Product Trends, Decisions and Domains with Bandan Jot Singh

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https://twitter.com/bandanjot

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bandan

https://substack.com/@productify

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https://youtu.be/Qg1kaCaS9pE

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OUTLINE
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:20 - How to find like-minded people
00:02:36 - Creating content creates relationships
00:03:29 - Product strategy
00:05:53 - Growing responsibilities in Gojek
00:08:02 - Strategic thinking
00:10:02 - Market research vs. experimentation
00:13:38 - You're wrong 50% of the time
00:16:11 - Ideas are a commodity
00:16:38 - Product stages
00:18:32 - Early stage product, no product market fit
00:20:22 - Decision making on mature products
00:23:15 - Investing in data pipelines
00:25:27 - Optimizing for the organisation instead of yourself
00:29:01 - 10% of the Fortune 500 remain
00:31:50 - Payments and sticking to a domain
00:35:26 - Tech minded vs. market oriented product managers
00:38:29 - Domain becomes more important for product people
00:40:32 - Getting out of your comfort zone
00:41:43 - Empowering teams the right way
00:44:15 - Everyone needs to create content as a skill
00:46:28 - 3 ways of content creation and absorption you can do
00:48:16 - Why Bandan started writing
00:50:09 - People are seeking quality content
00:51:49 - A content writer's dilemma
00:54:40 - You shouldn't write that!
00:56:44 - Choosing to uphold your values
00:58:38 - Your closest circle
01:00:05 - Unique podcast experience :)