Productized Podcast

This is the first episode of season 15 of the Productized Podcast. We are featuring speakers and partners of Productized Conference 2023. In this episode, Productized founder André Marquet talks with João Freitas, Head of Digital Products and Value Creation at Cofidis Group. João shares his insights on how product management and product thinking can be used to create customer value in the financial services industry. He also shares his experience developing products, some earlier career mismatches, and the importance of being customer-centric. Tune in to learn about the challenges and opportunities of product management in the financial services industry. This episode was brought to you by our partner Cofidis Group, under the brand new Next by Cofidis. --- Join Europe’s #1 Product Conference this fall in Lisbon and: 🤝 Meet 300+ product players from around the globe 💃 Actual business practices from 30+ speakers (including Melissa Perri, Tami Reiss, Radhika Dutt, and many more) 🍹 Have fun at our epic afterparty! Join us OCT 11-12, 2023 👉https://www.productized.co/

The final podcast episode of the second Product Weekend season features Lindsey Bell, Head of Product Operations at RapidAPI. Lindsey shares her experiences transitioning to different roles in the field of Product Management and her previous role at Twilio. She discusses what Product Operations is and when it's needed, and shares her perspective on the differences between technical and consumer products. She also shares her unique experience of building a Product Operations team from the ground up at Rapid. At the end of the episode, Lindsey recommends some of her favorite books, cities, and podcasts. [00:00] Intro [00:54] Lindsey’s childhood [04:51] First work experiences [07:53] Transition to Project Management [17:36] Transition to Sales [24:06] Transition to Product Management [29:41] Breaking into Product Management [37:17] Product Operations Manager at Twilio [41:05] What is Product Operations [51:16] When do you need product operations [54:25] Head of Product Operations at RapidAPI [01:08:00] Product Operations without a dedicated person/team [01:09:47] Future of Product Operations [01:13:51] Major challenges faced as a product person [01:19:01] Technical vs consumer products [01:21:19] Breaking into Product Ops [01:26:30] Favorite books, cities, and podcasts

In this podcast episode, Luis Gonçalves is interviewed by Joao Moita about his background, professional experiences, and insights on agile coaching and software development. They discuss Luis's entrepreneurial nature, his first experiences in the industry, and the cultural differences between Portugal and Germany. They also discuss Luis's consulting business, his approach to generating sales, and his ADAPT Methodology. They cover the topic of organizational design, and Luis shares his experience starting a software development company. Finally, they discuss industry challenges and legacy, and Luis provides some great recommendations. [00:54] Hobbies and early days [04:54] Entrepreneurial nature [07:45] First professional experience (Nokia) [19:45] First experience as Scrum master [22:27] Software development frameworks [26:58] Cultural differences between Portugal and Germany [30:43] What does an Agile Coach do [38:27] Starting a consulting business [41:50] Creating content to generate sales [48:47] ADAPT Methodology [55:08] Organizational design [1:00:18] Creating a software development company [1:09:56] Unexperienced developers [1:11:41] Legacy [1:14:53] Recommendations

In this podcast episode, Joao Moita talks with Mirela Mus, the founder of Product People. They discuss Mirela's transition into product management, and she shares her insights on the role of a VP of Product and the differences between "mercenaries" and "missionaries" in the industry. Mirela offers advice on defining success in Product Management and talks about prioritization and PM mentoring. She also discusses the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field and shares her thoughts on the transition from PM to people management. Mirela offers recommendations for aspiring product managers and encourages critical thinking as a core skill. [00:20] About Mirela [02:43] Transition to PM [10:52] VP of Product role [15:28] Mercenaries vs missionaries [19:11] PM insights [25:00] Go to market [26:50] Consulting vs FTE PMs [29:50] Am I a good PM? [33:35] Prioritization [36:40] PM mentoring [39:00] Being a PM as a woman [40:37] Who inspires me [45:00] From PM to people management [47:12] About the future, recommendations [53:23] Where are we going next? [55:28] Critical thinking is core [58:40] Food for thought

Welcome to the Productized Podcast (fourth episode of the Special Product Weekend Season Two). Join our co-host João Moita as he talks to Mathilde Leo, Head of Community at Circle, about her journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur and product person, her experience building Jam, an online community for product people, and the role of communities in general. Plus, get book, travel, and podcast recommendations from Mathilde! [00:12] Childhood, Studies & Early career [13:12] Advice to embrace Product [20:54] The story of JAM & Why quitting a PM Career to grow a Community [29:00] Community Basics [36:00] What is Circle & Reasons for Excitement [45:00] How Circle can be useful to a product person [51:00] Tips for Aspiring Community Builders [58:00] Work-life balance, Boundaries & Favorite reads

In this episode, our co-host João speaks with Julien Lescure, an investor and product coach, and one of the speakers of the second Product Weekend event, held in November. Julien Lescure founded two companies and led both of them to successful exits. Nowadays, Julien’s focus is on coaching product teams. In this conversation, Julien talks about his path as a founder, why he chose to pursue a product career, and gives some tips he learned during his journey. Besides being a product lover, he is also a car enthusiast. Julien’s childhood dream was to become a car designer. If you want to find out how he ended up in product, listen to the episode below ⬇️ ## Time notes: [0:16] Guest introduction [1:00] Desired career path as a child vs. the actual path [5:55] First job and the switch to project management [7:40] First leadership role [9:36] Founding his first company [16:01] Role in his first company [18:39] Founding his second company [22:40] The strategy to sell his second company [24:22] Role in the company after the sale [26:42] Choosing product over marketing. [27:32] Using sales skills in product [31:10] Julien's favourite thing about working in product. [33:45] Investing in companies and advising them [36:20] Favourite type of companies [40:00] Product discovery [46:55] From coaching product teams to coaching managers > Product is not something you do in isolation at a PM level. "Product is enabled by an organization." [50:40] Role of sales and customer success in product: "The main barrier of training other departments on interviewing is fear. Many companies are scared of talking too much to their clients." [57:25] The role Julien enjoyed the most [1:02:05] Moving to Portugal [1:03:30] Portuguese tech industry [1:04:50] What will the world look like in 50 years? [1:08:05] One lesson from product management everyone should know [1:10:00] Book recommendations [1:13:25] Favourite cities [1:15:10] Favourite podcasts

