Aparna Chennapragada, Chief Product Officer at Robinhood and former VP at Google, shares her extensive experience in product management. She explains the three stages of product management: solve, scale, and sustain. Aparna dives into effective customer discovery, emphasizing critical questions and common pitfalls. She offers insights on structuring a hiring process for product teams, identifying red flags, and fostering an innovative culture. Her blend of analytical and creative approaches reveals the art and science behind successful product development.

Aparna Chennapragada is the chief product officer at Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto trading app. And we have some news to discuss: Robinhood is launching a new cash card today that allows people to spend money directly out of their Robinhood account and set up various plans to automatically invest by rounding up purchase amounts to the nearest dollar and putting the difference in various investments.Links:How r/wallstreetbets gamed the stock of GameStopThe chicken and the pigGoogle is reportedly removing Google Now Launcher from the Play StoreRobinhood SnacksRobinhood buys Say Technologies for $140M to improve shareholder-company relationsTranscript:https://www.theverge.com/e/22753372Credits:Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright.The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Belsky, Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, shares his expertise on product reviews along with Aparna Chennapragada from Robinhood and Kayvon Beykpour, a veteran from Twitter. They dive into what makes a great product review and common pitfalls to avoid. The trio discusses the importance of clear agendas and participant selection, especially in remote settings. They emphasize balancing intuition and data in product development and outline strategies for effective feedback, accountability, and maintaining open communication within product teams.