That’s how I know it’s rained in Bangalore somewhere!

Who is solving for the receiver’s side so you can avoid getting 20 emails from every B2B company?

There _must_ be a counter balance on the demand side that disincentivises such behaviour.

Or would the only option be to mass “unsubscribe + report as spam” by proactive users?

Took an Uber after a long time today. Just the sheer number of cancellations / reattempts are crazy in ride hailing.

This is quite different than say food delivery, though the rider side marketplace dynamics are quite similar. What gives?

This was a power-packed podcast with Kunal Shah at his insightful best.

Curiousity as a fundamental growth trait stood out the most for me, very well articulated.

Just saying “hi” and stopping wastes everyone’s time. Get to the point.

One of the best takeaways from this podcast is that “Growth masks everything”

If you’re a PM and have worked mostly in products that grow and never really worked on the other side and how to turn it around, you lose a lot in your career.

Nice. Recruiters can now plan to create a knockout tournament amongst candidates before short listing for interviews.

From the younger folks that I know - getting an unannounced / unexpected call almost feels rude.

Like - 'Did you expect me to drop whatever I was doing to attend to your potentially unnecessary intervention'?

Respect the market. Deeply.

What a day, yesterday with a few amazing folks joining us for the product edition of The Secret Soirée!

Some amazing connections uncovered deep insights into consumer products, B2B, Fintech and disruptive technologies.

Loved the connections and camaraderie - seems like we’re

If you didn’t care to take my order personally, can I trust you to cook my food nicely

This post is so on point.

I have personally stopped visiting restaurants that enforce QR only interaction for ordering.

Maybe if we voted with our wallets, this piece of tech gets booed out of Indian restaurants

The most direct leadership intervention in meetings that works is to ask a question and define the answer type

“Is the project on track? The answer is yes / no”
“When will this get shipped? The answer is a date”
“How many orders will we achieve by month end? The answer is a

Interesting why food delivery apps are called out as an example.

Even in restaurant orders - taxes are added later. Service charges / tips are another factor and can make your total price wildly different from what you see on Menu.

Honest question - why are founders crying foul? Did their business model assume that Google will not or cannot enforce their terms?

Nothing is closer to truth than this

Counterintuitive insight that we’re going to discuss next weekend. Think tens of millions of users!

As a PM / marketer, would you cringe at such an approach or try it out?

Hey folks, we are hosting a unique Secret Soirée for our 14th edition.

We are gathering top product professionals to share unique insights and discuss nuanced leadership problems - this time in Bangalore and Mumbai.

Shivangi Srivastava and I are hosting this on 9th March in