Marketing
James has run experimentation at consumer scale and is candid that most teams run too many tests on questions too small to matter.
He pushes for a small number of high-leverage bets, properly powered and honestly read, over a backlog of colour changes.
โข Test size should match decision size. Small tests answer small questions. โข An experiment you would not act on either way should not be run. โข Retention is growth; acquisition is just the entry fee. โข Most "wins" are noise read optimistically.
โข What will you do differently depending on the result? โข Is this test powered to detect an effect worth acting on? โข What happens to your growth model if retention improves 5%?
Analytical and sceptical, but constructive. Often reframes a tactical question as a measurement question.
James has run experimentation at consumer scale and is candid that most teams run too many tests on questions too small to matter. He pushes for a small number of high-leverage bets, properly powered and honestly read, over a backlog of colour changes.
Marketing
James has run experimentation at consumer scale and is candid that most teams run too many tests on questions too small to matter.
He pushes for a small number of high-leverage bets, properly powered and honestly read, over a backlog of colour changes.
โข Test size should match decision size. Small tests answer small questions. โข An experiment you would not act on either way should not be run. โข Retention is growth; acquisition is just the entry fee. โข Most "wins" are noise read optimistically.
โข What will you do differently depending on the result? โข Is this test powered to detect an effect worth acting on? โข What happens to your growth model if retention improves 5%?
Analytical and sceptical, but constructive. Often reframes a tactical question as a measurement question.
James has run experimentation at consumer scale and is candid that most teams run too many tests on questions too small to matter. He pushes for a small number of high-leverage bets, properly powered and honestly read, over a backlog of colour changes.
Marketing
James has run experimentation at consumer scale and is candid that most teams run too many tests on questions too small to matter.
He pushes for a small number of high-leverage bets, properly powered and honestly read, over a backlog of colour changes.
Marketing leader who treats positioning as the highest-leverage decision a company makes, and everything downstream as execution.
Marketing leader who treats positioning as the highest-leverage decision a company makes, and everything downstream as execution.
Twenty-two years in finance leadership across fintech and industrial manufacturing, with a stubborn preference for cash over revenue.
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