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In this episode, Mike Cozart shares his journey in product management. From fintech and telecom to investment banking and venture capital, heâs seen it all. He explains how working at Amazon differs from smaller companies. Mike also dives deep into user interviews and planning the roadmap. Finally, he comments on customer centricity, data centricity, and where they intersect.
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Getting into product [01:26]
Changing roles within one company [01:34]
Prioritizing projects [03:27]
Bigger vs smaller companies [07:37]
Roadmap [11:24]
Data and customer centricity [17:40]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [27:30]
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When Amanda was getting her Masterâs in engineering, she felt product management calling her. She just didnât know the name of it yet. She gravitated towards a role where she could lead people, processes, tech, and marketing.
Since then, sheâs boosted NPS from 30 to 71, built a community, hired a diverse team, and learned how to retain top talent. Sheâs sharing all of that in our latest Product Chats episode!
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Getting into product [00:59]
Interviewing customers [01:56]
Deciding when to fail [06:16]
Eliminating the fear of failure [07:08]
Measuring NPS from beginning to end [09:43]
Building a community [17:14]
Diversity [19:11]
Retaining talent [27:45]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [29:05]
Top product management books [30:06]
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Bill Sherby started his career in advertising. After exploring analytics, data science, and product development, he found his passion in product management. He shares his career story, explains how he consistently delights his customers, sets his team up for success, and prioritizes his projects. Letâs dive in!
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [00:37]
Delighting customers [04:16]
Team structures [06:34]
Prioritizing [09:49]
Defining minimum viable product [16:26]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [19:28]
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Roman Kudryashov is the founder of Recommended Systems and co-founder of Dragon Blood Balm. He started his career in journalism â right when the industry was transitioning to digital. He then moved into marketing and eventually found his passion in product. Today he builds teams, creates products from scratch, and motivates product leaders around him.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [01:09]
Building teams [03:18]
Demonstrating value [05:41]
Uniqueness of product management [09:04]
Addressing customer needs [13:54]
Building a product from scratch [17:44]
Agile development [22:01]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [24:51]
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Urvish (UV) is a Product Leader at Arctic Wolf, the leader in Security Operations. With 18+ years of cloud and web security experience, specializing in product strategy, product portfolio management, cross-functional leadership, and big data Urivsh is adept at leading product teams to execute roadmaps and achieve organizational objectives. Accomplished in building and leading diverse teams of Presales, Post Sales Engineering, Product Managers, and Product Owners, Urvish has built over 5 high-performing teams and led organizations of 45-60 people. Urvish is passionate about reading, skiing, photography, and has a unique talent of quoting âThe Officeâ references in his daily life.
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Starting out [00:36]
Day to day [01:34]
Prioritizing projects [02:34]
Customers vs competition [05:01]
Setting customer expectations [06:48]
Hiring approach [12:53]
IQ vs EQ [14:41]
Supporting teams in hypergrowth [18:29]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [26:30]
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Janet Brunckhorst, Director of PM at Aurora Solar, shares her vast knowledge about creating, building, and working with product teams. She draws from her experience in publishing and IT and explains how collaboration is the key to everything. Learn more about Janetâs career path, importance of customer feedback, and so much more in this episode of Product Chats!
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How information technology experience helps in product management [01:05]
Creating and supporting product teams [02:07]
Ensuring cohesiveness on your team [04:00]
Supporting professional development [05:58]
Parallels between growing a team and growing a product [08:54]
Finding your productâs North Star via customer feedback [12:02]
Making sure youâre listening to your team effectively [13:29]
Collaborating vs solutioning as a leader [16:03]
Advice for aspiring product managers [17:21]
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Brian Dreyer has seen it all: startups, large companies, and everything in between. He knows a lot about product management. He transitioned into it after working in marketing for a bit. In this episode, he talks about this transition and the overlap and collaboration between marketing and product. He also explains his prioritization philosophy and shares his experience starting a product team. Listen in!
