The Product Podcast

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work as a Product Manager? This is an exclusive Q&A session where our audience asks every questions they have in product management, with Amrit Pal, Product Manager at Square. He discusses what it’s like to work in this dynamic role and what it takes to get your foot in the door. He also talks about his day-to-day work as a PM, the challenges of the job, and gives a personal insight on what it's like to work at different companies.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

When we think "Product Manager," most people think of the products we use every day, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, etc... But we need to consider another large opportunity for new product managers: internal-facing products. Companies need these to keep operations going strong, and you could just be the next PM leading the way for innovation on the inside! Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

AirBnB is the ultimate unicorn. As a digital marketplaces, AirBnB has fundamentally transformed the way in which we as consumers book vacations. This talk is a crash course on this new wave of products, and how it compares with a traditional managed inventory. Jiaona Zhang, Product Manager at AirBnB discusses how AirBnB manages its quality of the marketplace to ensure its high standards are met while serving as many users as possible. She covers the building blocks that make up marketplaces, common dynamics that influence how behavior, the interplay of data and Design in shaping the UX, what value delivery means and lastly tracking and managing growth to liquidity and success. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

What does a Product Manager do, should I become one, and, if yes, how? In this talk Alison Go, a product manager at Facebook, discusses the intricacies of product management at companies, large and small, and across various industries. She walks you through the day-to-day of the role - both the triumphs and pitfalls of this dynamic and challenging job. If PMing still sounds good to you, she gives you actionable tips to transition from any role to product management, everything from resume and interview tips to how to start building up product chops at your current company. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

This talk introduces people to how product managers harness data and machine learning to build products. During this talk Melody Ivory, Product Manager at Google, discusses her experiences as a Product Manager at Google Home and how she uses machine learning to inform her decisions. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

What does a typical Data Science Project look like? Explore the current Business Analytics Landscape: Get past the Jargon into actual business cases. Data Science is the newest hot trend in the world of business, but what does it really mean? In this talk Ania Wieczorek, co-founder of Bowery Analytics, discusses through a real use case what the project lifecycle looks like from a business perspective. She talks about the specific steps a typical data science project goes through, the outputs you will see and the jargon being used.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

In this talk, Product School's founding Data for Manager's course instructor and curriculum designer offers an intro to this course, including how to collect, aggregate, and analyze data. He discusses how to understand not only who your users are but how they behave and how to take action via tests, experimentation and notifications. He also talks about understanding the product ecosystem, how tools interact and how to position analytics from a product perspective across your company.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Autopilot HQ's Josh Fechter discusses tactical techniques in gaining and retaining a strong user base. Understanding your users and how they discover and adopt your products is very important in building a product. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Distinguishing business critical events from user behavior is an important part of leveraging event tracking for product development. In this talk Matt Salefski, a Group Product Manager at Betterment, demoed funnels and discusses how and when to use SQL and Mixpanel for tracking events and behaviors.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Kathleen Cohen, former Product Manager at Disney, discussed overall Experience Strategy as it relates to Product Development. Her discussion covers video game, web, mobile, interactives, AR/VR and the expectation of a PM in those roles from within. With the convergence of medias and IoT, it’s only natural that a PM’s role is expected to have the 10,000 ft. view into integrated media products and their future lifecycle.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

"Satisfying customer needs better than the competitors in your market" is the key to launching high-growth products and the key to your success as a product manager. But, what is a customer need? Who is your real competition? What does it mean to be "satisfied?" And, by the way, what is a market? In this talk a Growth Partner at thrv, Jared Ranere, talked about how you'll learn how Jobs-to-be-Done answers the questions in a way that aligns your development team around your customer, gives you precise, measurable customer needs, and helps you know if your feature idea will deliver customer satisfaction before your team writes a line of code.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

As a PM you will want to know about Data Analytics and how to work with a team of data scientists to build a product users will love and trust. In this talk, Kristian Hansen, Group Product Manager at Levi's, talks about understanding the basics of data analytics and its use in start ups as well as large companies. He also discusses the importance of knowing how to frame problems for both data and engineering stakeholders and Interpret feedback from data team to communicate confidently with business stakeholders. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Many people who want to become product managers worry about amassing technical expertise. During this talk, Jasper Sherman-Presser, Senior Product Manager for video at LinkedIn, argued that to be a great product manager, you first need to understand people. You also need to understand people's problems and desires in order to build products that address them. In addition, he said that PM's need to understand people's motivations to guide a team to build and deliver products and you need to be able to capture value in metrics that are people-centric. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

