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Gibson Biddle

Former VP of Product at Netflix

Ideas

Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on why his Sesame Street game failed

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains why Netflix killed its social features

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on why products must be hard to copy

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains why Netflix killed advertising

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how an easier website improved retention

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on why to do hard-to-copy things

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle: “Don’t ask a person to be your mentor”

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how to define proxy metrics

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains why Netflix spent $100M on ethics

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle: “You are the decision-maker”

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how to find a mentor

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on how to say no by embracing strategy

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on right-sizing original content investment

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on what he refused to delegate

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how to grow with your company

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on why Netflix says no to new features

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on delighting customers in hard-to-copy ways

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how he evaluates product sense in interviews

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on why Netflix's brand made complex pages unnecessary

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How to hack your career: state hypotheses and run experiments

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on how Netflix built hard-to-copy advantages

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How Netflix decides how much to spend on a show

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how Netflix learned to raise prices

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains how Apple thinks about its brand

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle explains why he uses an outcomes-based roadmap

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle: “What’s your current job satisfaction?”

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Former Netflix VP of Product Gibson Biddle on how he uses a 0-10 opportunity metric

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Intro

▶️Intro to Product Strategy w/ Gibson Biddle, former VP of Product at Netflix1:10:45 · 3 Apr 2020

▶️Netflix's 2022 Product Strategy — 10X Product Strategy & Execution with Gibson Biddle1:12:06 · 4 Nov 2021

Deep

✍️How to Define Your Product Strategy (12-part series)3 min read · 26 Oct 2024

📄"Ask Gib": A Summary of my Product Strategy Frameworks5 Mar 2025

🎧Gibson Biddle on his DHM product strategy framework, GEM roadmap prioritization framework, and 5 Netflix strategy mini case studies60 min · 20 Jun 2022

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