Tradeoffs

Tradeoffs

Nira’s Hiten Shah and Paddle’s Patrick Campbell discuss tech through a product first mindset to inspire you to think differently.

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July 17, 2022 42 mins

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about support systems, filtering advice, and when to end relationships.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about sales, eliminating excuses, predicting leaders, and end of year planning.

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This episode of Tradeoffs is a big one.

Hiten Shah, co-founder of FYI and Product Habits, and ProfitWell's Patrick Campbell are tearing down the two biggest players in office productivity software: G Suite and Microsoft Office 365. With 36 years of experience and more than 180 million active monthly users, Office 365 dominated the market for more than 20 years. Going up against the only major player in the market must have seemed li...

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November 14, 2021 27 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about saying Churn a lot, strategic vs tactical churn, and much more.

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We’re tackling another big name in this week’s episode of Tradeoffs — music and audio content streaming provider Spotify. Hiten and I sit down to talk through Spotify’s successes and think about what they need to do to maintain their leading position in the market. It’s an interesting topic as, until now, Spotify’s maintained a singular focus on music discovery as their core value proposition.

The Tradeoffs

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about beards, MBAs, product strategy, nuptials

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about pricing and packaging missteps, managed transparency, and aligning with value.

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October 10, 2021 31 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about  reliability, events, and more.

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[This episode originally aired September 30th, 2019]

In this week’s episode of Tradeoffs, Hiten and I take a look at the fastest-growing company in SaaS history, Slack. Growing from a startup to a company with 1,664 employees in just five years, Slack is in a unique position to continue leading the charge in online business communication. But their insane growth may actually be hiding big issues for Slack’s future.

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[This episode originally aired August 19th, 2019]

This week, we’re investigating a company that've both looked up to in the past — note-taking and organization powerhouse Evernote. They’re an established leader in the market and one of the first movers in the space, but the tradeoffs they’ve made to get there have put the company in dire straits.

The biggest problem Evernote has is product-market fit. As big as Evernote is, they real...

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September 19, 2021 77 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about founder scaries, Mailchimp, red teaming, and aggressive opinions.

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September 12, 2021 42 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about sales, swag, and alignment.

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September 5, 2021 52 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk all about crypto.

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August 29, 2021 59 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about Afghanistan, mastercard, and NFTs

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August 22, 2021 59 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about covid, onlyfans, and fast.co

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Hiten and I take a break from talking about software products to dig into one of today’s most controversial rappers: Kanye West. That may sound a bit strange for a product-focused show, but the impact of Kanye’s music and personality on the world around him is an interesting example of how powerful personal brand really is. And with a successful musical career, fashion company, and design studio, Kanye...

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July 18, 2021 40 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about bias, founder naivety, chasing down positioning stigma, and good branding.

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In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about asynchronous communication, product led growth, how to measure value on a product team.

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June 27, 2021 40 mins

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Patrick and Hiten talk about work-life harmony, incentive alignment, and resentment triggers.

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