Becoming The Product

About Becoming The Product

Becoming the Product is an APVA-nominated podcast on work, reinvention, purpose, and building a meaningful life. Hosted by Naya Isichei, the show began as a diary documenting her leap from banking into tech. As her journey has expanded across product, incubation, and entrepreneurship, so has the show. Through honest reflections, Naya blends career, innovation, and systems thinking with faith, motherhood, rest, and stewardship. It isn’t about having it all figured out, it’s about paying attention to what our experiences teach us. Season 4: The Product Is Bigger Than the Career.

Publisher

Naya

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Sept 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

78 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Personal Branding Is About Becoming Understood, Not Becoming Famous

   For a long time, Naya thought personal branding was only for influencers who wanted thousands of followers and daily photoshoot content. But navigating a non-linear career across banking, operations, product management, startup incubation, and founding GigSecure made her realize something deeper: whether you deliberately build a brand or not, people are forming an idea of who you are. In this episode, Naya unpacks why personal branding isn't about becoming famous it's about becoming understood. She explores why good work doesn't always speak for itself, how documenting process creates evidence, and how to make your true professional capital visible without performing expertise or posting constantly.

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Your Experience Is an Asset: Mine the Data You Already Have

   Looking back at her non-linear path from studying psychology and completing a master’s in France to seven years in corporate banking, a sudden layoff at an international fintech, product management, startup incubation, and founding GigSecure , Naya reflects on how experience compounds in ways we rarely predict. In this episode, she explores why changing careers doesn't mean erasing your past or starting from zero, how to recognize the hidden intelligence in messy experiences, and what it actually means to mine the data of your own life. Listen now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and share your key takeaway.

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   The Gap Between an Idea and Building Something That Works

   I’ve realized something about myself: I love ideas. I can easily open Notion and map out a full plan for something that didn't exist 30 minutes ago. But working with startup founders at NITHUB while building my own product, GigSecure, has shown me that the gap between having an idea and building something that works is much bigger than I thought. In this episode, I explore why compliments from friends aren't validation, why smaller experiments beat massive product launches, and how slowing down to understand regulatory realities is still real progress. Tune in for a grounded conversation on moving past the high of a new plan to discover what is actually true in the real world.

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Spotify

4.9 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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