Videos

Nov. 19, 2024

The school I wish I had when I was growing my career ft. Carlos, Product School | FULL EPISODE

00:00 Meet Carlos 01:19 Carlos' Journey into Product Management 02:26 The Inception of Product School 03:52 Challenges and Successes in EdTech 06:47 Evolution of Product School 12:15 Global Reach & Online Education 17:35 Building Product School as a Product 20:26 Importance of Showing Up & Investing in Yourself 22:32 Balancing…

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Nov. 16, 2024

Product & AI in 2025: What should we be ready for? ft. Carlos Gonzalez (Founder, Product School)

Being a product builder is like continuously thinking about one’s craft and discovering ways to make it better each time. Product mindset is more of a lifetime learning, and the best way it can be done is finding a set of peers and folks you look up to, and doing…

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Nov. 14, 2024

Product & AI in 2025: What’s coming up? Ft. Carlos (Founder of Product School) #genai

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Nov. 13, 2024

Product School: From ‘idea’ to ‘community’ with 2 million+ folks ft. Carlos Gonzalez

Being a product builder is like continuously thinking about one’s craft and discovering ways to make it better each time. Product mindset is more of a lifetime learning, and the best way it can be done is finding a set of peers and folks you look up to, and doing…

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Oct. 10, 2024

How to tell better stories in tech, life & make ideas storyworthy ft. Matthew Dicks (FULL EPISODE)

00:00 Introduction to Matthew Dicks 01:19 Matt's Journey into Storytelling 04:46 Teaching Storytelling: From Kids to Corporates 06:55 Essence of a Good Story 15:47 Homework for Life: Capturing Everyday Moments 24:26 The Pickle Story: A Lesson in Specificity 25:02 Hone Personal Storytelling 26:12 Connecting Through Shared Narratives 28:16 Crafting Engaging…

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Oct. 4, 2024

Humor & memes: The secret storytelling weapon ft. Matthew Dicks (Storyteller & Author)

All of us love listening to stories from friends, teammates, and sometimes even strangers we meet. What makes us a good listener also pushes us to share our own experiences and thoughts. But when it comes to storytelling, there’s a ton of questions that cloud us up—what to share, what…

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Oct. 3, 2024

Homework for life: Everyone can become a good storyteller with this tool! Ft. Matt Dicks (Author)

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Oct. 3, 2024

Homework for life: Framework for great storytelling in life and work ft. Matthew Dicks, Storyteller

All of us love listening to stories from friends, teammates, and sometimes even strangers we meet. What makes us a good listener also pushes us to share our own experiences and thoughts. But when it comes to storytelling, there’s a ton of questions that cloud us up—what to share, what…

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Oct. 1, 2024

Want to get better at storytelling? Here’s your secret weapon ft. Matthew Dicks

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Sept. 30, 2024

AI for reading books? Ft. Dan Shipper (Founder of Every Inc.)

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Sept. 13, 2024

Finding your voice, community and growth in tech ft. Ha Nguyen [FULL EPISODE]

00:00 Welcome to the Founders Foyer 01:45 Embracing Joy, Connections, and Discovery 05:35 The Power of Building Genuine Networks 10:00 Creating a Personal Board of Directors 16:10 Building a Networking Flywheel 29:56 The Roller Coaster of Startup Life (Moving from Big Tech) 31:48 The Power of Storytelling in Business 36:13…

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Sept. 11, 2024

Playing poker helps with product and business ft. Ha Nguyen (Founder, Product Lead, Poker Champion)

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Sept. 11, 2024

How to build a networking flywheel (Tips for introverts & newbies) ft. Ha Nguyen, Product Lead

In the fast-paced world of tech and products, finding joy and building meaningful connections can be as crucial as coding the next big feature. Whether you’re a first-time founder, an avid creator, or an indiehacker, knowing what excites you about building products, learning from doing, and discovering how to navigate…

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Sept. 9, 2024

Poker & Product: What the game teaches you about business ft. Ha Nguyen, Product Lead & Poker Player

