An inside look at Mixpanel’s product journey | Vijay Iyengar (Head of Product)
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Vijay Iyengar (00:00:00): The issue for us at the time was that we took people away from the investment in our core product to go do those other things. We moved people, right? And so the trap there is that you leave yourself right for disruption in your core because someone else can out invests you in that core....
The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.
Vijay Iyengar (00:03:52): Thank you, Lenny. Great to be here. Huge fan of the pod, and so glad I can contribute. Lenny (00:03:57): I definitely want...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Lenny (00:03:57): I definitely want to talk about Mixpanel's journey both as a product team and...
Matches the guest's warmth and keeps the social temperature generous.
Vijay Iyengar (00:17:28): I don't know if there's a hard and fast rule here. I can just maybe say what made sense and didn't make sense in our context. The...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
of this podcast and people I love. Great choices. Vijay, this was awesome. Thank you so much for joining me. Two final questions. Where can folks find you online if they want to reach out, learn more...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Lenny (00:44:42): Amazing. Both guests of this podcast and people I love. Great choices. Vijay, this was awesome. Thank you so much for joining me. Two final questions. Where can folks find you online if they want to reach out, learn more about what you're up to? And then how can listeners be useful to you? Vijay Iyengar (00:44:57): I'm on Twitter and LinkedIn. I think my handles will be in the show notes. Not super active there, but I definitely check DMs and would love to connect on either of those....
The ending stays curious after the formal conversation is almost done.