How to Product?

In this episode of "How to Product?", ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, the host talks to ⁠Minal Mehta about building for next billion users, career growth and feedback. This episode covers the following:

🚀 Insights on building for the next billion users in rapidly changing markets and the mindset that's required for the same. 😃 How employees can create opportunities to seek feedback and engage in meaningful discussions with peers and managers ✅ How to overcome defensiveness and turn feedback into a valuable learning opportunity 💁🏻 As a coach, how to figure out the right approach to help mentees 👉 Techniques to ensure that the feedback is specific, actionable and delivered in a way that promotes a growth mindset

🤔 How to identify potential mentors within the organization Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About PM School: [Checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pmschool.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Product Manager at Quizizz where he's leading the engagement charter for the product with over 75mn MAU. He has over 5 years of experience in product and over 8 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Lead PM at BYJU'S and Program Manager & Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]

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In this episode of "How to Product?", ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, the host talks to Shailvi Wakhlu about product analytics. The conversation begins at providing an overview of what product analytics entails and how it impacts the role of a PM. Shailvi then breaks down leading and lagging indicators and explains why each one is important and also provides a way in which you can choose the right ones. The conversation evolves to estimating the impact of a new feature before it's launched - something that we all struggle with. The host then brings up an interesting topic about balancing intuition vs insights through data and Shailvi provides some brilliant insights on that question. The conversation ends with Shailvi providing examples about how data has helped shape or change the strategy of organizations she's worked at and the role data can play there and finally she has some great tips for folks who are looking to break into the PM role.

Check out Shailvi's new book "Self Advocacy" on amazon.in and amazon.com. This book is a practical guide with step-by-step frameworks to help you navigate your career, assert your worth, and achieve your professional ambitions. If your aim is to promote and normalize self-advocacy for others, this book offers a blueprint. 

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

About PM School: [Checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pmschool.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Product Manager at Quizizz where he's leading the engagement charter for the product with over 75mn MAU. He has over 5 years of experience in product and over 8 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Lead PM at BYJU'S and Program Manager & Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this episode (S04E04) of "How to Product?", ⁠⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠⁠, the host talks to Anuj Rathi, SVP of Revenue and Growth including Product at Swiggy. To start with, Anuj highlights some differences in product management in a marketplace or e-commerce vs a traditional software/product. Arjav digs deeper into something Anuj said "Growth is effective when the product is priced right" and the conversation revolves around how to go about effective growth and right pricing. Anuj breaks down what growth means and how to look at it, and multiple ways to price a product and what lens to wear depending on the nature of your product. Anuj provides an example of Swiggy One (a membership program on Swiggy) and talks at length about how he and his team went about designing it to achieve effective growth and the right price. Anuj leaves us with tips for budding PMs and we wished this episode wouldn't end!

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About PM School: [Checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠pmschool.io⁠⁠⁠⁠] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Lead PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 5 years of experience in product and over 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠⁠]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - ⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠⁠

In this episode (S04E03) of "How to Product?", ⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠, the host talks to ⁠⁠⁠Mithun Madhusudhan⁠⁠, previously Head of Product, Candidate Engagement at Apna. Mithun speaks his mind about something he said previously - "From experience, launching a product is only 20% of the job. The hard work starts afterward." He talks in detail about a product launch. We then talk about customer empathy and how to develop that when you're working for a product you're probably never going to use yourself and ever find yourself in a situation of the person who would use it. Mithun speaks at length about how PMs can set themselves up for long-term success as well as focus on how to be successful in this economic downturn. He leaves us with some wonderful tips for budding PMs.

