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Hiking for the soul

How I got initiated into this wonderful sport #PNW #Seattle #Fuji — 4AM — Arrival at the summit 5AM — catch sunrise of the day! When I scaled Mt. Fuji in 2015, I didn’t have an inkling of what I’m getting myself into. I wasn’t used to climbing as a sport (hours spent running or at the gym weren’t enough for this…

Hiking

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Hiking for the soul
Hiking for the soul
Hiking

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Published in Agile Insider

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Why Admitting Ignorance the Key to Success as a Product Manager

Lessons from “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Harari — As I turned the pages of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, I came across a chapter where the author analyzes the reason behind the rise of European superpowers during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Romans, Chinese, Persians and other Asian empires were convinced that…

Books

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Why Admitting Ignorance the Key to Success as a Product Manager
Why Admitting Ignorance the Key to Success as a Product Manager
Books

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10 hours ago

Future of Enterprise Search

with the advent of advanced generative AI — A lot has been written about how GPT will (or already has) revolutionize(d) Search, and maybe even the ‘world’ at large, as we can see the various applications of these advanced models in schools and corporate life alike. However, I work in the Enterprise Search space, which is quite different…

Search

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Future of Enterprise Search
Future of Enterprise Search
Search

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Mar 11

Impact of AI on Product Management

Redefining PM in the age of advanced AI models — My organization has been pumped about the new advanced LLMs since the last few months (and with reason!), and that energy has permeated many of our product teams, with leadership encouraging all of us to think out of the box, take the time to experiment, be willing to absorb risk…

Product Management

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Impact of AI on Product Management
Impact of AI on Product Management
Product Management

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Mar 6

Hiking in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)

My previous post about my commencement into hiking gave me immense pleasure in putting my love for this sport into tangible words. So, this post is another one in the #hiking series where I try to delineate my feelings as I walk along these pnw trails. Snoqualmie Falls + Tokul Creek Trestle trail 1.4 miles out &…

Day Hikes

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Hiking in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)
Hiking in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)
Day Hikes

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Feb 4

PRODUCT PARTNERSHIPS (1)

How to create successful product partnerships when you say bye to ‘build’ & ‘buy’ — I’ve had the privilege of leading some internal & strategic external partnerships in my product career. More recently, the partnership has been at company-level, where I drove OEM (read: smartphone mobile global vendor with the largest marketshare in the world) engagement with our cloud storage consumer product (read: an up-and-coming…

Product Management

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PRODUCT PARTNERSHIPS (1)
PRODUCT PARTNERSHIPS (1)
Product Management

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Jan 24

Product Epiphanies, past & present

Product Management Lessons & Insights for 2023 — On various types of product management roles Create new experiences in your career: right from sales, marketing, engineering to product management roles for 0 to 1 products; roles in growth & engagement, monetization, partnerships, operations, customer success; roles in a startup, in a behemoth corporation, product consulting roles for multiple clients — well the list is endless…

Product Management

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Product Epiphanies, past & present
Product Epiphanies, past & present
Product Management

6 min read


Nov 5, 2022

✈️ Airline Travel hacks (from Seattle)

How to have that stellar experience from Lyft to Lift-off — Airline travel is never straight-forward, even for the sleek traveler. …

Airline Flights

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✈️ Airline Travel hacks (from Seattle)
✈️ Airline Travel hacks (from Seattle)
Airline Flights

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Oct 7, 2022

Imposter Syndrome & its shenanigans

And how to embrace it for posterity — Not so long ago, I had the fortune to go through a strenuous period in my career, under the erstwhile leadership of a not-so-great manager. I was pushed hard to accomplish some great tasks through less-than-spectacular leadership philosophy. …

Imposter Syndrome

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Imposter Syndrome & its shenanigans
Imposter Syndrome & its shenanigans
Imposter Syndrome

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Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Mar 5, 2021

BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later)

Alternative access to credit & its impact on consumer’s financial sanctity — Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 63%, say they’ve been living paycheck to paycheck since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S (CNBC, 2020) The pandemic, the resulting rise of industry wide layoffs, stagnant and depleting sources of revenue for SMBs, and the rapidly evaporating stimulus checks, North Americans (both north and south…

Bnpl

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BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later)
BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later)
Bnpl

7 min read

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