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An unconventional, hands-on guide to turning ideas into products that matterāand that people loveāfrom the legendary Silicon Valley pioneer, founder of Zynga, and creator of Stanford Graduate School of Businessās product management course.
Mark Pincus has been at the forefront of each iteration of the internet. He built the original app company ahead of the mobile app economy and sold virtual goods to the masses long before in-app purchase generated $85 billion on smartphones. As the founder of Zynga, he brought us FarmVille, CityVille, and Words with Friends, launching eight hit games and reaching more than a billion users in four years.Ā Ā Ā Ā
Pincus has turned hit-making into a repeatable system, birthing one of his favorite guiding principles that āall new failsā. Life at the Speed of Play is his framework for moving faster and massively increasing your odds of success. His insights and advice are essential in the new world of AI, where speed of testing and learning defines winners.
Bursting with wit, wisdom, and a core belief in techās endless capacity, each chapter of Life at the Speed of Play contains actionable takeaways based on Pincusās unorthodox āMark-ismsā including āhire people with broken resumes,ā āprotect investors from themselves,ā and, paradoxically, to āf*** scaleā in favor of quality over quantity.
What They Donāt Teach You at Harvard Business School for the twenty-first century, here is the essential ābibleā for entrepreneurs, product managers, innovators, and anyone who has an ideaādigital or analogāthat they dream of turning into a reality.
About the Author
Mark Pincus is one of the tech industryās most prominent entrepreneurs, known for repeatedly spotting and shaping the internetās biggest hits. He is best known as the founder of Zynga, the pioneer of social mobile games. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. A deeply committed father to five kids, including a special needs son, he lives in San Francisco. When not building products and companies, he can be found in the ocean, surfing.
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An unconventional, hands-on guide to turning ideas into products that matterāand that people loveāfrom the legendary Silicon Valley pioneer, founder of Zynga, and creator of Stanford Graduate School of Businessās product management course.
Mark Pincus has been at the forefront of each iteration of the internet. He built the original app company ahead of the mobile app economy and sold virtual goods to the masses long before in-app purchase generated $85 billion on smartphones. As the founder of Zynga, he brought us FarmVille, CityVille, and Words with Friends, launching eight hit games and reaching more than a billion users in four years.Ā Ā Ā Ā
Pincus has turned hit-making into a repeatable system, birthing one of his favorite guiding principles that āall new failsā. Life at the Speed of Play is his framework for moving faster and massively increasing your odds of success. His insights and advice are essential in the new world of AI, where speed of testing and learning defines winners.
Bursting with wit, wisdom, and a core belief in techās endless capacity, each chapter of Life at the Speed of Play contains actionable takeaways based on Pincusās unorthodox āMark-ismsā including āhire people with broken resumes,ā āprotect investors from themselves,ā and, paradoxically, to āf*** scaleā in favor of quality over quantity.
What They Donāt Teach You at Harvard Business School for the twenty-first century, here is the essential ābibleā for entrepreneurs, product managers, innovators, and anyone who has an ideaādigital or analogāthat they dream of turning into a reality.
About the Author
Mark Pincus is one of the tech industryās most prominent entrepreneurs, known for repeatedly spotting and shaping the internetās biggest hits. He is best known as the founder of Zynga, the pioneer of social mobile games. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. A deeply committed father to five kids, including a special needs son, he lives in San Francisco. When not building products and companies, he can be found in the ocean, surfing.