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - ⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠⁠

About PM School: [Checkout ⁠⁠⁠pmschool.io⁠⁠⁠] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Lead PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 4 years of experience in product and over 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: ⁠⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠⁠]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - ⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠

In this episode (S04E02) of "How to Product?", ⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠, the host talks to ⁠⁠Anupam Sarda⁠, VP of Product Strategy and Operations at HighRadius. Anupam starts off by talking about what HighRadius does and what Product Management is really about. He shares some wonderful frameworks for prioritization and how goes about doing it personally especially asking yourself - "am I spending my time in moving the right metric?." Anupam then breaks down the differences in B2C and B2B product management and how to approach B2B product management. He then shares his thoughts on a product culture in a company and how to go about setting a good one. He shares what he's done at HighRadius. Anupam leaves us with a great tip - "Say YES to a lot of things and give it your 100%"

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - ⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠⁠

About PM School: [Checkout ⁠⁠pmschool.io⁠⁠] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Lead PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 4 years of experience in product and over 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: ⁠⁠Arjav Jain⁠⁠]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - ⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠

In this episode (S04E01) of "How to Product?", ⁠Arjav Jain⁠, the host talks to ⁠Tejas Singh, Director of Product Manager at ShareChat. Tejas talks about how different product management is in the creator space / social media space compared to the fintech, ecommerce or edtech industry - how building for "Bhaarat" is different traditionally. He goes on talk to about roadmaps - why they're important, and how they add value to an organization, and gives an amazing example to look at roadmaps. He says roadmaps bring order to the chaos. He breaks down the difference between Feature roadmaps and Product roadmaps. He then talks about how to evaluate a roadmap - what signals to use and at what cadence. He ends with golden tips for budding PMs. This episode has a lot in store!

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - ⁠https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg⁠

About PM School: [Checkout ⁠pmschool.io⁠] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Lead PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 4 years of experience in product and over 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: ⁠Arjav Jain⁠]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S03E05) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host talks to Shyvee Shi, Product Manager at LinkedIn. Shyvee talks about what transferable skills she picked up from each of her roles that have shaped her to be a better product manager today. She also discusses the importance of solving the right problem and suggests some ways to do that. She also addresses influencing without authority and has an awesome framework to get it right! Shyvee runs her own course of personal productivity and has some gems to share on how PMs can be more productive. She leaves us with her thoughts and advice to budding product managers. This one is a banger! 

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About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 4 years of experience in product and over 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S03E04) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host talks to Mikhil Innani, CEO at Apollo Finvest. Mikhil has made transitions across roles and industries in his career and he breaks down what helped him do this, zoom out and zoom in and be successful in any role he took up. Mikhil also spilled the beans on product growth and his secret goto KPIs are to measure the right kind of growth. He then goes on to discuss what product management is NOT about and what the dark side of this role potentially could be - something that isn't addressed often. To end, like any other episode, there are some tips for folks to rise and shine in the product role.

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and closes to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S03E03) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host talks to Deepak Singh, Sr. Director of Product at Unacademy about what success looks like and how to choose a north star metric and then go on to talk about the importance of technology for PMs. The discussion starts at the process of defining a North Star Metric and what characteristics it should have. Deepak provides an example from MX player to put things in context. He then goes on to explain how to estimate the impact before launching a feature and he provides a good framework to follow. Deepak then talks about the importance of technology for PMs and provides a brief on his book - "Tech Simplified". He leaves us with some notes on what he looks for in PM hires, especially for first-time movers. This episode has a lot to take away so tune in right away! 

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg  

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager  

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and closes to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S03E02) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host talks to Kirti Varun, CPO at Meesho about the journey to Product Market Fit. The discussion starts at what an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is and how to define the scope of your MVP - with real examples from Meesho and Armesha this discussion becomes super relatable and has clear takeaways. Kirti then details how to move from an MVP to a V1 of your product. The discussion then proceeds to define what product market fit is and how to move from the V1 of your product to PMF and how to know when you've achieved PMF. As always, there are key tips for folks looking to break into the product role in this episode as well. The clarity of thought Kirti has and the insights he has to offer to make sure this episode is a banger. Tune in! 

