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Oct 24, 2020

Valuing ESOPs as Part of Your Total Compensation

In my previous jobs with early stage startups, ESOPs were always a significant portion of my total compensation. Till a few years ago, I had no idea how to value ESOPs as part of my total salary package. Should I take a salary cut and compensate that through a higher…

Esop

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Valuing ESOPs as Part of Your Total Compensation
Valuing ESOPs as Part of Your Total Compensation
Esop

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May 31, 2020

First 30–60–90 Days in a New Product Manager Job

It has been a rather long break since my previous post. A few things have happened in the last few months. I moved from Bombay to Bangalore in Feb 2020 to join ThoughtSpot. …

Product Management

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First 30–60–90 Days in a New Product Manager Job
First 30–60–90 Days in a New Product Manager Job
Product Management

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Apr 26, 2020

Talk: Using Customer Research to Build Your Product

I spoke at an online conference for product managers organized by ProductHood last month. My talk was focused on how you can use customer research to build your SaaS product. Here are the slides from the talk: And here is the video of the talk:

Customer Research

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Customer Research

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Apr 26, 2020

Talk: Creating a Product Strategy

I recently spoke at an online event for product managers organized by Pragmatic Leaders. The topic of my talk was creating a product strategy. Here are my slides from the talk: And here’s the video of the talk:

Product Strategy

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Product Strategy

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Dec 18, 2019

How Slack Can Evolve Over the Next 3 Years

This blog post is different from my previous posts. In this post, I want to analyze a product and discuss how it can evolve in the short-term to deliver even more value to its users. …

Slack

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How Slack Can Evolve Over the Next 3 Years
How Slack Can Evolve Over the Next 3 Years
Slack

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Nov 30, 2019

My AMA Webinar with upGrad on Product Management

I did an AMA with my friend Srini from upGrad, in which I answered a series of questions related to product management and my experiences in the field. Here’s the video:

Product Management

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My AMA Webinar with upGrad on Product Management
My AMA Webinar with upGrad on Product Management
Product Management

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Oct 29, 2019

My AMA on NextBigWhat

I did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on product management on NextBigWhat a couple of months ago. There were a bunch of questions I was asked about product management. I just realized that I had not cross-posted my responses on the AMA on my Medium blog. Here are a select…

Product Management

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My AMA on NextBigWhat
My AMA on NextBigWhat
Product Management

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Jun 28, 2019

Supercharging My Productivity to Get More Done

Productivity is a topic close to my heart. On some days I am able to accomplish most of the tasks on my to-do list. While, on others, I struggle to be productive for even a couple of hours. Why does this happen? What hampers my productivity? What can I do…

Productivity

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Supercharging My Productivity to Get More Done
Supercharging My Productivity to Get More Done
Productivity

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May 24, 2019

How Spotify Can Win in India

This post is a departure from my usual posts on product management. I have been quite excited about the launch of Spotify in India. I love the product and I would love to see Spotify win in India. …

Music

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How Spotify Can Win in India
How Spotify Can Win in India
Music

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Mar 31, 2019

Validating New Features With Customers Before You Build Them

In conversations you have with your customers as a product manager, you will find that your customers often tell you to build certain features that would help solve their problems. Should you then just note down all these requests and work on them? How do you know which problem is…

Product Management

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Validating New Features With Customers Before You Build Them
Validating New Features With Customers Before You Build Them
Product Management

5 min read

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Arpit Rai

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Director of Product Management @ ThoughtSpot

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