← Back to context Comment by amazingamazing 10 months ago this is a good reminder for all those developers that seem to think marketing is meaningless 7 comments amazingamazing Reply robinhood 10 months ago It's not actually. The problem was not marketing. The problem was the product itself. No marketing could have helped them, as the product was so bad. The good reminder here, is to build something people actually want. wnevets 10 months ago > The problem was the product itself.Pretty sure the person means HP bought a joke of a company/product because of the marketing. Mistletoe 10 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius. amazingamazing 10 months ago yes madeofpalk 10 months ago What are you saying? That Humane didn't market their useless device better? Or that they had such great marketing they were able to land at HP? amazingamazing 10 months ago the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely. BobbyTables2 10 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
robinhood 10 months ago It's not actually. The problem was not marketing. The problem was the product itself. No marketing could have helped them, as the product was so bad. The good reminder here, is to build something people actually want. wnevets 10 months ago > The problem was the product itself.Pretty sure the person means HP bought a joke of a company/product because of the marketing. Mistletoe 10 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius. amazingamazing 10 months ago yes
wnevets 10 months ago > The problem was the product itself.Pretty sure the person means HP bought a joke of a company/product because of the marketing. Mistletoe 10 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius. amazingamazing 10 months ago yes
Mistletoe 10 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius.
madeofpalk 10 months ago What are you saying? That Humane didn't market their useless device better? Or that they had such great marketing they were able to land at HP? amazingamazing 10 months ago the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely. BobbyTables2 10 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
amazingamazing 10 months ago the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely. BobbyTables2 10 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
BobbyTables2 10 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
It's not actually. The problem was not marketing. The problem was the product itself. No marketing could have helped them, as the product was so bad. The good reminder here, is to build something people actually want.
> The problem was the product itself.
Pretty sure the person means HP bought a joke of a company/product because of the marketing.
Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius.
yes
What are you saying? That Humane didn't market their useless device better? Or that they had such great marketing they were able to land at HP?
the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely.
The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.
I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.