Rakesh N N Chinta
The NAG Show
Embrace risk and experiment - PM is a unique journey, Varun Perla - Ex Swiggy PM, IIIT, Upenn (Ivy League)
0:00
-44:39

Embrace risk and experiment - PM is a unique journey, Varun Perla - Ex Swiggy PM, IIIT, Upenn (Ivy League)

Varun Perla is a current MS student at UPenn. He previously worked at Swiggy as PM, IIIT as an ML Research Intern, and graduated with a bachelor's from BITS-Pilani.

He talks about:

  1. Business models affected with COVID, his expectations on what to expect once the vaccine hits.

  2. The difference between a PM at a 10 person team and a 50+ person team

  3. The core competences of a great PM: clarity and communication

  4. Retrospective on taking risks and pursuing a process of rapid experimentation.

Check out his website for more info: https://www.varunperala.com

About Rakesh:

A recent graduate from the University of Michigan focused on Computer Science, Business, and Entrepreneurship. Currently, he is working as a PM at Microsoft.Incoming Grad Student with a focus on CS: ML, Quant at Harvard University. He previously worked with various firms in a mix of product, strategy, and software engineering roles: Google, Uber, SpaceX, Facebook, Single store. He also loves to spend his time looking at new venture investments, closely working with VC firms like Soma Capital, Heartland VC, Unshackled VC, etc. He spends his time experimenting with various product ideas within the realms of the venture.

About 'The NAG Show':

Join Rakesh as he interviews people from various domains of expertise. He dives in with deep informal conversations about their unique experiences, tactics, strategies implemented, learnings from failures, and optimized systems and processes that eventually made them who they are. Topics primarily deal with tech, venture, startups & entrepreneurship, product, and everyday life.

0 Comments
Rakesh N N Chinta
The NAG Show
Join Rakesh as he interviews people from various domains of expertise. He dives in with deep informal conversations about their unique experiences, tactics, strategies implemented, learnings from failures, and optimized systems and processes that eventually made them who they are. Topics primarily deal with tech, venture, startups & entrepreneurship, product, and everyday life.