“When you're showing people early prototypes, what I'm always doing ... you're looking at people's eyes. If your eyes kind of light up, if you lean in, these are the kind of signals you're looking for.”

Josh Woodward · Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio)

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use people's eye reactions (eyes lighting up, leaning in, pupil dilation) as the primary metric to judge early prototype interest

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