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#75: Aligning personal finance with your values and life satisfaction | Zach Teutsch (Founder @ Values Added Financial)
Listen now: Spotify, Apple and YouTubeWhat if personal finance wasn’t just about saving more or investing better—but about designing a life that feels meaningful, intentional, and aligned with your values?In this episode of Supra Insider, Marc and Ben sit down with Zach Teutsch, founder of Values Added Financial, to explore a radically human approach to wealth management. Instead of fixating solely on net worth, Zach helps high earners and tech professionals reframe their relationship with money, starting with life satisfaction and working backwards from there.They dive into the core questions that drive meaningful financial management, from how to balance ambition and family, to navigating equity compensation, sabbaticals, early-stage investing, and building a diversified “life portfolio.” Zach also shares tactical frameworks for spiky income years, Roth conversions, QSBS tax planning, and setting up estate plans that reflect your real priorities.Whether you're in tech, product leadership, or just rethinking how you manage money, this conversation will shift how you think about personal finance—from accumulation to alignment.All episodes of the podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.New to the pod? Subscribe below to get the next episode in your inbox 👇Interviewing at Uber, Figma, or Stripe?Exciting news! If you’re a PM preparing for interviews at Uber, Figma, or Stripe… we think you’re going to love Insider Loops. You can read about it in Ben’s LI post, Marc’s LI post or check out the site directly below.In this episode, we covered the following topics:* (01:28) Why Zach’s framework for “values-aligned wealth” stood out from traditional financial advice* (08:15) How fulfillment shows up through service, presence, relationships, and being “diversified” in life* (17:11) The 3 life planning questions Zach asks every client—and how they unlock clarity* (26:24) Why taking action now beats waiting for a million-dollar bank balance* (33:42) Creating habits and systems to align your calendar with your values* (41:12) Tactical financial “hacks” for tech folks: spiky income, Roth conversions, QSBS, and estate planning* (49:03) What kind of professionals you really need in your corner as your wealth grows* (56:30) Why everyone needs an estate plan—even if you don’t think you’re “rich enough” yet* (1:07:50) Why the best advisors act more like therapists: it's not just finance, it's life design* And more!Links:* Zach Teutsch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-teutsch/* Zach’s Email: [email protected]* Zach on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zteutsch.bsky.social* Marc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbaselga/* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/If you’re a new subscriber, we encourage you to check out some of the recent episodes you might have missed:And here are some early favorites:To support the podcast, please check out the links below:* Supra has teamed up with Maven to bring you something special – courses that our own community members have personally curated. And because you're part of the Supra family, you get $100 off any of these handpicked selections with code SUPRAxMAVEN.* Preparing for Meta-style PM interviews? Ben's course for Product Sense and Analytical Thinking PM interviews has been selected by Lenny Rachitsky as a Top Course in Product on Maven 🔥. While the next cohort won’t be until mid-October, his popular AI Copilot for interview practice is available here, where you can also see a live demo. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit suprainsider.substack.com
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#74: How experienced engineers actually use AI coding tools | Nick Meehan (Senior Software Engineer @ Ontra)
Listen now: Spotify, Apple and YouTubeIf you’ve wondered how much AI is really helping engineers - or feared it might replace them - this episode is for you.In this conversation, Marc and Ben sit down with Nick Meehan, a senior engineer and longtime collaborator, to explore how AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude, and Codex are reshaping day-to-day engineering work. Nick shares how his process evolved from copy-pasting into ChatGPT to using AI as a debugging partner, thought collaborator, and junior developer moving at superhuman speed.They cover the productivity gains, the pitfalls of vibe coding entire products, the new skills engineers need (critical thinking, architecture, team coordination), and what might never be replaced by AI. Nick also reflects on job security, how satisfaction in engineering is shifting, and where he sees the field heading over the next five years.Whether you’re an engineer experimenting with coding agents, a product leader trying to understand their impact, or simply curious about how AI is changing the craft of engineering, you’ll walk away with an insider’s perspective on what’s actually happening on the ground.All episodes of the podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.New to the pod? Subscribe below to get the next episode in your inbox 👇✨ Special Surprise…We have some exciting news to share! If you’re a PM preparing for interviews at Uber, Figma, or Stripe… we think you’re going to love Insider Loops. You can read about it in Ben’s LI post, Marc’s LI post or check out the site directly below.In this episode, we covered the following topics:* (03:40) Nick’s journey from copy-pasting into ChatGPT to discovering Cursor and pushing his team at Ontra to adopt it.* (06:01) Defining pseudocoding vs. vibe coding—and where AI coding agents like Cursor, Claude, and Codex help or hurt.* (11:40) The “magic moment” when AI solved frontend toil—and why backend work still demands human judgment.