Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

AI | Product | Growth | Technology | Entrepreneurship topmate.io/shubham_gaurav Bengaluru Joined June 2012

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

a month ago

Startup PM ≠ BigCo PM In a startup, you’re not just a PM. You’re the glue. You’re the bridge. You’re the fallback when things break. Titles shrink. Responsibility expands. You don’t manage products. You keep things moving. #ProductManagement #Startups #Learnings

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

MVPs aren’t “minimum viable products.” They’re maximum learning bets at minimum cost and fastest execution. If it doesn’t lead to adoption or critical insight, it’s not an MVP. It’s just unfinished work. #ProductManagement #Startups #Learnings

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Startups don’t ship based on “roadmap”. They ship what: - Unblocks another team - Wins investor confidence - Closes that one big customer Roadmap is optional. Execution is survival. #Startups #ProductLeadership #Execution #Roadmap

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

A beautiful dashboard ≠ a better product. Vanity metrics look good in meetings. Real metrics feel uncomfortable. If it’s always green, you’re not asking the right questions. #MisusedMetrics #ProductManagement #Growth

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Engagement went up? Great. But was it: → The feature? → The timing? → The push notification we sent an hour before? Without context, data lies. Insight demands causality, not just correlation. #ProductAnalytics #Growth #MisusedMetrics #productmanagement

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Our best-performing UA campaigns? Not the flashiest. Not the cheapest. Just the most aligned: → Right persona → Right timing → Right offer Targeting is positioning. Get that wrong, and everything else breaks. #UserAcquisition #GrowthMarketing #ProductStrategy

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Product Leadership 101: You don’t get buy-in with the perfect deck. You get buy-in by: → Including others in the problem → Aligning with their incentives → Letting them own part of the solution Influence > Presentation polish. Collaboration > Control. #Product #Leadership

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Sometimes the fastest CRO win is subtraction. Remove: ❌ Confusing CTAs ❌ Gated forms too early ❌ Unclear value props Conversion = understanding × confidence × momentum Speed doesn’t always come from adding. It comes from removing friction. #ProductManagement #Growth #CRO

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Sinner 🎾 #Wimbledon2025

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

The Funnel Fallacy Not all drop-offs are bad. A funnel filters. That’s its job. Obsessing over 100% conversion is how you end up with bloated, unfocused products. Good funnels qualify. Great ones convert the right users. #ProductManagement #Growth

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

You’re not “data-driven” if: → You ignore what isn’t in your funnel → You chase statistical significance, not insight → You overreact to micro-trends Data is fuel. Judgment is the engine. #ProductManagement #Growth #Analytics

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

“Let’s just A/B test it.” Sounds smart. But without: → Traffic → Intent → A clear hypothesis It’s just spray-and-pray with statistical lipstick. Test less. Think better. #ProductManagement #Growth #UX

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

The most underrated PM skill? Translating constraints into clarity. Engineers want direction. Designers want guardrails. Business wants velocity. The PM brings all of them a shared why. #ProductManagement

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Execution isn’t shipping fast. It’s removing ambiguity fast. Every delay I’ve seen in a roadmap traces back to: → Vague goals → Half-baked handoffs → Undefined success Speed starts with clarity. #ProductManagement #roadmap #growth

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

The riskiest part of user acquisition? Assuming intent instead of validating it. A fancy landing page can’t save a message that isn’t aligned with what the user actually wants. Data ≠ desire. Learn to read both. #productmanagement #useracquisition #Growth

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Strategy is the art of saying “no.” Execution is the discipline of not saying “yes” again a week later. PMs who master both are rare. The rest ship chaos in clean decks. #productmanagement

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Every roadmap looks perfect… Until reality shows up with: → Dependencies you didn’t expect → Stakeholders you forgot → Tech debt you ignored Roadmaps are fiction. Progress is in the edits. #ProductManagement

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Great PMs don’t just bring clarity. They bring clarity without killing momentum. That’s the line between leadership and micromanagement. Most PMs learn it the hard way. #productmanagement #pm

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Shubham Gaurav @shubham_gaurav

2 months ago

Most PMs obsess over acquisition metrics. The best ones? They obsess over acquisition psychology. Because clicks are just numbers. But conversion is human emotion. Know the data. But speak to desire, fear, and trust. Learn to speak human. #productmanagement #Growth