[everdev]

Not a positive trend for FB considering the What'sApp founder quit in April: https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/30/jan-koum-quits-facebook/

Giving a single person full control of a company is great when they're on the right track. These have to be warning shots to employees and investors though.

[mooreds]

It depends. Do you still need product geniuses when you have distribution and monetization nailed?

[briandear]

Salesforce proves that you don’t.

[qdigital]

Consumer tech is a different beast though and subject to stronger reactionary market forces and whiplash vs enterprise.

[traek]

I'd call Bret Taylor a product genius.