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Drawing on product management, startup, and leadership experience, this session covers how to spot real opportunities, validate them fast, and make hard prioritization calls — the same way founders and product leaders do.

Think Like a Founder: Product, Business & Leadership Mindsets (An Introduction to Product Management in Tech)

An introduction to Product Management in Tech, exploring product, business and leadership mindsets.

A 30-minute workshop hosted by AI Product Leader and previous Meta Employee Aarthi Sridharan on Project Management in IT Tech followed by an open discussion.

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About your Host Aarthi Sridharan

Aarthi builds AI-powered platforms that scale—without losing sight of the people they serve.

At Meta, Amazon, and early-stage startups, she has led products from 0→1 through global scale, turning ambiguity into clear strategy and disciplined execution. Her work spans ML-driven decision-making, lifecycle engagement systems, and generative AI, generating more than $300 million in revenue impact across B2B and B2C environments.

What drives Aarthi is the judgment layer: knowing which signals matter, which problems are worth solving, and how to align cross-functional teams around decisions that hold up under pressure. She brings systems thinking to product leadership—developing not only roadmaps, but also the frameworks that allow teams to move faster with confidence. She thrives at the intersection of responsible AI and real-world impact, designing products that are technically ambitious and genuinely human-centered.

Aarthi is currently exploring mission-driven product leadership roles and is open to thoughtful conversations.

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