Unconventional product lessons from Binance, N26, Google, more | Mayur Kamat (CPO at N26)
A Lenny's Podcast conversation with Mayur Kamat, chief product officer at N26 and formerly at Binance, Agoda, Google and Microsoft, on hiring and developing product managers, working at Binance, the failure of early Google Hangouts, experimentation, career paths and why banking is a durable market. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 98 minutes and the available caption text is cut off at around the 55-minute mark, so the last part is not covered. Company claims are Kamat's own and are unverified. This is a summary of his views, not career, legal or financial advice.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
A Lenny's Podcast conversation with Mayur Kamat, chief product officer at N26 and formerly at Binance, Agoda, Google and Microsoft, on hiring and developing product managers, working at Binance, the failure of early Google Hangouts, experimentation, career paths and why banking is a durable market. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 98 minutes and the available caption text is cut off at around the 55-minute mark, so the last part is not covered. Company claims are Kamat's own and are unverified. This is a summary of his views, not career, legal or financial advice.
Key Takeaways
The Hangouts lesson
Kamat says he was the first PM on Google Hangouts and the main lesson was not to take on six-month or one-year projects, because you do not control the macro.