Show notes: http://www.craftsmanfounder.com/podcast-13-product-genius-hiten-shah/
Subscribe to Mark MacLeod for The Startup CEO Show Podcast, actionable insights, coaching, and strategy for CEOs. https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMacLeod-CEOCoach?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO MARK MACLEOD'S NEWSLETTER: https://markmacleod.me/newsletter/ ---------------------------------------------- In this episode, Mark MacLeod gets into an engaging discussion with Hiten Shah, the co-founder and CEO of Nira, exploring the myriad facets of leading and funding a startup. Hiten shares his experiences and philosophies, ranging from the necessity of aligning product development with customer feedback to the intricacies of venture capital and self-funding. Discover the profound insights on venture capital investment, the vital importance of investor-founder alignment, and Hiten's unique approach to product innovation and company culture. This episode is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs and seasoned executives alike, who are eager to learn from someone who has walked the challenging path of startup success. ------------------------- Key moments: 05:10 How to Build a Startup from Scratch 11:20 Advantages of Self-funding versus VC 14:45 The role of Investors 19:30 Strategies for Handling Risk and Investors 29:10 Remote Work and its Impact on Company Culture 32:40 Discussion on Customer Obsession 37:50 Challenges of raising money and the timing of investment pitches. 42:05 Understanding and Leveraging Investor Expectations. 47:00 Accountability in Remote Work and Transparency in Business. ---------------------------------------------- Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themarkmacleod/ Connect on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/markmacleod_ Contact Mark: https://markmacleod.me/
Subscribe to Mark MacLeod for The Startup CEO Show Podcast, actionable insights, coaching, and strategy for CEOs. https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMacLeod-CEOCoach?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO MARK MACLEOD'S NEWSLETTER: https://markmacleod.me/newsletter/ ---------------------------------------------- In this episode, Mark MacLeod gets into an engaging discussion with Hiten Shah, the co-founder and CEO of Nira, exploring the myriad facets of leading and funding a startup. Hiten shares his experiences and philosophies, ranging from the necessity of aligning product development with customer feedback to the intricacies of venture capital and self-funding. Discover the profound insights on venture capital investment, the vital importance of investor-founder alignment, and Hiten's unique approach to product innovation and company culture. This episode is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs and seasoned executives alike, who are eager to learn from someone who has walked the challenging path of startup success. ------------------------- Key moments: 05:10 How to Build a Startup from Scratch 11:20 Advantages of Self-funding versus VC 14:45 The role of Investors 19:30 Strategies for Handling Risk and Investors 29:10 Remote Work and its Impact on Company Culture 32:40 Discussion on Customer Obsession 37:50 Challenges of raising money and the timing of investment pitches. 42:05 Understanding and Leveraging Investor Expectations. 47:00 Accountability in Remote Work and Transparency in Business. ---------------------------------------------- Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themarkmacleod/ Connect on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/markmacleod_ Contact Mark: https://markmacleod.me/
Subscribe to Mark MacLeod for The Startup CEO Show Podcast, actionable insights, coaching, and strategy for CEOs. https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMacLeod-CEOCoach?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO MARK MACLEOD'S NEWSLETTER: https://markmacleod.me/newsletter/ ---------------------------------------------- In this episode, Mark MacLeod gets into an engaging discussion with Hiten Shah, the co-founder and CEO of Nira, exploring the myriad facets of leading and funding a startup. Hiten shares his experiences and philosophies, ranging from the necessity of aligning product development with customer feedback to the intricacies of venture capital and self-funding. Discover the profound insights on venture capital investment, the vital importance of investor-founder alignment, and Hiten's unique approach to product innovation and company culture. This episode is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs and seasoned executives alike, who are eager to learn from someone who has walked the challenging path of startup success. ------------------------- Key moments: 05:10 How to Build a Startup from Scratch 11:20 Advantages of Self-funding versus VC 14:45 The role of Investors 19:30 Strategies for Handling Risk and Investors 29:10 Remote Work and its Impact on Company Culture 32:40 Discussion on Customer Obsession 37:50 Challenges of raising money and the timing of investment pitches. 42:05 Understanding and Leveraging Investor Expectations. 47:00 Accountability in Remote Work and Transparency in Business. ---------------------------------------------- Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themarkmacleod/ Connect on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/markmacleod_ Contact Mark: https://markmacleod.me/
