Janna Bastow is a former product manager, and currently the CEO and co-founder of ProdPad. She also co-founded Mind the Product, a community for PMs, which has grown to 300,000 members across the world. In today’s podcast, Janna discusses the limitations of timeline-based Gantt charts and her “Now/Next/Later” framework. She also shares stories about hosting conferences and gives some great tips on how to improve your presentation skills and cope with performance anxiety.—Find the full transcript here: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/building-better-product-roadmaps-janna-bastow-mind-the-product-prodpad/#transcript—Where to find Janna Bastow:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/simplybastow• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannabastow• The ProdPad newsletter: https://www.prodpad.com/newsletter/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Formsort: https://formsort.com/lenny• Coda: http://coda.io/lenny• Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/—Referenced:• Mind the Product: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/• The Trouble with Traditional Roadmaps: https://www.prodpad.com/resources/guides/ditch-the-timeline-roadmap/the-trouble-with-traditional-timeline-roadmaps/• ProdPad’s Sandbox: https://www.prodpad.com/sandbox/• Geoffrey Moore’s product vision template: https://www.prodpad.com/blog/product-vision-template/• The Art of Profitability: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Profitability-Adrian-Slywotzky/dp/0446692271• The Sandman on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303• Startups for the Rest of Us podcast: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/• Christina Wodtke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwodtke—In this episode, we cover:(01:10) Janna’s background(05:28) How the community evolved at Mind the Product(08:22) The tricky logistics of putting together a conference(10:48) Are conferences profitable?(13:00) How Janna developed her storytelling and presentation skills(16:44) How to fight performance anxiety(19:25) Mistakes are humanizing—how to power through and deliver your presentation(22:11) The limitations of traditional timeline roadmaps(25:00) Janna’s Now/Next/Later framework(28:08) How to work without the structure of dated timelines, and why soft launches are important(32:57) What great product teams are doing well(35:05) The importance of retrospectives(36:45) How to shift the culture at larger companies(39:43) How ProdPad creates better product management practices(42:04) How to learn the Now/Next/Later framework(46:59) Geoffrey Moore’s product vision template(48:36) Lessons for PMs interested in becoming founders(50:48) Lightning round—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

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