UPCOMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER

Sticky Loops & Superfans

Nov 9, 9am PST

Have you ever wondered how genre-defining products & games come to life? I’ve worked on Rock Band, The Sims, Netflix, ebay, Ultima Online, & Covet Fashion. And it turns out that NONE of these breakthrough hits started by going after a large TAM. Instead, they first captured a narrow “beachhead” of high-need users, & grew from there.  When you get up-close, you find out that high-retention hits do NOT start off with polished onboarding, or fleshed-out mastery systems. Instead, they build a stripped-down “core habit loop” that gives people a reason to come back - & once that’s working, they tune that loop to deliver a better experience as someone becomes more skilled.

So… how exactly do you build & tune a Sticky Loop that drives retention? And why are high-need Superfans the secret to iterating fast & accelerating product/market fit? If you want to build retention & accelerate product/market fit, this is for you. 

Journey Challenge

Nov 14-18, 9am & 4pm PST

This is a FREE 5-day challenge course, available exclusively to members of the Game Thinking Hub. Join us and learn, step-by-step, what goes into creating a strong customer journey, then analyze the customer journey in a competitor's product. You'll learn a key concept that every product leader should understand.

Choosing College — Using customer research to re-invent college admission

Nov 22, 9am PST

We’ll discuss this ground-breaking book by Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta (https://www.choosing.college/). It’s a great example of how the right customer research can lead to dramatically improved results.

DECEMBER

The Stage-Gate Model in Corporate Innovation

Dec 6th, 9am PST

What is the Stage-Gate model - and how can it help you innovate more effectively? Come find out.

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