As Precious As We Treat Them
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2 min readSep 29, 2020
A real-life story and a great lesson that taught me to love the products I work on and treat them accordingly.
Nokia, Russia, Moscow, early 2011, a sales pitch meeting with a major mobile operator for the new devices resulted in much lower than expected preorder numbers. The sales team was disappointed and cited increased competition as one of the main reasons for lower interest in our new smartphone line…