If you’re a builder, you’ve got to listen to this.
The “godfather of mobile gaming,”
@markpinc, joined
@reidhoffman on
@mastersofscale podcast and shared his Proven, Better, New framework for building products people actually want.
One of his most valuable distinctions is between instincts and ideas:
Your instinct may be right—you sense that a real problem exists or that something could be fundamentally better.
But your first idea for solving it is probably wrong.
That’s where the framework comes in:
- Proven: Study what already works and copy the essential mechanics without ego.
- Better: Improve something users already care deeply about.
- New: Isolate your original bet so you can test it quickly without reinventing everything else.
Great product builders don’t copy because they lack imagination. They copy what has already been proven so they can focus their creativity where it truly matters.
As the saying goes, great artists “steal”—but the real art is making the gameplay unmistakably your own.
That’s deeply inspiring to me as I build
@Souli_AI and work to create a distinctive gameplay of our own.
A must-watch for every founder, product manager and builder.
P.S. So happy Mark followed me back - honestly made my day! 😊
Full interview link in thread.