Product Brained
Product Brained, my newsletter on AI and product management, alongside articles on startups and building companies. Republished from LinkedIn.
Baumol's Cost Disease: Why Cheaper AI Will Make Some Things Wildly More Expensive
Last week, we looked at Jevons Paradox. Why making AI cheaper doesn't shrink AI usage but explodes it. Cheaper inference, more inference. Cheaper tokens, more tokens. That's the demand side of the story, and it's the one Satya Nadella, Travis Kalanick, and most of tech Twitter have been telling.
Why every PM building with AI needs to understand Jevons Paradox
In 1865, an English economist noticed something deeply counterintuitive: making steam engines more efficient didn't reduce coal consumption. It exploded it. That same dynamic is quietly reshaping every AI product decision you're making right now.
What If Users Never Had to Touch a Screen Again?
We're approaching a fundamental shift in how people interact with technology. While most product managers and designers are still focused on refining traditional interfaces, tweaking the same screens we've been working with for decades, the real opportunity lies elsewhere.
Fake It Smart: How Product Managers Use AI and False Doors Strategy to Validate Ideas Fast
Before diving into details, you must first understand what a false door is, when to use it, and when to avoid it. After this, I will share how to speed up things using AI.
Get Your Compliance AI Before Government Does
Compliance isn’t sexy. No one wakes up excited to polish their SOC 2 docs. No PM dreams of surprise audits. But here's the thing, Regulators are about to start using AI. And not the fun, “look what I made in ChatGPT” kind of AI.
Why Appreciating Competitors is a Game-Changing Mindset in Product Development
In the early days of building a product, it’s easy to fall into the trap of viewing competitors as threats or irrelevant distractions. I’ve been there. When you’re working tirelessly to bring your vision to life, the instinct is to believe you’re doing something so different that no one else matters or worse, to dismiss competitors entirely to protect your conviction.
My Product Philosophy
Every PM has their product philosophy depending upon the nature of the product they are building & the market they are operating in at the given point of time. If I have to explain my Product Philosophy, it's "Thinking ambitiously, building iteratively." It gets heavily reflected on my planning, wireframe & design approvals, testing of the product, and delivery to the market.
Losing Client worth 1.8 Million.
I received a call from the IT Head of one of the banks, and their first question was, “Are you guys building project management?” My response was, “Not exactly, but yes, we do have it in our offering.”
Pre Money, Post Money Valuation
Most of us have been listening this words on Shark tanks, Pitching competition. Let's dive into it in very simple words.
Register US Based LLC From Anywhere.
Hey folks, Let me directly dive into the process without wasting your time. First of all create your account at Stripe Atlas https://stripe.com/atlas. Provide the detail information after you sign up. Provide the name your are planning for your business. After that you need to decide what kind of corporation(Company types ) are you trying to register.Make sure to see both kind before selecting one.
Equity Vesting in Startups: Cofounders, Employee, Advisors.
In the world of startups, equity vesting has become a game-changer when it comes to attracting and retaining people on board. It's like the secret sauce that ensures cofounder, employees, advisor, especially the key players, stick around and give their all to the company's growth story. Let's break down the basics of equity vesting, explore the different flavors it comes in, and understand why it's a genius move for startup founders to follow.
5 Mistakes by Early founders
As a founder i have done dozens of mistakes in my journey but 5 were critical and it stills drag me down. My hope is that by sharing these, you can avoid similar pitfalls in your own endeavors: