Mike Bal

Advisor and Product Leader - Focused on solving hard problems, driving impact, and helping startups nail: product market fit, go-to-market, and growth.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@cotyledonlab @levelsio I appreciate you saying this because I was trying to find the words. Perplexity barely made a ripple with computer and almost every builder I know stopped using it months ago.

[Rich Tabor @richtabor]

couldn’t have said it better.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@tetrisgm @aakashgupta @davidsbridal I think that’s a fake structure resulting from a lack of experience. Every pm should be ai enabled/ native in terms of how they work.

Not every pm has had a chance to build with AI… but they will.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@briancheong @aakashgupta Oddly enough I value the ones connected to the tools with the worst ux. For Claude teams we have Microsoft 365 and not looking at outlook and share point helps keep my blood pressure down.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

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[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

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[Guillermo Rauch @rauchg]

In the past few weeks I’ve been cold emailed by a 15-year-old and 16-year-old offering significant technical insights and contributions.

We will see within our lifetime the rise of young supergeniuses that far surpass previous generations in both intellect and demonstrable accomplishments.

With AI, anyone can self-teach any concept, science, discipline. Agents can implement and give the individual the power of a large team. It’s gonna be fun to watch the dramatic acceleration of human potential.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@Govikavaturi @aakashgupta Mcp isn’t a a legacy process. Hs e you found a better way to connect ai in a coherent way across shared tools?

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@aakashgupta Small but mighty!

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@yshaikh2001 @aakashgupta PMs thinking in prompts should actually reflect systems thinking IMO. Engineers are effectively prompting themselves as they think through the approach.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@Rich_Hillier @aakashgupta I think having systems that are built to talk to other systems is important but there are always work arounds

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@foundrceo @aakashgupta Deep Focus > Busy Work

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@VibeCoderOfek @OrenE_IL @aakashgupta @davidsbridal @cursor_ai @claudeai Usually I have them working on different things or i have one building while one is testing depending on if their is a front end element or not. The new Cursor visual diff is pretty slick.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@anjanps5 @aakashgupta I would take it a step further and ask them to explain what tools they would use AND what prompts. See if they can think in systems, identify the most effective path, and write clearly.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

I use @cursor_ai + MCP to investigate/debug issues, understand diffrent code bases and applications, provide clear direction for implementation and to build cool sh*t.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

How @TheMikeBal uses Cursor and MCP to build an AI operating system that connects to all his tools

Most PMs juggle dozens of disconnected tools.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@OrenE_IL @aakashgupta @davidsbridal I actually like building and developing in cursor because I can run @cursor_ai agent and @claudeai in tandem.

When we recorded this Claude code wasn’t in the desktop app. So I also sometimes just ask questions about our code base

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

What makes an AI native PM?

.@TheMikeBal on thinking in prompts and building an operating system mindset

Most PMs still work the old way. They need to check if a bug fix shipped.

[Tech Fusionist @techyoutbe]

Are AI-native PMs leaving LLM-only users in the dust?

Yes and here's your One hour Masterclass to build an AI PM operating system, with expert tips from @TheMikeBal,
Head of AI and PM at @davidsbridal.

[Mike Bal @TheMikeBal]

@giudegio Thanks for sharing this btw!