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EXPLORING VS EXPLOITING: THE TWO MODES OF PRODUCT DISCOVERY

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Summary from the TLDR Product newsletter

Great product teams balance two modes of discovery: exploring new opportunities and improving known ones. Most teams default to measurable optimization, but lasting innovation comes from making room for open-ended learning, observation, dogfooding, AI research, and continuous feedback.