Sanchan Saxena (VP of Product at Coinbase) on the inside story of how Airbnb made it through Covid; what he’s learned from Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, and Kevin Systrom; much more

I feel incredibly lucky to have gotten to work with Sanchin while I was at Airbnb B. He joined Airbnb as a director of product and quickly moved up the ranks to head of product for all of Airbnb. Before Airbnb he spent almost four years at Instagram as head of product for Instagram ads. And then he created and led the Instagram shopping product and team.

Before that he was director of product at Yahoo and a PM at Microsoft. And today is the VPR product at Coinbase. I don't think I've worked with a harder working PM, particularly someone who's incredibly kind and nice and generous. In my conversation with Sunchin, we cover what he's learned from working with some of today's best CEOs, including Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong. Zuck and Kevin Sistram.

What it was like inside Airbnb when Covid hit, and how they made it through travel completely stopping. How to set up your product development process at a startup. Tips for hiring amazing product managers. When to hire your first PM? When to A B test on when not to?

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