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Shaun Clowes

Chief Product Officer @ Confluent

CPO at Confluent. Previously held product leadership roles at Atlassian and MuleSoft.

β€œWhy great AI products are all about the data, covering product strategy and execution, team leadership, and AI product work.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
ConfluentChief Product Officer2022-present
MuleSoft (Salesforce)Chief Product Officer~2019-2022
AtlassianHead of Growth & Head of Product (Jira Software)~2013-2019
MetromileProduct Leadership~2012-2013

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β€œI'm glad to be a bit of a curiosity.”
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Shaun Clowes

Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

5:28
β€œOh, average sale press, [inaudible 00:43:22] MRR or some other revenue metric.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

43:19
β€œYes. Yeah, it makes me feel like an old person, but yes, it was a very long time ago.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

45:56
β€œBasically it's now called PLG, but yeah, at that time we didn't even know what to call it exactly.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

47:38
β€œOh man, I'm so far off. When I left it must have been 80,000 customers.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

55:23
β€œI mean, there's a lot of things that didn't go exactly to plan, Lenny. Very early on in my career, I was still a developer and I accidentally deleted one of the core systems of the company that I was ...”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:08:18
β€œYes. Isn't that amazing, right? It doesn't mean it's permanently fatal, but asking that question and going through that reckoning turns out that came out stronger.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:12:19
β€œI'm watching a program. I don't get to watch very much TV, mostly at night. I like to watch things that are extremely light, that just don't at all inspire any element of stress and that are very shor...”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:14:58
β€œYeah, it's really funny. I really like that. It's so ridiculous, but very funny. So I like that.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:15:20
β€œIt's so weird. In the first episode I'm like, "What is this show?" It's not even clear what time it set in, and it's very weird. It's really cool.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:15:38
β€œAbseil. You might think of it as rappelling. Rappelling, I think. Yeah, lowering yourself down on a rope or...”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:19:34
β€œOh, no, abseiling which is also, I think in the States you guys call it rappelling.”
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)

1:19:47