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Every day, thousands of people use a given app for the first time. We don't bombard them with pop-ups for every single feature. Yet they manage to become proficient.

There's this wonderful expression that people don't buy a half-inch drill bit; rather, they buy a half-inch hole. Every team thinking of adding another cling should ask whether they're selling bits, or helping people drill holes.



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