This talk was geared towards a non-technical audience interested in the magic and wonder of open source. The PM at KEMP Technologies, Danny Rosen, went over what open source is, why it's important, what it means to have an open source product and why it's important to customers. He discussed what open source actually means and the different types of open source products and business models that exist. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Building an analytics strategy is crucial for every product manager. How do you build and implement an effective product analytics strategy that quantifies and drives product success and iteration? The Director of Product at Electronic Arts, Bertram Chan, talks about how data analytics is no longer a luxury, its a competitive and integral need for Product Managers. He also discussed how PM's can understand not only who your users are but how they behave.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Ashish Toshniwal, PayPal mobile app creator and founder of Y Media Labs, shared the keys to successful agency-client relationships and how to execute customer research effectively. He also talked about the best practices for communicating throughout the product lifecycle. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Understanding your users and how they discover and adopt your products is very important in building a product. Especially on mobile. Slack's Mobile Product Manager, Jules Walter, discussed growth principles and tactical techniques in gaining and retaining a strong user base.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Everyone wants to work on the next big thing but what's the difference between working on an existing product, a new product, or new technology? Goodreads Senior Product Manager, Jessica Johnson, talked about this and about how new technologies always move slower than you expect. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Ever wondered what it's like to work as a product manager? Tinder's Senior Product Manager, Samantha Stevens, answered the audience's questions about product management, challenges she's faced as a PM, how to become one and what Tinder is like as a product. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Steve Wu, product manager at Ever, discusses the important topics of when to use A/B testing, how to implement it and most importantly, how to measure the results.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

All product managers would like to be Steve Jobs and have the insight into what user really wants. Fact is that great products involve a lot of validation of concepts with users to really understand what they would need and want. Lean validation in 15mins before you start building your great ideas. Key Takeaways: 1. Know your user and validate, validate, validate. 2. How to run quick concept validationsSocial Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

The VP of Product at LearnVest, Vivek Bedi, talks about how Emotional Intelligence is more important than IQ but people in product don't talk about it enough. Product Managers get immense value of using empathy and their social capital to help drive the team and clients. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Product management differs by industry, company, and era. Like many things it's growing and maturing every day. The Senior Product Manager at Xero, Jason Goodman, spoke from his personal experience what the differences between small companies and large companies are. Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Ever wondered what it’s like to work as a Product Manager? This was an exclusive Q&A session with Alex Shih, former Twitter Product Manager, May Allen, Product Manager @ Projector and Jeremy Glassenberg, VP of Platform Product @ Pypestream. They discussed what it’s like to work in this dynamic role and what it takes to get your foot in the door. They also gave the inside scoop on the day-to-day work as a PM, the challenges of the job and personal insight from their experience at working at different companies in the valley.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Learn how to leverage User Research techniques to validate customer demand for new products and features before writing a line of code. We go through UX best practices, different user testing experiences (Moderated & Unmoderated) and how to analyze user flows.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Learn about how Amazon has harnessed A.I. and deep learning to create cutting edge products with Sudheera Vanguri, Senior Sudheera Vanguri, Senior Product Manager of Amazon Web Services. Sudheera's talk with also covered the future of A.I. and deep learning in shaping our world.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Understanding your users and how they discover and adopt your products is very important in building a product. Tune in, as Facebook's Core Product Manager, Yaron Fidler, as he discusses tactical techniques in gaining and retaining a strong user base.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Part of AWIP's Women in Product Speaker Series, women PMs from Facebook, Peek and Google shared their journeys into PM from different backgrounds. They talked about what worked for them, what they'd do differently, and how to succeed in Product roles.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Not all A/B tests are created equal. The most fundamental distinction is between “To Ship" tests and “To Learn" tests. It may feel like this distinction doesn’t matter, or that you can decide at any point in the project timeline. But if you believe that you’re fooling yourself and wasting your team’s precious time. Anna Marie will go over a brief introduction to: (1) The difference between To Ship and To Learn test (2) The value of making that determination early (3) What types of development tradeoffs to make depending on which type of test you're running (4) As well as how to translate this type of thinking into long-term benefits for their organizationSocial Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here

Uber Group PM, Randy Edgar gives an insider insight and learn more on how to ace the PM interview. He discusses what companies are looking for during Product Manager interviews, the signals they are trying to uncover and tips and tricks to ace the interview. Along the way, he will discuss a dozen sample questions and go into detail as to why they are asked, and provide insights into how to best answer each of the questions so that you can ace your next PM interview.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here