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Germans Have Higher Quality Bar, Less Iteration

Germans are blunt and have an innately higher quality bar with less tolerance for underperformance—products are either below the bar or world-class—whereas North America is better at quick iteration and being embarrassed by the first version then building from there.

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Tobi Lütke

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Products are either below it or good, great, world-class above it. Below that, nothing else registers as anything of value, which is totally different in North America.

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Tobi LütkeConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:32:50 AM

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