Product Thinking

Mayank Yadav

Hi, I’m Mayank! I am currently building products at Reddit in San Francisco. I’ll share real stories and lessons from building products, leading teams, and navigating leadership through my experience at Facebook, Uber, ebay, multiple startups and bringing in guests to get their POV. Follow for practical advice and behind-the-scenes stories to help you grow in product and tech leadership!

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S2 · E13
Aug 5, 2023 · 32 min
Creating a path to Engineering Leadership - A chat with an Amazon Engineering leader
Today we breakdown how to create a path to engineering leadership with Shubham, who has worked on many engineering role and then deciding to focus on being an engineering leader. I asked him about retooling himself from a coder to a manager to a leader, his motivation to do an MBA from Yale and what he is looking for next. This is a good pod for any one looking to climb the engineering ladder as a leader. Hope you like it!
Jul 15, 2023 · 28 min
Instagram Threads - Zuck's product masterstroke
We breakdown Threads product strategy, its key product growth features and future. Its the timing, the execution, the growth flywheel - everything packed in one product - Threads!
Jun 28, 2023 · 19 min
Will AI replace creative industry? We share our learnings from Cannes Festival 2023
Mayank was in Cannes for the Cannes lions festival to meet CMOs, CEOs form some of the leading companies in the world. https://www.canneslions.com. He shares the AI trends and impact on the creative marketing industry Shubham shares an exciting book on negotiation - "Never Split the difference" - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Difference-Negotiating-Depended-Paperback/dp/B08W57YLHR/
Jun 14, 2023 · 19 min
Apple VR Headset applying Tesla’s strategy and the price is right!
Apple’s VR head set looks cool, very well marketed by apple like any other product but why is it so high priced at $3500? We breakdown their product strategy and debate why the price is right! Also we have a new book of the week for product, tech and design leaders - Working Backwards - Insights, stories, secrets from Amazon Book like - https://www.amazon.com/Working-Backwards-Insights-Stories-Secrets/dp/1250267595/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=83bb7674-ebc4-420a-9ea9-f9a774b15cde
Jun 7, 2023 · 9 min
Product Coffee Chat - Peloton's app first strategy and what we learnt from Paul Graham founder of YC
Product Coffee Chat - Peloton's app first strategy and what we learnt from Paul Graham this week. What is peloton's app first strategy v/s bike first strategy? Paul Graham the founder of YC inspired us with his article on Fierce Nerds who are in the quest of finding the hard problem to solve and learn more than anyone else http://www.paulgraham.com/fn.html
May 27, 2023 · 34 min
What is Generative AI? What is its product strategy?
In this pod we deconstruct the generative AI product - what is it? What is its application? How will big tech play the game? And what does it mean for startups? Hope you like the pod #microsoft #openai #generativeai #amazon #meta #ai
Dec 16, 2022 · 22 min
Twitters new product strategy!
Twitter in the hands of Elon Musk now is seeking a new product strategy. This episode breaks down Twitters current state (State of the Union), a proposed product strategy and its future.
Nov 7, 2022 · 25 min
Netflix Product Strategy - The New Netflix with Ads
Netflix just launched Netflix with Ads, its a huge change from their long lasting stance on "No ads". What is this product? Why now? What is their product strategy and What is their future? Join Mayank and Shubham as their breakdown this product. Free Product Strategy and Leadership newsletter (2 newsletter a month) - subscribe to https://mayankyadav.substack.com/
Aug 26, 2022 · 22 min
Uber/Lyft In car ads(Taxi Ads) - Product Strategy
Uber/Lyft and other ride hailing companies are getting into OOH (Out of home ads) with the digital ads outside the car (top of the car) and inside the car. What is this product? Why is Uber/Lyft doing this? Whats their product strategy and whats its future. Join @MayankYadav and Shubham as they breakdown this new product.
Aug 3, 2022 · 22 min
BNPL - Buy Now Pay Later - Product Strategy and its Future
BNPL - Buy Now Pay Later platforms like Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay grew really fast to unicorns and are now seeing significant decline, with some of them down as low as 80-90%. What are these BNPL products? What is their Product Strategy? Why did the big banks did not catch up to this trend yet and What is their future. Join Mayank and Shubham from Amazon to breakdown this product Youtube link - https://youtu.be/qBjK3E7svao
Aug 2, 2022 · 15 min
Spotify Live Events - Product Strategy
Spotify just made "Live Events" experience even better to discover on Spotify. Now users can quickly discover and book tickets to concerts of their favorite band or artist in a few clicks through the Spotify app. Why is spotify doing this? What is the product strategy behind this and what is the future. Join Marily and Mayank as they breakdown this product ------- Subscribe to our channel on youtube - https://youtu.be/-dca__jvtqo Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/marilynika and www.twitter.com/mayankspeaks
