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This workshop empowers startup founders and product managers with the mindsets to create breakthrough products and reach product-market fit.

Chandar Venkataraman

The Product Mind Workshop for Startup Founders and Product Managers

Amazon Web Services

Druva Inc

Nightfall AI

Intuit

In The Product Mind Workshop, you’ll go beyond frameworks and tactics. You’ll redefine how you approach customer insights, product strategy, market fit, and growth execution, equipping yourself with the same mindsets, decision-making frameworks, and playbooks that have shaped startups with industry-leading products and billion-dollar businesses. Under the guidance of Chandar, a 4-time Chief Product Officer, GM at AWS, and Founder of The Product Mind,&nbsp;you’ll learn how to: ✅ Master strategic product thinking – Move beyond execution and learn how to align product vision with business strategy, customer needs, and market opportunities. ✅ Harness AI while balancing it with intuition – Understand how to leverage AI as your CoPilot while applying human intuition for balanced, optimal decision-making. ✅ Navigate product-market fit with confidence – Develop repeatable systems to assess traction, iterate on customer feedback, and drive sustained product adoption. ✅ Position and differentiate your product effectively – Learn how to craft compelling messaging, establish unique positioning, and accelerate your customer journey with winning narratives. ✅ Execute high-impact go-to-market strategies – Understand when to leverage Product-Led Growth (PLG) vs. Sales-Led GTM, and how to achieve product-market fit. ✅ Scale products and teams without losing focus – Master the art of relentless focus, iterative metrics-driven execution, and AI-driven growth optimization. ✅ Lead with clarity, confidence, and influence – Develop your personalized, AI-augmented Product Mind Playbook, integrating AI-powered insights, intuition, and strategic decision-making to lead products that drive business success. You won’t just walk away with theory—you’ll leave with an actionable playbook, practical strategies, and a leadership mindset that will elevate your career, transform the way you build products, and position you for long-term success. 🚀 If you’re ready to break through to the next level as a product leader, this is the workshop you need.

World-class product leadership is rooted in a clear and brilliant product mind

Startup Founders (early stage including Seed-stage, Series-A and Series-B startups)

Product Managers in early-stage startups Product Managers in growth-stage startups launching new products

R&amp;D roles (Engineering &amp; UX design) in early-stage startups R&amp;D roles in growth-stage startups launching new products

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Master strategic reasoning by integrating cognitive clarity, methodical reasoning using mental models, and structured decision-making. Make smart decisions, simplify complexity, and execute confidently.

A Reasoning Mindset

Cultivate the art of customer empathy to uncover unmet needs, identify market opportunities &amp; customer segments, and create a sound product strategy.&nbsp;Learn to apply JTBD, outcome-driven innovation, and need-based clustering frameworks.

A Customer Mindset

Embrace a builder mindset to create a strong product vision and follow a disciplined approach to execution rooted in customer value and design thinking.

A Builder Mindset

Acquire the mindset to develop and execute the best go-to-market strategy to drive product adoption and achieve product-market fit.

A GTM Mindset

Master the art of product marketing, establishing clear and differentiated product positioning that aligns with your GTM strategy and accelerates the customer journey.

A Product Marketing Mindset

Develop a growth mindset to scale your product through relentless focus, iterative metrics-driven execution, and AI-driven growth optimization.

A Growth Mindset

Build a personalized leadership framework that integrates all the mindsets, decision-making tools, and strategic playbooks from the course. Lead products and teams with clarity, confidence, and influence to create a lasting impact.

Your personalized, AI-augmented Product Mind Playbook

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First Module

Second Module

Third Module

Course syllabus

VP Product Management, Financial Services, Capital One

Head of Product Management & UX, Striim | Ex-AWS

VP Product & Marketing, DataPelago | Product-oriented GM | Startup advisor, mentor | ex-AWS, ex-Microsoft

Head of Product, Motive | Deep Tech Products for Enterprise | Ex-founder, ex-Bain | IIT CS, Columbia MBA

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A live session to develop the foundational traits of a strong product mind to navigate complexity with clarity and confidence. Includes an interactive project.

Module 1: The Reasoning Mindset: Awakening Your Thinking Mind

A live session to build deep customer insights and use them to craft segmentation and product strategies. Includes an interactive project.

Module 2: The Customer Mindset: Bridging Customer Empathy and Product Strategy

A live session to bridge product vision with planning and execution using structured frameworks. Includes an interactive project.

Module 3: The Builder Mindset: Building Products That Resonate

A live session to develop and execute a go-to-market strategy that drives product-market fit. Includes an interactive project.

Module 4: The GTM Mindset: Achieving Product-Market Fit

A live session to develop and execute a product marketing strategy that establishes clear differentiation, compelling messaging, and sales alignment. Includes an interactive project.

Module 5: The Product Marketing Mindset – Driving Clear Product Positioning

A live session to develop a growth mindset that achieves sustained product growth by driving continuous iteration. Includes an interactive project.

Module 6: The Growth Mindset: Driving Product Scale and Continuous Innovation

The final project is to develop a personalized, AI-augmented Product Mind playbook that captures all the learnings. While the playbook is developed incrementally each session, it's due for a final review a week after the workshop, allowing for ample synthesis and reflection.

Capstone Project

Course schedule

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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