Back to collectionThe Bear Market Turns Attention Back to Product Work
Background: After May 19, the team continued operating according to its plan for two years of bear-market conditions. Today: The meeting reached a shared view: a bear market might be the best time to build products. Impact and next: Compared with the crash-day discussion about whether to post a reassuring statement, attention had moved back to work the team could control.
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Background: After May 19, the team continued operating according to its plan for two years of bear-market conditions. The Iron Pigeon demo had been sent to Tyson’s side, and work on cards and the matchmaking algorithm continued. The meeting had to address a concrete question: with the market cold, where should limited effort go first?
Today: The meeting reached a shared view: a bear market might be the best time to build products. Someone pointed out that a weak market would not improve a product by itself. The team therefore tied the idea to its current work, continuing to refine the card experience and matchmaking issues players would actually encounter.
Impact and next: Compared with the crash-day discussion about whether to post a reassuring statement, attention had moved back to work the team could control. Product priorities still needed to be weighed one by one, and feedback and partnership details from Tyson’s side were still pending. What this “good time” would ultimately produce remained to be seen.