#74: Lightspeed Community event Recap [Bonus Slides]

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👩‍🚀 A New Mission for Productlab

Three years ago, Productlab started from a simple observation: Berlin’s product community needed a place to connect. Not networking for the sake of networking, but genuine space to learn from each other and grow together.

Last year, we watched the event landscape transform. Luma made organizing easier. AI made us all crave human connection more than ever. Marketers discovered events as the last frontier for attention. GTM roles exploded. Suddenly, everyone was hosting something.

In the middle of all this noise, we sat down and asked ourselves: What’s our actual purpose?

The answer came clearer than we expected: Sharing Craft.

It’s the thread connecting everything we do—our monthly meetups, the conference, Leaders Studio. It’s about product people helping each other get better at what we do, openly and honestly.

This year, we’re making a shift. You’ll see fewer polished presentations and more real practitioners on stage. Because we’ve realized something: our speakers aren’t professional public speakers, they’re product leaders sharing what they’ve learned. And that’s exactly the point.

Communication—giving and receiving feedback, articulating your thinking, standing up and sharing your craft—these are some of the most critical skills we build as product people. When someone steps on our stage, we want it to be about their growth, not their personal brand. About learning in public, not selling.

We’re building something different here. Not just another event series, but a community that actually makes us better at our jobs.

Thanks for being part of it.

— Daniele

✨First Event of 2026: What the Community Learned About AI & Speed

Maybe it was coming back from vacation. Maybe the fresh energy of a new year. Or maybe Julia and the Lightspeed team just created the perfect space for honest conversations—but last week’s session delivered.

Thanks to Veronika for capturing what mattered:

Speed beats perfection Fırat Gömi built an AI prototype in days that solved real onboarding bottlenecks. The shift: “Should we build this?” now costs more time than just building it and learning.

Tons of curiosity, that we are thinking to have workshops from building to production.

Trust, but verify C. Serkan Baydin reminded us why blind faith in AI outputs leads to hallucinations and production failures. Human-in-the-loop isn’t optional—it’s the difference between shipping fast and shipping broken.

Kudos for you engaging presentation with gamification, which made us implementing new things for next event.

Ai Quality, Trust & Human In The Loop 2

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Culture crushes code Guannan Li’s insight cut through the hype: AI integration is 20% tech, 80% people. The hardest part isn’t the tools—it’s driving adoption across your entire organization.

Really engaging presentation and real case scenario, Participant

Pdf Ai Hype To Product Impact A Transformation Case Study

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The pattern: All three speakers confirmed the same uncomfortable truth. AI didn’t just speed up development—it fundamentally changed what product people need to be good at. Vision, structure, and judgment matter more than ever. Coordination and documentation matter less.

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✨ Masterminds for Leaders

This is a peer sounding-board session for a group of 6-8 product leaders, partnering with an executive coach, to explore a key challenge currently facing product leaders.

​​FIRST MASTERMIND TOPIC: The Psychology of “No”

​What is the most expensive or high-profile product or feature you’ve ever killed or said no to, and how did you manage the political fallout?

📅 19.02.26
⌚ 6.30-10 PM
📍 Plenzi

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📰 Product Leaders’ Wisdom

​​​​​Brought to you weekly by Leila Montazeri

• AI isn’t SaaS; it’s a brutal economic game. In this deep dive, OpenAI’s Miqdad Jaffer explains why “AI wrappers” die and how token costs can crush your margins as you scale. Learn the 4D Framework to move beyond flashy demos and build a defensible, decade-defining product. If you don’t design your unit economics from day one, your growth might actually be your downfall.
  Master the AI survival map: Building AI as a System

• Stop hiding behind RICE scores. Mike Goitein’s latest piece exposes why prioritization frameworks are often just “Band-Aids” for a lack of real strategy. If you’re tired of shipping high-scoring features that move zero metrics, it’s time to stop playing the feature-bloat game. Check out how to bridge the strategy gap and start making choices that actually matter.
  From Product Strategy Decoded

• In this 2026 update, Product School’s CEO explains why rigid roadmaps are dead and “Outcome-Based” principles are the new standard. Learn how top teams are using AI to prototype in days, not months, to turn learning speed into their biggest competitive advantage. If you’re still shipping outputs instead of outcomes, you’re already behind.

💪 Open Roles

​​​​​Brought to you weekly by Alessia Marchi​

1. Lead Product Manager – Pricing and Revenue Management @ Numa

2. Senior Product Manager - Integration Agents @ Grammarly

3. Director of Product - Buyer Experience @ Chrono24

4. Senior Product Manager - Activation & Retention @ n8n

5. Senior Product Manager I - Map Platform @ Strava

6. Senior Product Manager - Agentic AI @ 4flow

7. Head of Product - Platform @ Hawk

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🎶 Song of the Newsletter

From our DJ Marco D’Avila