Apr 9, 2022 · 14 min
Metaverse and Fashion - Metaverse Fashion Week
Metaverse fashion week - its a Four-day digital fashion week replete with virtual shows, stores and events. Dozens of global brands and thousands of visitors able to virtually experience fashion shows, attend live music sessions at branded after parties, and buy and wear digital clothing directly from catwalk avatars. Virtual avatars walking the runways, some of which will be shoppable and wearable, meaning people can wear the digital items in the metaverse. Why are brands like Gucci, Sephora and others doing this? What is the long term strategy? and What is the future? Join Mayank and Marily as they breakdown this exciting and evolving product technology trend.
Mar 24, 2022 · 9 min
How can uber, lyft, doordash, zomatao, Grab, deliveroo be profitable?
Building a delivery marketplace business is hard. Uber, Doordash, instacart, zomato, lyft are barely profitable. Today, in product breakdown - Let's talk about these companies. I will breakdown why they dont make money and share 3 core strategies for them to succeed.
Mar 11, 2022 · 15 min
Online Streaming Services - Product Strategy #Netflix #Amazon #Disney #HBO
Online streaming platforms are trying new subscription models with Disney+ announcing that they will be testing "ads + subscription" model. What is the overall strategy of these online streaming platforms? Why is Disney trying this new model? Join has as we answer these questions in this weeks pod
Mar 3, 2022 · 18 min
Super Apps and its future in the US- #Wechat #Amazon #Paytm #Grab #Uber
Super apps have been on the rise in asia starting with wechat. One app that does multiple things - ordering groceries, making payments online or in store and more. However, we haven't see them much in the US. What are Super Apps, whats their product strategy and its future in the US. Join our guest Felix and myself as we answer these questions. Felix runs a huge product management community to help Product Manager level up - https://twitter.com/ThePMMastermind https://www.clubhouse.com/club/product-mgmt-masterm
Feb 24, 2022 · 22 min
Augmented Reality (AR) Shopping - #Snap #Amazon #WarbyParker #Apple and more
Augmented Reality has a huge application in creating immersive shopping experiences. But how is it being used today in the industry? What is the product strategy for AR Shopping? And what is the future? Join me and our guest Diego Granados in this weeks product breakdown as we answer these key questions. Diego is Product Manger at Linkedin and run a huge community to help people get into Product Management, please checkout his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/pmdiegogranados
Feb 17, 2022 · 17 min
Tesla Karaoke and their new gen car Infotainment Product #tesla #apple carplay #android
Tesla just launched "Tesla Karaoke" experience in China. What does it mean for Tesla, is this just a marketing trick or is there a deeper product strategy behind this. Join Mayank and Marily as they breakdown the user experience, tesla's product strategy and their predictions. Product Breakdown is a weekly friendly chat between Marily Nika (Product Lead Google - @marilynika on socials) and Mayank Yadav (Product Lead at Meta/Facebook - @mayankspeaks). They share their breakdown the new products every week, you can discover new products, its product strategy, value to user and its future
Feb 10, 2022 · 16 min
Template as a Product - #Notion #Coda #Canva #Miro
We have been splitting time between google/MS docs, photoshop to new these new generation productivity apps - Notion, Coda, Canva, Miro and more.. What makes these apps unique? Whats their Product Strategy? Join Mayank and Marily as they breakdown "Templates as products" to answer these questions. Youtube link - https://youtu.be/vxF_l23DGlw
Jan 26, 2022 · 17 min
Virtual Reality and Fitness - FitXR, Beat Saber, Supernatural and more
FitXR, Beat Saber, Supernatural are some of the best VR fitness games in the market today. What is the connection between VR and Fitness, how do these VR fitness app think about their product strategy? What is their business model and whats next in this space. We will answer to all these questions in our episode. Product Breakdown is a weekly friendly chat between Marily Nika (Product Lead Google - @marilynika on socials) and Mayank Yadav (Product Lead at Meta/Facebook - @mayankspeaks). They share their breakdown the new products every week, you can discover new products, its product strategy, value to user and its future
Jan 20, 2022 · 18 min
User Generated Games (Roblox and more)- Product Breakdown Ep #3 by Marily and Mayank
User generated gaming platforms are growing, Roblox went public with 200 million Monthly Rec Room raises $145M at a $3.5B valuation. What are these user generated games? why are they hot? what does it mean for the users and how do they make money? Product Breakdown is a weekly friendly chat between Marily Nika (Product Lead Google - @marilynika on socials) and Mayank Yadav (Product Lead at Meta/Facebook - twitter.com/mayankspeaks). They share their breakdown the new products every week, you can discover new products, its product strategy, value to user and its future.

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