EPISODE · Oct 21, 2025 · 49 MIN
Season 6, Episode 14: Zero-to-one product growth (with Daphne Tideman)
from Mobile Dev Memo Podcast · host MobileDevMemo
In this week's episode of the podcast, I speak with Daphne Tideman, a product growth expert who runs the Growth Waves newsletter. The topic of our conversation is "zero-to-one growth": the tactics developers can utilize to validate and optimize their product to ultimately enable scaled user acquisition.Among other things, we cover:The purpose of early audience validationHow monetization can be validated without actually being implemented in a productHow developers can assess product-market fit at various points in the development cycleHow a developer can recognize that their optimal audience isn't being servedHow user feedback can contribute to a developer’s understanding of product-market fitWhether and how a developer can quantify the scale of their product's opportunityHow to recognize product-market fit in the soft launch / beta stageThanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast:Xsolla. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics.INCRMNTAL. True attribution measures incrementality, always on.Universal Ads is Comcast’s self-serve TV ads platform that lets you launch campaigns in minutes across premium inventory from NBC, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Roku, and more.Interested in advertising in the Mobile Dev Memo newsletter or podcast? Get in touch.The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on:Apple PodcastsSpotify
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In this week's episode of the podcast, I speak with Daphne Tideman, a product growth expert who runs the Growth Waves newsletter. The topic of our conversation is "zero-to-one growth": the tactics developers can utilize to validate and optimize their product to ultimately enable scaled user acquisition.Among other things, we cover:The purpose of early audience validationHow monetization can be validated without actually being implemented in a productHow developers can assess product-market fit at various points in the development cycleHow a developer can recognize that their optimal audience isn't being servedHow user feedback can contribute to a developer’s understanding of product-market fitWhether and how a developer can quantify the scale of their product's opportunityHow to recognize product-market fit in the soft launch / beta stageThanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast:Xsolla. With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics.INCRMNTAL. True attribution measures incrementality, always on.Universal Ads is Comcast’s self-serve TV ads platform that lets you launch campaigns in minutes across premium inventory from NBC, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Roku, and more.Interested in advertising in the Mobile Dev Memo newsletter or podcast? Get in touch.The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on:Apple PodcastsSpotify
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