Smart People Should Build Things - Dan Porter, former CEO of Teach for America & creator of Draw Something

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Smart People Should Build Things - Dan Porter, former CEO of Teach for America & creator of Draw Something launched on November 30, 2015 with 62 votes, #1,317 of 4,125 launches that month.

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LaunchedNov 30, 2015

Launch day▲ 62 votes, 1 commentstop 32% of 4,125 that month

CategoryLife & fun

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of 4,125 launches in November 2015: 154
launches landed the same day: 1st
earlier than 7 of its 8 closest products

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