Product teams should avoid 6-to-12-month projects because macro conditions change rapidly
Mayur Kamat · Unconventional product lessons from Binance, N26, Google, more | Mayur Kamat (CPO at N26) · May 22, 2025 · at 1:21:29
Mayur Kamat reflects on project execution lessons learned from working at Google, Agoda, and Binance during rapid macroeconomic shifts.
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“Just don't take on projects that are going to be six months, a year because you just generally don't have control over the macro. Things just move way, way more faster, and that's probably cemented my kind of now product philosophy of just doing small things very quickly”
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