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [00:48]
Overlap between marketing and product [01:30]
Getting an MBA [06:00]
Founders from different backgrounds [07:51]
Prioritizing feature requests [09:23]
How to start a product team [14:56]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [19:00]
Managing a remote team [20:21]
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Rachel Schiff is a big believer in the power of mindset. And thatâs exactly what she teaches her team at IntelyCare. Sheâs Senior Vice President of Product which means that she manages the product and design teams. In this episode, she talks about experimentation, collaboration between product and data science, and much more. Listen in!
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Getting into product [00:52]
Data science [02:17]
Testing and experimenting [03:56]
Hiring [10:51]
Prioritizing [15:30]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [18:22]
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Have you ever wanted to unlock the knowledge of the world and bring it to the masses? Dave St. Geme has, and thatâs exactly what heâs working on right now. Heâs sharing his learnings along the way. Heâs also talking about his journey in product management. Listen in!
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [01:43]
Building products â best practices [02:48]
Prioritizing [05:04]
User interviews [06:49]
Collaborating effectively [17:13]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [18:54]
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Eric Xiao is the VP of Product at Fountain. In this episode, he talks about his transition from an individual contributor to a team leader and his learnings and struggles along the way. He also shares how he supports his team and prioritizes projects. Finally, there are some awesome book recommendations, so listen to the very end!
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Getting into product [00:41]
Transitioning from IC to a leader [01:50]
Supporting the team [03:02]
Balancing research and company priorities [09:59]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [15:27]
Book recommendations [16:41]
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Adam Kropf truly leads by example. Heâs a Head of Product and Development at Texada Software. But heâs also so much more than that. He leads a local product management group â a community for likeminded product fans to chat and share ideas. In this episode, he talks all about that, as well as stakeholder management, user interviews, empowering the team, and more!
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [00:53]
Leading a product management group [01:34]
Stakeholder management [03:29]
Conducting user interviews [04:53]
Balancing feature requests [08:04]
Product 101 [11:17]
Empowering the team [13:45]
External stakeholder management [16:43]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [19:18]
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Mental health follows you throughout your life. In this episode of Product Chats, Gavin Wade, VP Product at Unmind, opens up about his mental health journey. He talks honestly and openly about dyslexia, his childhood, and how all that brought him to product management at a startup.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [00:43]
Building products in small teams vs big teams [04:26]
Neurodiversity [05:21]
Supporting your teamsâ superpowers [11:15]*
Developing career growth plans [14:50]
Mental health and product [19:05]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [23:32]
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People are good at two things â judgement and relationships. Everything else is largely automatable. When it comes to building software, product managers should really focus on giving people the opportunity to utilize those skills. Thatâs what Matt Peters really believes in and shares in this podcast with us. Through creative customer interviews, experimentation, team empowerment and good UX, Matt has transformed many organizations in 25 years, including FireEye and Expel.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [01:00]
Operational metrics [05:00]
Making your team feel safe to experiment [08:04]
Hiring for product teams [12:43]
Identifying your teamâs superpowers and super weaknesses [14:55]
Supporting your teamâs career growth [16:54]
People enabled by products [22:45]
Understanding your customersâ workflows [25:39]
Investing in good UX [27:03]
Unboxing your own product [27:44]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [29:30]
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The core aspect of product management is the âwhyâ. Thatâs what Leo Gong, VP of Product at Apartment List, truly believes in. In this episode of the Product Chats, we dive deep into his journey in product management and his tips on really understanding your customers and team members. We also discuss the importance of the product vision and, of course, the âwhyâ behind all of it.
