Large-scale disruptive events are like a hard reset. They make us rethink our most fundamental beliefs and assumptions. One such event in the last century was the Great Depression — it fundamentally changed how politics and business are weaved in the fabric of America. More recently, the pandemic is another…
Twitter has had its fair share of corporate-level challenges, from investors criticizing its leadership style to legislators criticizing its content policies. However, the product itself is very sticky — many people who use it can’t get enough of it. On the monetization front, while other social media businesses are known…
Netflix was founded during the dot com boom by Marc Rudolph and Reed Hastings in Silicon Valley, and its core business was video rental via mail instead of the then mainstream in-store rental model. …
The ML hardware startup industry has flourished over the last 5 years, and the reason is simple: ML programs are computationally intensive and, in many cases, traditional hardware such as a CPU isn’t the most suitable choice to run them. A CPU is like a Swiss Army knife — it…
The last decade has seen increased investments in hardware from major software players and VCs. The renewed interest in hardware is largely due to the rise of new technologies such as ML and cloud computing, and partly due to a general belief that hardware-software co-design helps build a competitive moat…
I moved from engineering to product and benefitted hugely from many online and offline resources about how to become a PM. However, after spending some time thinking about and experiencing the two roles, I noticed a few key differences between them that aren’t usually discussed as much. …
