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Billion Dollar Products

Join Charles Zhang and Shiv Kodak as they dive into the world of billion-dollar products. How billion dollar products are built and opportunities they see. It’s just product guys talking about product stuff.

Podcast · By Charles Zhang and Shiv Kodak · American English · Official site

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Sep 2, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    35:Twilio Messaging: How One API Powers Billions of Customer Conversations (opens the original)

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    Charles Zhang and Shiv Kodak break down how Twilio Messaging turned complicated telecom infrastructure into a billion-dollar platform developers can use through a simple API. They explore the product and strategic forces behind its growth, from global scale economies and switching costs to the trust created by built-in compliance, fraud prevention, and delivery tools. They also examine how Twilio grew through a world-class developer experience and self-service go-to-market model, while dealing w

  2. Episode · Aug 2, 2026

    34: Cloudflare's Billion Dollar Dominance of the web (opens the original)

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    Charles Zhang and Shiv Kodak unpack how Cloudflare quietly built one of the internet's most important billion-dollar products. They break down the product strategies behind its sustained competitive advantage, from global scale economies and switching costs to a self-service go-to-market model that helped it grow from startups to the world's largest enterprises. They also examine Cloudflare's bold AI strategy, where the company is evolving from accelerating websites to securing, authenticating,

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