$0 to 400K Users: Growth Lessons from 15 Years in Product - Jakub Tutaj, Mixmax

24/10/2025 53 min Temporada 2 Episodio 7

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Episode Synopsis

Jakub Tutaj is a Senior Growth Product Manager at Mixmax with over 15 years in product management. He spent 8+ years at Zendesk (rising to Principal PM), was COO at Vocabla (growing to 400K users with $0 marketing budget), and now runs a Polish product management podcast.In this conversation, we discuss:Key Topics:- How he grew Vocabla to 400K users without spending on marketing [03:45]- The difference between traditional PM and Growth PM work [12:20]- Why most SaaS founders hire sales reps too early [25:30]- AI's impact on product management roles (and what won't be replaced) [38:15]- Building product in Poland vs. the global market [51:00]- Career advice for aspiring product managers [1:02:30]