7 Counterintuitive Product Lessons from WhatsApp's Former Head of Product | Ami Vora
Ami is the one of my favorite product leaders, period. In my new episode, she breaks down why shipping fast beats the best strategy, how to build simple products that win, how to ask AI for brutally honest feedback, and more. Ami led product at Faire and WhatsApp, but above all she just has great, practical advice for all builders.Ami and I talked about:(00:00) Why perfect strategy + poor execution = a waste of time(05:21) The ChatGPT prompt to get brutally honest feedback (11:19) Do the simple thing first (build for the most tired person)(16:51) The one question Ami asks to test every product decision(25:35) Why your annual plan is probably a waste of time(32:40) How to short-circuit slow approval processes as a PM(36:47) Ami's Monday ritual to protect her calendar for deep work(42:01) The future of PM: Jack-of-all-trades utility players(46:36) Parenting in the AI era and how to teach resilienceThanks to our sponsors:Composio: Use AI to take action across 500 apps https://getrube.link/peterLinear: Try the platform for AI agents https://linear.app/partners/behind-the-craftGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/7-counterintuitive-lessons-from-whatsapp-head-of-product-ami-voraWhere to find Amy:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amvora/Newsletter: https://amivora.substack.com/📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!
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Full Tutorial: From Prototype to a Real SaaS App in 40 Minutes | Colin Matthews
Colin has taught 1000s of students how to build SaaS apps with AI. In this episode, he showed me exactly why my vibe coded prototype was insecure and how to convert it into a real SaaS app with auth, payments, and more. If you want to learn to build SaaS apps in 40 minutes with Cursor and Claude Code, then this episode is for you.Colin and I talked about:(00:00) The 7 components that every real SaaS app needs(01:44) Client, server, database: What most prototypes miss(08:57) Live demo: Adding Stripe, auth, and databases to my photo app(16:45) Why starting with templates beats prompting from scratch(20:30) The Supabase security flaw in most vibe coded apps(25:35) Why AI shouldn't touch your database directly(35:00) 4-steps to ship a real SaaS app that people will pay for(38:15) Why tech credentials no longer matter (and what does instead)Thanks to our sponsors:Composio: Use AI to take action across 500 apps https://getrube.link/peterLinear: Try the platform for AI agents https://linear.app/partners/behind-the-craftGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/full-tutorial-turn-your-prototype-into-a-real-saas-app-ai-colin-matthewsWhere to find Colin:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmatthews-pm/Course: https://maven.com/tech-for-product/vibe-code-your-next-side-project📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!
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AI Agents, Clearly Explained in 40 Minutes | Wade Foster (Zapier)
Wade is the co-founder and CEO of Zapier. We’re both sick of everyone calling everything an “AI agent” so we had some real talk about what actually works instead. Wade gave me a practical demo of his AI workflow that triages 100+ emails to 10 and shared exactly how to find automation opportunities on your calendar.Wade and I talked about:(00:00) Why most people asking for agents actually want workflows(01:25) The AI automation spectrum explained with real examples(05:16) Live demo: Wade's email agent that triages 100+ emails down to 10(13:27) The difference between APIs vs MCPs(18:52) Making Zapier AI-first: Why the CEO memo isn’t enough(24:08) Wade's response to AI influencers saying "RIP Zapier"(32:09) How Zapier tests for AI fluency in job interviews(35:31) How to identify what to automate with AI in your calendarThis episode is brought to you by Vellum.Use the code AIAGENTS25 to get 25% off your first 3 months with Vellum: https://vellum.ai/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=PeterYangPodcast📌 Get my top 10 takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/ai-agents-clearly-explained-in-40-minutes-zapier-wade-fosterWhere to find Wade:X: https://x.com/wadefosterWebsite: https://zapier.comSubscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!
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Notion's New AI Agents for Work Blew Me Away (Full Tutorial) | Akshay & Ryan
Everyone calls their AI product an “agent” but Notion’s actually live up to the hype. It took Akshay (Notion’s co-founder) and Ryan (AI lead) 2 years of failure to build agents that can create databases, respond to Slack, and more. We had a great chat about their most surprising lessons from building the best AI agents for work.We talked about:(00:00) What it really took to build agents that actually work (01:38) Live demo: Watch a database build itself in real-time (04:56) How Akshay writes docs by just talking to AI 90% of the time (20:15) The real difference between AI slop and useful AI agents (34:43) Personalizing agents with custom memory and instructions (39:59) Live demo: Building a custom Notion agent for Slack (49:03) What Notion looks for when hiring AI-native buildersGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-notion-built-the-best-ai-agents-for-work-akshay-ryanWhere to find:Akshay: https://x.com/akothariRyan: https://x.com/_ryannystromNotion AI agents: https://www.notion.com/blog/introducing-notion-3-0📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!
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Inside Gemini and NotebookLM: How Google is Shipping Non-Stop | Josh Woodward
Josh is the the VP of Gemini, Google Labs (NotebookLM), and AI Studio and widely considered one of Google’s most beloved leaders. In our interview, he demoed how to get the most out of Gemini and NotebookLM, the startup culture inside Google, and where he thinks Gemini is headed next.We talked about:(00:00) How Josh brings startup hustle to Google(01:19) Live demo of Nano Banana's top image use cases(07:12) Using NotebookLM to turn 70 sources into talking slides(12:36) How Google Labs shipped Flow TV in 86 days(18:20) The #1 way to move fast in big companies(22:02) What Josh looks for when hiring (hint: side projects)(31:32) Why we won't be typing to AI chatbots in the future(38:44) Gemini's future as a proactive assistant that knows your lifeGet the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/inside-gemini-and-notebooklm-how-google-is-shipping-non-stop-josh-woodwardWhere to find Josh: X: https://x.com/joshwoodward Website: https://gemini.google.comhttps://labs.googlehttps://aistudio.google.com/📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!
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