If you’ve ever wanted to know how the best product teams automate their workflows, scale systems, and build platforms that actually drive impact, this episode is for you.Brought to you by:Amplitude: Try their 2-minute assessment of your company’s digital maturityProduct Faculty: Get $500 off the AI PM certification with code AAKASH25In this episode:Why Watch This - 00:00:00 Microsoft Layoff Story - 01:06 Processing Layoff Emotions - 02:16 How to Rebound After Layoff - 03:35 Finding Purpose Post-Layoff - 05:07 Job Search Success Strategy - 06:30 Returning to Former Employers - 08:42 Ad: AIPM Certification - 10:03 Maintaining Professional Relationships - 10:50 Breaking Into Microsoft - 11:44 Optimizing LinkedIn Profiles - 13:03 Microsoft Interview Preparation - 15:15 Live Resume Review - 18:04 Writing Effective Resume Summaries - 21:38 Google Resume Analysis - 24:42 Ad: Amplitude - 29:48 The Reality of Big Tech - 31:26 Day in the Life at Microsoft - 34:34 Building LinkedIn Following - 38:52 Sustainable Content Creation - 42:02 Creating Viral LinkedIn Posts - 47:25 Crafting Engaging Hooks - 54:38 Content Creation Workshop - 59:04 Monetizing Your Audience - 1:03:00 Final Thoughts - 1:09:36-Where to Find AnthonyLinkedInAirtable-Email productgrowthppp at gmail.com to discuss advertising or guest opportunities.-I hope you enjoyed the last episode with David Pereira (where we discussed why most managers are bullish*t managers). Up next, we have episodes with:Dr. Bart Jaworski - Senior PM, 125K+ on LinkedInSpenser Skates - CEO and Founder, AmplitudePawel Huryn - 190K+ on LinkedIn, Fmr CPOI’m so excited to share them with all of you. Get full access to Product Growth at www.news.aakashg.com/subscribe
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We Built an AI Agent to Automate PM in 73 mins (ZERO CODING)
If you’ve ever wanted to know how the best product teams automate their workflows, scale systems, and build platforms that actually drive impact, this episode is for you.Brought to you by:Amplitude: Try their 2-minute assessment of your company’s digital maturityProduct Faculty: Get $500 off the AI PM certification with code AAKASH25In this episode:Why Should People Watch This Episode – 00:00:00How Airtable Reached $11.7 Billion Valuation – 00:01:18How Airtable Is Different From Competitors – 00:03:01Start of the Live Cooking Session – 00:07:17How Can PMs Use Airtable AI to Automate Their Workflow – 00:07:36Automating User Interviews – 00:08:16Ad – 00:10:10User Interviews Continued – 00:10:46One Cool Thing About Airtable AI – 00:11:40Sourcing Beta Participants – 00:20:02Live Demo of Using CoBuilder (Airtable AI Developer Agent) forAakash’s Podcast Guests Calendar – 00:27:08Ad – 00:27:52Demo Continued – 00:28:42Demo on Automating More Stuff (Requests From Aakash) – 00:36:02Aakash’s Reaction After the Demo – 00:38:46How Airtable Uses Airtable – 00:41:16How Airtable Builds Product – 00:45:28Measuring ARR Impact – 00:53:48What He Thinks About Fuzzier Associations to ARR – 00:54:23Aakash Sharing Personal Story About ARR Scenario – 00:56:19How Airtable Manages Roadmap Planning – 00:59:29How to Go From PM to VP – 01:01:23Talking About Struggles Building AI Features – 01:09:42-Where to Find AnthonyLinkedInAirtable-Email productgrowthppp at gmail.com to discuss advertising or guest opportunities.-I hope you enjoyed the last episode with David Pereira (where we discussed why most managers are bullish*t managers). Up next, we have episodes with:Dr. Bart Jaworski - Senior PM, 125K+ on LinkedInSpenser Skates - CEO and Founder, AmplitudePawel Huryn - 190K+ on LinkedIn, Fmr CPOI’m so excited to share them with all of you. Get full access to Product Growth at www.news.aakashg.com/subscribe
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PMs Are Screwed (Here’s Why)
You’re not ready for this!David Pereira exposes the 3 traps killing product teams, hot takes on b******t management, fake strategy, and what it really means to be a 10x PM.Brought to you by:Maven: Get $100 off David's Mastering Product Discovery course using my code AAKASHxMAVEN Product Faculty: Get $500 off the AI PM certification with code AAKASH25Amplitude: Try their 2-minute assessment of your company’s digital maturityIn this episode:Why You Should Listen to This Podcast – 00:00:00Ad – 00:01:20Ad – 00:02:21What Is Bullsh*t Product Management – 00:03:07Aakash Sharing His First Full-Time Job Experience – 00:04:39The Problem with the PM Job – 00:07:28Sad Reality for Most PMs – 00:12:023Common Traps for Most PMs – 00:15:25Have You Been a Waiter Too? – 00:17:41Navigating Your CEO's Endless Feature Requests (Role Play) – 00:23:40One Thing Constant in Product Management Is “Challenges” (and How to Solve Them) – 00:26:14Ad – 00:29:59Solving Those Challenges (Continued) – 00:30:34Summarizing What Strategy