Sr PM Dir, GenAI @Google Workspace. Previously: @OpenAI, @Google, @Twitter, 3x startup founder with varied success. Better half: @ericakochi

San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2007
My wife @ericakochi makes Japanese-made men’s shirts in US sizes. Her new collection went live 6 weeks ago. Some things she has learned so far 🧵
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Next up is scaling. A menswear founder she met through Intro (thanks @Raadmobrem) talked her out of influencers, who charge around $10k a post with no clear payoff. He told her to go after local boutiques instead. Know anyone who owns or buys for a menswear boutique? DM please.
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Super fun meeting customers at the Google Workspace Partner summit!! I got to demo all our fun recent launches like Google Sheets Canvas and Google Pics.
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Sunday run club with @richardprice100 discussing EUV lithography and the corresponding New Yorker article “Sand Castles” about TSMC, ASML, and how all our chips are made.
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The culture clash between the players is particularly stark: - TSMC employees go to the company-operated 7/11 between Company Roads 1 and 2 - ASML is so deeply integrated in the European manufacturing ecosystem that it's hard to know where ASML ends and Zeiss (lens maker) starts
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It's stressful to have this many agents running at the same time.
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It's no longer necessary to debate product experiences in abstract. You can just build every permutation and see how each feels.
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I would like to meet the person that books the outdoor ads at Embarcadero BART because I think their day is even more AI than mine.
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Why send product feedback if you can send a PR?
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"Our limits are now a function of our willingness to try."
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It takes courage to set the thinking level to Low.
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Sunday morning run club with @richardprice100, discussing why European founders move to the U.S.
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You owe it to your idea to at least try to vibecode it. You will most likely succeed.
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