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EP#32 Vindhya C – Unpacking product management, building ‘customer-centric’ products & founder-product manager dynamics

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In this episode, Vindhya C, Founder @OnThatJob / Product @Pexels, joins our host Digjay, to talk about her experience as a product consultant with early stage startups, the typical lifecycle of a product & how modern no-code creator tools are changing that, building ‘customer-centric’ products, common missteps by founders at the MVP & product-market-fit stage of a startup, identifying and hiring good product managers & Founder-PM dynamics.

‘OnThatJob’ is a cohort-based learning program that helps people understand the scope of a specific job, especially in the early stages of a startup. Vindhya, popular on Product Twitter as Vindytalks, is known for her blogs on Product Management & consulting early stage startups. She also won Hacker Noon’s PM of the year award in 2019. Prior to joining Pexels, Vindhya worked in various product roles at startups like Loco (Pocket Aces) & Directi. You can connect with her here on Linkedin / Twitter

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Show notes –

1. (03:30) Typical lifecycle of a product; How ‘No-code’ tools have inverted that lifecycle – sharing the end-product first & working backwards to build the product

2. (07:19) Different approaches to build a ‘customer-centric’ product

3. (09:26) Founder missteps at the MVP & PMF stage

4. (12:45) Different roles of a Product Manager; Org structures within startups that can empower product managers

5. (18:57) Strategizing vs actually building the product; When to adopt an experiment & fail fast approach

6. (25:46) When should a founder hire a product manager? Identifying & hiring good product managers

7. (33:10) Founder-PM dynamics; passing over responsibilities

8. (36:53) Rapid fire and closing remarks

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If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any of the major podcasting platforms like Spotify & Apple iTunes. We would appreciate if you could leave us a review on Apple iTunes. This will help others discover the podcast. You can visit thevcpreneur.com and follow us on Twitter @thevcpreneur_ & Instagram @thevcpreneur for more episodes and interesting insights on the startup ecosystem. You can also follow our host Digjay on Linkedin & Twitter

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Content provided by Digjay Patel. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Digjay Patel or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this episode, Vindhya C, Founder @OnThatJob / Product @Pexels, joins our host Digjay, to talk about her experience as a product consultant with early stage startups, the typical lifecycle of a product & how modern no-code creator tools are changing that, building ‘customer-centric’ products, common missteps by founders at the MVP & product-market-fit stage of a startup, identifying and hiring good product managers & Founder-PM dynamics.

‘OnThatJob’ is a cohort-based learning program that helps people understand the scope of a specific job, especially in the early stages of a startup. Vindhya, popular on Product Twitter as Vindytalks, is known for her blogs on Product Management & consulting early stage startups. She also won Hacker Noon’s PM of the year award in 2019. Prior to joining Pexels, Vindhya worked in various product roles at startups like Loco (Pocket Aces) & Directi. You can connect with her here on Linkedin / Twitter

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Show notes –

1. (03:30) Typical lifecycle of a product; How ‘No-code’ tools have inverted that lifecycle – sharing the end-product first & working backwards to build the product

2. (07:19) Different approaches to build a ‘customer-centric’ product

3. (09:26) Founder missteps at the MVP & PMF stage

4. (12:45) Different roles of a Product Manager; Org structures within startups that can empower product managers

5. (18:57) Strategizing vs actually building the product; When to adopt an experiment & fail fast approach

6. (25:46) When should a founder hire a product manager? Identifying & hiring good product managers

7. (33:10) Founder-PM dynamics; passing over responsibilities

8. (36:53) Rapid fire and closing remarks

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If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any of the major podcasting platforms like Spotify & Apple iTunes. We would appreciate if you could leave us a review on Apple iTunes. This will help others discover the podcast. You can visit thevcpreneur.com and follow us on Twitter @thevcpreneur_ & Instagram @thevcpreneur for more episodes and interesting insights on the startup ecosystem. You can also follow our host Digjay on Linkedin & Twitter

  continue reading

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