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The HiPPO picks the winner
3 value propositions sit in a Figma file. Marketing prefers one. Sales prefers another. The CEO picks the third in a 30-minute meeting. Nobody asked the actual buyers. The shipped version is somebody's opinion, not data.02
A/B tests take months
Traditional A/B testing requires traffic, sample size, and statistical significance. By the time you have a winner, the launch window is closed and the campaign budget is spent. Pre-test instead, ship the winner, A/B test the optimization.03
Expensive launches that flop
You commit $200K of paid media to a campaign built around a value prop nobody tested. Buyers don't respond. Now you're 8 weeks in, trying to figure out if it's the channel, the offer, or the messaging. Most of the time it's the messaging.