From IC to Starting Up on My Own - Lessons & Live Q&A
Thu, Jul 30, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)
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The Product Builder Certification: From Vibe Coding to Spec Engineering
Gayathri Keerthana (GK)
AI Consultant, ex-Amazon Sr PM (ML), 3x Founder
Thu, Jul 30, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
The Product Builder Certification: From Vibe Coding to Spec Engineering
Gayathri Keerthana (GK)
AI Consultant, ex-Amazon Sr PM (ML), 3x Founder
What you'll learn
Hear the real story, not the featured posts
Get the honest version of leaving a stable income, the break in between, and starting two ventures from scratch.
Get an approach to finding out what works best for you
Walk through the signals I waited for and the ones I ignored, so you can pressure-test your own timing.
Learn what I would do differently
Get the specific first-year mistakes that cost me time and money.
How I juggle between priorities with minimal overheads
See how I dabble across them without one starving the other with the help of AI and learned human skills.
Why this topic matters
Interacting everyday with people across all levels in their career, I see that everyone is in a "what next" conundrum. AI is creating risks and opportunities at the same time. From the outside it looks like a leap of nerve. From the inside it was mostly timing, trade-offs and a lot of lessons. This session is the unedited version, followed by as many of your questions as possible.
You'll learn from
GK
Built by ex-Amazon: ML PM & an ex-VP | Lenny Featured Lightning Lesson
Most people stick to one thing. I've been managing to experiment with three:
- teaching professionals to raise the bar while working with AI
- helping businesses automate their workflows
- running a speciality coffee brand in the UK
This is possible because of a rather uncommon mix of experiences I packed in just over a decade:
- Senior PM in a $7.2B Amazon business unit, leading ML and econometric models that moved the needle on delivery experience.
- Ops Manager at an Amazon robotics site: 300-person team, 250K+ shipments per night.
- MBA from ESADE (ranked #7 by FT), Social Impact Scholarship.
- Led marketing at SaaS unicorns: inbound, virality, demand gen, the whole shebang.
- Founded a non-profit in rural India at 19, ran it for five years, won state-level awards.
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