Health Check Includes – 00:38:04They Say “Talk to Customers”, But You Don’t Have General Access – 00:40:50Fixing Confirmation Bias in Interviews – 00:42:06Summarizing Product Discovery Health Check – 00:43:20Delivery Health Check – 00:43:33What Worked for David in 2016 – 00:49:35“I’m a Terrible Product Manager” – 00:51:24“What Do All PMs Have in Common? Too Many Things on Their Plate” – 00:52:18“Agile Is Dead. Scrum Is Dead. Everything Is Dead. We Know It All” – 00:56:29How Can PMs Really Take Back the Driver’s Seat? – 00:58:53Why You Should Look Bad in Your Job – 01:00:51How David Is Spending His Time These Days – 01:01:58-Where to Find DavidLinkedInCoursesNewsletterUntrapping Product Teams BookServices-Email productgrowthppp at gmail.com to discuss advertising or guest opportunities.-I hope you enjoyed the last episode with Kate Syuma (where we dived deep into 25 product designs). Up next, we have episodes with:Dr. Bart Jaworski - Senior PM, 125K+ on LinkedInSpenser Skates - CEO and Founder, AmplitudeAnthony Maggio - VP Product, AirtableI’m so excited to share them with all of you. Get full access to Product Growth at www.news.aakashg.com/subscribe
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1:04:50
25 Product Designs That Will Make You Jealous
Ex-Miro design lead Kate Syuma helped scale Miro to 20M users. Now she’s breaking down LIVE 25 world-class product flows so you can steal what works for growth, onboarding, and activation.-Brought to you by:WorkOS: Your App, Enterprise ReadyAmplitude: Try their 2-minute assessment of your company’s digital maturityKate also runs a 3-week live course User-Centric Product-Led Growth. Use code AAKASHxMAVEN for $100 off.In this episode:Web Page Breakdown ExamplesDropbox & Linear – 00:03:30Rows – 00:06:47Amplemarket – 00:09:07Signup Flow ExamplesFigma / FigJam – 00:10:53Dropbox (Signup perspective) – 00:12:48Loom – 00:14:52Grammarly – 00:16:10FigJam (Post-signup) – 00:17:25Onboarding ExamplesCanva – 00:21:01Slack – 00:23:49Notion – 00:25:23Miro – 00:28:58Ad BreakAd – 00:30:01Miro (Continued) – 00:30:48Sharing & Invitation Flow ExamplesLinear – 00:32:47Airbnb – 00:34:16Notion & Figma (Invitation flow) – 00:38:11Upgradation Flow ExamplesRiverside – 00:41:07Grammarly (Premium upgrade) – 00:42:45Canva – 00:43:51Loom – 00:45:29Miro – 00:46:25Figma – 00:46:59Wrap-UpWhat Kate is up to these days – 00:48:38-Where to Find KateLinkedInGrowthMates WebsiteGrowthMates NewsletterGrowthMates Podcast YT3-Week Maven Course - Use code AAKASHxMAVEN for $100 off.-Email productgrowthppp at gmail.com to discuss advertising or guest opportunities.-I hope you enjoyed the last episode with Bryan Helmig (where we learned how to draft your email with MCP and AI). Up next, we have episodes with:David Pereira - Author of Untrapping Product TeamsDr. Bart Jaworski - Senior PM, 125K+ on LinkedInSpenser Skates - CEO and Founder, AmplitudeI’m so excited to share them with all of you. Get full access to Product Growth at www.news.aakashg.com/subscribe
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Use AI To Draft Your Email and Slack Messages with MCP
This is wild!Bryan Helmig LIVE shows how to turn AI models into real agents using MCP and Zapier to send Slack messages, draft emails, and automate workflows without writing a single line of code.-Brought to you by:Amplitude: Try their 2-minute assessment of your company’s digital maturityMaven: Get $100 off their courses with code AAKASHxMAVENProduct Faculty: Get $500 off the AI PM certification with code AAKASH25In this episode:Why Should People Watch This Podcast – 00:00:00Ads – 00:01:34What is MCP (Model Context Protocol) – 00:03:03Does MCP Only Work with Anthropic? – 00:04:33Why Zapier’s Take on MCP Matters – 00:05:43Live Demo 1: AI Agent Sends Slack Message via MCP – 00:07:52The Real Limitations of MCP and LLMs – 00:11:27Live Demo 2: ChatGPT Drafts Gmail Replies Automatically – 00:15:56Live Demo 3: Claude-Powered Slack Bot That Responds with Jokes – 00:23:18Ad – 00:30:06Why AI Needs Structure (Not Freeform Outputs) – 00:30:53How Zapier Builds AI Features for the Real World – 00:31:54How Zapier Structures Teams Around AI Work – 00:36:28Zapier’s Culture of Fast AI Prototyping – 00:39:03-Where to Find BryanLinkedInZapierZapier AI agentsZapier MCP-Email productgrowthppp at gmail.com to discuss advertising or guest opportunities.-I hope you enjoyed the last episode with Lewis Lin (where we discussed how to nail Product Management Interviews). Up next, we have episodes with:Kate Syuma - Ex. Head of Growth Design at MiroDavid Pereira - Author of Untrapping Product TeamsDr. Bart Jaworski - Senior PM, 125K+ on LinkedInI’m so excited to share them with all of you. Get full access to Product Growth at www.news.aakashg.com/subscribe
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