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Living the founder or builder life is like a permanent oscillation between “I feel so good” and “I feel shitty”—and this is something common with creative people that it often gets passed off with a laugh. But what would it be like to take notice of our moods and energy…

00:00 Intro to Shreyas 02:56 Distilling product knowledge through observations 10:07 Shared vocabulary & how it connects teams without blame 15:42 Human comprehension and the LLM in our minds 22:45 Power of 'Why' over 'What' and 'How much' 25:54 High IQ & cognitive empathy 33:37 Recognizing the inner creative resistance…

[ Note: For folks who enjoy Shreyas' thoughts just like me, you can check out his product management course on Maven. I loved taking this up and the best part was to meet a bunch of brilliant PMs through the cohort. Learn More: https://bit.ly/shreyas-course ] Sponsor for this episode: Recast,…

[ Note: For folks who enjoy Shreyas' thoughts just like me, you can check out his product management course on Maven. I loved taking this up and the best part was to meet a bunch of brilliant PMs through the cohort. Learn More: https://bit.ly/shreyas-course ] Sponsor for this episode: Recast,…

00:00 Intro to Yana's work & early times in tech 07:21 Early-stage product: When & how to pivot 10:28 Handling customers' emotional quotient during a pivot 17:46 Experimenting product updates with an early users 18:52 Setting up a community on X (Twitter) for PMs 26:45 Revisiting product strategy for dynamically…

Building products is such a fun journey—especially if users are involved early in the process that it feels like co-creating and riding the wave with them. There’s also racing against the advancements in technology, thanks to AI’s hypergrowth every passing day. So how do you balance the ride and race,…

Building products is such a fun journey—especially if users are involved early in the process that it feels like co-creating and riding the wave with them. There’s also racing against the advancements in technology, thanks to AI’s hypergrowth every passing day. So how do you balance the ride and race,…

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ 00:00 Intro to Anne-Laure & Ness Labs 03:19 Quitting corporate & choosing unconventional career lanes 08:03 Building Ness Labs and how it works 10:24 Creator of information vs. collector of information 14:52 Building the…

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ There’s so much joy in being able to think clearly—whether it’s cracking a tough decision, understanding a complex concept, or even letting go of bottled up confusions. When creating and shipping stuff, it’s very…

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ There’s so much joy in being able to think clearly—whether it’s cracking a tough decision, understanding a complex concept, or even letting go of bottled up confusions. When creating and shipping stuff, it’s very…

00:00 Intro to Abigail's work 03:16 Legal to Tech to Writing and Filmmaking: A snapshot 07:46 How to trade-off between difficult decisions 14:14 Community and belief circles in entertainment industry 23:31 AI founders and foundational questions to consider 26:17 How to combine core tech into media and fiction writing 28:24…

There’s so much in parallel with tech and art—for instance, innovation starts with small steps, iteratively leading up to radical explorations. A lot of people today blend creative arts together with the principles grounded in ethics and emerging tech. To be at the intersection of all of this creativity and…

There’s so much in parallel with tech and art—for instance, innovation starts with small steps, iteratively leading up to radical explorations. A lot of people today blend creative arts together with the principles grounded in ethics and emerging tech. To be at the intersection of all of this creativity and…

00:00 Intro to Arielle's work in brand marketing 03:17 How psychology and marketing are related 05:56 Being the first marketer at Gmail—establishing a brand 11:17 Working on rival brands and difference in positioning 13:44 How to associate 'personality' with a brand 17:09 Five attributes to pick the tone and style…

What’s the hardest part about starting up, you ask? Plenty of them. And topping the charts, amongst the top three things, would be—nailing the branding and go-to-market strategy. While our entire focus is on the target audience all through the stage of building the product, there are quite a number…

What’s the hardest part about starting up, you ask? Plenty of them. And topping the charts, amongst the top three things, would be—nailing the branding and go-to-market strategy. While our entire focus is on the target audience all through the stage of building the product, there are quite a number…

00:00 Intro to Evan's work 01:35 What pushed Evan along analytics, tech, and biological sciences 06:34 Data silos that we end up with in and how to tackle 11:58 Internal customer vs external customer narrative 14:41 How cognitive thinking separates people's performance 21:25 Concept of "intuitives" and "semi-intuitives" traits of…

Finding the right set of peers, building the dream team to work towards a vision, setting the table for growth—all of these are interrelated from the perspective of strengthening teams. However, there’s a layer of science behind all of the best performing companies and the humans who’re a part of…

Finding the right set of peers, building the dream team to work towards a vision, setting the table for growth—all of these are interrelated from the perspective of strengthening teams. However, there’s a layer of science behind all of the best performing companies and the humans who’re a part of…