@shaneparrish: What do you do when the data conflicts? Here is how @DavidBaszucki handled a situation where users were going but money…
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Shane Parrish discusses David Baszucki's approach to handling conflicting data at Roblox, where user growth was increasing but revenue was flat, highlighting lessons in strategic decision-making.
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What do you do when the data conflicts?
Here is how @DavidBaszucki handled a situation where users were going but money is flat.
At first he did the tactical response - let’s make a list of 50 things that are broken and fix them.
But that didn’t work. They were avoiding the https://t.co/Sc31loapu1
Shane Parrish (@shaneparrish): My conversation with @DavidBaszucki, co-founder of @Roblox.
0:00 How he Saved his Son’s Life 2:38 The Physical & Mental Health Link 4:40 Metabolic State & Decision Making 6:32 Why You Need to Destroy Bureaucracy 8:44 The Email You Should Never Send 9:53 Patterns in Bad Decision
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