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SaaStr 742: The Top 5 Secrets for Building Great Products with Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly

Jun 19, 2024

Former CPO at Slack and Partner at IVP, Tamar Yehoshua, along with Anneka Gupta, CPO of Rubrik, share top secrets for building great products at SaaStr. They discuss building trust with CEOs, aligning on vision and strategy, staying focused on customer problems, navigating misalignment, and building great teams.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Insights on Building Great Products from Product Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly

02:01 • 2min

Building Trust and Integration for Product Managers

03:57 • 4min

Navigating the Role of Head of Product and Chief Product Officer in a Company

07:50 • 2min

Aligning on Vision, Strategy, and Customer Problems in Product Management

09:30 • 13min

Effective Communication and Storytelling for Leaders

22:43 • 3min

SaaStr 742: The Top 5 Secrets for Building Great Products with Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly

As Product leaders, you have to build trust with CEOs and founders, align on vision and strategy, stay focused on the customer’s problem, and effectively navigate misalignment to ensure your product has the greatest chances of success right out of the gate.

But how do you tactically achieve all of that? Tamar Yehoshua, former CPO at Slack and Partner at IVP, Anneka Gupta, CPO of Rubrik, and Noam Lovinsky, CPO of Grammarly, shared practical advice at SaaStr Annual from the trenches so you can build great products and great teams all at once.

Follow along with the full write-up of this podcast here.

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