Led a couple of Stripe's most successful products from early days. Prev Twitter, Google, Yahoo. Now advising founders, coaching executives, teaching what I know

Oakland, CA
Joined March 2007
What smart people don’t see and wise people do
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Shreyas Doshi retweeted
Many people seem to think the optimal AI writing strategy is "let it write the first draft and then I'll polish it" This is totally wrong Most of the hard work and grappling with the subject matter is in the first draft You have to do that yourself, ideally straight from the dome Then use AI to help with research and critique And then come back again and finish it yourself AI in the middle, never at the start or the end
i love writing. i never let agents write for me. whether it's docs, or tweets, or shitposts, or even prompts (okay maybe that one's harder as agents manage other agents) there's a simple reason for that: i still strongly believe that writing is thinking. it's a skill i hope to never give up. it's also important to me that whatever i say is always authentic, mistakes and all. my favorite posts are the ones that i just full send without any editing i suspect it also helps with prompting. being able to clearly express what i want, and knowing the vocabulary i need to be able to direct my agents does seem to make for more effective usage of agents. in the same way that engineers have an advantage when we prompt agents to write code, because we are intimately familiar with the words that make up the discipline knowing the right word incantations to get an agent to produce a desired goal almost feels like spellcasting. as models get more capable, and that input box looks more and more like a magic box that can output anything, words become the interface between you and the genie there may come a time when we give up the keyboard in exchange for brain-computer interfaces. but until then, i'm writing every word.
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I think most people multi-tasking with agents could benefit from slowing down most of the stuff you're doing wont really matter- what's your P0? what would it look like if you gave it your full attention?
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Does anyone here know someone who can help me navigate the healthcare system in Nashville, Tennessee? Would appreciate DMs with any contacts / referrals especially someone who has context on Vanderbilt medical center and would be willing to help 🙏 (This is for a family member)
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I also appreciate you reposting / sharing my post with your followers in case that helps the right person see my post. Thank you so much!
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i'm less than 20% into @shreyas 's product taste course and it's already worth 100x what I paid for it, this is incredible stuff
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Kept sneaking back into @shreyas's product taste course between meetings. Only caught 60% and it still reshaped how I think about taste. Take it.
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Just finished course @shreyas ‘Advanced Product Taste’ is masterfully created to demystify taste with clear focus on skill-building. It blends elements of active listening, observation, and practical exercises. It’s pitched at the depth required to understand it and implement it in daily life. Highly recommend the course! PS: claude chat breakdowns are supremely insightful 🔥
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I think v few teachers have the guts to say "this is it, go apply it now, this is all you need to know" ; it reassures you in a way that reduces your constant fomo / mysticism which other product leaders often evangelize ; @shreyas has this level of raw honesty about this craft which is rare in this field ;
After taking @shreyas' product sense and taste workshops I've realized one of most unique things about them: he teaches a complete decomposition of the concepts. At the end of both he tells you: 'this is all there is.' There's no next framework. The breakdown is finite and it's up to you go as deep as you want on each item. All that's left is a lifetime of reps.
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You're comparing your life to fiction. @nycdivorcelaw
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Fun fact that emphasizes your point, Ford never actually said it. People didn't want faster horses (in fact first cars were not faster). They wanted to quit paying to feed, park, and shovel after them in the city. Judgment is spotting the real problem. 😀
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If you’re already above average as a product person, the Henry Ford quote does more harm than good. The quote comes from a good place, but most people see its main message as a rule or a best practice. It’s not that at all. The quote’s main message is about judgment and skill.
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Do you mean sth like Ford’s quote? “If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” In the sense that you should listen to your customers pain points, not their suggestions
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-Indeed, average product builders should likely talk more to users -But most of the top 20% product builders are already talking to users enough -Talking even more isn’t going to do much -But most content & company processes are for the average builder -Judgment matters most
Which ONE of these mistakes do you make most as a product builder?
9%Not hiring well
27%Not using good judgment
19%Not moving fast enough
45%Not talking to users more
337 votes • Final results
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Shreyas Doshi retweeted
in hindsight it will be obvious that taste was the differentiator in most tech products and experiences. as intelligence became ubiquitous, software development (and soon consumer hardware manufacturing) became commoditized, it was the accumulation of small thoughtful decisions, restraints, and authentic stories and brand-signaled quality that made something coveted.
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Just finished @shreyas ‘s product course & highly recommend for anyone building products. Extreme clarity of thought is refreshing in an age of slop.
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Last month, I spent 40+ hours on @shreyas Product Sense course Honestly, still recovering from what hit me. It raised my bar for product management and turned my thinking upside down. For the better. If you’re serious about product, invest in this course. Thank me later.
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Do you work with anyone who largely seems to be using AI performatively and everyone on the team knows this but no one wants to say it out loud?
36%Yes, so many people
35%Yes, a couple of folks
3%No, but I do this
26%No, not at all
485 votes • Final results
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Something that’s changed rapidly in the past year: Product Managers who’ve historically viewed their role as “my main job is to execute” are finding it way harder to get hired at top companies than those who’ve viewed their role as “my main job is to make the product successful”
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Of course, enabling product success has always been the main job of a PM. Execution, while essential (by definition), was never the main job of a PM. Proof: This is a tweet I had sent in the pre-generative AI era: xitter.cf/shreyas/status/1477797…
Product Management Role: Define the product & orchestrate actions across the org to enable its success Success: User adoption & satisfaction Business impact Key skills: Critical thinking Cognitive empathy Influential communication Key traits: Openness Deep care High agency
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