Canvas 26: Brian Balfour & Ravi Mehta on Growth in the AI Era

Brian Balfour, Chief Growth Officer at Miro, sits down with product strategy advisor Ravi Mehta to unpack what it actually takes to rebuild product and growth strategies for AI-driven markets.

In this Canvas 26 closing keynote, Brian and Ravi explore why every distribution channel your growth strategy was built on is being disrupted faster than most teams have a strategy for. AI hasn't just collapsed the cost of building — it's collapsed the window for staying relevant. Brian draws on a decade helping companies build durable growth engines (including founding Reforge); Ravi brings perspective from leading product at Tinder, Facebook, and TripAdvisor, and co-creating Reforge's AI Strategy and Product Leadership programs. Together they unpack what AI has broken, what it's making possible, and what it actually takes to build compounding growth advantage in this era.

If you're leading a growth or product team and you're trying to figure out which of your existing playbooks still works in AI-driven markets, this one is for you.

Watch all Canvas 26 sessions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch

Which of your growth loops do you think is most at risk in the AI era? Let us know in the comments below! 👇

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:30 Welcome — why the growth game has changed

06:00 What AI has broken in existing growth loops

12:30 The gap between technology shift and distribution shift

18:00 What it takes to build compounding advantage

21:00 Where growth leaders should focus first

24:00 Closing thoughts

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