Product Trends, Decisions and Domains with Bandan Jot Singh

Connect with Bandan Jot Singh: https://twitter.com/bandanjot https://www.linkedin.com/in/bandan https://substack.com/@productify Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/Qg1kaCaS9pE New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE00:00:00 - Intro00:00:20 - How to find like-minded people00:02:36 - Creating content creates relationships00:03:29 - Product strategy00:05:53 - Growing responsibilities in Gojek00:08:02 - Strategic thinking00:10:02 - Market research vs. experimentation00:13:38 - You're wrong 50% of the time00:16:11 - Ideas are a commodity00:16:38 - Product stages00:18:32 - Early stage product, no product market fit00:20:22 - Decision making on mature products00:23:15 - Investing in data pipelines00:25:27 - Optimizing for the organisation instead of yourself00:29:01 - 10% of the Fortune 500 remain00:31:50 - Payments and sticking to a domain00:35:26 - Tech minded vs. market oriented product managers00:38:29 - Domain becomes more important for product people00:40:32 - Getting out of your comfort zone00:41:43 - Empowering teams the right way00:44:15 - Everyone needs to create content as a skill00:46:28 - 3 ways of content creation and absorption you can do00:48:16 - Why Bandan started writing00:50:09 - People are seeking quality content00:51:49 - A content writer's dilemma00:54:40 - You shouldn't write that!00:56:44 - Choosing to uphold your values00:58:38 - Your closest circle01:00:05 - Unique podcast experience :)