The Product Podcast
Product School
Hosted by Product School CEO Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, The Product Podcast drills deep into the minds of Chief Product Officers from Cisco, Lovable, Perplexity, Shopify and many more. We move beyond high-level theory to reveal how top executives actually lead in the age of AI. We dig deep into their real-world decision-making, strategic frameworks, and the operational playbooks used to build intelligent products.If you are a VP, Director, or CPO looking to drive innovation at scale, this is your essential listen.
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Oct 16, 2018 • 1h 10min
How to Differentiate B2B vs. B2C Product Management by fmr Microsoft PM
In this episode, Anand Lakshminarayan, discusses the core of what it is like to be an Enterprise Product Manager, drawing upon his experience at Microsoft and Checkr. Enterprise Product Management has different challenges and rewards than consumer products, and while you may find that consumer products are more exciting, think Spotify, Snapchat, Instagram, working on an Enterprise product is extremely fascinating as well. Aside from general Enterprise Product Management, Anand talks about what it is like to be a Product Manager at a startup vs. a large company, the exciting things happening in the background check space and his experience working with people across various disciplines.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Oct 11, 2018 • 1h 5min
How to Move from UX to Product by UserZoom Dir. of Product
In this episode, Paresh Vakhariya walks us through his journey from UX to Product Management and how he did it. Paresh also highlights his own product as a success story and provides tips on how to transition from UX to Product Management to anyone who is interested. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Oct 9, 2018 • 31min
Tools to Help You Increase Certainty by SoulCycle PM
In this episode, Tim Holley, discusses the different ways to test ideas, from 1:1 user interviews to A/B testing at scale. The speaker advises you to:1. Define your goals, figure out whether you have sufficient projects to achieve them, and how you're going to validate your initiatives. 2. Create your toolbox of ways to identify insights and validate ideas as effectively as possible. Add to this toolbox whenever you get the chance.3. Be pragmatic when it comes to validating ideas. Different situations call for different types of testing so don’t get hung up on one way of doing things.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Oct 4, 2018 • 1h 2min
How Does the Product Role Change Between Firms by Zuora PM
In this episode, Alex Prokhorenko discusses some parts of being a Product Manager. How to be as effective as possible and the importance of learning through your mistakes. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Oct 2, 2018 • 38min
How to Break into Product Management by Uber Product Manager
Darrell Stone focuses on how he broke into product, walks through his career and some of the lessons that he learned on the road to becoming a Product Manager at Uber.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Sep 27, 2018 • 35min
How to Work with Bots in Product by Shopify Sr. Product Manager
In this episode, Ellen Dunn, discusses whether bots are the right solution for YOUR product, how to develop conversational UX and how to design a 'successful' conversation. Ellen also touches upon the measures you should be using.
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Sep 25, 2018 • 37min
How to Be a Good Mentor for Product Managers by Intrepid PM
In this episode, David Ganzi, discusses keys to balancing the logical and the emotional. You will come away with an alternative perspective on Product Management success for any organization.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Sep 20, 2018 • 42min
How to Run A/B Tests Successfully by Vice Media Product Manager
In this episode, George Jeng, covers the different ways A/B Tests can be implemented within an organization and also discusses some of the misconceptions of A/B Testing.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Sep 18, 2018 • 58min
How to Use Data to Drive Product Decisions by PayPal PM
In this talk, Deb Dutta, will focus on how you can incorporate data throughout your product life cycle to drive product decisions, feature prioritization and long term roadmap strategy. She walks through simple use cases where data has helped Product Managers break down complex problems and arrive at simple product decisions that directly impacted their KPIs. Deb concludes with interview tips to crack a Product Manager job interviews with a data driven approach.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Sep 13, 2018 • 44min
How to Boost a Product's User Engagement by former Shipt PM
In this episode, Taige Zhang shared a powerful framework he's been using to brainstorm ideas for boosting user engagement!
Being a Product Manager requires structured and organized thinking. Frameworks are a handy and effective way to approach problems. Product Managers learn about many and develop their own throughout their product careers.
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