The Art of Product Management with Sachin Rekhi (ENG’05 W’05)

Product managers drive the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. While one can often quickly comprehend the basic responsibilities of the role, mastering each of these dimensions is truly an art form that one is constantly honing. In this presentation I'll share my lessons learned over the last decade as a product manager in Silicon Valley on the art behind each of these dimensions of product management.

Sachin Rekhi is a serial entrepreneur and product leader who has spent the last decade developing innovative products in Silicon Valley.

Sachin most recently founded Connected, a professional contact manager that was acquired by LinkedIn in 2011 and re-launched as LinkedIn Contacts. He went on become head of product for LinkedIn Sales Navigator, LinkedIn's flagship offering for sales professionals.

Prior to Connected, Sachin founded Anywhere.FM, a web music player that allowed users to upload, play, and discover music online, which was acquired by imeem in 2008. Sachin started his career at Microsoft as a product lead on Visual Studio, Microsoft's developer tools platform.

Sachin recently left LinkedIn and has been advising early-stage startups on product strategy, design, and growth.

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[juansebastiangonzalezuruet]

Wow!
1. Great storytelling
2. Great career path
3. Great personal marketing

This seems so contemporary, it's incredible this was 7 years ago! BEFORE COVID19.
He even predicted a little Slack boom 💥

I read some other comments about how this guy changed so many times in his careers but it's actually THE SAME!

1. You want to develop your passion for tech (Engineering)
2. You want to develop your passion for business (Financing)
3. You get your perfect job as Product Manager
4. You use what you learned from your PM job and create a product of your own
5. You used your knowledge on business and actually be able to EXIT .... TWICE!
6. Use all this to now help other people


What a beautiful life journey, the very same one I've been pursuing

[xaryanOfficial]

His emphasis on combining technical skills, business understanding and design thinking is spot-on.

[athensf]

13:24 Vision
19:36 Strategy
31:48 Design
42:25 Execution
57:06 Q&A

[unssnu]

This guy is such an amazing communicator and manager. It's understandable why he gets all the good jobs.

[ryancsf]

Solid presentation. Thanks for sharing this with the world! This talk is still incredibly relevant 5 years later. Great resource for PMs and aspiring PMs.

[muratsafarov]

The talk is very well structured and insightful. Glad that I've discovered Sachin. Looking forward to see his other lectures.

[bigdlamz]

One of the most technically perfect presentations ive ever seen. Saved for rewatching .

[exto]

Good presentation 17:06 . Landed beyond my expectations.

[amangoyal]

Awesome presentation. Recommended for everyone who wants to be a pm or is already a pm.

[garglucky]

you gotta watch this video at least twice!! amazing!!

[philomenaobasi]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It was really incredible listening to you speak, thank you Mr Rekhi. 🙏🏻

[mngator]

You just talked and entire semester class in one presentation

[evelynmh]

Great presentation and examples. Clear and concise, I appreciate the information you provide in your website, very helpful.

[sabreenkaur]

Absolutely amazing and very clear and concise presentation on the subject. It makes my role as a PM so much clearer. Thank you

[Noname]

It's the most useful video about the product management I've ever seen. Thanks!

[seematomar]

Amazing, hats off to Sachin Rekhi, on of the great presentation I have seen so far with such great precision!!

[Mayaadyby.]

Wow! the knowledge, the golden experiences, the energy, the smile are incredible!

[BalamuruganRathinavel]

Awesome presentation. Great resource for Product Managers

[abhyunnati]

The flow deserves huge round of applause

[bisonvb]

So to be clear, he does engineering and finance and then wants to do product management in tech. Falls in love with the role then quits for a start-up.. Talk about finding your path:)