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Building Good Product

Building Good Product

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Plus: Anonymous Banker breaks down the logic of Warner Brothers Discovery’s sale, why celebrity investors are rarely additive, and the extractive logic of AOL’s $1.5b sale.

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Chapters:

* 00:00 Open

* 00:21 Welcome

* 01:48 Age Of Wonders vs What Is This S**t

* 12:11 The Goon Squad by Daniel Kolitz

* 14:53 Interview Assassin

* 17:54 Performative Interview Format

* 19:43 Making A Good Product

* 37:19 Warner Bros. Discovery Deal

* 43:50 Travis Kelsey Activist Investor

* 50:23 AOL $1.5Bil Deal

* 54:23 Good Product

* 58:26 Outro



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