Mihika Kapoor
Product Manager at Figma
Mihika Kapoor is a design-engineering-PM hybrid at Figma known as the go-to person for leading zero-to-one products, including early work on FigJam, and was the most-mentioned PM when Lenny asked Twitter who the best PM people have worked with is.
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Episode Summary
Mihika Kapoor, the most-mentioned PM when Lenny asked Twitter who the best PM is, shares her approach to zero-to-one product development at Figma. She emphasizes treating your scope as the entire world, prototyping heavily before getting project approval, and creating compelling visions that get cross-functional teams aligned around what the future should look like.
Leadership Principles
- → Your scope is the world — nothing should ever be perceived as out of bounds
- → Design and prototype heavily before a project gets the green light
- → If you and your team do your job correctly, imagine what the world looks like — start there
Notable Quotes
"My take is that your scope is the world. Nothing should ever be perceived as being out of bounds."
— On the mindset she brings to product management at Figma
"We lean heavily into designing and prototyping even before a project gets a green light."
— On Figma's approach to zero-to-one product development
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