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By Cavid

**Season 4 is a short bonus season after 2 and half years and is focusing on my journey of becoming a Googler and beyond.**

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Episode 7: Unemployment post-entrepreneurship

ProdActivitySep 27, 2020

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Episode 4.3 Transition

Episode 4.3 Transition

Hello friends, welcome to the final episode of this special season of ProdActivity podcast. In this one, I want to talk about transition. Let's talk about the transition from entrepreneurship to corporate and from Edinburgh to London.

Dec 09, 202306:58
Episode 4.2 What is it like at Google Office

Episode 4.2 What is it like at Google Office

Hi friends! Welcome back! In the last episode, we talked about the journey of joining Google. In this episode, I am going to talk about a light and fun topic: What is it actually like working at the office? Let's start with the obvious ones...

Dec 09, 202309:37
Episode 4.1 Becoming a Googler in London

Episode 4.1 Becoming a Googler in London

Hi friends! Been a while, 2 years and 7 months to be exact. How are you? Hope things are going well for you! Well, things have changed for me surely and I want to share these updates with you! Sit tight, grab a cup of tea, and let's spend the next 7 minutes together.


Dec 09, 202307:03
Episode 3.3 "Getting into new industry"
May 08, 202107:49
Episode 3.2 Entrepreneurship vs Employment

Episode 3.2 Entrepreneurship vs Employment

In the last episode, I updated you that I have started full-time employment in April. However, after 6 years of entrepreneurial life, I have had some habits that need to adapt to this new lifestyle. Now let’s be honest, due to the Covid we are still working out from home which means not a lot has changed in that area, but there is still some substantial change. In this episode, I want to discuss those differences. We will look at what means to be an entrepreneur and what are the reasons behind not doing it, or the reasons for running a business. We also will look at why you may like being employed and some downsides of it, which I am sure you can easily guess. Anyway, let’s dive in!

May 01, 202110:21
Episode 3.1 - Back into JobHunt (Results)
Apr 24, 202113:28
Episode 2.8 " Wrap up of Season 2"
Dec 27, 202002:44
Episode 2.7 "YouTube Studio", the good, the bad and the features to add
Dec 20, 202008:03
Episode 2.6 "Anchor", the good, the bad and the features to add
Dec 20, 202010:27
Episode 2.5 "WhatsApp", the good, the bad and the features to add
Dec 06, 202012:15
Episode 2.4 "YouTube - landing page (desktop)", the good, the bad and the features to add
Nov 29, 202014:37
 Episode 2.3 "Instagram", the good, the bad and the features to add

Episode 2.3 "Instagram", the good, the bad and the features to add

Hi and welcome to this week’s episode of ProdActivity, where we review and analyse apps and websites, used daily, from the product perspective. In today’s episode, we are looking at a hot topic - #Instagram, a social media channel that started as a photo-sharing platform in 2010 and then was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Today Instagram is the largest platform for photo-enthusiasts, but it is more than that and keeps evolving daily. Is it for better or worse? The time will show. 

But today, let get into “Instagram”, the good, the bad and the features to add.

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Nov 21, 202015:30
 Episode 2.2 "Twitter", the good, the bad and the features to add

Episode 2.2 "Twitter", the good, the bad and the features to add

Upd: A week after this episode, Twitter has added #fleets feature (basically a Snapchat/Instagram-like stories). Personally, I do not think, this was a good choice, but may be we will get used to it as we did with others. 

Welcome back to ProdActivity! The show where we analyse and review software products/apps/websites and what activities can be done to make them better. So, in this episode, we are analysing Twitter, the tool that millions of people use daily. Without further ado, let's get started with Season 2, Episode 2:

“Twitter” – the good, the bad and the features to add!


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Nov 15, 202012:02
Episode 2.1 "LinkedIn", the good, the bad and the features to add

Episode 2.1 "LinkedIn", the good, the bad and the features to add

Welcome back to the show! It has been a while, sorry for having a long break! A lot has changed since then in my personal life, I finished a course in product management, took amazing freelance projects on and went through several amazing interviews. Oh and one more thing, the name of the show has changed to something much catchier, and now it is called ProdActivity. The show from now on, as mentioned before, will be about products, product reviews and analysis and what activities can be done to make them better. Thus, the name ProdActivity. So, in this trial episode, we are analysing Linkedin, the tool that millions of people use daily. Warning, as it is the first analysis, the format may not be the best, but here we go. Without further ado, let's get started with Season 2, Episode 1:

“Linkedin” – the good, the bad and the features to add!


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Nov 08, 202012:54
From season 1 to season 2
Oct 11, 202001:46
Episode 8. Job search process and my experience
Oct 04, 202011:11
 Episode 7: Unemployment post-entrepreneurship
Sep 27, 202009:41
 Episode 6: The fall GetGuided, Year 4 and almost 5
Sep 20, 202013:53
Episode 5: The most active GetGuided, Year 3, Ups and Downs

Episode 5: The most active GetGuided, Year 3, Ups and Downs

In 2017, we switched our focus from student suppliers to professional guides and from just travellers to travellers and businesses, such as hotels and travel companies. When we decided to pivot our focus, we also have decided to change our product as well. This decision was taken at the end of 2017 and the process continued throughout 2018. My co-founder, back then, already was hired into one of the largest tech companies was not be able to focus as much as before, thus we hired a tech lead to work on the product development. Besides the tech lead, in different quarters of 2018 we hired a supply manager, a sales manager, large client adviser and a part-time designer. In this episode I will focus on key lessons...


#Podcast #Entrepreneurship #ProductManagment #GetGuided

Sep 13, 202011:14
 Episode 4: Rise of GetGuided, Year 2, Ups and Downs
Sep 06, 202015:37
Episode 3: Foundations of GetGuided, Year 1, Ups and Downs
Aug 30, 202010:38
Episode 2: Good and Bad of Uni years and start-up trials

Episode 2: Good and Bad of Uni years and start-up trials

I thought long about the structure of the episode and decided to tell you about the key lessons I got from leading the large university societies and early-day start-ups. Remember to check Medium for written version of the podcast with some visuals.

Note: This Episode may include a 1-minute ad!

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#Podcast #Entrepreneurship #ProductManagment #GetGuided

Aug 23, 202013:16
Episode 1: How I ended up running a tech start-up in Scotland

Episode 1: How I ended up running a tech start-up in Scotland

We will dive back into childhood a bit and university years and notice how that has formed my entrepreneurial journey. Make sure to check the Medium channel for the written version here.

Note: This Episode may include a 1-minute ad!

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#Podcast #Entrepreneurship #ProductManagment #GetGuided

Aug 16, 202010:05
Episode 0: from Nadir and Up
Aug 09, 202002:43