A Fireside Chat with Akshaya Murali
A Fireside Chat with Akshaya Murali
Akshaya leads product and design as CPO at a high-growth startup. Before that she built product at Expedia, Shopify and Vanta, and she advises startups and invests as an angel.
Her take on where product leaders are right now is pretty direct. Things are moving too fast to wait until you’ve caught up. It’s okay to say you don’t know how to build an agent or run evals. Saying it out loud is how you start learning. And the patterns you’ve picked up over years of watching customers are still what tells you what’s worth building.
What we’ll get into
→ Saying “I don’t know” out loud. Why admitting the gap opens more doors than pretending, and where to start.
→ Building your way to fluency. Side projects, personal tools, the thing that’s bugged you for months. Why that’s how leaders learn now, and how it shows up when you’re looking for your next role.
→ What founders and investors are looking for. Clear value, real outcomes and ROI still decide who gets funded. Akshaya also thinks there’s never been a better time for a product leader to start something.
→ How she’s changed the way she hires. Why she now picks fresh eyes and systems thinking over someone who’s solved the same problem four times.
→ Your questions. Bring the ones you don’t get to ask out loud at work.
Who it’s for
Directors, VPs and CPOs who want a real conversation, not a keynote.
Details
Wed, Nov 18 · 4 PM ET · Virtual · 45 minutes
Hosted by Catalysta. Moderated by Heather Gawel.