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Mark Pincus

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And my entire product was offline browsing. But they had it as this buried power user feature and I saw the genius in that for that moment because bandwidth was so slow that I was like, "Oh, we can make an entire product just around that one feature.

“And my entire product was offline browsing. But they had it as this buried power user feature and I saw the genius in that for that moment because bandwidth was so slow that I was like, "Oh, we can make an entire product just around that one feature.”
Speaker
Mark Pincus
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

02 / evaluation

Sid Meiers, the godfather of game design, who's the most revered game designer, he came out with, I think, a social Civilization on Facebook and we thought, "Oh, God, here comes the ultimate game designer." And 10 minutes after the game came out, the Zynga PMs emailed around their analysis and they said it's dead on arrival because his FTUE, his first time user experience was so many clicks and so bad that no one was ever going to see his great game design.

“Sid Meiers, the godfather of game design, who's the most revered game designer, he came out with, I think, a social Civilization on Facebook and we thought, "Oh, God, here comes the ultimate game designer." And 10 minutes after the game came out, the Zynga PMs emailed around their analysis and they said it's dead on arrival because his FTUE, his first time user experience was so many clicks and so bad that no one was ever going to see his great game design.”
Speaker
Mark Pincus
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

03 / evaluation

I think if I'm unpacking that when you say that the products turn people off, it's funny you say that because FarmVille and CityVille were our biggest hits in terms of installs, engagement, retention, revenues.

“I think if I'm unpacking that when you say that the products turn people off, it's funny you say that because FarmVille and CityVille were our biggest hits in terms of installs, engagement, retention, revenues.”
Speaker
Mark Pincus
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

06 / evaluation

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 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.”
Speaker
Mark Pincus
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

07 / evaluation

Even if they change for the better, we're angry because we go through life faster because of pattern recognition and we don't want to think about these things.

“Even if they change for the better, we're angry because we go through life faster because of pattern recognition and we don't want to think about these things.”
Speaker
Mark Pincus
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast
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