Hacker Noon Podcast Episode 1: A conversation with entrepreneur Hiten Shah On the first episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, hosted by Trent Lapinski, Trent talked to Hiten Shah, a serial entrepreneur known for founding CrazyEgg https://crazyegg.com, and KISSmetrics https://kissmetricshq.com with Neil Patel. Hiten is currently working on Product Habits https://producthabits.com, as well as his latest startup FYI https://usefyi.com. In this episode Trent and Hiten discuss starting startups, marketing, what it takes to run a business, and Hiten's favorite life hack. Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com
Welcome to the 16th episode of The Deep Collaboration podcast. In this episode, CoScreen co-founder Till Pieper will be talking to Hiten Shah, a serial entrepreneur, CEO, and co-founder of Nira. Hiten will share how he optimizes remote work practices, hires a scalable remote team, and why great planning should be a core skill for all engineers. Timestamp: 00:25 - Hiten Shah's path 03:00 - Hiring challenges in a remote and global setting 09:00 - Why great planning should be a core skill for all engineers 13:00 - Scaling a remote engineering team 14:00 - Optimizing remote work practices and planning exercises 15:50 - Async and sync communication at Nira 18:00 - Working remotely vs working from home during a global pandemic 28:00 - Adoption of distributed work https://nira.com/
Hiten Shah and Dan Olsen had a fireside chat about "The Art of Pivoting Towards Product-Market Fit" at Lean Product Meetup on July 22, 2021. About Hiten Shah Hiten has built dozens of SaaS products in the last 16+ years. His most notable ones include Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Nira is his latest, where they just made a successful pivot. He loves sharing what he’s learned along the way and helping other founders and product people. Hiten and his Nira cofounder write an amazing product newsletter called Product Habits that you should sign up for. You can find Hiten on Twitter at @hnshah and on LinkedIn. About Dan Olsen Dan is product management trainer and consultant in addition to being the author of "The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback". Dan is also founder of the Lean Product monthly speaker series in Silicon Valley, where he hosts top product thought leaders to share their wisdom. If you would like to see more videos like this check out the followings talks from past months: ▶ Dan Olsen's Product-Market Fit talk at Mind the Product SF 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUrQlmwox4 ▶ Jake Knapp about his new book “Make Time” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Sx9o85y-s ▶ Box CEO Aaron Levie Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJC_JuxRgIg ▶ “Product is Hard” by Marty Cagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYFmrvPI8Q ▶ “Jobs to Be Done” by Tony Ulwick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFUHapOJsQ ▶ Using Data to Set Your Product Strategy by Justin Bauer, who is the VP of Product at Amplitude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8XQVQy8Xiw ▶ For upcoming videos like this, subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/DanOlsen ▶ This video was produced by Coreography https://coreography.com. ▶ Lean Product was founded by Dan Olsen https://dan-olsen.com. ▶ Learn more about Lean Product Meetups at https://meetup.com/lean-product #DanOlsen #LeanProductMeetup #ProductManagement
FounderLine is a live weekly webcast devoted to helping startup founders succeed, hosted by seven-time startup entrepreneur and investor Joe Beninato. Each week, Joe welcomes an experienced entrepreneur or investor to discuss startup-related topics and field questions from entrepreneurs around the world. FounderLine is broadcast live, and viewers are welcome to send questions via email or twitter. For more information, go to founderline.com. In this episode, host Joe Beninato and guest Hitan Shah of Quick Sprout answer viewer questions including: - What are some of the best techniques you've seen for growing traffic for consumer web sites and mobile apps? - If your startup has to ask a founder to leave, what advice can you give about that? - What's the most difficult situation you've experienced as a founder and how did you handle it? - Who are your 3 favorite seed investors and why? - What are the most common mistakes you see startup CEOs making? This program was aired on KMVT15 Community Media.
