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Product Growth Podcast

The latest insights into how great products grow, how to be a better PM or product leader, and how to get a PM job. www.news.aakashg.com

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71:39

How to Upskill from Core PM to Great AI PM:...

Product Growth Podcast ·

2025/12/03

Today’s EpisodeAI PM jobs pay 30-40% more than regular PM jobs.But here’s the problem: You can’t just slap “AI PM” on your resume.Todd Olson has spent 28 years in product management, VP of Product at a public company, then founder of Pendo, now a $2.5B product management platform working with everyone from American Cancer Society to Zendesk.----Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.Brought to you by - Reforge:Get 1 month free of Reforge Build (the AI prototyping tool built for

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21:36

How Product Leaders Should Use AI, with Webflow CPO...

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2025/11/30

Today’s EpisodeThere are tons of tutorials about Claude Code and Cursor for IC PMs.But what about leaders?Today’s episode is a masterclass on both sides of AI product leadership. How to be a productive AI leader and how to ship AI-native features at scale.Rachel Wolan is the Chief Product Officer at Webflow, the $4 billion company powering TED Talks, SoundCloud, and Reddit.Rachel walks through building her agentic Chief of Staff live, sets up a LinkedIn post generator from scratch, and shares the

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43:33

Context Engineering: The Secret Behind $10M ARR in 60...

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2025/11/21

Today’s EpisodeWhy do your prompts keep failing?You write the perfect prompt. The AI spits out garbage. You tweak. You iterate. You spend hours getting mediocre results.XK built Cues to $10M ARR in 60 days with zero VC funding and zero advertising. Today, he’s dropping the complete playbook:-----Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.Brought to you by:Reforge http://reforge.com/aakash-----Key takeaways:1. Context engineering beats prompting - One prompt won't work. Like hiring

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28:44

How to Land an AI PM Job: Complete Roadmap from Hamza...

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2025/11/19

Today’s EpisodeThe salary for AI PMs is skyrocketing.Hamza Farooq works with companies like Home Depot, Trip Adviser, and Jack in the Box on their AI strategy. He teaches AI PM courses at Stanford, UCLA, and Maven.Today, he’s giving you the complete 6-month roadmap to go from no experience to PM at OpenAI or Anthropic.We built a live AI prototype in 30 minutes (with RAG and agents working). And Hamza breaks down the exact technical skills you need to master.----Check out the conversation on Apple,

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41:36

I put the 5 best AI prototyping tools to the test...

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2025/11/16

Today’s EpisodeEvery PM needs to master AI prototyping in 2025.But which tool should you use? And how do you actually prototype effectively?Alex Danilowicz built Magic Patterns to $1M in revenue in 6 months. Today, we’re putting his tool against the competition live.We built the same prototype in 5 different tools and graded each one. Then Alex shared the exact workflow his customers use.----Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.Brought to you by:Vanta: Leading AI compliance

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80:19

How to Engineer Delight Into AI Products: The...

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2025/11/09

Today’s EpisodeWhy do some AI products feel like magic while others feel like work?You shipped. It works. Your metrics show “success.”But users aren’t coming back. They’re not telling friends. And next quarter, they’ll switch to the competitor with a better model.Nesrine Changuel built Spotify Wrapped and ran Google’s Delight Team. Today, she’s giving you the complete playbook:The 4-step Delight Model to engineer emotional connection (not just satisfaction)----Check out the conversation on Apple,

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66:38

How to Land a $700K+ AI PM Job Using AI by Google PM...

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2025/11/04

Today’s EpisodeAlex Reachvky has helped hundreds of PMs land $700K+ AI jobs.The gap between $140K and $700K isn’t magic. It’s method.Today, he breaks down the exact AI-powered workflow to land an AI PM job, from resume creation to acing interviews.This is the playbook PMs are using right now to 10X their callbacks and land multiple offers.----Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.Brought to you by:Brought to you by Linear: Plan and build products like the best.----Key Takeaways1

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66:11

Here's my brutally honest ranking of the top 70 AI PM...

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2025/10/27

Every PM is asking the same question: Which AI tools actually make me faster?There are hundreds of apps. Most are hype. Some are game-changers.Today, I sat down with Anshumanni Rudra - VP of Product at Hotstar, now Group Product Manager at Google leading all APAC payments - to rank 70+ AI tools tier-list style.We didn’t hold back. S-tier tools got crowned. D-tier tools got exposed.And we revealed the single best AI tool for product managers in 2025.Watch the full episode for a chance to win a 1-year

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32:14

Google AI PM Director drops an AI PM Masterclass +...

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2025/10/22

I had a precious hour of a Google AI PM Director’s time. So, I extracted all the best insights about AI PM for you:How to use Google’s latest AI tools like an insiderHow to build great AI productsHow to become an AI PMAnd I didn’t hold back on the tough questions. And Jaclyn Konzelmann dropped an absolute masterclass.You don’t want to miss her advice on AI PM resumes...----Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.Brought to you by:Vanta. Pendo. Linear Generic. Jira Product

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28:05

How to PM Production Changes with Devin: Tutorial...

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2025/10/19

Today’s EpisodeSam Altman said one person will build a billion-dollar company.Sahil’s already halfway there with just one employee.Most PMs are still running 6-week sprints. Writing 10-page PRDs. Coordinating between designers and engineers. Sahil ships features from Slack to production in 30 minutes.Here’s the exact AI workflow powering Gumroad’s $10M ARR:If AI gets it wrong, your communication was unclear.----Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.Brought to you by:* Vanta:

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101:03

How to Build Multi-Agent AI Systems That Actually...

