Build Your First AI Agent
Build Your First AI Agent Authors: Vellanki Sriharsha – AI Product Manager at IGNITE Tech AI agents have rapidly moved from being a niche technical curiosity to becoming one of the most important conversations in modern technology. Product teams are evaluating them, enterprises are exploring how they fit into operational workflows, and professionals across functions […]
Product Leadership Lessons from Spotify
Product Leadership Lessons from Spotify Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer Some companies become case studies because they were first. Others because they were lucky enough to catch the right market wave. Spotify is different. Its relevance comes from how deliberately it has built product decisions over time. Streaming music, by itself, was not a […]
Degree vs Skills: What Actually Matters in 2026?
Degree vs Skills: What Actually Matters in 2026? Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer A few years ago, this debate would have been much easier. If you wanted a respectable career, you got a degree. Preferably from a decent college. If the name carried weight, even better. That was the formula most families believed in, […]
Why Every Company Needs Product Thinking
Why Every Company Needs Product Thinking Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer Not long ago, the CIO was the person you called when systems broke, servers needed upgrading, or budgets for enterprise software had to be approved. That description feels outdated now. In many companies, the CIO has moved from being the person who supports […]
How Modern CIOs Are Becoming Product Leaders
How Modern CIOs Are Becoming Product Leaders Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer Not long ago, the CIO was the person you called when systems broke, servers needed upgrading, or budgets for enterprise software had to be approved. That description feels outdated now. In many companies, the CIO has moved from being the person who […]
AI’s Impact on Product Decision-Making
AI’s Impact on Product Decision-Making Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer Every product team has sat through that meeting. A graph is down. Support says customers are frustrated. Sales says deals are slipping because a competitor offers something better. Leadership wants quick answers. Everyone has a theory. Then the product manager has to make sense […]
The Most Important Skills for Product Leaders in 2026
The Most Important Skills for Product Leaders in 2026 Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer Job titles create false confidence. A senior product manager is often assumed to be a future product leader. More experience, broader scope, bigger team. Simple progression. Actual leadership transitions are rarely that tidy. The skills that help someone manage a […]
Not Getting Interviews After MBA? Here’s the Real Problem
Not Getting Interviews After MBA? Here’s the Real Problem Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer You did the degree. Sat through case discussions. Built presentations at 2 AM. Learned frameworks, finance basics, marketing jargon, and enough business vocabulary to survive any group discussion. So why is your inbox still silent? This is one of the […]
The New Rules of Product Innovation
The New Rules of Product Innovation Author: Srishti Sharma – Product Marketer Launching a good product means very little now. That sounds harsh, but look around. Most markets are full of products that are perfectly decent. They work. They solve a problem. They have clean interfaces, decent onboarding, and maybe even a few smart features. […]