<p>Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vivek Sharma of Stripe (formerly of Microsoft and Meta) about how being a generalist has helped him navigate a career in product. Vivek also shares 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products.</p> <p><br></p> <p>🔗 Links</p> <ul> <li><p>Vivek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pucknorris</p> </li> <li><p>Vivek on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsha/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsha/</a></p> </li> <li><p>Vivek’s favorite product: https://chat.openai.com/chat</p> </li> <li><p>🚀Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com</p> </li> <li><p>🙏Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome</p> </li> <li><p>📺Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg</p> </li> <li><p>Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/</p> </li> </ul> <p>📝 Show notes</p> <p>(00:00) - Introductions</p> <p>(05:01) - The value of being a generalist and listening really well</p> <p>(11:09) - Working on the Revenue and Finance Automation Suite at Stripe</p> <p>(21:49) - 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products</p> <p>(26:34) - How &quot;Friction Logs&quot; help improve the user experience at Stripe</p> <p>(35:03) - Vivek&#39;s favorite product</p>