Don’t Listen to Your Users

And other lessons from building a consumer-facing app

Thanks, Tom

If you invest in growth before you have retention, you’re renting users, not acquiring them.

Also started using gold iPhone imagery, which makes everything sexier.
Seriously have you booked your August vacation yet?
Retention is an indispensable metric. Don’t be like us and not track it for the first seven months of your existence.

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