other / uses
“And then a year later it's like, "Of course I use Instagram. Instagram is my everything." The world changed so fast.”
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Bangaly Kaba
Published podcast speaker
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- 17
- Episodes
- 1
- Shows
- 1
- Named items
- 4
Books, apps, and tools
The evidenced stack.
book / recommends
Deep Work
“Few I've recommended most of them are Over My Shoulder, actually Range by David Epstein. I think are really critical PM work really being able to be a master of a lot of different things or somewhat deep in a lot of different things. Deep Work, Cal Newport, kind of clearing space to be focused and do the things thinking about the most important work in a deep and undisturbed way. And then Start At The End by Matt Waller, who's a behavioral scientist buddy of mine. Really thoughtful book, helps you really think about what you're building, but in a way that's more holistic.”
book / recommends
Range
“Few I've recommended most of them are Over My Shoulder, actually Range by David Epstein. I think are really critical PM work really being able to be a master of a lot of different things or somewhat deep in a lot of different things. Deep Work, Cal Newport, kind of clearing space to be focused and do the things thinking about the most important work in a deep and undisturbed way. And then Start At The End by Matt Waller, who's a behavioral scientist buddy of mine. Really thoughtful book, helps you really think about what you're building, but in a way that's more holistic.”
book / recommends
Start At The End
“Few I've recommended most of them are Over My Shoulder, actually Range by David Epstein. I think are really critical PM work really being able to be a master of a lot of different things or somewhat deep in a lot of different things. Deep Work, Cal Newport, kind of clearing space to be focused and do the things thinking about the most important work in a deep and undisturbed way. And then Start At The End by Matt Waller, who's a behavioral scientist buddy of mine. Really thoughtful book, helps you really think about what you're building, but in a way that's more holistic.”
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What Bangaly said.
7 transcript-backed records
01 / belief
I think I went to Instacart with a vision of what I felt the product could be or should be. And it was I think a big story that I deeply believed, but I was not, I think aware or in tune with what the DNA of the company was at the time, which was it was like a company that was really great at operations because that was the core of what they did.
“I think I went to Instacart with a vision of what I felt the product could be or should be. And it was I think a big story that I deeply believed, but I was not, I think aware or in tune with what the DNA of the company was at the time, which was it was like a company that was really great at operations because that was the core of what they did.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
02 / belief
" I think there's a lot of assumptions that the product works, but a lot of times teams will surprisingly build the pieces of a flow but not actually build the experience, the output.
“" I think there's a lot of assumptions that the product works, but a lot of times teams will surprisingly build the pieces of a flow but not actually build the experience, the output.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
03 / belief
One of my takeaways is do that not only with the people there but with the people who've left it to, but the people who've left the company will give you a perspective that is raw and different and much more I think aligned with what you want to hear.
“One of my takeaways is do that not only with the people there but with the people who've left it to, but the people who've left the company will give you a perspective that is raw and different and much more I think aligned with what you want to hear.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
04 / belief
A lot of times I think there is a big disconnect between an IC focusing on their discrete area and try to optimize for local maxima, versus understanding, okay, my manager's thinking about these things and this is how I fit in, and understanding maybe they have a gap to understanding why your area is important.
“A lot of times I think there is a big disconnect between an IC focusing on their discrete area and try to optimize for local maxima, versus understanding, okay, my manager's thinking about these things and this is how I fit in, and understanding maybe they have a gap to understanding why your area is important.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
05 / belief
I mean it was part of Facebook's growth too, but I think a little bit differently.
“I mean it was part of Facebook's growth too, but I think a little bit differently.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
06 / belief
Literally, angle-changed the retention on Instagram. And so if you about Instagram's growth, there was a TechCrunch article about Instagram's growth at I think 2017, 2018 when we were going 40, 50% year over year.
“Literally, angle-changed the retention on Instagram. And so if you about Instagram's growth, there was a TechCrunch article about Instagram's growth at I think 2017, 2018 when we were going 40, 50% year over year.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
07 / belief
I think one thing I think about a bunch is I come from, my background's a little bit different than a traditional tech executive.
“I think one thing I think about a bunch is I come from, my background's a little bit different than a traditional tech executive.”
- Speaker
- Bangaly Kaba
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast