Product Discovery Show

Ep3: Making dying more fun in product development w/ Aakash Gupta (founder @product-growth.com)

24 Jan 2025

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Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.What can product management learn from video games?How to make dying more fun.In this episode, we talk to a household name in tech that you might already know — Aakash Gupta, founder of product-growth.com.Aakash has done it all: from founding his own companies, to working in game development, to becoming VP of product at a unicorn. He shares several case studies on how to do low-lift product discovery both as a founder and as an established PM. Because he knows what PMs are going through, Aakash has pragmatic advice on how to talk to customers as an overburdened, burnt out PM. :) We also talk about how we can apply video game psychology (e.g. dying gameplay) to everyday product development. Take a listen! Chapters00:00 Introduction to Product Discovery and Akash Gupta01:36 Akash's Journey into Product Management05:03 Defining Moments in Akash's Product Leadership09:09 User-Centric Product Discovery at Rap to Beats18:23 Impactful Features and Gamification in Product Development31:43 Insights from Epic Games and the Psychology of Gaming40:50 Enhancing Player Experience through AI and Matchmaking43:52 The Psychology of Failure and Game Design47:29 The Importance of Playtesting in Game Development51:04 Navigating User Research in Large Organizations54:13 Leveraging Data for Product Discovery58:21 Building Effective Customer Feedback Loops01:01:43 The Role of Research in Product Management01:05:01 Democratizing User Research for Product Managers01:09:18 Balancing Analytics and Customer Conversations01:13:49 Creating a Continuous Feedback Loop with CustomersWhere to find Aakash:* LinkedIn* Aakash’s newsletter at Product-growth.com * Aakash’s podcast* Book: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a PM Job This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.jingjingtan.com

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Product Discovery Show

Ep3: Making dying more fun in product development w/ Aakash Gupta (founder @product-growth.com)

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13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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