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Hypergrowth 101 with April Underwood from Adverb Ventures | Next Gen Builders, Ep. 16

How do great product leaders navigate rapid scaling, the AI evolution, and unpredictable founders? April Underwood, former CPO at Slack and Co-Founder of Adverb Ventures, shares her playbook for building enduring product vision through change. Francois and April frame their conversation by first exploring her background with hypergrowth orgs such as Twitter and Slack, unpacking key learnings around what it takes to scale your own skills alongside your company. You’ll hear her thoughts around leading with clarity, building trust with your founders, and navigating technology paradigm shifts such as GenAI. Additionally, April offers sharp insights into how product teams can stay grounded during uncertainty, how design becomes a competitive advantage during inflection points, and what she looks for in early-stage founders as a venture investor. Whether you’re investing in the next unicorn or building it from the ground up, this episode provides grounded frameworks and hard-earned lessons for you to follow. Timestamps 00:00 Episode Start 01:45 April's jump from Twitter to Slack 06:15 Decision making within a hypergrowth organization 09:15 Aligning your organization around the North Star 12:20 Creating a winning Founder-CPO relationship 17:40 How April views the AI future 23:00 AI has created two worlds in Silicon Valley 25:15 The "It-Factor" in emerging startups 30:55 Looking back on April's career trajectory 34:00 The importance of community Links Connect with April Underwood:   / aprilunderwood   Connect with Francois Ajenstat:   / francoisajenstat   Check out Adverb Ventures: https://www.adverb.vc/ Check out Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/