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What if you could build product prototypes in 15 minutes instead of 3 weeks?In this episode, Aakash Gupta (creator of the Product Growth Newsletter and former VP of Product at Affirm, Epic Games, and ThredUp) reveals the AI prototyping workflow that's revolutionizing product management.Watch as he live-demos building a sleep tracker app using Bolt, V0, and Lovable, showing you exactly how to go from concept to a working prototype in minutes.What You'll Learn:
- The 6-step framework every PM needs to master AI product building
- How to use Bolt, V0, Lovable & Cursor for rapid prototyping
- Why AI prototyping is the most significant change product management has ever seen
- Real-time demo: Building a sleep score calculator from scratch
- The exact prompt engineering techniques that get better results
- How to iterate across multiple AI tools to find the best output
- Start with problem discovery (not jumping straight to solutions)
- Test across multiple tools (Bolt, V0, Lovable)
- Iterate with detailed feedback
- Move to Cursor for final refinements
The Four-Step AI Prototyping Method:"What used to take weeks now takes literally minutes." This isn't hype; this is the new reality for product builders.About Aakash Gupta: Long-time product leader at ThredUp, Epic Games, Affirm, and Apollo. He now runs the Product Growth Newsletter (Substack), featuring practical playbooks and AI experiments for product builders.Where to find Aakash Gupta:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagupta/
Where to find Axel:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/axelsooriah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/
About Atlassian:
Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel to disaster response and pizza deliveries, we help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Our mission is to help unleash the potential of every team.
Connect with Atlassian:
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If you're a PM, designer, or engineer building AI products, this is required viewing for 2025.
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By AtlassianWhat if you could build product prototypes in 15 minutes instead of 3 weeks?In this episode, Aakash Gupta (creator of the Product Growth Newsletter and former VP of Product at Affirm, Epic Games, and ThredUp) reveals the AI prototyping workflow that's revolutionizing product management.Watch as he live-demos building a sleep tracker app using Bolt, V0, and Lovable, showing you exactly how to go from concept to a working prototype in minutes.What You'll Learn:
- The 6-step framework every PM needs to master AI product building
- How to use Bolt, V0, Lovable & Cursor for rapid prototyping
- Why AI prototyping is the most significant change product management has ever seen
- Real-time demo: Building a sleep score calculator from scratch
- The exact prompt engineering techniques that get better results
- How to iterate across multiple AI tools to find the best output
- Start with problem discovery (not jumping straight to solutions)
- Test across multiple tools (Bolt, V0, Lovable)
- Iterate with detailed feedback
- Move to Cursor for final refinements
The Four-Step AI Prototyping Method:"What used to take weeks now takes literally minutes." This isn't hype; this is the new reality for product builders.About Aakash Gupta: Long-time product leader at ThredUp, Epic Games, Affirm, and Apollo. He now runs the Product Growth Newsletter (Substack), featuring practical playbooks and AI experiments for product builders.Where to find Aakash Gupta:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagupta/
Where to find Axel:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/axelsooriah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelsooriah/
About Atlassian:
Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel to disaster response and pizza deliveries, we help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Our mission is to help unleash the potential of every team.
Connect with Atlassian:
Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1yMVRMh3vxitPiVaXfkoA
Follow Atlassian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlassian
Follow Atlassian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atlassian/
Follow Atlassian on X: https://x.com/atlassian
Follow Atlassian on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Atlassian/
If you're a PM, designer, or engineer building AI products, this is required viewing for 2025.