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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Product + technical generalist. Figuring out what's next. Prev. @standardbots, @meta, @tencent.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Oct 25, 2022
    The only reason I find these cringey is that in my 5.5y at Meta as a PM, I took myself deadly seriously and worked crazy hours — about as much as startup I’m at now — when I realistically could have had similar routine to this with little consequence to career.
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    TTI
    @TikTokInvestors
    Oct 24, 2022
    $META bagholders in shambles.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Jun 7, 2025
    It is funny sometimes in a startup watching the handful of ex-FAANG people trying to replicate certain rituals that served a purpose in that system, like they're putting on a little pageant.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Apr 14, 2022
    I didn’t understand why SV tech workers were so loathe to return to the office. The offices are lovely and all day Zoom sucks. Now it sinks in: it’s not the office, it’s the commute.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Apr 5, 2024
    Heck of a graph in FT today:
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Jun 16, 2020
    If I were Apple, I would waive the 30% fee for Hey as long as they agree to never use the term "Imbox" again.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Jul 17, 2024
    Still, like their app, very limited tables.
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    Ben Lang
    Cursor
    @benln
    Jul 17, 2024
    The new Notion NYC office expansion is stunning
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    May 12, 2024
    One thing about living in Bay Area is you go to any other US city and you’re like “Wow, this place is really charming, vibrant, and well-run!” Really enjoyed Chicago this week.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Nov 22, 2021
    Adele, product manager
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    The Verge
    @verge
    Nov 21, 2021
    Spotify stops shuffling albums by default because Adele said so theverge.com/2021/11/21/227…
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Feb 19, 2021
    A thing that took me forever to learn as a PM is that the traits/kinds of activities that make you credible to your team are completely different from traits/activities that make you credible to management.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Aug 28, 2022
    These comparisons always make me think of “Linux on the desktop!” hype in 00’s. You can use AbiWord instead of Word! Play lots of great games like TuxRacer! Swap Quicken for GnuCash! See, it has everything!
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    Vitto Rivabella
    @VittoStack
    Aug 26, 2022
    Web3 mass adoption is done one DApp at a time.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Nov 10, 2023
    Biggest realization since moving from FANG to startup is a lot of my "product" skills were actually narrow set of shibboleths to make product thinking legible across wide group, deal w/ reviews, mitigate risks. Some of the best product thinking is illegible, difficult to defend.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Nov 3, 2024
    It boggles my mind how, despite offering the entire musical heritage of humanity, to an extent that would seem amazing to Limewire-using high school me, every aspect of Spotify’s present UI conspires to lead you back to the same few songs and artists.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Aug 7, 2020
    The news of the WeChat ban gives me a strange, surreal, sense of grief. The few years I spent working on it at Tencent changed the way I thought of product design and introduced me to some of the most talented, passionate folks I've met.
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    Dan Grover
    @DanGrover
    Feb 11, 2022
    My employer sent a swag package that included a metal straw, but I had never seen one before and assumed it was a little flute and tried to play it.