Shishir Mehrotra
Chief Executive Officer, Superhuman · 1 appearance on the record.
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Mehrotra co-founded the all-in-one workspace platform Coda and previously served as the head of product, engineering, and UX at YouTube under Google. Today, he leads Superhuman as CEO and serves on the board of Spotify.
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Everything Shishir Mehrotra said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →
PM candidates must be able to hold attention for 45 minutes
“Any product person who can't figure out how to entertain you for 30 to 45 minutes is definitely not worthwhile as a product person.”
Home-court and away-court interview questions fail to calibrate PM candidates
“The home court question, you're spending your whole time trying to figure out, well, what does he want to hear? He probably thought about this way more than I have. And so you're not really getting a great calibration. On the other side, you can't separate thi…”
The VP of Product and CEO function as co-founders
“In a product-centered company, the VP of product and the CEO, like, no matter how they got formed, they're co-founders.”
Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product | Jan 2, 2019 | 6m |