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg  

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager   

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at Osmo/BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S03E01) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host speaks to Teressa Torres, Product Discovery Coach and the author of Continuous Discovery Habits. Teressa has coached numerous organizations across the world on how to get product discovery right. In this conversation, Teressa first explains what product discovery is and goes on to do that in a super simple manner. Arjav asks Teressa about how to maintain a balance between doing enough product discovery and also ship quickly and go to market quickly. Teressa then goes on to talk about what PMs are getting wrong about product discovery and what are some frameworks to ensure we're doing it correctly. She also talks about how to have a conversation with customers - she mentions how she has a story-based approach to talking to customers. Teressa shares a few questions that PMs could add to their arsenal while conducting user interviews. Teressa also talks about how to do customer interviews in a virtual world and she leaves us with some tips for folks trying to break into the product role.

Buy Teressa's book "Continuous Discovery Habits" on Amazon

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S02E05) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host speaks to Aatir Abdul Rauf, Director of Marketing and Product Management at VFairs. Aatir has spent a large part of his career leading both marketing and product teams at various organizations and he talks about how to become a better product manager by picking up lessons from a marketer's playbook - know what the customers want, why does the customer want what they want, why do we offer what we offer & how are better than everybody else. Aatir then beautifully lays out some great rules to follow to be better at stakeholder management - an important skill for a product manager. He then goes on to speak his mind about what he'd like to change about this role in practice from his observations over the years - some great insights here for product leaders to set the culture in their orgs. Aatir then talks about how he looks at his own professional growth over the years and what has been his core while moving up the ladder and building great products for the world. He leaves us with tips for folks looking to break into the role either as fresh graduates and for experienced professionals looking to pivot into product management. The end of season 2 promises to be a banger. Do give it a listen!  

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager 

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3 years of experience in product and over 6 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S02E04) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host speaks to Anshumani Ruddra, GPM at Google. Anshumani has been an author in the past and he breaks down the structure of a good story. He speaks at length about the importance of writing for product managers and how PMs can become better writers. He then talks about the importance of speaking up and asking for more work - something that helped him go far and wide in his career. He beautifully breaks down the hierarchy of needs - as a framework, he has used to evaluate products over the years. Anshumani leaves us with how he looks at hiring on his team and some advice for budding PMs. Anshumani has some great book recommendations in this episode so do not miss them out as well. This episode offers a lot to take away for new PMs and PM leaders alike.

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: Checkout pmschool.io. Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3 years of experience in product and over 6 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. Follow him here: Arjav Jain

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode (S02E03) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host speaks to Jackie Bavaro, Co-author of Cracking the PM Interview and Cracking the PM Career. Jackie was also previously Head of Product Management at Asana. Jackie talks about the importance of rapid experimentation and how to differentiate between intuition and bias, something that we product managers get caught up in. She speaks about how having a growth mindset has played a huge role in her growth as a product leader/manager and how she has continued to grow as an individual. She has book recommendations for all of us, as well! Jackie then talks about how she looks at success for herself and how it's evolved over the years. She speaks her mind on how she sees the product management role evolving over the next 10 years. She leaves us with tips for what PMs in emerging markets can learn from product management in the US. Arjav then ends the episode by focusing the conversation on how Jackie hires PMs on her team and what does she look for,

This episode offers a lot to take away for new PMs and PM leaders alike.

Cracking the PM Career - https://tinyurl.com/ash768v3

Jackie's book recommendations - https://tinyurl.com/ye4fn3cj

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Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3 years of experience in product and over 6 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. Follow him here: Arjav Jain

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In this episode (S02E02) of "How to Product?", Arjav Jain, the host speaks to Amit Fulay, VP Product at Microsoft. Amit brings in a wealth of experience as a product veteran who has successfully built products for the top companies in the world - Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Amit speaks his mind on how the product landscape has evolved over the last decade (of course, for the better!). He also speaks at length about his key takeaways as a leader and mistakes from his career that product managers can avoid. He then goes on to speak about mentorship and how to interact with your mentor and also give back to them - Amit has a theory on not having a single mentor. Each mentor has something else to offer.

Arjav then ends the conversation by focusing the conversation on how Amit hires for PMs on his team and Amit then leaves us with some advice for folks looking to break into the world of product management. 

This episode offers a lot to take away for new PMs and PM leaders alike. 

