Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Manik Gupta (ex-CPO Uber, Google Maps) on how to build consumer apps, why it’s useful to be optimistic about technology, creating inflections in your PM career, the changing CPO role, and more

Jul 14, 2022 · 1h 4m

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Manik Gupta on building successful consumer apps like Google Maps and Uber.
Explores inflections in PM careers and the evolving CPO role.
Discusses optimism in technology and leading consumer efforts at Microsoft.

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