← Back to context Comment by amazingamazing 5 months ago this is a good reminder for all those developers that seem to think marketing is meaningless 7 comments amazingamazing Reply robinhood 5 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 5 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 5 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius. amazingamazing 5 months ago yes madeofpalk 5 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 5 months ago the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely. BobbyTables2 5 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
robinhood 5 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 5 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 5 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius. amazingamazing 5 months ago yes
wnevets 5 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 5 months ago Oh wow I totally missed that angle. In that respect the marketing was genius. amazingamazing 5 months ago yes
madeofpalk 5 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 5 months ago the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely. BobbyTables2 5 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
amazingamazing 5 months ago the latter - the fact this product had any traction leading to this is a result of marketing almost entirely. BobbyTables2 5 months ago The HPs have acquired too many near worthless companies.I feel its more a cargo cult mentality among the executives.
BobbyTables2 5 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.