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Peter is a Product Lead at Roblox. He cares about crafting quality products with customers and has done so at Meta, Twitch, Reddit, and Roblox. He writes about AI, product, and creators via his  newsletter  read by 90,000+ tech professionals. Check out Peter on X and Linkedin . At next play, we help people find their next play by sending opportunities, hosting gatherings, and curating content. Eve...

Chris is a repeat founder, he was the CEO of Laskie (acquired by X), Co-founder of Interviewed (acquired by Indeed in 2017), COO of 42Floors (acquired by Knotel), managed business development for Zillow (NAS $ZG), RentJuice (acquired by Zillow in 2012). Check out Chris on X and Linkedin . At next play, we help people find their next play by sending opportunities, hosting gatherings, and curating c...

Devin is currently at The Browser Company working on Growth, but before that was the co-founder and CEO of Mad Realities, an entertainment studio aiming to create a “participatory reality TV network” where audiences can influence content outcomes. She also founded NYU Girls Roasting Tech Guys, a pandemic-era Clubhouse dating show that had everyone on the edge of their seats. Find Devin on Twitter...

Amanda joined Figma in 2018 when it was $1M ARR and built out the global go-to-market (sales, marketing, support) organization. Prior to Figma she joined Zendesk as employee #13 and built and led various marketing and sales teams along with playing a key role in the IPO process. Her expertise includes PLG+Enterprise strategy, pricing and packaging, as well as two runs with learning what it takes t...

Camille Ricketts is Partner & Head of Marketing at XYZ Venture Capital, where she invests in product-led growth companies, creator tools, and more. Prior, she was the first marketing hire at Notion, where she helped build out its global brand, strategy, and team. With deep roots in content marketing in particular, she was the first Editor of First Round Review for First Round Capital, managed comm...

Logan applied for a role at OpenAI, on LinkedIn, before they had even launched ChatGPT, and got the job as the first developer relations leader. He’s worked at NASA, Apple, and the Julia Language. Most recently, he left his role at OpenAI to lead product at Google AI Studio. In this episode we dive into his journey breaking into tech, becoming a thought leader in AI, and his advice for anyone gett...

Merci is a repeat founder, angel investor, former venture capital investor, and former Head of Growth at Slack. She started her career in tech as a game designer and has worked in product roles at SaaS and consumer companies. In this episode we talk about* The pros and cons of being a founder* Working in a product function at a high growth company* What the early days of Slack were like* What tran...

Michael Karnjanaprakorn is the founder and former CEO of Skillshare and Otis (acquired by Public). Before starting companies, he was an early employee at Behance (acquired by Adobe) and Hot Potato (acquired by Facebook). Now, he's exploring new ideas, creating content, and enjoying his sabbatical. Thank you to our sponsor Notion. Make sure to sign up for Notion using this link notion.com/benlang I...

Nikunj Kothari shares his journey going from PM at LinkedIn, to leading growth at Opendoor, joining Meter as product lead, and most recently becoming an investor at Khosla. At next play, we help people find their next play by sending opportunities, hosting gatherings, and curating content. Everything is off the record and confidential. More here nextplay.so Huge thanks to Alex Banaga for designing...

Deedy Das is a principal at Menlo Ventures, previously was on the founding team of Glean ($2.2B valuation today), and had various technical roles at Facebook and Google. He’s also a prolific tweeter, on tech, immigration, India, fitness and search. Thank you to our sponsor! Gelt specializes in providing comprehensive tax solutions tailored for businesses and their owners. They will help you and yo...

Alex Cohen is a founder, investor, and s**t-poster (in that order). He was most recently the Sr. Director of Product at Carbon Health. Before Carbon, he started a couple of companies and in April of this year, started yet another company. Gelt specializes in providing comprehensive tax solutions tailored for businesses and their owners. They will help you and your business manage and optimize your...

Rajiv is the CEO of Product Hunt. Previously he was CEO and co-founder of Tandem, a virtual office. He studied bioengineering at Princeton and subsequently worked at Fairchild and Yahoo. Thank you to our Gelt for sponsoring this episode. Gelt specializes in providing comprehensive tax solutions tailored for businesses and their owners. They will help you and your business manage and optimize your...

Cristina Cordova is the Chief Operating Officer at Linear, a purpose-built system for managing software development. She's also an investor and advisor to technology startups. Prior to Linear, she spent her career helping build technology companies from the earliest stages. She spent more than seven years at Stripe building its partnerships organization from the ground up and leading a busines...

Rex is the Founder and Managing Partner of Daybreak, a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Before founding Daybreak, Rex was a Partner at Index Ventures. He focuses on the application layer of technology, investing in internet, software, and marketplace businesses with the potential for viral adoption. Rex also writes Digital Native, a publication about people an...