Ketan NayakOld School Cool — Lessons on building a lasting business from an 89 year old trucking companyAn 89 year old has been kicking ass and taking names.Jan 23, 2023Jan 23, 2023
Ketan NayakExecutive Coaching in a Box: The Mochary Method and my TakeawaysEvery professional athlete has a coach. Why don’t all leadership professionals do?Jan 12, 2023Jan 12, 2023
Ketan Nayak2022 Rewind: What did I manage to do? Where did I fail?Keep writing every day and your mind will only get clearer.Jan 1, 2023Jan 1, 2023
Ketan NayakCan behavioral economics help you build better products?I recently finished reading Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Having done that, I am more convinced of a recently formed belief…May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Ketan NayakJoining product at an early stage startup? Here is how I went about itAbout a year ago, I went from building product at a large public company (Dropbox), to a post Series-A startup. I often get private…Apr 29, 20204Apr 29, 20204
Ketan NayakDon’t prioritize features! Some lessons in PM prioritization(I gave a talk at Product School, as a part of their Product Masterclass course in the fall of 2019. This article summarizes the content…Apr 21, 20202Apr 21, 20202
Ketan NayakLet’s “Goggins” It! A swim from Alcatraz and a tiny mindset shiftA couple of weeks ago, I finished reading the book Can’t Hurt Me: Master My Mind and Defy The Odds by David Goggins. I was reading the…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
Ketan NayakProduct building in a Pandemic: Surviving my first month as a fully remote PMI’ve always held a certain skepticism of a product manager purely working from home. As a PM, I’ve considered in-person interactions…Apr 9, 20202Apr 9, 20202
Ketan NayakProduct Managers Interviewing EngineersIf you’re a product manager, how do you run a product interview for engineers? What do you ask in the interview? How do you evaluate the…Jul 13, 2019Jul 13, 2019