Shreyas Doshi
Product Leader & Advisor at Former PM at Stripe, Google, Twitter, Yahoo
Shreyas Doshi is one of the most influential product management voices on the internet, known for sharing contrarian and memorable wisdom about PM craft. He held IC and management roles at Stripe, Google, Twitter, and Yahoo.
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Episode Summary
Shreyas Doshi goes deep on five of his most impactful ideas: the power of pre-mortems, how to best use PM time, the three levels of product work and how confusing them creates team tension, why most execution problems are really strategy problems, and a common prioritization pitfall. His contrarian, memorable frameworks have made him one of the most influential voices in product management.
Leadership Principles
- → Most execution problems are actually strategy problems in disguise
- → Understanding the three levels of product work prevents tension on your team
- → Pre-mortems are more powerful than post-mortems because you can still change the outcome
Notable Quotes
"Most execution problems are really strategy problems."
— On why teams that think they have an execution issue often have a strategy issue
"There's no one out there today who shares more wisdom, more consistently on the art of product management than Shreyas Doshi."
— Lenny's description of Shreyas's unique position in the PM community
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