Jason Shah
Jason Shah has led product teams at Amazon, Airbnb, Microsoft, and Yammer and currently leads the product team at Alchemy (one of the most important web3 infrastructure companies). In addition, he’s an advisor, investor, and two-time founder.
3 skills 3 insights
Operating Cadence & Communication Skills
To influence leadership effectively, reframe disagreement as an attempt to shift direction toward business success rather than as a 'no' or 'pushback.'
"It starts from a place of I need to disagree, I need to say no. It's a very negative mindset, purely based on the word that has come to label a behavior that alternatively could be about how do I shif..."
Strategy & Positioning Skills
Defining a product vision around a 'full product loop' helps clarify how different features connect to drive growth and user value.
"Well, we've always thought of Amplitude as being about supporting the full product loop. Think collect data, inform bets, ship experiments and learn. That's the heart of growth to us."
Team & Organization Skills
Tangible shipping and product progress are more effective at maintaining team morale during a downturn than speeches or extrinsic rewards.
"So, in my opinion, I think that the only way to maintain moral is to make progress. I think that no speech, no sort of extrinsic motivators like we're going to give everybody some free crypto to keep..."