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May 12, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
BREAKING: Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter.

But who IS Linda Yaccarino? Image
Ms. Yaccarino's day job is chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCU.

She has been with NBCU for more than a decade. Before that, she spent 19 years in advertising sales at Turner.

She is an advertising executive through and through. But that's not all.
She is a chairman of at least three other things:

1. She is Chair of the Advertising Council's Board of Directors.

This will be help for Musk courting advertisers, which is not his strong suit. (Turquoise dress) Image
2. She is also the Chairman of a World Economic Forum task force.

This gives her the ability to liase with everyone from businessmen to politicians. Image
3. She is also global chair of Ymu, a British talent-management group.

This gives her access to many celebrities. Image
She is perhaps most well known for being an ally of former President Donald Trump.

Ms. Yaccarino sat on his President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Image
She is pictured above interviewing Musk at the MMA Global POSSIBLE conference.

The big topics in their chat were free speech and protection for advertisers on Twitter.

Here is the audio of the entire interview (sound on).
After the interview, she posted on LinkedIn in praise of Twitter.

From after the interview, her tango with Musk about the CEO job began.

She had already prior told friends that she was interested in the job. Image
Interestingly, before the announcement she had only 7,000 followers on Twitter (that's growing fast) and hadn't tweeted in 4 days.

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Sep 7
CPO at Microsoft says Prompt Sets are the new PRDs.

Here's what you need to know: Image
Microsoft has a $3.68T market cap. So when their CPO @aparnacd is talking about PRDs, a lot of folks listen. In fact, many of you asked me about it.

So, let's talk about it:

1. What Prompt Sets Are
2. How They Fit In
3. My Thoughts
4. Next Steps
1. What Prompt Sets Are

Prompt Sets are collections of specific examples showing how an AI system should behave.

Instead of writing "the system should be helpful," you write 15-25 actual examples:

• Edge case A → Handle like B
• Bad input C → Reject with message D
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Aug 25
Even Apple is hiring for AI PMs.

Don't let anyone tell you it's a made up role.

Here's a free roadmap to become one: Image
1. Learn the foundations of AI:

news.aakashg.com/p/ai-foundatio…
2. Learn how to AI prototype:

news.aakashg.com/p/ai-prototypi…
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Aug 18
AI killed the 10 page PRD. But the PRD isn't dead.

Here's how to write PRDs in the AI age: Image
Companies like Google are shifting to a build-first culture. And it's good. AI prototyping tools have completely changed the game, blurring role lines. Image
But that doesn't mean the PRD has no purpose!

The modern PRD is lighter, sharper, and example heavy. Image
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Netflix is paying $900K for AI PMs. Meta is paying $1M+.

Here's how to become one: Image
𝟭. 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁

Follow the right voices:

YouTube: Jeff Su, Matt Wolfe, Dwarkesh Patel
Newsletters: Product Growth, Nate Jones, DeepLearning
Twitter: Santiago (svpino), Min (minchoi), Paul (itsPaulAI)
LinkedIn: Zain Kahn, Allie K. Miller, Ruben Hassid
𝟮. 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀

Start foundational:

AI for Everyone by Andrew Ng
Elements of AI by University of Helsinki
Machine Learning Crash Course by Google
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If I had to learn AI PM again, I would start here:

($2,000 course totally free) Image
1️⃣ AI PM Foundations

@marilynika: How to become an AI PM - youtube.com/watch?v=GQd54g…

Sam Kawsarani: 15+ Years PM in Era of AI - tinyurl.com/2txs9mab

@_amankhan: Prototyping → Observability → Evals - youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4pBD…
2️⃣ AI Strategy

@tomocchino: Behind v0 (Top AI Prototyping Tool) - open.spotify.com/episode/2wAfwJ…

Scott Jones: 21 Harsh Truths about PM in AI - tinyurl.com/8zcw26rs

@PawelHuryn: AI basics to expert - youtube.com/watch?v=IfW1FM…
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You want to code with AI.

But you don't know what tool to use.

Here's your guide on when to use which AI coding tools:

(+ free resources to learn each) Image
1: Cursor

They surpassed $500M ARR for a reason. Your developer probably uses it. It's great for pros - but it's also great for non-technical folks now, as its agent can build things just via natural language.

Free guide:
2: Windsurf

Despite losing most of its technical staff to Google, Windsurf still exists. Now a part of Cognition (makers of Devin), it's great for non-technical people to deal with large code bases.

Free tutorial:
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