Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vivek Sharma of Stripe (formerly of Microsoft and Meta) about how being a generalist has helped him navigate a career in product. Vivek also shares 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products.
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Vivek on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsha/
Vivek’s favorite product: https://chat.openai.com/chat
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📝 Show notes
(00:00) - Introductions
(05:01) - The value of being a generalist and listening really well
(11:09) - Working on the Revenue and Finance Automation Suite at Stripe
(21:49) - 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products
(26:34) - How "Friction Logs" help improve the user experience at Stripe
(35:03) - Vivek's favorite product
