The Beginning I've been working in Financial Services (FS) since I started my career in 2015. I started at Citigroup, working on retail banking strategy for our Asian private wealth management clients. The name of the game there was rewards and incentives both for the sales people and the new customers. In that same role, … Continue reading Breaking up with consumer FinTech: it’s not me, it’s you.
Product Hiring through hypergrowth
Having been through the hypergrowth phase a few times, a crucial trend has stuck out that I thought was worth calling out explicitly: the move from generalists to specialists. This is an attempt to outline how I believe most companies pursue product managers through their growth. Seed / Series A - No Product managers needed … Continue reading Product Hiring through hypergrowth
Build pyramids, not rocketships
Hypergrowth is a thing we need to acknowledge. It's been here for a while and it's something that will not go away while there's still billions of dollars being poured into the startup ecosystem. One thing I've started to experience is that as companies grow and scale their products, when successful, they can build a … Continue reading Build pyramids, not rocketships
Amaan Lakhani 