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Great user experience matters more than market definitions
Great user experience matters more than market definitions
LaFontaine argues that consumers care about whether a product is enjoyable and valuable, rather than the market category it belongs to, so focusing too heavily on defining a market can distract companies from building a strong user experience.
- Speaker
- Grant LaFontaine
- Topic
- Customer Experience
- Source timestamp
- 10:58
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