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Sc Moatti

Sc Moatti

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Sep 28, 2026

26:05
What do you say to that?
26:06
When I hear that definition question, which is, what's valuable, and I go back to products.
26:13
What makes a great product? A lot of people think instinctively what makes a great product is it's easy to use.
26:22
Like the iPhone is so easy to use, it's a great product.
26:25
But the truth is, what makes a great product is actually a lot more complex than this.
26:28
I wrote a book about it a decade ago, and the premise of this book is technology has become an extension of ourselves.
26:37
And so when we think about what makes a great product, we have to think about what makes a great person.

6 MINS LATER

32:32
The firm.
5:34
Can you talk to me a little bit about what was the inflection point? Is there some anecdote that you can share or some data, some numbers that made you think, you know what, this is a place we need to actually invest in rather than just take
5:48
investment from Absolutely.
5:50
So I'll give you a little bit of my initial reactions.
5:54
When I first came to the region, just like any Westerner, I thought there's going to be a lot of issues being a woman, etc.
6:02
And first moment, my first day, I get to the airport and all the clerks are women.
6:10
And I thought, wait, I thought women weren't allowed to work here.
6:13
So that was my first surprise.

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18:37
How do traditional VCs approach product and does that go wrong? How does that work? Have you seen in comparison to the way that you approach it to other VCs?
5:27
Let's say that.
5:30
Yes, absolutely.
5:31
So this is what's happening.
5:34
As I mentioned earlier, product builders work for all the larger companies in the world, every industry, every geography.
5:42
And their role in these companies is to bring innovation and make it scale.
5:47
And so when you think about it, they are the ones who see true innovation that is scalable first.
5:54
They are the ones who say, oh, you know what, I cannot solve that problem here on my product roadmap.
7:19
And maybe even what you just saw that maybe others didn't.

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