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This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)

aired Aug 02, 2026 · 84.0m
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Summary

As tech companies scaled, somewhere along the line, this HR ratio of a pod popped into being. Something you wrote online that surprised a lot of people, the Whatnot product team, was built on a somewhat simple premise.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, think, kind, including: Every time you hire six engineers, you add a designer, you add a PM.

Key takeaways
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  3. 03I want to start with something that you wrote online that surprised a lot of people and I think will surprise a lot of people coming from a longtime chief product officer, a longti
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