The Easiest Way to Prototype an API

Hosted by Emmanuel Paraskakis

Wed, Apr 15, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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Emmanuel Paraskakis
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What you'll learn

Why customer validation is important for API products

Your idea is just a hypothesis that you need to validate with actual customers "outside the building". APIs included.

How to build an API MVP the right way

Learn the right way to build prototypes and MVPs, proven by 15+ years of experience and made easy with AI tools.

Generating your first prototype in minutes

A high-quality API Spec lets you generate mock API with functional endpoints and documentation you can give to users.

How to gather and use customer feedback for API products

You'll take away the tools to compile your feedback into Spec changes, ready for building your API product.

Why this topic matters

Most API products launch without real customer validation. Teams spend months building, only to find out users wanted something different. A working prototype changes that. In 30 minutes, you'll see how to go from idea to a prototype your customers can actually try, and how to use their feedback to build the right thing the first time.

You'll learn from

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250 | 3x VP Product Management

I’m Emmanuel, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 with over 15 years of experience shaping products.

I’ve led large API programs in fintech for Verisk, Moody’s, and Precisely, and served as VP of Product for some of the world’s most influential API tools - like API Blueprint at Apiary (550,000+ APIs), Oracle’s first Cloud-Native API Gateway, and Swagger at SmartBear (750,000+ APIs).

Over the years, I’ve consulted with everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs to startup founders, engaging with thousands of PMs, developers and consumers to help them build winning products and ecosystems.

My passion is to make products more impactful and user-friendly, which is why I created Build AI-Ready APIs: A Hands-On Workshop for Engineers and PMs: to share my lessons learned and help Product Managers and Engineers fast-track their careers.

Join me to gain practical insights, avoid common pitfalls, and learn how to deliver Developer Products that enable great user experiences, without repeating the mistakes I’ve already made along the way.

Previously at

Verisk
Moodys
Oracle
SmartBear
Precisely

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