Get ready for an insightful conversation in this week's episode of SochCast as we sit down with Aakash Gupta, CoFounder at Product Growth, to delve into the world of product management and its evolution over the years.Aakash discusses the changes and advancements in Product Management, the skills required, and ways to achieve clarity of thought. They also cover sharing knowledge, virality and network effects. Aakash advises on balancing product strategy and management responsibilities, essential traits for Product Leaders, and characteristics of high-performing teams.Whether you are a seasoned Product Manager or just starting out in the Product Management field, this episode offers valuable insights and practical tips to help you succeed.

About the Speaker

Aakash Gupta is a renowned Product Leader having worked with giants like Google, Epic Games, and Affirm. He's also one of the leading content creators on Product Leadership and Product Strategy, helping shape the next generation of product managers.

Chapters

0:00 Aakash’s Introduction

1:37 Aakash’s journey into Product Management

3:20 How has Product Management evolved over the last decade?

6:15 What factors drive popularity of Product Management as a profession?

7:23 How to be a clear thinker as a Product Manager

11:48 Should PMs start publishing content with thin domain expertise?

14:27 What role do virality and network effects play in driving a company's success

17:22 Principles of Product-Led Growth

20:20 How can PMs avoid a delivery-focused mindset?

24:12 How doe s the PM role evolve as they ascend the career ladder?

27:20 How to focus on product strategy vs management responsibilities

30:26 Traits of effective Product Leaders

33:15 What do top product teams at tech giants have in common?

35:46 Impact of AI on Product Management Role

40:02 Evolution of Product Management Role with AI

41:43 Recommended Readings

Recommendations from the episode

Kite Runner by Khaled Hussaini

https://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Khaled-Hosseini-author/dp/1526604736

Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654

Give and Take by Adam Grant

https://www.amazon.com/Give-Take-Helping-Others-Success/dp/0143124986I

nspired by Marty Cagan

https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers/dp/1119387507

In this week’s episode of SochCast, Abdul Ghaffar sits down with Zaki Shaheen, Engineer at Tome - to unpack the great insights on building AI products and its impact on our future.

Throughout the episode, Zaki shares his insights and expertise on how to create AI products, how openAI fundamental models can be modified, and how jobs will evolve around AI.

Whether you are a seasoned Product Manager or just starting out in the AI field, this episode offers valuable insights and practical tips to help you succeed. Tune in to hear Zaki in a thoughtful and engaging conversation about all things building AI Products.

About the Speaker

Zaki Shaheen is a seasoned software engineer working at a Silicon Valley startup called Tome - an AI tool that transforms documents into presentations. After graduating from FAST in 2008, Zaki worked for a few years in Pakistan’s software services ecosystem before getting the nod from Yelp in San Francisco to work on their iOS app. Soon after that, Zaki was hired by Meta (then Facebook) at Menlo Park where he worked on products like Facebook Avatars and Whatsapp.

Chapters

0:00 Zaki’s Introduction

2:41 Idea Behind Tome

4:34 What it means to build an AI Product?

9:19 How to modify openAI Fundamental models?

12:34 How do social biases works in AI?

17:10 How do you go about building AI Products?

25:17 What are some of your favourite AI Products?

26:38 Upcoming AI Products?

29:42 AI Role in AR/VR

31:31 AI's future: what does it hold?

41:27 In the age of AI, how can one future-proof themselves?

In this week’s episode of SochCast, Abdul Ghaffar sits down with the one and only - Moe Ali, the CEO and Founder of Product Faculty - to unpack product strategy and the potential of AI in product management.

Throughout the episode, Moe shares his insights and expertise on how to create a sound product strategy, how to pivot effectively, and what traits great Product Managers possess.

Whether you are a seasoned Product Manager or just starting out in the field, this episode offers valuable insights and practical tips to help you succeed. Tune in to hear Moe Ali in a thoughtful and engaging conversation about all things product strategy.

About the Speaker

Moe Ali is a prominent figure in the world of Product Management, with extensive experience in leading product positions at renowned companies like Loblaw Digital, Bell, Invista, and Apple. In 2016, he founded Product Faculty, a leading training institution that provides Product Management training to Product Managers, coaching them to become their best. As the CEO and Founder of Product Faculty, Moe Ali has dedicated himself to advancing the field of Product Management and helping others succeed.

Moe Ali's expertise and insights are sought after by companies around the world, including IBM, McKinsey, and Pearson Education, for whom he serves as a product advisor. He is recognized for his thought-provoking and insightful posts on LinkedIn, where he has amassed a following of nearly 50,000 followers.

Chapters

0:00 Moe’s Introduction

1:30 What is product strategy?

5:06 Product strategy for true innovations

9:45 How does one understand the problem space?

14:24 How do you strategize for companies in different stages?

17:09 How do you know if you're a 0-1 or 1-N PM?

19:08 Examples of products with great strategy

26:26 Do larger companies let smaller ones innovate only to acquire them?

30:16 How do successful PMs utilize data?

35:12 How will AI impact product management?

37:49 How can PMs future proof themselves?

40:10 Traits of great Product Managers

45:39 Recommended Readings

Recommended Readings

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