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About PM School: Checkout pmschool.io. Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager 

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3 years of experience in product and over 6 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. Follow him here: Arjav Jain

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

Welcome to Season 2 of How to Product. In this season, we'll focus on bringing in leaders from industry and dig deeper into the world of product management. 

In Episode 1, the host, Arjav Jain, Senior PM at BYJU'S speaks with Kanav Arora, SVP Engineering at Urban Company about how engineering looks at product management and how to best work together. Kanav breaks down computer programming, computer science, and software design/engineering and talks about how product managers need to build empathy across the board for engineering. He goes on to mention that it's best when you involve engineering from discovery to delivery and make the relationship less transactional.

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager.  

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode, the host Arjav Jain speaks with Anushka Pathak, Associate PM at Flipkart about the APM role. Anushka tells us that the APM role is very similar to the PM role and has 5 critical aspects to it: problem-solving, product thinking, execution, go to market and long term strategic muscle building. APMs are involved in small iterative changes while also owning some big-ticket items under the guidance/mentorship of someone like a Group PM. She goes onto narrate a story on how her undergrad at BITS helped her become a PM, how she solved small problems around her and participated in competitions with a diverse set of people to become a better problem-solver. She also mentions who an APM is not. Anushka then goes onto some tips for undergrad students who are breaking into the role and asks you all to take care of a few things - have a mentor, ensure you have ownership of the item as an APM and be excited about the mission of the organization you're joining! Arjav discusses OKRs in the product bytes section. This episode promises to be a banger with tonnes of learning for current undergrad students. 

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager.

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode, our host Arjav Jain speaks to Khanjan Desai, Senior PM at PayPal about the challenges she faces every day as a PM and how to overcome them. Khanjan details out a framework that works for her to solve problems - GAISPS framework. Arjav speaks about some nuances to prioritization and how it's one of the top problems PMs face in their organizations. Khanjan goes on to tell us how an MBA from a top school like ISB helped her crack the PM role as well. 

In the product bytes section, Arjav discusses Product-Market Fit. 

This episode is insightful and has clear takeaways for a PM at any seniority. Do listen and provide us any feedback that you have.

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager.

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode the host Arjav Jain talks to Nikunj Sharma, Co-founder at PM School about his journey into product management, what are the top 3 things to do while you're thinking of applying for this role, how to choose the right companies and what do recruiters look for while shortlisting resumes in the industry. The host also shares his journey about from a software engineer to product management within the same organization and how he went about navigating through the challenges there. This episode has great insights for folks looking to make that move into product management! Do give it a listen. 

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager.

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]

Step into the shoes of a Product Manager with our Live Program. Apply now! 🚀 - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

In this episode, the host Arjav Jain talks to Ashank Bhandari, Senior Product Manager at Amazon about who a Product Manager really is and what a day/month look like in a PM's life. There were interesting stories, references to cricket and Indian sweets and a lot of laughter! Tune in now. 

Apply for the next cohort of PM School's Live Program - https://lnkd.in/d9XStqg

About PM School: [Checkout pmschool.io] Looking to make a career transition to Product Management? Take the first step to becoming an amazing Product Manager. PM School will help you get tested on Product skills. We do everything we possibly can to kickstart your PM career. And we would help you prepare a resume, practice interviews, and even help you in salary negotiation. Talk to us to understand how to approach companies and plan your move into Product management.  We have a 2-month remote program (you can join us from anywhere) that prepares you to excel in your first job as a Product Manager or to make a smooth transition to a leading Product role in your current/new organization.  Throughout the program, you will become familiar with a broad range of topics such as Product Discovery, Product Roadmap, Market Research, Agile, Scrum, Product Development, and Planning: which will provide you with a strong foundation to become a skilled Product Manager.

About Arjav Jain: Arjav is currently a Senior PM at BYJU'S where he's leading some 0-1 strategic product initiatives for the company. He has over 3.5 years of experience in product and close to 7 years in the industry primarily in the software space. He was previously a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft. Arjav is also an alumnus of Georgia Tech. [Follow him here: Arjav Jain]