This is What Top 1% PMs Do Differently | Amit Fulay (VP Microsoft)

This is What Top 1% PMs Do Differently | Amit Fulay (VP Microsoft)

Author: Peter Yang January 5, 2025 Duration: 39:18

My guest today is Amit Fulay.

Amit is a product VP at Microsoft who previously spent 15 years building products like News Feed (Meta) and Google Meet (Google). In our interview, he reveals the three types of product leaders, how to build trust at each career stage, and what AI means for PMs. He also teaches a popular on leveling up from PM to influential product leader (get $100 off with this link).

Timestamps:

(00:00) The secret to building trust

(01:43) 3 distinct types of product leaders

(03:29) How to influence each type of leader

(09:29) Will AI kill traditional product management?

(16:02) How to build trust in each stage of your career

(20:16) Sunsetting your own without losing trust

(25:31) Speaking the truth to your management chain

(28:55) Inside how Satya Nadella fixed Microsoft

(32:41) What Amit wished he knew when he started as a PM

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/top-1-percent-product-leaders-do-this-amit-fulay Where to find Amit:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afulay/

Course: https://maven.com/amitfulay/toppmleader 📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!


For anyone building the future, Behind the Craft is a conversation with Peter Yang that moves beyond theory and into the tangible details of creation. This podcast lives in the messy, rewarding space where ideas become real products. Each episode is built on candid interviews with experts who have been in the trenches, dissecting the pivotal decisions, the unexpected hurdles, and the hard-won lessons that rarely make it into a polished case study. You’ll hear the unvarnished stories behind the features and companies shaping our world, focusing on the practical frameworks and mental models that effective product leaders and creators rely on daily. It’s about understanding the craft from the inside out-the strategic shifts, the team dynamics, the user insights that truly move the needle. Tune in for a direct, no-fluff dialogue designed to accelerate your own journey, providing actionable guidance you can apply immediately to level up your own work. This is where the blueprint meets the build.
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