* (15:31) Using AI as a thought partner and debugger: solving architecture problems and debugging in minutes instead of days.* (20:00) Nick’s current workflow: step-by-step collaboration with AI, micromanaging it like a superfast intern.* (30:19) Job security, critical thinking, and why learning to use AI is now a must-have engineering skill.* (40:43) The enduring value of critical thinking, team coordination, and problem-solving that AI can’t replace.* (58:35) Predictions: vibe-coded security disasters, a pendulum swing back to balance, and the rise of “cracked engineers.”* And more!Links:* Nick Meehan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickmeehan/ * Nick’s zoom marketplace app: https://nextmeet.ing/* Marc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbaselga/* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/If you’re a new subscriber, we encourage you to check out some of the recent episodes you might have missed:And here are some early favorites:To support the podcast, please check out the links below:* Preparing for Meta-style PM interviews? Ben's course for Product Sense and Analytical Thinking PM interviews has been selected by Lenny Rachitsky as a Top Course in Product on Maven 🔥. While the next cohort won’t be until mid-October, his popular AI Copilot for interview practice is available here, where you can also see a live demo.* Supra has teamed up with Maven to bring you something special – courses that our own community members have personally curated. And because you're part of the Supra family, you get $100 off any of these handpicked selections with code SUPRAxMAVEN. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit suprainsider.substack.com
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#73: The Portfolio Career That Made Him a Better Parent | Ben's Episode on the Startup Dad Podcast
Listen now: Spotify, Apple and YouTubeThink a “portfolio career” makes family life chaotic? Ben argues the opposite.In this special episode of Supra Insider, Ben shares a more personal side of his journey in a conversation originally recorded on the Startup Dad podcast with Adam Fishman.From raising his daughter Gaia (with help from George, the family’s golden retriever) to navigating solo parenting in New York without nearby family, Ben opens up about the joys and challenges of fatherhood. He reflects on why a portfolio career actually feels more stable than a full-time job, how intentional routines have transformed his days, and the lessons learned from mistakes, community, and the chaos of parenting.If you’re a parent balancing an ambitious career, curious about the realities of raising kids in a big city, or simply want to hear a more personal side of Ben outside of product leadership, this episode offers candid stories, practical takeaways, and a heartfelt look at family life.All episodes of the podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.New to the pod? Subscribe below to get the next episode in your inbox 👇In this episode, we covered the following topics:* (01:47) George the golden retriever, Gaia’s favorite playmate, and the early days of parenting* (05:01) “Children will destroy your life and replace it with a better one” — reframing priorities* (08:30) How routines and compressed workdays reshape productivity as a parent* (09:53) Building a portfolio career with multiple income streams and why it feels more stable than full-time work* (22:25) Counterintuitive lessons from solo parenting and weekday vs. weekend dynamics* (29:22) Surprising joys of fatherhood and the sense of belonging it brings* (34:46) How structure and routines can be liberating rather than limiting* (45:43) Dad groups, community, and why parenting overlaps with relationship growth* (46:15) Technology, screens, and how the family navigates exposure for Gaia* (51:16) Lightning round: indispensable products, funniest bribes, chaotic mornings, and signature dad superpowers* And more!Links:* Startup Dad Episode with Ben: * YouTube* Spotify* Substack* Startup Dad Podcast: https://www.startupdadpod.com/* Adam Fishman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/* Marc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbaselga/* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/If you’re a new subscriber, we encourage you to check out some of the recent episodes you might have missed:And here are some early favorites:To support the podcast, please check out the links below:* Supra has teamed up with Maven to bring you something special – courses that our own community members have personally curated. And because you're part of the Supra family, you get $100 off any of these handpicked selections with code SUPRAxMAVEN.* Preparing for Meta-style PM interviews? Ben's course for Product Sense and Analytical Thinking PM interviews has been selected by Lenny Rachitsky as a Top Course in Product on Maven 🔥. While the next cohort won’t be until mid-October, his popular AI Copilot for interview practice is available here, where you can also see a live demo. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit suprainsider.substack.com
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#72: How to scale your team's intuition with AI-powered research | Aaron Cannon (Cofounder & CEO @ Outset)
