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Ian McAllister

Founder & CEO @ Airloom AI

Former product leader at Amazon (created Amazon Smile), Airbnb, and Uber.

β€œWhat it takes to become a top 1% PM, covering team leadership, product strategy and execution, and career development.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
Airloom AIFounder & CEO2024-present
UberSenior Director of Product, Vehicles2022-2024
Crowd CowChief Product Officer / COO2020-2021
AirbnbDirector of Product Management2015-2017
AmazonSenior Director of Product (various orgs)~2003-2015

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β€œYeah. Man, it's awesome. I'm excited just to spend some time talking with you about product and we'll see what happens.”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

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β€œI don't know how I missed that. I guess I skipped past that with the Amazon stuff.”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

10:48
β€œThat was awesome. That was awesome. I learned a lot from you too during that time.”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

10:53
β€œYeah, I think that makes sense. If there's a core or think about in year one as a PM, focusing on those things. And you can develop other skills over time. But yeah, I think you're spot on there.”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

21:02
β€œLet's see. No. I mean I think we covered a bunch of good ground. It's been fun, but nothing particular.”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

59:06
β€œI think How I Built This is really interesting just to decompose how interesting businesses and products came about. And then just because of my work, EV News Daily is a daily digest of what's going o...”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

59:59
β€œYellowstone. That's definitely my favorite. Can't wait for the next season. Montana's my happy place, although I'm probably the kind of person that they rail about in the show, so it's kind of ironic....”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

1:00:24
β€œWhen I'm coming out of left field, I ask people at this stage in your career, what have you learned about yourself? How are you different from other people? No one's prepared for that.”
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What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)

1:00:58