Hiten Shah and Dan Olsen had a fireside chat about "The Past, Present & Future of Product-Market Fit" at Lean Product Meetup on on May 11, 2023. About Hiten Shah Hiten has built dozens of SaaS products in the last 18+ years. His most notable ones include Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Nira is his latest, where they just made a successful pivot. He loves sharing what he’s learned along the way and helping other founders and product people. Hiten and his Nira cofounder write an amazing product newsletter called Product Habits that you should sign up for. You can find Hiten on Twitter at @hnshah and on LinkedIn. About Dan Olsen Dan is product management trainer and consultant in addition to being the author of "The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback". Dan is also founder of the Lean Product monthly speaker series in Silicon Valley, where he hosts top product thought leaders to share their wisdom. If you would like to see more videos like this check out the followings talks from past meetups: ▶ “Product is Hard” by Inspired Author Marty Cagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYFmrvPI8Q ▶ "Product Strategy: The Missing Link" by Inspired Author Marty Cagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4H_gluZI10 ▶ “Jobs to Be Done” by Tony Ulwick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFUHapOJsQ ▶ "Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887i04NjDjc ▶ "How to Iterate & Improve Your Product with Rapid User Testing" by Dan Olsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFpKtu3OgOA ▶ "Mastering the Problem Space to Achieve Product-Market Fit" by Dan Olsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUrQlmwox4&t=394s ▶ Jake Knapp about his new book “Make Time” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Sx9o85y-s ▶ Using Data to Set Your Product Strategy by Justin Bauer, who is the VP of Product at Amplitude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8XQVQy8Xiw ▶ For upcoming videos like this, subscribe to our channel: https://youtube.com/danolsen ▶ Lean Product was founded by Dan Olsen https://dan-olsen.com. #ProductManagement #productmanagement
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - Hiten Shah is a proven entrepreneur and advisor. He co-founded KISSmetrics and Crazy Egg with his business partner Neil Patel. In his talk, Hiten discusses how he got started and some tricks he uses to be super productive. KISSmetrics was founded in 2008 and gives you customer insights to optimize your marketing efforts. Keep it simple at https://www.kissmetrics.com/ Hustle Con is a badass conference where the best non-technical founders (aka hustlers) teach how they got started and give practical advice on growing your startup. If you’ve heard of a hacker, well a hustler is its counterpart. Basically, it’s like a rock n’ roll version of TED, except not as hoity-toity. The catch? None of our speakers know how to code. Check us out at http://www.hustlecon.com/
For a complete summary with links of this Hiten Shah Interview on Starting Something, Finding Opportunities and Learning to the Max head to http://life-longlearner.com/hiten-shah-interview/ Get more insider tactics on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-competitive-edge/id873029787.
For a complete summary with links of this Hiten Shah Interview on Starting Something, Finding Opportunities and Learning to the Max head to http://life-longlearner.com/hiten-shah-interview/ Get more insider tactics on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-competitive-edge/id873029787.
