Anneka Gupta is the Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, a leading B2B cybersecurity company. She previously spent 11 years at LiveRamp, where she was the President and Head of Product and Platforms leading product development and go-to-market operations and strategy. Anneka also sits on the board of directors for Tinuiti and teaches product management at Stanford University. In our conversation, we discuss: • Navigating “founder mode” dynamics in organizations • Navigating difficult personalities and aligning teams • The PM skill of summarization • Giving and receiving hard feedback effectively • The value of a positive mindset • Tips for breaking into product management • Much more — Brought to you by: • The Enterprise Ready Conference — For B2B leaders building enterprise SaaS • Command AI — AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users • Eppo — Run reliable, impactful experiments — Find the transcript at: lennysnewsletter.com/p/becoming… — Where to find Anneka Gupta: • X: x.com/annekagupta • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annekagupta — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: lennysnewsletter.com • X: twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky — In this episode, we cover: — Referenced: • Founder Mode: • Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google): • The Skip community: • Rubrik: • 5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy | Roger Martin (author, advisor, speaker): • Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works: • Thinking like a gardener not a builder, organizing teams like slime mold, the adjacent possible, and other unconventional product advice | Alex Komoroske: • Acquired podcast interviews Zuckerberg in San Francisco: • Hema Mohan on LinkedIn: • Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: • Radical Candor: From theory to practice with author Kim Scott: • LiveRamp: • Product Management class at Stanford: • Figma: • Dovetail: • The Remarkable Advantage of Abundant Thinking: • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers: • Brandon Sanderson’s books: • Fallout on Prime Video: • Thunderbolt 4 ( 3-meter cable): • Isaac Asimov: • The complete Foundation series: — Production and marketing by . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. — Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.