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Mick Johnson

Mick Johnson

Fictional character

Oct 12, 2026

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If you're an early-stage founder, build something that's 10X better.
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A lot of the time, you will build a thing that's a little bit better and has a few new features or a thing that's a little bit, you know, nicer or easier to use, but you have to build something that really changes people's minds about the way to do something.
0:52
I think I've probably mentored or managed over 100 PMs.
0:57
There is a tension between how quickly you ship something and how good it is.
1:02
Before you ship it, everyone talks about how long it's taking, and after you ship it, everyone talks about how good it was, and you, ultimately, you need to care about and be responsible for how good the thing your team built is.
1:17
My name's Mick Johnson, and I've spent the last 16 years sort of moving between large tech companies and doing a couple of small startups along the way.

6 MINS LATER

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6:57
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0:23
Search technology at Capital One Canada.
0:30
Startups are a bad financial investment, but they're a great personal investment.
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You will learn more about what you are truly capable of founding a startup than doing almost any other thing in the world.
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Because you'll put yourself out there into the world, and the only thing standing between you and your dream is yourself.
0:48
And for folks who are into self-development or self-learning or any form of inner learning, it's just one of the, the best things out there.
0:56
My name's Mick Johnson, and I've spent the last 16 years sort of moving between large tech companies and doing a couple of small startups along the way.
1:05
I was one of the first product managers on mobile for Facebook.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
0:26
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0:30
There is a tension between how quickly you ship something and how good it is.
0:35
Before you ship it, everyone talks about how long it's taking, and after you ship it, everyone talks about how good it was.
0:43
And so for the very first thing that you ship, no one will remember how long it took.
0:47
It only matters how good it was.
0:49
And you, ultimately, you need to care about and be responsible for how good the thing your team builds is.
0:56
My name is Mick Johnson, and I've spent the last sixteen years sort of moving between large tech companies and doing a couple of small startups along the way.

6 MINS LATER

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