Ravi was previously CPO at Tinder, Product Director at Facebook, and VP of Product at Tripadvisor. Currently, he’s co-founder and CEO of Outpace, a coaching platform designed to help people reach their professional goals. In today’s podcast, we dive deep into Ravi’s product strategy stack framework and how it was used to develop a powerful strategy at Tinder. We also cover his other popular frameworks-the frontier of understanding and exponential feedback-and how both of them can help you grow in your career. We discuss the differences between building product at a startup versus a large tech company, and how Ravi has had to shift his mindset as he’s moved away from a product leadership role into a founder role. Finally, he shares a bit about how Outpace is using AI to amplify coaches and help make them more efficient and effective.
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• LinkedIn: / ravimehta
• Website: www.ravi-mehta.com/
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Referenced:
Disclaimer: Lenny is an angel investor Ravi’s company, Outpace
• Reforge’s Product Strategy Program created by Casey Winters and Fareed Mosavat: www.reforge.com/programs/prod...
• Matt Mochary on Lenny’s Podcast: www.lennyspodcast.com/videos/...
• Indie Hackers: www.indiehackers.com/
• Everything Marketplaces: www.everythingmarketplaces.com/
• The Product Strategy Stack: www.ravi-mehta.com/product-st...
• Balsamiq: balsamiq.com/
• Set better goals with NCTs, not OKRs: www.reforge.com/blog/set-bett...
• Ravi’s product manager’s competencies framework: www.ravi-mehta.com/product-ma...
• Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products: www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Bui...
• Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon: www.amazon.com/Working-Backwa...
• Ian McAllister on Lenny’s Podcast: www.lennyspodcast.com/videos/...
• The Ezra Klein Show podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
• Ezra Klein’s AI episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
• Andor on Disney+: www.disneyplus.com/series/sta...
• Airtable: www.airtable.com/
• Superhuman: superhuman.com/
• Descript: www.descript.com/
• Outpace: www.outpace.co
• Unlock Your Product Manager Potential: www.outpace.co/guides/unlock-...
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Ravi’s background
(04:24) Why Ravi left Tinder, and what he’s been up to recently
(08:05) Differences between working at an established tech company vs. a startup
(12:45) Why founders should network with “early-stage” folks
(17:49) What the product strategy stack is and how to use it
(22:08) Mission vs. vision
(23:37) How Ravi developed his strategy framework at Tripadvisor
(26:43) Why PMs should understand design, UX, and UI
(28:20) Examples of the product strategy stack in action
(32:42) Why Tinder resisted adding filters
(34:10) Monetization features at Tinder and the “whales” who spend the most
(38:18) How customer feedback led to new features at Tinder
(42:28) Why goals come after roadmap in Ravi’s framework
(44:30) Tripadvisor’s strategy for increasing bookings
(47:25) How to set goals that drive outcomes
(50:24) The four buckets of the frontier of understanding
(51:38) Different methods for trying to hit goals
(53:08) Understanding why you hit or missed your goal
(54:34) The product management competencies framework
(1:02:08) The exponential feedback framework
(1:04:25) Why you should ask for feedback-and graciously accept it
(1:06:05) How to determine the right amount of leadership your team needs
(1:09:40) What selective micro-management is
(1:12:25) How Outpace uses AI to assist in coaching
(1:15:24) Lightning round
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