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Re:Built to Fail: What Google, Ideo, and 37signals have in c... by jmtulloss on Monday July 13, 2009 @01:56PM (#702148)
When you have 10,000 employees (or however many they have now), it's very possible to do focus groups and usability testing completely internally. A startup with 3 guys, not nearly as easy.
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Re:Built to Fail: What Google, Ideo, and 37signals have in c... by DannoHung on Monday July 13, 2009 @05:06PM (#702478)
Hmm.. maybe, expert focus groups for a non-expert product. That's actually sort of interesting.
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Re:Built to Fail: What Google, Ideo, and 37signals have in c... by DrJokepu on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @04:11AM (#703299)
Surely Apple must have shazillions af accountants, lawyers, logistics professionals, etc., that is people who are neither technology nor marketing experts.
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