I’m a senior product manager and startup advisor, currently in Toronto, originally from Mumbai. Have 8+ years of product and founder experience. ISB and On Deck alum. I enjoy tech, football, gaming (FIFA), standup comedy, and exploring new places to eat good food.
Connect with me:
Work
I do the following:
- 🛠️ currently senior product manager at Hashnode (Accel and Sequoia Surge backed)
- ✍️ write newsletters - The Discourse. (5,500+ subs) and No-code Shots (2,000+ subs)
- 💰 advise startups
- 💼 previously: product manager at CarDekho (Sequoia and CapitalG backed) and ex-founder
- 🎓 previously: program lead for The Product Folks no-code cohort program
- 🏫 ISB, On Deck alum
I love helping startups with
🛣️ Product strategy and roadmap
8+ years experience being a product manager with a founder stint. Most recently drove the roadmap for Hashnode (Series A startup) for Q2 and Q3.
- Product Specs review, prioritization support, metrics tracking, planning
- Guide to set up minimum viable processes
- Access to all the product management content I’ve written on The Discourse
🎨 Product design review
🚀 Product marketing + GTM
- Launch/distribution strategy + Product Hunt launch
- Community building strategy
- Distribution to audience of 10,000+ (Twitter + LinkedIn + Newsletter)
- Distribution to ISB alums - 14,000+ (if in target market)
🤖 AI Strategy and Prompts
Created a compilation of ChatGPT prompts for PMs downloaded by 4000+ people and a bunch of AI work at Hashnode
- Insights on overall AI strategy for the product
- Help with prompt engineering
🛠️ No-code
Program director of The Product Folks no-code cohort program, no-code app builder (examples), and writer of No-code Shots weekly newsletter
- Connect with No-code experts/builders to build MVPs in Bubble/Softr/Glide/Webflow/Framer
- Help select tools/platforms depending on use case
🧑🤝🧑 Community
Program director of The Product Folks no-code cohort program (ran 3 cohorts), On Deck alumni
- Community strategy and review
🕸️ Access to Network
ISB, On Deck and other networks
- Intros to key decision makers at various companies
What kind of niches do I have expertise in?
- B2C, B2B Saas
- Media, content, future of work, productivity, work collaboration, career-tech
How to contact
- DM on Twitter (@kavirkaycee)
- Email (kavir@hey.com)
- Set up a meeting (I'll send you my Cal link personally)