Listen now: Spotify, Apple and YouTubeAI is transforming the way product teams approach customer research—but what should remain human, and what can be handed off to AI agents? In this episode, Marc and Ben sit down with Aaron Cannon, co-founder of Outset, to explore the evolving role of AI in discovery and usability testing. Aaron unpacks how AI-moderated research enables unprecedented speed and scale while preserving depth, why intuition remains critical for building great products, and how research teams can shift from execution to framing the right questions and telling better stories. The conversation also dives into the future of PM and UXR roles, collective intuition at companies, and the career paths that might emerge as AI takes on more “entry-level” tasks.Whether you’re a PM, designer, or researcher wondering how to integrate AI without losing the magic of human insight, this episode offers practical frameworks and a forward-looking perspective on what’s next.All episodes of the podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.New to the pod? Subscribe below to get the next episode in your inbox 👇In this episode, we covered the following topics:* (02:05) Why Aaron started Outset—and the research tradeoff between speed, scale, and depth* (03:28) Two kinds of research: human-led improvisation vs. AI-led repeatable studies* (07:34) How Outset keeps AI on-track with guardrails while still enabling deep exploration* (12:14) The rise of iterative qualitative research—and how teams are testing and learning faster than ever* (15:30) Why faster tools don’t mean you should ship more—just that you need stronger product judgment* (19:13) How to structure product experiments as hypotheses to sharpen team intuition* (29:40) The emerging role of UXR: from execution to storytelling, diplomacy, and company-wide insight building* (42:46) What AI means for early-career UXR and PM roles—and how career ladders are being rewritten* And more!Links:* Aaron Cannon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-a-ron-cannon/* Outset: https://outset.ai/* Marc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbaselga/* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/If you’re a new subscriber, we encourage you to check out some of the recent episodes you might have missed:And here are some early favorites:To support the podcast, please check out the links below:* Preparing for a PM interview with tech companies like Meta and Google? Ben's course for Product Sense and Analytical Thinking PM interviews has been selected by Lenny Rachitsky as a Top Course in Product on Maven 🔥. While the next cohort won’t be until October, his popular AI Copilot for interview practice is available here, where you can also see a live demo.* Supra has teamed up with Maven to bring you something special – courses that our own community members have personally curated. And because you're part of the Supra family, you get $100 off any of these handpicked selections with code SUPRAxMAVEN. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit suprainsider.substack.com
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#71: How PMs can get leverage via agents and MCPs in Cursor | Amir M (Cofounder @ Humblytics)
Listen now: Spotify, Apple and YouTubeWhat if you could cut your QA cycles from days to minutes—and draft PRDs that actually update themselves as your product evolves?In this episode of Supra Insider, Marc and Ben sit down with Amir M, cofounder of Humblytics, to explore how he’s running a two-person startup across engineering, QA, and product using Cursor and Model Context Protocols (MCPs). Amir shares how he builds context-rich workflows, turns documentation into living systems, and uses agentic tools like Firecrawl and Playwright to automate the “boring” but critical parts of product development.If you’ve been curious about how to bring AI deeper into your product org—not just for brainstorming but for end-to-end execution—this conversation is packed with practical demos and mindsets you can apply today.All episodes of the podcast are also available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.New to the pod? Subscribe below to get the next episode in your inbox 👇In this episode, we covered the following topics:* (01:11) Amir explains the tiers of AI fluency for PMs and how constraints of a small team pushed him to adopt Cursor beyond coding.* (03:50) Why Anthropic’s rebranding of MCPs as “tools” or “connectors” makes them more approachable for non-technical teams.* (06:51) Amir’s core MCP stack: Firecrawl for scraping, Playwright for agentic browser actions, and Perplexity for research.* (12:31) The future of browsers in an MCP world and the rise of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) as the new SEO.* (21:33) Filtering noise vs. signal in AI trends and why true experts in this space are “tinkerers” rather than capital-E Experts.* (30:01) Live demo: Using Cursor to auto-generate a PRD for a new “no-code testing” feature, leveraging context from documentation.* (45:15) How custom modes, rules, and context engineering combine to create high-quality PRDs and QA plans.* (51:15) Automated QA in action: Using Playwright MCP to run test plans agentically—no manual clicking required.* (57:14) Running background QA agents and tying results into production workflows with Slack alerts.* And more!Links:* Amir’s cursor demo with Greg Isenberg: YouTube* Amir M: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amirmxtco/* Firecrawl: https://www.firecrawl.dev/mcp* Playwright: https://playwright.dev/* Humblytics: https://humblytics.com/* Marc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbaselga/* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/If you’re a new subscriber, we encourage you to check out some of the recent episodes you might have missed:And here are some early favorites:To support the podcast, please check out the links below:* Supra has teamed up with Maven to bring you something special – courses that our own community members have personally curated. And because you're part of the Supra family, you get $100 off any of these handpicked selections with code SUPRAxMAVEN.* Preparing for a PM interview with tech companies like Meta and Google? Ben's course for Product Sense and Analytical Thinking PM interviews has been selected by Lenny Rachitsky as a Top Course in Product on Maven 🔥. While the next cohort won’t be until October, his popular AI Copilot for interview practice is available here, where you can also see a live demo. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit suprainsider.substack.com
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