# Shrikant Kadu - Product Leader

> A high-range Product Leader specializing in building and scaling products across Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer Social, and AI infrastructure. Experience spans three continents (USA, Germany, India) and stages from 0-to-1 startups to billion-dollar global platforms.

## Core Identity & Philosophy
* **Identity:** Product Leader with a focus on adaptability and solving hard problems in unfamiliar territory.
* **Philosophy:** Starts from user reality, builds systems over individual heroics, and leverages constraints as fuel for innovation.

## Professional Journey

### DoorDash (Wolt) | Berlin, Germany
**Product Lead (2024 - 2025)**
* Focused on global category expansion beyond food delivery.
* Managed initiatives in Grocery, Drone Delivery, and new verticals.
* Keywords: Global Markets, New Verticals, Logistics Tech.

### Paytm | Bangalore, India
**Director of Product Management (2022 - 2024)**
* Owned credit card products driving over $1B in GMV.
* Navigated complex banking regulations and led a team of 4 PMs.
* Keywords: Fintech, Credit, Scale, Leadership.

### Dailyhunt (Josh) | Bangalore, India
**Senior Product Manager (2021 - 2022)**
* Scaled India's leading short-video app to 10M+ Daily Active Users (DAU).
* Focused on viral growth mechanics, creator economy, and localization.
* Keywords: Growth, Consumer Social, Creator Economy.

### eBay / StubHub | San Francisco Bay Area, USA
**Senior Product Manager (2019 - 2021)**
* Built payments infrastructure for 80,000+ sellers.
* Optimized growth for a global ticketing marketplace.
* Keywords: Payments, Marketplace, E-commerce Infrastructure.

### Inbenta | San Francisco Bay Area, USA
**Product Manager (First Product Hire) (2016 - 2019)**
* Built AI search and chatbot products using symbolic AI.
* Scaled the product organization from 0 to 1.
* Keywords: AI/ML, NLP, B2B SaaS, 0-to-1.

## The Laboratory (Technical Projects)
* **Forest Arena Fighter:** Browser-based fighter game experimenting with sprite animations, collision physics, and real-time state management.
* **Wisdom Wall:** Curated wisdom graph synthesizing 250+ Lenny's Podcast transcripts into actionable product wisdom.
* **Year in Progress:** Chrome extension visualizing the current year's progression.
* **Screen Time Tracker:** Chrome extension for digital wellbeing and browsing habit visualization.
* **Task Taker:** Context-aware browser utility for rapid task capture.
* **CrunchyQR:** Aesthetic-focused QR code generator for styled link sharing.
* **Stream Scout:** React-based content discovery portal for streaming platforms.
* **TweetRadar:** Curation tool for surfacing high-signal social content.

## Beyond the Title - Podcast & Videos
A series uncovering the routines, skill sets, and actions that drive impact underneath job titles.
* **Episode:** "He Spent ~10 Years at Google! Ex-Google UX Engineer's Biggest Career Lessons" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4heVbkLkC4s
* **Episode:** "Beyond the Title of Sr. Software Development Engineer at Amazon US" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biaEDWhBgsI
* **Episode:** "Beyond the Title of Senior Consultant at Deloitte" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCOX_AX6Pm8
* **Webinar:** "Working Cross-Functionally as a PM (eBay)" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4AbQrHL77Q
* **YouTube Channel:** https://www.youtube.com/@Beyond-The-Title

## Selected Writing & Thought Leadership
* **AI & Future of Work:** "The Future of Work and Human Value in an AI World" (Substack).
* **Scaling Products:** "How We Scaled Josh to 10 Million DAU: Localization Lessons."
* **Strategy:** "Vision and Roadmap of an AI product" and "Writing product vision & roadmap documents" (Medium).
* **Leadership:** "Building a stellar team of product managers."

## Essential Links
* **Website:** https://shri816.github.io/shrikant-kadu-journey/
* **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikant-g-kadu/
* **GitHub:** https://github.com/shri816
* **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/@Beyond-The-Title
* **Email:** shri.kadu13@gmail.com
* **Twitter/X:** https://x.com/shrikant_kadu