Ayo Omojola

Frameworks for product differentiation, team building, and thinking from first principles | Ayo Omojola (Carbon Health, Cash App)

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Opening

Ayo Omojola (00:00:00): Cash App, as a team we really cared about what we could do that was different and better than what else existed in-market. Being different is not enough, because it's very easy to build a thing that's different from what exists today, because you just have to look at what exists today and build something else. Being better is not enough, because it's also easy to say, "Hey, I'm going to make this thing better, and just charge you more money for it....

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Accept praise cleanly

Ayo Omojola (00:04:12): Thank you for having me. Lenny (00:04:13): I have a feeling this is going to be a really fun conversation, I was doing a...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Low-ego framing

customers that you've heard of and use. I won't say their names, because I don't know if they want me to do that. But you know, I would say there are a couple of large delivery tech companies that use us...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Accept praise cleanly

Ayo Omojola (00:51:34): Yeah. Lenny (00:51:36): All right, well thank you again so much for being here, and bye everyone. Ayo Omojola (00:51:40): Awesome, thanks for doing this. Thanks...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Ending

Ayo Omojola (00:50:47): Thanks, man. Lenny (00:50:53): ... here. Two final questions, where can folks find you online if they want to reach out, but more maybe ask you followup questions? And, how can listeners be useful to you? Ayo Omojola (00:51:02): I am on Twitter @ay_o, and I write at kunle.app, K-U-N-L-E.app. And the way listeners can be useful to me is tell me what I'm wrong about, I love that. Just be like, "Hey, you said this thing. It's false, here's an example of why," I love that....

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