Yasi Baiani built sleep and female health at Fitbit, took revenue from $700M to $2.2B, and watched Google buy the company for $2.1B. She started at Citi, moved into venture, launched a startup out of Harvard Innovation Lab, then wrote her way into Fitbit. Today she runs Raya Advisory.
In this episode: the three rules behind a network of half a million followers, why Fitbit chose sleep over weight loss, how Fitbit lost 90% market share to Apple, who wins wearables in the age of OpenAI hardware, and whether the PM role exists in 2030.
Takeaways from SecondPod conversations, plus essays on AI, private markets and the people building what comes next. Written by Ardalan Javadi.

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