A Podcast by Rakesh Naga Chinta
Going behind the scenes with top-tier product leaders shaping the future of technology. Deep, informal conversations about unique experiences, real tactics, hard-won lessons, and the systems that made them who they are.
Welcome to The Chinta Show, where we go behind the scenes with top-tier product leaders shaping the future of technology. Each episode is a deep, informal conversation — no scripts, no soundbites — just honest dialogue about the experiences, tactics, strategies, failures, and systems that shaped the most interesting minds in tech, venture, and entrepreneurship.
Rakesh interviews product managers, founders, executives, and investors from companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Swiggy, and NASA. If you are building products, managing teams, or transitioning into product management — this is your toolkit for real-world, battle-tested wisdom.
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Deep, unscripted conversations with product leaders building the future.
Mission
The product management space is filled with frameworks and jargon — but real product growth comes from lived experience, strategic trade-offs, and lessons learned in the trenches. We are here to tell those stories.
Our mission is to unlock the collective wisdom of the world's top product minds and make it accessible to every product thinker. We believe in thoughtful dialogue over soundbites, and systems thinking over checklists.
Your Host
Rakesh is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, where he has scaled internal products to over 20,000 users and orchestrated cloud infrastructure generating $30 million in annual savings. His career spans Google, SpaceX, Tesla, Meta, Apple, and multiple Y Combinator startups.
With degrees from Harvard, Michigan, Northwestern, IIM Calcutta, and current studies at Johns Hopkins and Stanford, he brings a rare intersection of technical depth, business acumen, and curiosity to every conversation.
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Be a Guest
We are always looking for thoughtful product leaders, founders, and builders who want to share their journey — the wins, the failures, and the insights that don't make it into blog posts.