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From $2M to $100M ARR: Inside fal’s Explosive Pivot and the Future of Generative Media
Generative media is shifting from novelty to necessity, and fal’s journey offers a blueprint for navigating that shift. By pivoting from data infrastructure to generative inference,…
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My Battle-Tested Comms Playbook: Kill Bad Stories, Create Categories, Lead With Clarity
I distill powerful communications and leadership lessons from a conversation with Shannon Brayton, a veteran operator who’s helped shape narratives at LinkedIn, OpenTable, eBay, Yahoo!, and…
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From IC to Manager: Proven Strategies to Avoid Pitfalls and Lead High-Impact Teams
The IC-to-manager transition is deceptively hard because it requires a full identity shift—from shipping code to shipping outcomes through others. I outline how to set crisp…
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Scale Beyond One Product: Battle‑Tested Tactics for Ideas, Teams, and Product Reviews
Scaling from a single product to a multi‑product portfolio doesn’t happen by accident—it takes clear strategy, sharp resource allocation, and disciplined product discovery. In this piece,…
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Scaling With Heart: Self-Aware Leadership, Tough Calls, and 10x Team Performance
Scaling an organization starts with scaling yourself. In this first-person reflection, I share how I build self-awareness, have hard conversations with empathy, and separate hiring errors…
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My playbook: Intuition vs data, big swings, and product-led growth lessons from Slack
Decision-making in product isn’t binary. I outline when to trust intuition versus data, how to manage pace against accuracy, and how to balance big swings with…
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Hard-Earned Lessons from Loom: Product Strategy, Alignment at Scale, and Hiring That Wins
I break down how Loom’s operating system illustrates best-practice product management, alignment at scale, and cross-functional performance that moves the needle. You’ll learn how to use…
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From Zero to One in B2B Marketing: My Proven SaaS Playbook for Growth, Hiring, and Attribution
Going from zero to one in B2B marketing demands focus, founder-led GTM, and rapid learning. I break down how to start early-stage SaaS marketing, allocate resources…
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Supercharge Your Engineering Org: Alignment, AI, and Productivity from Adobe to Etsy
Engineering speed is a function of alignment, not heroics. In this first-person breakdown, I unpack how modern engineering teams can scale productivity with outcomes vs output…
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Building Products in a Post-LLM World: Hard-Won Lessons, Skeptic Busters, and Team Playbooks
I break down how to build products in a post-LLM world with a pragmatic playbook you can put to work immediately. You’ll learn how Sprig’s journey…
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Inside Rewind AI’s Playbook: PMF Breakthroughs, Bold Twitter Fundraise, and the Future of AI
I explore Rewind AI’s path to product-market fit, the cultural habits that enable fast validation, and the bold Twitter-first fundraising strategy that rallied users and capital.…
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Goal-Setting for AI Products: How I Plan, Prioritize, and Confidently Ship in a Nonlinear GenAI World
Planning AI roadmaps is fundamentally different from traditional software. I share how I set outcomes-first OKRs, balance research and product development, and scale safely without over-planning.…
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Engineering Leadership That Scales: Strategy, Velocity, and Org Design from Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm
High-growth engineering orgs succeed by pairing a clear strategy with compounding platform bets and outcome-focused execution. In this deep dive, I break down practical patterns I…
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Inside Bard’s Playbook: How to Ship AI Fast, Build Ethically, and Outlearn Competitors
Building AI products demands speed and responsibility. I unpack the Bard blueprint—how principled constraints, early public learning, and tight product theses enable rapid iteration without sacrificing…
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What Makes or Breaks Executive Hires: My Lessons on Fit, Red Flags, and Measuring Success
Executive hiring is a make-or-break decision that demands clarity on fit, scope, and measurable outcomes. In this deep dive with Eeke de Milliano, I unpack the…
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Persuasive Leadership for Founders: My Take on Wes Kao’s Playbook to Influence and Win
Founders and product leaders don’t need more noise—they need persuasive clarity. In this first-person breakdown, I share how to align your message with your natural style,…
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Deliberate Practice for Product Teams: How AI and On‑Demand Learning Unlock Mastery
Deliberate practice is the missing link between product learning and lasting behavior change. In this episode recap, I share why a blended model—cohort-based structure plus on-demand…
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Inside Alyx: Dogfooding, Evals, and Observability That Power an Agentic AI Future
This is a pragmatic, first-hand look at how Alyx was built by dogfooding Arize’s own platform—moving from messy notebooks to a disciplined eval and observability stack.…
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How to Design Your Product Leadership Legacy: Impact, Craft, and Values That Endure
This reflection-driven episode challenged me to define the product leadership legacy I’m actively building—today, not someday. I share how I reframe “legacy” into actionable questions for…
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AI Coworkers That Actually Work: Inside Neople’s Guardrails, Evals, and Customer-Ready Agents
I explore how Neople builds “digital coworkers” that blend automation reliability with AI flexibility to handle real customer work. You’ll see how the team balances code,…
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