Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:00): I asked on Twitter, "Who's the best product manager you've worked with?" You were the most mentioned. Mihika Kapoor (00:00:04): My take is that your scope is the world. Nothing should ever perceive as being out of bounds. Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:10): VP of product at Figma told me, "Mahika is really great at creating a vision and getting people to see what she sees." Mihika Kapoor (00:00:16): We lean heavily into designing and prototyping even before a project gets a green light. If you and your team do your job correctly, what does the world look like? Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:26): Say somebody wants to make their culture more entrepreneurial, what does it take? Mihika Kapoor (00:00:31): We have this concept called Maker Week, which is our internal hackathon, giving people the breathing space to see ahead into the horizon and be wildly ambitious. Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:43): Today, my guest is Mahika Kapoor. Mahika is a design engineering PM hybrid at Figma, where she was an early PM on FigJam, and is now spearheading development of a new product that the company's going to launch in June. She's known as the go-to person at Figma for leading new zero-to-one products. And as you'll hear in our conversation, is beloved by everybody that works with her. Prior to Figma, Mahika founded Design Nation, a national nonprofit that democratizes undergraduate student access to a design education, and led several products and launches at Meta, focused on commerce and creators. Lenny Rachitsky (00:01:16): On this podcast, I bring on a lot of amazing senior product leaders, but there's so much we can learn from stellar on-the-ground product managers like Mahika. In our conversation, we drill into many of the skills that Mahika has cultivated that have contributed to her success, including how to develop a compelling vision, get buy-in for your ideas, how to develop conviction, empathy, the importance of culture, and how to create a culture on your t...