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14 Jun 2026 Lenny's Podcast The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga)
“You became a founder, an entrepreneur because you wanted to go be an innovator, but you're trying to win the hearts and minds of nurses in Indiana, like for Farmville.”
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- Mark Pincus
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- 14 Jun 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…Most products are better versions of things that existed before. Talk about how you get over that hump of copying. It's almost a moral arbitrage. You became a founder, an entrepreneur because you wanted to go be an innovator, but you're trying to win the hearts and minds of nurses in Indiana, like for Farmville. You're not trying to win awards and respect from your peers. Define your ambition in the eyes of your consumer. Building a consumer social app, very few people have successfully done it and built something durable.…
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