Dan Grover (@DanGrover) / X

Dan Grover

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Dan Grover

@DanGrover

Product + technical generalist. Figuring out what's next. Prev. @standardbots, @meta, @tencent.

PDX and OAK

Joined February 2007

Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Oct 25, 2022
The only reason I find these cringey is that in my 5.5y at Meta as a PM, I took myself deadly seriously and worked crazy hours — about as much as startup I’m at now — when I realistically could have had similar routine to this with little consequence to career.
TTI
@TikTokInvestors
Oct 24, 2022
$META bagholders in shambles.
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Jun 7, 2025
It is funny sometimes in a startup watching the handful of ex-FAANG people trying to replicate certain rituals that served a purpose in that system, like they're putting on a little pageant.
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Apr 14, 2022
I didn’t understand why SV tech workers were so loathe to return to the office. The offices are lovely and all day Zoom sucks. Now it sinks in: it’s not the office, it’s the commute.
Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Apr 5, 2024
Heck of a graph in FT today:
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Jun 16, 2020
If I were Apple, I would waive the 30% fee for Hey as long as they agree to never use the term "Imbox" again.
Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Jul 17, 2024
Still, like their app, very limited tables.
Ben Lang
@benln
Jul 17, 2024
The new Notion NYC office expansion is stunning
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
May 12, 2024
One thing about living in Bay Area is you go to any other US city and you’re like “Wow, this place is really charming, vibrant, and well-run!” Really enjoyed Chicago this week.
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Nov 22, 2021
Adele, product manager
The Verge
@verge
Nov 21, 2021
Spotify stops shuffling albums by default because Adele said so theverge.com/2021/11/21/227…
Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Feb 19, 2021
A thing that took me forever to learn as a PM is that the traits/kinds of activities that make you credible to your team are completely different from traits/activities that make you credible to management.
Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Aug 28, 2022
These comparisons always make me think of “Linux on the desktop!” hype in 00’s. You can use AbiWord instead of Word! Play lots of great games like TuxRacer! Swap Quicken for GnuCash! See, it has everything!
Vitto Rivabella
@VittoStack
Aug 26, 2022
Web3 mass adoption is done one DApp at a time.
Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Nov 10, 2023
Biggest realization since moving from FANG to startup is a lot of my "product" skills were actually narrow set of shibboleths to make product thinking legible across wide group, deal w/ reviews, mitigate risks. Some of the best product thinking is illegible, difficult to defend.
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Nov 3, 2024
It boggles my mind how, despite offering the entire musical heritage of humanity, to an extent that would seem amazing to Limewire-using high school me, every aspect of Spotify’s present UI conspires to lead you back to the same few songs and artists.
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Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Aug 7, 2020
The news of the WeChat ban gives me a strange, surreal, sense of grief. The few years I spent working on it at Tencent changed the way I thought of product design and introduced me to some of the most talented, passionate folks I've met.
Dan Grover
@DanGrover
Feb 11, 2022
My employer sent a swag package that included a metal straw, but I had never seen one before and assumed it was a little flute and tried to play it.