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John Koelliker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Leland, a marketplace for ambitious people to access coaching, classes, mentorship, and community, to reach their career and educational goals. From growing in your career ladder, to taking a test, finding the right school—discover a friend and mentor to guide you through.…

When John Koelliker and I first connected, I was curious about how he conceptualized and kickstarted Leland while he was still at Stanford, and the way he was building a marketplace for folks interesting in picking others' brains (literally!). Being a first-time founder, John definitely leverages his network in a…

Finding purpose from little projects and talks with your friends is always a fun thing to do. For John Koelliker, this turned out to be a way of understanding how a marketplace platform for personal coaching is much needed—a side-project set him up for building Leland. As someone who earlier…

What's product sense all about, and what are some simple ways to get better at it as product folks? Emily Tate, Managing Director of @Mind the Product , and I discussed about some of the practical ways we can break down product sense—it comes down to asking ourselves few key…

Launching the product you build involves massive effort—not just in terms of shipping, but also figuring out the ways in which your audience finds satisfaction with your product. Do they find value? Of course, it’s important to align your product with the market, especially with the right problems to be…

❓We've always heard about product/market fit, but what about founder/market fit, or channel/market fit? And how do all of these come together? 🚀 Launching the product you build involves massive effort—not just in terms of shipping, but also figuring out the ways in which your audience finds satisfaction with your…

Building and shipping impactful products is definitely the enjoyable part of a product manager’s journey. It’s fun to think about what problems to work on, putting on the problem solving mindset from time to time and working with fellow co-founders on the team. Of course, there are so many challenges…

What are the three things that could help PMs and founders who take the role of PMs get started on new ideas? Shyvee Shi, Product Manager at LinkedIn & Creator of PM Learning Series, and I spoke all about our views on what could essentially be a better way to…

Building and shipping impactful products is definitely the enjoyable part of a product manager’s journey. It’s fun to think about what problems to work on, putting on the founder’s mindset from time to time or working with fellow co-founders on the team. Of course, there are so many challenges to…

In today’s Foyer Feature, let’s welcome Sonia and Blake from Kernal, the community platform to connect founders, investors and startup ideas. 15,000+ members, 1,500+ startup ideas, they are doing an amazing work in helping creators and builders find success with their project journeys. Sonia, Blake, and Aishwarya sit down to…

What's the future for builders looking like? This is one of my favorite questions to reflect on—and this time, I did it along with my friends from Kernal. Sonia Chhinji, Blake Stewart, and I sit down to discuss everything around what makes it interesting for creative folks who look out…

Casey Winters and Aishwarya Ashok recently discussed examples from his experiences at Pinterest, GrubHub, and Eventbrite—sometimes what you're building is of a better value to be priced, and at times, it'd take time to attain the product/market fit and then to be priced. And, this differs all the more when…

As soon as you put your product out in the market, the one major question that gets to you from literally everyone around is - how’s your product growing. “What’s your growth strategy?” “Does your product have network effects” “Did you get more leads or was all the money spent…

As soon as you put your product out in the market, the one major question that gets to you from literally everyone around is - how’s your product growing. “What’s your growth strategy?” “Does your product have network effects” “Did you get more leads or was all the money spent…

Grace Gong is the Founder of Smart Venture Podcast, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance, and the creator behind a bunch of other projects which we’ll be chatting about. In this episode of The Founder's Foyer, we discuss all things creator economy—from how to stay curious and get better by…

How to stay consistent with the inputs especially when your interests are versatile? I loved chatting with Grace Gong on this topic, especially because she's been doing some amazing work with her podcast, sharing knowledge about crypto and web 3, as well as authoring two books. A LinkedIn Top Voice…

So your product is now launched and it's out for customers to try. You know it’s awesome, but do you know whether they know? How do you ensure your potential buyers understand the value you’re providing; do they care? Often we hear about go-to market strategy—but before all that, what…

Have you wondered how to work on branding your product, especially when it caters to diverse target audiences? April Dunford shares with Aishwarya on why it's okay to not go too broad, what it means to segment the market, and why it's important to understand which 1-2 groups receive the…

So your product is now launched and it's out for customers to try. You know it’s awesome, but do you know whether they know? How do you ensure your potential buyers understand the value you’re providing; do they care? Often we hear about go-to market strategy—but before all that, what…