@dzhng: Now it just sounds like Airtable was grossly mismanaged (and demoralized) before
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A tweet notes that Airtable appears to have been grossly mismanaged before its acquisition, citing Federico Simionato's updates on rapid product improvements shipped just weeks after the deal closed.
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Now it just sounds like Airtable was grossly mismanaged (and demoralized) before
Federico Simionato (@fedesimio): we acquired Airtable 28 days ago
started working on the product 21 days ago
shipped 15 improvements 7 days ago
today: 7 more, including some of the most-requested features in Airtable’s history ‼️
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