In the fast-paced world of tech and products, finding joy and building meaningful connections can be as crucial as coding the next big feature. Whether you’re a first-time founder, an avid creator, or an indiehacker, knowing what excites you about building products, learning from doing, and discovering how to navigate…

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Aug. 19, 2024

Growing communities, connections and landing on the right opportunities ft. Ben Lang (FULL EPISODE)

0:00 - Introduction to Ben Lang 2:10 - Power of Communities 5:30 - Ben Lang's Notion Journey 9:15 - Corona Crash: Bringing People Together 12:45 - Notion: Finding and Empowering Superusers 16:25 - Community Strategies and Challenges 20:00 - Influencer Marketing and Content Creation 25:50 - Metrics and Success Indicators…

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Aug. 14, 2024

Things to know before building & scaling your community ft. Ben Lang (former Notion Community Lead)

Meeting like-minded folks from our circles is such a fun thing to do—the way we exchange ideas, talk to each other, get inspired, and use the accountability that comes with commitment; these are all the upsides to a great group. Building an idea into a product is so much about…

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Aug. 12, 2024

How Notion built their early community with influencer marketing ft. Ben Lang (former Notion Lead)

Meeting like-minded folks from our circles is such a fun thing to do—the way we exchange ideas, talk to each other, get inspired, and use the accountability that comes with commitment; these are all the upsides to a great group. Building an idea into a product is so much about…

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July 11, 2024

Taste, intuition & rigorous thinking for building products ft. Wes Kao (FULL EPISODE)

00:00 Introduction to Founders Foyer 01:40 The Magic of Learnable Skills 05:45 Building Alt MBA: The Experiment 08:57 The Rise of Live Learning with Maven 17:14 Intuition vs. Rigorous Thinking 30:39 The Importance of Deep Reflection 31:32 Balancing Immediate Action with Thoughtful Planning 32:54 Understanding and Developing Taste 38:22 Communicating…

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July 8, 2024

"Super Specific Hows"—This is Product People's Secret Sauce ft. Wes Kao (Co-Founder, Maven & AltMBA)

Building hype for your ideas, leading the vision, and setting clarity on how to execute on plans are definitely things that we as product builders and creative minds want to get better at. Thinking becomes a great part of this and learning to observe intensely and being able to articulate…

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July 3, 2024

Decoding "taste" in product building—how to build yours? ft. Wes Kao (Co-Founder, Maven & AltMBA)

Building hype for your ideas, leading the vision, and setting clarity on how to execute on plans are definitely things that we as product builders and creative minds want to get better at. Thinking becomes a great part of this and learning to observe intensely and being able to articulate…

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June 17, 2024

A Visual Story: Behavioral science to launch products & understand users ft. Kristen Berman

'A Visual Story' is a project of The Founder's Foyer wherein we highlight interesting convos through visual sketches. This is in collaboration with Kumar Ahir, Founder of Letsketchin. --------------------------------- Getting feedback and listening to what customers have got to tell us has been the favorite part for all of us…

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June 5, 2024

A Visual Story: Product thinking, creative resistance, & evaluating growth ft. Shreyas Doshi

'A Visual Story' is a project of The Founder's Foyer wherein we highlight interesting convos through visual sketches. This is in collaboration with Kumar Ahir, Founder of Letsketchin. --------------------------------- Being a founder or product person calls for enjoying the ride even when things are uncertain. While grit and passion are…

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June 5, 2024

Ideas to product—navigating the founding journey ft. Sharath Kuruganty (FULL EPISODE)

00:00 Meet Sharath Kuruganty: The Creative Builder 01:26 Sharath’s Journey into the Creative Space 02:32 Building Muscle: The Key to Founding Success 03:38 Importance of Community in the Creative Process 08:50 ‘Commitment and the No Excuses’ Mindset 14:36 Balancing Creativity and Mistakes 26:00 Power of Sharing and Building in Public…

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May 29, 2024

Day in the life of a founder: building in public & handling self-doubt ft. Sharath Kuruganty

How is it to have ideas constantly bustling inside your mind? The creative spirit is the one that’s so effervescent—one day you want to kickstart a new project and just by the evening, you want to build another idea out. Navigating this path of building things for fun, also aligned…

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