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Opinion-Based Decisions in 1.0 Products
When building a “1.0” — a product or category the world has never seen — most decisions must be **opinion-based**, not data-driven. This is because there are almost no analogs to provide meaningful data.^Tony Fadell on Lenny's Podcast
Where it is argued
2 notes01Technology S-Curves and the Waves That Follow1.0 products need tastemakers, not just data (related to Evans' point about first demos not predicting final use cases)02Building ProductsThe virtual keyboard was the most heated argument of the iPhone project, and the data never settled it. Fadell on 1.0 products, on micromanaging the decision rather than the work, and on why the why comes before the what.