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Ronny Kohavi: belief

27 Jul 2023 Lenny's Podcast The ultimate guide to A/B testing | Ronny Kohavi (Airbnb, Microsoft, Amazon)

“In fact, if you look at one investment, one big investment that was done at the time was online experiences, and the initial data wasn't very promising. And I think today, it's a footnote.”

— Ronny Kohavi

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Ronny Kohavi
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
27 Jul 2023
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

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…Fascinating. In fact, if you look at one investment, one big investment that was done at the time was online experiences, and the initial data wasn't very promising. And I think today, it's a footnote. Yeah. Another case study for the history books, Airbnb experiences. I want to shift a little bit and talk about your book, which you mentioned a couple times. It's called Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments, and I think it's basically the book on A/B testing. Let me ask you, what surprised you most about writing this book, and putting it out, and the reaction to it?…

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