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Aakash Gupta: The skill every product manager must learn in 2026

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What if you could build product prototypes in 15 minutes instead of 3 weeks?In this episode, Aakash Gupta (creator of the Product Growth Newsletter and former VP of Product at Affirm, Epic Games, and ThredUp) reveals the AI prototyping workflow that's revolutionizing product management.Watch as he live-demos building a sleep tracker app using Bolt, V0, and Lovable, showing you exactly how to go from concept to a working prototype in minutes.What You'll Learn:

The 6-step framework every PM needs to master AI product building
How to use Bolt, V0, Lovable & Cursor for rapid prototyping
Why AI prototyping is the most significant change product management has ever seen
Real-time demo: Building a sleep score calculator from scratch
The exact prompt engineering techniques that get better results
How to iterate across multiple AI tools to find the best output

Start with problem discovery (not jumping straight to solutions)
Test across multiple tools (Bolt, V0, Lovable)
Iterate with detailed feedback
Move to Cursor for final refinements

The Four-Step AI Prototyping Method:"What used to take weeks now takes literally minutes." This isn't hype; this is the new reality for product builders.About Aakash Gupta: Long-time product leader at ThredUp, Epic Games, Affirm, and Apollo. He now runs the Product Growth Newsletter (Substack), featuring practical playbooks and AI experiments for product builders.Where to find Aakash Gupta:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagupta/

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If you're a PM, designer, or engineer building AI products, this is required viewing for 2025.

4 episodes

The 6-step framework every PM needs to master AI product building
How to use Bolt, V0, Lovable & Cursor for rapid prototyping
Why AI prototyping is the most significant change product management has ever seen
Real-time demo: Building a sleep score calculator from scratch
The exact prompt engineering techniques that get better results
How to iterate across multiple AI tools to find the best output

Start with problem discovery (not jumping straight to solutions)
Test across multiple tools (Bolt, V0, Lovable)
Iterate with detailed feedback
Move to Cursor for final refinements