Hey 👋 I'm Tal. I've been a hands-on product manager & technical founder for 15+ years at hypergrowth companies, always among the first PMs. Most recently, I joined as first PM at Riverside.fm, leading an AI product used by Mark Zuckerberg, Michelle Obama, and Bill Gates.

Here's what I left off my resume:

I constantly struggle with feeling overwhelmed and distracted.

For much of this time I was leading 2-3 product teams simultaneously, there's no way I could have thrived without deliberate productivity systems that allow me to expand my scope without sacrificing my well-being.

At the same time, I'm naturally skeptical of whether new productivity tools are worth the time investment.

Ironically, as an AI PM acutely aware of the weak points of LLMs, I didn't incorporate ChatGPT in my workflow.

My concerns were:

• Make me sound average
• Dull my storytelling
• Take too long to fix and edit

...and I'd rather do my own writing.

Over time, by necessity & experimentation, I discovered the tactics that made LLMs an indispensable tool in my day to day.