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Bhaskar Krishnan
Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI, Meta
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • January 17
This is a very interesting question and one that I keep touching upon on almost all career conversations with my teams & mentees. There is no one typical career path for PMs, which can be both liberating and challenging at the same time! It's liberating since PMs have the chance to shape their......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
Vision statements are critical for products, product portfolios and companies. Firms with clear vision statements are able to adapt, evolve and focus on solving problems that their customers face, better than competitors and in a manner that brings forward all their strengths. Firms without clear......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
Product teams and firms should think about the relatioship between the Product, features & goals, the products' & companies' roadmap and finally the company strategy & mission! All these are related and are critical to build disruptve firms at scale * Company Mission is how the world sees your ......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • January 17
The best Product managers combine curiosity with structured problem solving skills. Being curious helps them look at problems as opportunities to learn & grow. Ability to frame & structure a problem helps them take others along in the process. Both these skills can be learnt & cultivated over tim......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • January 17
Empathy and the ability to connect with people across the board is the most under-rated skill for high-performing PMs. Empathy enables PMs to connect dots, build relationships, solve problems and dive-deep, to increase their expertise PMs need to exhibit people skills that span three broad categ......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
Product vision distills why a product does what it does and how it envisions the future. As we saw above, it's critical to spend time crafting the product vision and the strategic narrative that follows from it. Two firms that had brilliant product visions and have built world-class & global plat......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
* Product Vision is similar to a compass for explorers! Product Vision sets the North Star for the product teams and ensures that the Product Principles, Values & Strategy aligns with the Vision on a daily basis * Its easy for Product teams to devolve into a mess of features or play ca......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
* Data & Metrics are at the heart of every product, be it Consumer, Enterprise or Platform. A metrics tree or hierarchy is critical and should follow the Execute -> Features -> Roadmap -> Strategy -> Vision structure highlighted in another question * The metrics dashboard should track ......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
* Every product is built to solve a user/ people problem or help solve a pain-point. This should be the main focus when building a product vision and the most important questions are ‘Who is this product for’ and ‘What problem is it solving’? * These two questions should lead into ‘Why......Read More
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Bhaskar Krishnan
Meta Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI • June 7
* Vision statements should be simple, describe the value and stand the test of time (atleast one or two market cycles) * Every product is built to solve a user/ people problem or help solve a pain-point. This should be the main focus when building a product vision and the most importan......Read More
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Product Leadership - Ads, Commerce & AI at Meta
Formerly Stripe, Flipkart, Yahoo
Lives In San Francisco, CA
Knows About Product Vision