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2025/10/16

Tyler Fisk built a $1.6 million AI education business in one year.Zero PhDs. Zero Silicon Valley pedigree. Just a systematic approach to building AI agents that actually work in production.While everyone’s vibe coding in ChatGPT, Tyler’s teaching thousands of students to build multi-agent systems for real businesses. Hundreds of production deployments. Actual revenue.Today he’s doing a live build: Taking Apple customer service from idea to working multi-agent system in under 90 minutes.No theory

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72:12

Crash Course in AI Product Design from Google Search...

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2025/10/07

Today’s EpisodeEveryone’s building AI products wrong.They’re sprinkling AI on top like fairy dust. Adding chat interfaces to everything. Ignoring 70 years of design principles.Elizabeth Laraki was one of 4 designers on Google Search in 2006. One of 2 designers on Google Maps in 2007. She helped create products used by billions—products whose designs barely changed for 15+ years because they nailed it from the start.Today she breaks down exactly how to design AI features that users actually

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97:04

The Claude Code Tutorial for AI PMs: Why You Need to...

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2025/10/04

Today’s EpisodeClaude Code hit $500 million ARR in four months.Two product managers. Zero marketing dollars. Just pure viral growth.While some PMs are still copying and pasting into ChatGPT, others are orchestrating multiple AI agents that work in parallel, automatically reading files, researching competitors, and building prototypes.Carl Vellotti runs the world’s largest PM Instagram account (55K followers) and has mastered Claude Code better than almost anyone. He’s built his own meme generation

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39:25

The AI PM’s Guide to Building AI Agents, with Warp...

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2025/09/27

Today’s EpisodeAs an AI PM, you’re probably tired of building AI Agents and don’t know how to monetize them.But what if I told you there’s a company adding $1 million ARR every 10 days with their AI agent?Zach Lloyd, CEO of Warp and former Google engineering leader, cracked the code. His terminal-based AI agent has 700,000+ active developers paying real money.This episode is his complete playbook for AI PMs who want to build agents that actually make money.I hope you enjoy this one!----Brought to

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90:22

The AI PM's Guide to Security - with Okta's VP of PM...

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2025/09/22

Today's EpisodeHere's what's happening right now:Someone can clone your voice from a few YouTube videos and call your help desk pretending to be you.AI can build a perfect fake of your login page in minutes.This isn't some distant future threat. Jack Hirsch, VP of Product at Okta, sees this happening every day. Okta protects millions of logins and Jack has a front-row seat to how AI is completely changing cyber attacks.And the scary part is most PMs have no idea this is happening to their

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49:19

How to Build AI Agents to 10x your PM Productivity...

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2025/09/19

You use ChatGPT. But being an AI-powered PM means also using AI agents.In my slack poll, only 2% of you said you use AI agents for productivity. So I want to break that down and make it dead clear: 1) why you should use AI agents and 2) how you should build them.So in today’s episode, I’ve brought in Jacob Bank, former Director of PM at Google (Gmail, Calendar) and now CEO of the AI agent builder company Relay.app.He shares all his secrets - his 12 agent EA, his 40 agent marketing team, and his

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72:23

FAANG PM Reveals How to Build AI Agents (and Get Paid...

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2025/09/13

AI agent PM roles are the fastest-growing, highest-paid positions in tech. These jobs pay $750K+ (TC in SF/NY) and are growing 2-3x faster than traditional PM roles.But most people don't know how to actually build AI agents. They think it's just ChatGPT with a fancy interface.Today I sat down with Mahesh Yadav, who's worked as a PM at Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. He's built AI agents at scale for 8+ years and now teaches hundreds of PMs at top companies.He breaks down the exact playbook: how

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78:57

Why Most Product Mangers Fail in FinTech, and How to...

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2025/09/11

Today's EpisodeRobinhood just crossed $100 billion in market cap. Its stock has 5.5x'd in the past year. It's one of the hottest companies in fintech.But here's what most people don't understand: building products at Robinhood isn't just about moving fast and breaking things. It's about moving fast while navigating regulations that could shut you down.Today I sat down with Abhishek Fatipurya, VP of Product at Robinhood, who's been there for 9 years - from intern to VP. He walked me through how they

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69:20

AI Agents for PMs in 69 Minutes — Masterclass with...

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2025/09/05

Today's EpisodeWhat makes AI agents different from chatbots?That’s the question we break down from every angle with today’s guest.Armand Ruiz, VP of AI Platform at IBM, who has been in AI for 16 years and has become one of the most-followed AI voices on LinkedIn.Armand leads AI platforms at IBM, building the building blocks for enterprises to build AI agents securely. He spends his time meeting with CIOs from the biggest brands who all have AI as their number one priority - and agents as one of

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76:54

AI Product Leadership Masterclass: The Makings of a...

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2025/09/01

Today's guest: Julie Zhuo, Former VP of Product Design at Facebook, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "The Making of a Manager," and now AI product leader at Sundial"Is the product designer role going to exist in 10 years? Is the product manager role going to exist in 10 years?"That's Julie Zhuo asking the existential questions every product leader is thinking but afraid to voice.Julie spent 13 years at Facebook, starting as an IC designer and rising to VP of Product Design. She wrote the

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