Hiten Shah gave the talk about "The Art of Pivoting Towards Product-Market Fit" at Lean Product Meetup on July 22, 2021. About Hiten Shah Hiten has built dozens of SaaS products in the last 16+ years. His most notable ones include Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Nira is his latest, where they just made a successful pivot. He loves sharing what he’s learned along the way and helping other founders and product people. Hiten and his Nira cofounder write an amazing product newsletter called Product Habits that you should sign up for. You can find Hiten on Twitter at @hnshah and on LinkedIn. If you would like to see more videos like this check out the followings talks from past months: ▶ Dan Olsen's Product-Market Fit talk at Mind the Product SF 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUrQlmwox4 ▶ Jake Knapp about his new book “Make Time” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Sx9o85y-s ▶ Box CEO Aaron Levie Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJC_JuxRgIg ▶ “Product is Hard” by Marty Cagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYFmrvPI8Q ▶ “Jobs to Be Done” by Tony Ulwick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFUHapOJsQ ▶ Using Data to Set Your Product Strategy by Justin Bauer, who is the VP of Product at Amplitude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8XQVQy8Xiw ▶ For upcoming videos like this, subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/DanOlsen ▶ This video was produced by Coreography https://coreography.com. ▶ Lean Product was founded by Dan Olsen https://dan-olsen.com. ▶ Learn more about Lean Product Meetups at https://meetup.com/lean-product #DanOlsen #LeanProductMeetup #ProductManagement
Hiten Shah gave the talk about "The Past, Present & Future of Product-Market Fit" at Lean Product Meetup on May 11, 2023. About Hiten Shah Hiten has built dozens of SaaS products in the last 18+ years. His most notable ones include Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Nira is his latest, where they just made a successful pivot. He loves sharing what he’s learned along the way and helping other founders and product people. Hiten and his Nira cofounder write an amazing product newsletter called Product Habits that you should sign up for. You can find Hiten on Twitter at @hnshah and on LinkedIn. If you would like to see more videos like this check out the followings talks from past meetups: ▶ “Product is Hard” by Inspired Author Marty Cagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYFmrvPI8Q ▶ "Product Strategy: The Missing Link" by Inspired Author Marty Cagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4H_gluZI10 ▶ “Jobs to Be Done” by Tony Ulwick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFUHapOJsQ ▶ "Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887i04NjDjc ▶ "How to Iterate & Improve Your Product with Rapid User Testing" by Dan Olsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFpKtu3OgOA ▶ "Mastering the Problem Space to Achieve Product-Market Fit" by Dan Olsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUrQlmwox4&t=394s ▶ Jake Knapp about his new book “Make Time” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Sx9o85y-s ▶ Using Data to Set Your Product Strategy by Justin Bauer, who is the VP of Product at Amplitude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8XQVQy8Xiw ▶ For upcoming videos like this, subscribe to our channel: https://youtube.com/danolsen ▶ Lean Product was founded by Dan Olsen https://dan-olsen.com. #DanOlsen #ProductManagement
Subscribe + listen to Creator Lab on any podcast app: Apple: http://bit.ly/creatorlabapple Spotify: http://bit.ly/creatorlabspotify YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/creatorlabfm Google: http://bit.ly/creatorlabgoog Hiten Shah has built multiple SaaS companies including Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics & FYI. In this conversation, we discuss the future of remote work & lessons learned from building, investing & advising 120+ companies. You can check out the full analysis Hiten and his team published here: https://usefyi.com/remote-work-report/ 63% of US companies now have remote workers and 96% of remote workers would recommend working remotely to a friend. But what does "remote work" actually mean? Many people think of digital nomads galavanting around tropical islands while fitting in some Wifi connected work time – or freelancers working out of trendy coffee shops. But as Hiten and I discuss, most of us are already participating in some form of "remote work". Whether that's a remote meeting we have with external partners, flexible work schedules or simply, "working from home" – this is an important macro trend that is going to impact all of us as the nature of work continues to evolve. Five Things To Listen Out For: (1) What remote work really means – Hiten's team did a deep dive to uncover what remote work means in practice (2) Understanding intent through keyword research – how Hiten used keyword research to understand the specifics around what people are really looking for (3) Facts vs Feelings – mental frameworks to separate facts and feelings to make decisions (4) Dealing with loss – the lesson Hiten's dad shared when his mother passed away at a young age and how that has helped shape him today (5) Why words matter – the difference between "self-funding" and "bootstrapping"
