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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · 2025-08-29 · 54 min · 9,055 words

20Product: Why Most CPOs are Bad | Why You Do Not Need PMs in a World of AI | Why the Design Stage is Dead and How to Use Vibe Coding to Replace It | The Three Roles All Founders End Up Firing on Repeat with Jason James @ Tezi

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You are listening to Twenty Product with me, Harry Stebbings. Now, 20 Product is a show where we dive into the best product mines in Silicon Valley to unveil how they think about building product teams, managing PMs in a world of AI, how they build the best products and product teams today. Now we're joined today by one of the best, Jason James, co-founder of Tesi and one of the leading product minds in the valley. Prior to Tesi, Jason was the VP of product at Instacod leading up to their IPO, and before that, He was the head of product and design at Thumbtack.

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