Why “Builders” Are Replacing “Founders”
Hosted by Dr. Marily Nika and Colin Matthews
Thu, Nov 6, 2025
5:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
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Thu, Nov 6, 2025
5:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course




What you'll learn
The rise of the solo technical founder
From idea to MVP alone
The new founder mindset
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Dr. Marily Nika
Gen AI PM Lead @ Google | ex-Meta, Fellow @ Harvard | TED AI Speaker | 40u40
AI PM Newsletter (30k+)
🔗 LinkedIn (90k+)
🤝 Coaching
Based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Marily Nika is an award-winning AI Product Management leader & one of the world's best AI educators, with 12+ years of experience at Google & Meta, with a PhD in Machine Learning. Featured in TechCrunch, executive Fellow at Harvard, TED AI Presenter.
Marily created the first (and best) AI Product Management Certification on Maven. Marily is also a keynote speaker (TED AI / 3 x TEDx) and has been recognized for her contributions in AI & tech several times: Amplitude most influencial product leader, medal of Outstanding Achievement, WISE Influence Award, 2020's Top 100 Women in tech, Emerging Leader Award, 2021's 40 under 40 list.
Marily is also an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School where she teaches AI Product Management.
She has taught over 8k students on Maven and offers these courses:
✉️ maven@aiproduct.com
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Colin Matthews
Instructor, AI Prototyping for PMs
Colin Matthews is the Founder of Tech for Product, where over 8,500+ product professionals learn hands-on technical skills for the AI era. A product leader turned educator, Colin built his following through his Maven course on AI Prototyping for Product Managers and his writing on bridging engineering fluency with product insight.
Previously, he led technical product development at Datavant and SeamlessMD, and contributed to Pluralsight as an author teaching data science foundations. Colin’s mission is simple: empower PMs to speak the language of builders.
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