YC Partner Kevin Hale: Marketing is a tax you pay for not making your product remarkable
Short excerpt of a YouTube talk by Kevin Hale arguing that spending on marketing/advertising is often a 'tax' paid when a product isn't remarkable. He recommends designing products and stories that spark word-of-mouth so users become unpaid salespeople.
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