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I am Ram Sevak – a product executive  based out of Bengaluru, India. I have spent 15+ years building and leading products across consumer internet, e-commerce, FinTech and AI/data. I write ProductSummaries.com as my reading and learning journal primarily hosting books and ideas I find useful for product leaders, founders and other practitioners. These are NOT AI-generated book summaries; they are my own reading notes, interpretations and takeaways

This is synopsis of the product orgs I have worked with and things I learnt from each of them

• Amazon: market leader in cloud computing, e-commerce and devices
  • I learnt scale, mechanisms, execution rigor at Internet scale here. Of course, leadership principles!
• Tamara: a FinTech unicorn based out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and having operations in KSA, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain
  • Learnt execution in a fast-paced regulated set-up. Set up many org mechanisms including product competency framework, hiring and promotion guidelines for PMs
• Flipkart: e-commerce market leader in India. Acquired by Walmart Inc. in 2018
  • Learnt scale and experimentation at Indian consumer scale by leading Checkout and Product Page for Flipkart
• Gaana: music streaming service in India. Owned by BCCL, media behemoth which runs the Times of India. Later raised funds from Tencent
  • Defined and executed product-led growth strategy. Delivered 5X user growth purely with organic levers
• Zopper: a pre-PMF start-up in hyperlocal commerce domain. Raised series B from Tiger Global and few HNIs. Parts of it were acquired by Flipkart Group and has since pivoted to InsureTech
  • First experience with managing PMs, scaling and hiring teams including data science and design
• Naukri: key part of Info Edge, a public Internet company with 8B+ USD market cap. More than 70% market share in job classifieds, market leader since 2004
  • PM’ing 101. Defined and implemented programmatic SEO at scale back in 2012!

I firmly believe there is an inherent virtue in sharing the knowledge and experience; and we can all be better together by sharing our journeys

What can a regular reader or subscriber of this expect?

I intend to review books that I read and which I think can be valuable to product community. My focus is to not just provide key learning from reading a book, but to tie insights back to their real-world applications

Who is this site aimed at?

Product folks, founders, VCs. YMMV

How often would the site be updated?

I’d strive to publish at least one post in a month

Disclaimer: ProductSummaries.com contains my personal notes, interpretations and commentary on books, articles and ideas I read. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the original works. All copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the referenced material belong to their respective authors, publishers and rights holders.

Any views expressed on this site are personal and do not represent the views of my current or former employers.