Is Your Product The Hero?

Craig Menear, CEO of The Home Depot, used a phrase I’d never heard before in business or marketing, “The product is the hero.”

Via NPR’s Marketplace “Corner Office” podcast, How The Home Depot became an e-commerce giant (December 20, 2017).

Update: Mike Davidson made a great point via Twitter about improving this to frame the customer as the hero:

https://twitter.com/mikeindustries/status/945756824573132800

The tools are not heroes to be used by you, the hero. You use them to win. Great point.

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2 responses to “Is Your Product The Hero?”

  1. Michael Cain Avatar

    I was pulling down my street when I heard this interview, and sat in the driveway to listen to the whole thing. Surprisingly relevant.

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    1. Lance Willett Avatar

      Love this podcast, along with “How I Built This.”

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