Lenny's Podcast · Nov 14Becoming an AI PM | Aman Khan (Arize AI, ex-Spotify, Apple, Cruise)
Used to show that its real problem is the feeling of cooking, not just being fed, otherwise it would be built like DoorDash.
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Blue Apron
A meal-kit delivery service.
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Product strategy and PMF1
Paid acquisition1
Lenny's Podcast · Nov 14Lenny's Podcast · Mar 30Thinking beyond frameworks | Casey Winters (Pinterest, Eventbrite, Airbnb, Tinder, Reddit, Grubhub)
It raised $300M at a $2B valuation and is now worth about $50M, an example of paid acquisition getting worse as you scale.
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