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Why successful founders kill their favorite projects when data says no

EUVC · E690 | Sacha Michaud, Glovo: Scaling a Hyper-Competitive...

“I think it's very important to to to focus on very few things and do them really well than than do a lot of nice to haves.”

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Yeah. Being radical. I mean, being very mature about you know, we all have ideas and things we love and and but if the if the data's not not coming back and it's it's really at the end, you just have to pull the plug on it and focus on on less things. I think it's very important to to to focus on very few things and do them really well than than do a lot of nice to haves.

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Glovo's Sacha Michaud explains the importance of being ruthless with product decisions, even when it means killing ideas you personally love. He emphasizes that mature leadership means following the data over emotions and focusing intensely on fewer initiatives rather than spreading resources across many 'nice to have' features.

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This clip offers actionable wisdom on one of the hardest parts of product leadership - knowing when to kill projects despite personal attachment.

25:26 - 25:4822stactical advice
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