Steal From The Best

Steal From The Best

Shreyas Doshi

Former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, and Google

Ideas

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on why best PMs should work at product-first companies

2:30

Former Stripe, Twitter, and Google product leader Shreyas Doshi on what taste is

1:48

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi explains why product decisions can be figured out upfront

2:58

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on his tiger, paper tiger, and elephant framework

1:25

Why hiring a project manager early can weaken execution ownership

2:48

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi explains the execution orientation fallacy

1:37

Former Stripe/Twitter/Google product leader Shreyas Doshi explains how he eroded trust early on

1:46

Former product leader Shreyas Doshi on why operators use stakeholder validation as a proxy

0:22

Former product leader Shreyas Doshi on why smart arguments can lead to anti-selling

2:56

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on why founders shouldn’t be in every detail

2:33

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi explains the difference between evaluating and measuring

3:29

Former Stripe/Twitter/Google product leader Shreyas Doshi explains how to find unexpressed needs

2:02

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi explains why he worked one level below his ability

1:11

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on why to minimize opportunity cost

4:19

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on the antithesis principle

3:02

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on signing up for vs. feeling responsible for outcomes

1:48

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi: Good frameworks are basically packaged intuition

2:27

Former Stripe/Twitter/Google product leader Shreyas Doshi on how to bridge the execution gap

2:30

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on how to stop fear-driven procrastination

3:03

Former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, and Google Shreyas Doshi: “The default outcome is failure”

0:57

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on why ambitious PMs should spend 20% on focused study

2:43

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi: “We are afraid because we don’t have the right words”

0:28

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi on why not to publicly label your strengths

1:12

Former Stripe product leader Shreyas Doshi: “founder mode is not something you become”

1:34

Intro

▶️The art of product management | Shreyas Doshi (Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo)1:31:21 · 25 Aug 2022

▶️Shreyas Doshi: Better Teams, Better Products (The Knowledge Project Ep. 175)1:29:55 · 5 Sep 2023

Deep

✍️Shreyas Doshi's Threads — full archive

🎓World-class Product Sense in Practice (Maven)

📝The art of product management — full episode transcript92 min · 25 Aug 2022

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