The “Inventor’s Curse” that traps businesses with legitimately great products into writing marketing that gets ignored

Preview text: Did a Klaviyo audit last week. This brand is doing around $8M. They have a genuinely great…

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Email EngineersThe “Inventor’s Curse” that traps businesses with legitimately great products into writing marketing that gets ignored
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The “Inventor’s Curse” that traps businesses with legitimately great products into writing marketing that gets ignored
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Did a Klaviyo audit last week. This brand is doing around $8M. They have a genuinely great…
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The “Inventor’s Curse” that traps businesses with legitimately great products into writing marketing that gets ignored
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