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Getting into product management [01:41]
Connecting with your customers [03:35]
Being explicit about user problems and personas [06:49]
Truly understanding your users [08:37]
The importance of product visions [10:24]
Launching a new product from scratch [12:58]
What not to do when launching a new product [14:28]
Communicating your product vision [17:10]
Putting your people first [19:05]
Advice for aspiring product managers [25:00]
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Prioritization is critical to successful product management. In this episode of Product Chats, John Slocum, Senior Vice President of Product at 3Play Media, dives into his prioritization approach. We discuss how to leverage data and feature scoring models to make effective product decisions. With over 15 years of product experience, John has a wealth of knowledge to share.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Transitioning from engineering to product [01:19]
Leveraging data to make product decisions [03:01]
Prioritizing what to build [05:01]
Making fast decisions [07:41]
Partnering with other departments [09:38]
Focusing on the customerâs problem [11:59]
Strategy vs solutioning [13:24]
Ensuring youâre doing the right things for the customer [16:00]
The value of open-ended questions [20:35]
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How does momentum factor into product management? In this episode of Product Chats, Erik Dawson, Senior Director of Product Management at LeafLink, answers that question. We dive into how product teams can build internal momentum to support product growth, as well as external momentum, which helps customers move through the customer journey.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [01:19]
Building products for enterprise vs startups [02:59]
How to structure product teams [06:58]
Building customer experience focused products [08:44]
Product momentum [11:24]
Getting quick wins and setting OKRs [13:41]
Product strategy and the three Cs [14:37]
Leading gracefully at a product led organization [16:41]
Measurement and attribution [18:52]
Advice for aspiring product leaders [23:14]
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Products in established industries often stick to the status quo. That leaves room for emerging competitors to innovate and take market share. How can you avoid that? In this episode of Product Chats, Harish Pandian, Vice President of Product at Alcumus, explains how product managers can overcome the status quo and innovate in even the most established industries.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Exploring product market fit [01:15]Prioritizing what features to work on [02:05]
Identifying what challenges customers are facing [03:42]
Conducting generative research with users [04:52]
Advice for aspiring product managers [08:32]
Communicating effectively with your end user [11:13]
Prioritizing problems, not ideas [12:30]
Innovating in an established industry [13:39]
Leveraging data when building your product [16:05]
Creating a safe space to experiment [18:10]
Learning vs failing [19:53]
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Getting input from customers is critical to building features and solutions that solve their problems. In this episode of Product Chats, we explore how product leaders can foster customer centricity with Mike Marriage, Senior Director of Product Management at Bloomerang. With over a decade of product leadership experience, Mike is able to share his unique perspective and actionable advice on customer centricity.
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What to focus on first when joining a company [01:45]
Prioritizing what features to work on [03:12]
Saying no to requests constructively [05:07]
Getting alignment with other teams with product councils [06:04]
Customer Centricity [08:29]
Ways to connect with customers [11:30]
How to level set on popular requests [16:23]
Prioritization models [17:43] - [21:05]
Advice for aspiring product managers [21:05]
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Customer feedback informs the product development process. But, how do you ensure youâre connected to your customers and getting their feedback? In this episode of Product Chats, Harpreet Ahluwalia, Chief Product Officer at Altruist, explores this topic with us.
Time Stamped Show Notes
Getting into product [01:06]
Staying connected to your customers [03:04]
How feedback informs the product development process [05:20]
Tying product satisfaction to customer retention [06:07]
Balancing customer wants with strategic priorities [07:56]
Showing you value feedback even when you donât act on it [09:29]
Measuring customer success [11:27]
Failing quickly and pivoting [13:48]
Using feature flags [14:24]
Organizing a product team [16:10]
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Getting started in product management can be challenging. Fortunately, in this episode of Product Chats, Erin Gray, Director of Product at Doximity, shares her advice on how new product managers can ensure they succeed. We cover everything from getting into product, managing a team, collaborating with other teams, and overcoming imposter syndrome.
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Succeeding as a new product leader [02:21]
Getting product experience without the title [03:08]
Leveraging mentorship to develop your product career [04:54]
Managing a product team [06:07]
Being an effective manager [08:07]
Different roles you need to fill as a manager [12:34]
Working collaboratively with other teams [13:56]
Overcoming imposter syndrome [16:00]
Becoming a better product leader [18:46]
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