Manik Gupta
Corporate Vice President, Consumer at Microsoft
Manik Gupta is CVP at Microsoft leading consumer efforts, formerly CPO at Uber and Director of Product for Google Maps, with deep experience building category-defining consumer products.
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Episode Summary
Manik Gupta draws on his experience leading Google Maps and serving as CPO at Uber to discuss building successful consumer products and the path to becoming a CPO. He introduces the concept of the 'consumer stack,' distinguishes company-market fit from product-market fit, and emphasizes that surrounding yourself with excellent people is the most reliable career strategy.
Leadership Principles
- → Surround yourself with the best people you can find — just hang around superstars
- → Company-market fit matters as much as product-market fit
- → The most important career skill is creating opportunities through great people
Notable Quotes
"What's the secret? Well just hang around superstars. That's what Steve Kerr said, and that's exactly what it is."
— On the most important career advice — surround yourself with great people
"When you look at individuals and think about what made them successful, we tend to put greater emphasis on effort and less on luck and risk."
— Referencing Morgan Housel's Psychology of Money on career humility
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