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#479 Jeff Morris Jr on Investing In Product Companies
The Pomp Podcast
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#479 Jeff Morris Jr on Investing In Product Companies
The Pomp Podcast
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Jeff Morris Jr., Anthony Pompliano
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44 Clips
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Jan 27, 2021
#479 Jeff Morris Jr on Investing In Product Companies
The Pomp Podcast
44 Clips
·
Jan 27, 2021
Top Moments
The hidden secret amongst product people—and most people who are in the industry know this—is push notifications are really your lifeblood. That's your retention tool that keeps people coming back because most people's phones are so crowded with different applications that if you don't have a good way to pull people back in through push notifications, they just won't think to open your
app.
Great Products Have a Core Loop & Utilize Retention Tactics
If you want to go viral on Twitter, just complain about Twitter DMs because everybody will like your post and reshare it. It's like the one thing we can all agree on—it's just not a functional
product.
Everyone Agrees Twitter's DM Product Sucks
Every product team has to have a few really ambitious projects every year where you're kind of taking a leap of
faith.
Every Year, Product Teams Should Aim for Several Ambitious Projects
My best decisions are always when I follow my gut in investing ... My worst decisions are when you have that feeling and you still say '
yes.'
Following His Gut Helped Pomp Create a Career Around Bitcoin
If you just release a lot of things, whether it's content or no-code projects, and they do well, people start to associate you with being a certain type of person, and for me, it was just being someone who can release products at a faster
rate.
Jeff Morris Jr. Had 3 Products Hit #1 on Product Hunt
Self-awareness is a big part of investing, and whenever I make mistakes, it's just things that I don't know enough
about.
Jeff Morris Jr. Regrets Investing Outside of His Strike Zone
A big metric of successful product teams is just your testing
velocity.
Testing Velocity Predicts Success for Product Teams
In consumer especially, you need a little bit of genius. You just do. You need a core nugget or idea that just blows people's minds and gets people to talk about your app enough where it becomes like a Sunday brunch
conversation.
A/B Testing Is Challenging for Startups With Minimal Traffic
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Pomp Introduces Jeff Morris Jr. (Part I)
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AD: Blockstack
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AD: Unstoppable Domains
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Sign Up for Pomp's Newsletter
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Disclaimer
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Pomp Introduces Jeff Morris Jr. (Part II)
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Jeff Morris Jr. Left SF for Kansas City to Work at Zaarly
product
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Jeff Morris Jr. Tried to Start a Gas Delivery Business
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After Joining in 2015, Jeff Helped Tinder Increase Revenue from $20M to $1.4B
business
tech
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Jeff Morris Jr. Had 3 Products Hit #1 on Product Hunt
products
product
startups
entrepreneur
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Jeff Morris Jr. Used Push Notifications to Increase Tinder's Traffic
product
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Great Products Have a Core Loop & Utilize Retention Tactics
product
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Every Year, Product Teams Should Aim for Several Ambitious Projects
product
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Testing Velocity Predicts Success for Product Teams
product
startup
startups
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What Jeff's Experience at Tinder Taught Him About User Feedback
product
startups
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Gamification Helped Tinder Make Their App Fun to Use
product
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Tinder Gold Was a Massive Revenue Generator
product
business
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Why Tinder Discontinued 'Tinder Social' in 2017
product
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While Working at Tinder, Jeff Morris Jr. Launched an AngelList Syndicate
investing
tech
invest
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Jeff Branded Chapter One as 'The Product Person on Your Cap Table'
product
product
investor
investment
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How Jeff Thinks About Balancing Product & Distribution at the Early Stage
product
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A/B Testing Is Challenging for Startups With Minimal Traffic
product
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Why Jeff Morris Jr. Invests as a Solo Capitalist
investing
invest
investors
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Jeff's Peers Help Him Make Optimal Investing Decisions
investing
invest
investor
investment
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Jeff Morris Jr. Has Reserves Baked Into His Fund
investment
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Jeff Morris Jr. Is a Returns-Driven Investor; He Wants to Create a Legendary Fund
investors
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The Downsides of Investing as a Solo Capitalist at the Seed Stage
investor
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2020 Didn't Slow Down Jeff Morris Jr.; He Invested in 40+ Companies
pandemic
investing
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Despite the Twitter Hate, Jeff Morris Jr. Praises San Francisco
san francisco
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Connect With Jeff Online
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Everyone Agrees Twitter's DM Product Sucks
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Jeff Morris Jr. Loves Each of His Brothers for Different Things
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While Attending UCLA, Jeff Morris Jr. Lived in a Sunroom
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Jeff Morris Jr.'s Dream Lunch Date? His Grandpa
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Jeff Morris Jr. Used to Have a Strict Morning Routine
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Jeff Morris Jr.'s Best Investments: Compound Finance & Bitcoin
investment
crypto
bitcoin
investing
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Jeff Morris Jr. Regrets Investing Outside of His Strike Zone
invest
investor
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'The Catcher in the Rye' By J.D. Salinger Made Jeff Want to Be a Writer
book
reading
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An Eight Sleep Mattress Improved Jeff Morris Jr.'s Sleep
sleep
1
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Does Jeff Morris Jr. Believe in Aliens?
@joebiden
@elonmusk
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How Pomp Got the Confidence to Go All-In on Crypto
crypto
bitcoin
investing
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Following His Gut Helped Pomp Create a Career Around Bitcoin
gut
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Connect With Jeff Online
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Pomp & Jeff Outro
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