/ The best users in mobile gaming are happy to spend 1000x the money compared to the average user - and they get way more value out of the product than the average user. Compared to ads-based business, in this model all users get the most value from the product.

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

1/ Ads is a competitive, winner-take-all industry (FB & GOOG have a duopoly). Ads businesses give all customers the same exp. and therefore don't maximize the potential value of their best users. @efeng Introduces the concept of shared-value transactions:
https://t.co/u2eRo1x3G6

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

The Awesomeness / Ego ratio reminds me of my experiences in improv: accurately understanding your role in a larger production, listening, and appropriately contributing are hard things to do in a group, but doing them well leads to the best performances from any team.

[dharmesh @dharmesh]

Love it. One that I use: Awesomeness / Ego ratio (works for people in general, not just board members).

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

Interesting S-RSU concept to innovate on stock options to better align employees with company performance

[Dan Martell @danmartell]

Stock Options — Why It’s Time for Startups to Replace Them. - @samjadallah https://t.co/PHWFOcCNBy

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

4/ Sometimes in Growth prioritize exploring the larger problem space over coordinating in a smaller subspace. Set up frameworks and infrastructure (define north star metrics, typical A/B and SEO testing, metrics visibility) to empower the company to learn as fast as possible.

[Vincent Tian @vincentdtian]

3/ In layman terms, when a problem gets so complex, the decentralized approach of trying ideas is better than the centralized approach of planning. Innovation follows this rule, and Growth can benefit from this strategy, especially as growth gets harder.
https://t.co/gtGOvLGiGN