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/StartupGrind STARTUP GRIND GLOBAL: https://www.startupgrind.com/conference Hiten Shah has started 3 SaaS companies, Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics and the newest is Quick Sprout. He also loves to advise, invest and help founders and their companies. STARTUP GRIND EUROPE: https://www.startupgrind.com/europe/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/StartupGrind FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StartupGrind/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/startup/
Hiten Shah, Founder of CrazyEgg and KISSmetrics, talked about the pros and cons of funding vs. self-funding, and the impact each can have on your focus and early-stage strategy. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/16384244?utm_source=youtube
Hiten Shah, Founder of CrazyEgg and KISSmetrics, talked about the pros and cons of funding vs. self-funding, and the impact each can have on your focus and early-stage strategy. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/16384244?utm_source=youtube
Hiten Shah is a serial founder who has started several analytics and security companies, including Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. The latest one, Nira, was acquired by Dropbox in 2024. In this episode, he shares how he turns ChatGPT from a simple chatbot into a personal workplace coach, sales strategist, and productivity multiplier. *What you’ll learn:* 1. How to create AI versions of your boss by loading operating manuals and personality tests into ChatGPT projects 2. A simple approach for turning sales frameworks into customized discovery call scripts for any product 3. Why context is everything—and how to load ChatGPT with the right information before asking for outputs 4. The “show it what great looks like” technique that dramatically improves AI responses 5. How to build a personal AI coach using your own personality assessments and communication style 6. Why you should use temporary sessions for random queries to keep your main ChatGPT memory clean *Brought to you by:* Paragon—Ship every SaaS integration your customers want: https://useparagon.com/HowIAI Notion—The best AI tools for work: https://www.notion.com/howiai *Where to find Hiten Shah:* Blog: https://hitenism.com/ X: https://twitter.com/hnshah LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hnshah/ *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Introduction to Hiten (02:55) Why Hiten primarily uses ChatGPT (04:12) The importance of context and memory management (07:58) Demo: Creating “What Would Morgan Do” project (13:30) Using personality types to improve AI coaching (16:20) Building a personal operating system in ChatGPT (20:55) Mixing structured frameworks and personal context (23:20) Demo: Winning by Design sales framework implementation (30:00) Creating discovery call scripts (31:44) Using ChatGPT’s deep research feature to understand Claire’s leadership style (36:30) Lightning round and final thoughts *Tools referenced:* • ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/ • Claude: https://claude.ai/ *Other references:* • Hiten's Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j15hoR3qZLQMJuW-mtfYFyhXM0CpYHQkZJuUgqHBsZs/edit?tab=t.0 • Winning by Design: https://winningbydesign.com/ • Enneagram: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ • Human Design: https://humandesign.tools/ • Myers-Briggs: https://www.myersbriggs.org/ • DISC: https://www.discprofile.com/ • Lex: https://lex.page/ • The Lean Startup: https://theleanstartup.com/ • Sean Ellis score: https://pmfsurvey.com/ _Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._
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See more at http://theheartbeat.news //////// Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Company, asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner she respects. This week, she interviews Hiten Shah, Founder of KISSmetrics, CrazyEgg, FYI and Product Habits. She asks Hiten: "What's the one thing you wish you would've have learned earlier, as a leader?" Watch what he has to say here :-) Want to see more leadership interviews by Claire? Subscribe to The Heartbeat: A bi-weekly newsletter on leadership that features an interview (just like this!): http://theheartbeat.news
See more at http://theheartbeat.news //////// Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Company, asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner she respects. This week, she interviews Hiten Shah, Founder of KISSmetrics, CrazyEgg, FYI and Product Habits. She asks Hiten: "What's the one thing you wish you would've have learned earlier, as a leader?" Watch what he has to say here :-) Want to see more leadership interviews by Claire? Subscribe to The Heartbeat: A bi-weekly newsletter on leadership that features an interview (just like this!): http://theheartbeat.news
Hiten Shah built Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics and is currently building Nira. He joins Arav to chat about his experiences building SaaS businesses, what he’s learned, and his thoughts on others building products, and their ideas online.
Director of Bombay Metrics, Hiten Shah, discusses Bombay Metrics, a global manufacturing, and supply chain company, business model and how they continue year-over-year growth.