In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, CEO & Founder at Product School, interviews Aparna Sinha, SVP of Product at Vercel, the cloud platform recently valued at $9.3 billion following a $300 million Series F. Aparna joins us to discuss how Vercel is powering the next generation of AI-native applications.

Drawing from her experience at Google Kubernetes and Pear VC, Aparna reveals how Vercel empowers Teams of One to ship faster than ever. She explores the cultural shift required to build in the AI era—moving from rigid planning to rapid experimentation and iterating to greatness.

What you'll learn:

• How Vercel’s Team of One philosophy maximizes developer leverage.
• Why shipping imperfect products early is crucial for AI strategy.
• The mechanics of Hybrid Pricing to balance AI costs and value.
• How to use internal dogfooding to accelerate product quality.

Key takeaways:

• Speed is Survival: In the AI era, waiting for perfection means falling behind.
• Agency over Hierarchy: Small, autonomous teams outperform large structures.
• Price for Value: Align AI pricing with user outcomes, not just compute costs.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Aparna Sinha

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, CEO & Founder at Product School, interviews Anique Drumright, General Manager and VP of Product at Rippling, the workforce management platform valued at $16.8 billion with over $570 million in ARR.

Anique is a product veteran who has shaped high-growth teams at Uber, TripActions, and Loom. Now at Rippling, she helps lead a workforce of over 4,000 employees, including 100 former founders, to maintain the speed and ownership typically lost at scale. In this conversation, Anique breaks down how Rippling successfully operates as a compound startup and why product leaders must evolve into General Managers.

What you’ll learn:

• How to pivot from managing a backlog to owning a P&L as a GM.
• The Compound Startup framework for consolidating enterprise categories.
• How to build high-performing teams by hiring for "founder-level" curiosity.
• Strategies for proving ROI to enterprise customers to drive platform adoption.
  
  

Key takeaways:

• Go and See: Why leaders must personally investigate customer issues to set the bar for quality.
• Singular Obsession: How to organize teams to maintain focus and velocity as you scale.
• Automating ROI: How Rippling uses product efficiency to justify headcount reduction for clients.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Anique Drumright

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In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Andrey Khusid, Co-founder and CEO of Miro, the visual collaboration platform valued at an estimated $17 billion with over 100 million users. Andrey reveals how Miro transformed from a simple browser whiteboard into a central hub for innovation, serving 250,000 customers worldwide. He discusses the critical shift from best-of-breed tools to platform suites and how Miro is aggressively integrating AI to support agentic workflows.

What you'll learn:

• How to apply day one thinking to constantly reinvent your product strategy.
• Why speed of learning is the only true competitive moat in the AI era.
• How to navigate the tension between market consolidation and AI experimentation.
• The role of acquisitions in scaling a product team to 1,600 people.

Key Takeaways:

• Reinvention is Mandatory: Why you must risk short-term revenue to secure long-term relevance.
• AI as a Teammate: Moving beyond features to humans and AI working together to solve problems.
• Fast Fashion Software: How to build a Lovemark brand to survive rapid commoditization.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Andrey Khusid

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