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Failing Forward: An MIT Alum's PM Lessons from 10 Years at Google

by Product Management Club

Community Product Management

Mon, Dec 1, 2025

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM EST (GMT-5)

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What are the most valuable lessons learned after leaving MIT? Often, they come from failure.

Join the PM Club for an exclusive Lunch and Learn with MIT Alum Paul Lazarescu, who has spent the last 10 years at Google navigating the realities of product management. Today, Paul is a Group Product Manager leading AI formats on Search.

In this small-group session, Paul will share the critical lessons he’s learned by focusing on three significant product failures from his career. This is a rare opportunity to move beyond the typical success stories and discuss what really happens when building products at one of the world's top tech companies.

Come prepared with your questions for a fellow alum about PM careers, the culture at Google, or how to "fail forward."

Logistics:

Date: Monday, December 1st

Food: Lunch will be provided.

Audience: Attendance is strictly limited to 20 students.

About the Speaker:

Paul Lazarescu is an MIT graduate (Sc.B., Robotics) who has spent the last decade at Google. He is currently a Group Product Manager for AI formats on Search, and his past roles include leading PM teams for Commercial and Auto Verticals on Search. Paul also gives back to the local academic community as a Lecturer at Boston University, teaching Data Science Product Management.
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