… are not necessary. NFTs are the latest trend in the crypto community and people are quick to associate them with industries outside of their initial use case which I think is an interesting area to look at, especially regarding Gaming. With Ubisoft offering its employees NFTs, the adoption of the technology by one of … Continue reading NFTs in gaming…
Free-to-play (FtP) business models
Why does Free-to-play matter as a part of the gaming industry? The business of gaming is an incredible one and an important one. There are over 3 billion gamers worldwide (source) and the mobile gaming industry reached over $90B in revenue in 2021 (source). Gaming as an industry is growing with the introduction of new … Continue reading Free-to-play (FtP) business models
Breaking up with consumer FinTech: it’s not me, it’s you.
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.
Why do you Product?
In reading Start with Why by Simon Sinek, I got to thinking about why people get into product management. I have narrowed them down to roughly 4 archetypes, but they are not mutually exclusive and I fall into multiple of these buckets myself. My goal with this is to explain the product manager archetypes as … Continue reading Why do you Product?
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
Employee Retention Over Time
Over the coming weeks I'll be writing about employee retention. As much as I believe this applies to Product Management jobs, I believe this applies much more broadly and can be used for teaching across teams regardless of industry or job function, The Gist When it comes to recruiting, I've found recruiting teams, interview teams, … Continue reading Employee Retention Over Time
Amaan Lakhani 