In this episode, our co-host João Moita discusses with Tami Reiss how you can create impact through a side project, translate product experience into product sense, and how Tami has helped companies improve their product craft. She also discusses how a product coach can help individuals and companies. Tami strongly believes that working on a Product can be a way to deliver value and create an impact in people's lives and companies. Throughout her career, Tami has focused on providing value as a product manager, CPO at a VC firm, and, more recently, as a product leader coach. [00:00] Introduction [01:00] About Tami and growing up [01:56] Physiology to Product [07:39] PM-ing without Technical Background [09:00] From PM as an individual contributor to PM as a consultant [13:26] Old school companies to Product mindset companies and roles [17:15] Creating impact with a side project that turned into a product [23:20] Delivering value through Product [25:20] Everything can be a product [29:33] Kaizen: continuous improvement [30:54] Melissa Perri and Produx Labs [33:10] CPO at a VC firm: helping companies to do Product better [37:35] Product experience converts into product sense [38:50] Being a Product Coach [46:40] Helping Product Leaders through coaching [49:30] Explaining Product Management to Kids [54:55] Tami’s favourite App [56:40] Tami’s most hated innovation [58:23] I would take a coffee with… [01:02:00] Great books [01:06:36] Favourite cities in the world [01:10:25] Favourite Blogs [01:12:20] Learning a bit of everything [01:13:17] Connect with Tami

BHOUT is the first boxing bag with a brain, and it's revolutionizing how people stay fit by applying neuroscience. In this conversation with Mauro Frota, founder and CEO, we discussed martial arts, the challenges, and opportunities within the fitness industry, and BHOUT's plans to enter the US market, among other topics. [00:10] Introduction of the guest [00:55] Martial Arts Background [04:25] Childhood [06:28] Martial Arts Deconstructed [10:45] Sport Science Studies [11:55] After Bachelor [15:39] Psychology Analysis for Retention [21:51] About Bhout [26:56] The Secret [28:02] Finding the Team [30:03] The Time to Make it Happen [35:32] How to Try Out Bhout [36:30] Market Decisions [41:57] Bhout Layers [46:39] Plans to Widen the Experience [49:03] The Impact of Being Fit [53:21] How to Be Fitness Engaged [56:51] Regrets [59:50] The Legacy [01:02:04] Resilience is the Lesson [01:03:40] Origin of the Name [01:05:12] Recommendations [01:07:22] Nudging - Specific Recommendations [01:10:23] Favorite Cities [01:13:09] Mauro Frota is Hiring!

In this episode, João was speaking with André Marquet, CEO at Productized and one of the speakers of the first Product Weekend event. André has a long experience in Product Management having worked in the field for around 15 years, currently working at Cofidis. Besides being a Product leader, André is also a father, an educator at heart and an entrepreneur. This is a very special episode, not only because it's the last episode of the season but also because it's the first time André is a guest on the podcast. Time notes: [0:15] Introduction of André [1:00] First time being interviewed at Produtized podcast [1:37] What is Product Management in André's perspective [4:53] What is the role of a product manager in society  [6:34] Ethical constraints of product managers should be about not doing harm to your users [10:06] Evolution of product management definition  [12:00] Chemistry experiments in childhood out of the curiosity of being a scientist [16:27] University path and education experience [18:45] Master's degree research and challenges  [21:30] Starting a professional career in engineering from an international internship [24:20] Career path from pre-sales consultant to a product manager  [29:10] Starting entrepreneurial life while still being in the product manager positions [34:40] The feeling of "mission accomplished" while working as an entrepreneur  [38:35] The main advice from the experience in startups [45:03] Creating Productized and the fondest memory of all the products created [50:39] What is intuition and its role in product management [56:20] How does trusting intuition without checking up on the data turn out [57:18] The early stage of discovery as the favourite thing of working in product [58:45] Role model in product management [1:01:14] Being an educator and building his own Product Management course [1:08:40] What are the most interesting opportunities for the future of cities, based on the past season of the podcast [1:14:30] Biggest trends coming up in the defence and aerospace technology [1:18:40] Seeing serving in the armed forces as part of education at the university  [1:25:48] One lesson from product management [1:27:20] Advice for the 18-year-old self [1:29:55] Recommendations PRODUCTION This podcast was hosted by João Moita from Product Weekend, with sound edited by Miguel Sousa and production help by Productized, André Marquet and Evelina Bogdiun.

In this episode, João was speaking to Roshan Gupta, Group Product Manager at Google. Roshan has an extensive experience in the software industry, having started as Software Engineer and now working in Product for the past 15 years. After graduating from MIT, he has worked in companies like Oracle, Yahoo, Facebook and Google. Besides being a successful PM, Roshan is also a father, a traveller, and a passionate storyteller. Time notes: [0:15] Introduction of Roshan [0:55] The story of moving to Lisbon from the USA, travelling with kids and falling in love with Portugal [5:53] Portuguese tech and startup ecosystem  [8:00] Ambitions and a master plan for the career [12:28] Experience of working in software engineering and lessons learner [16:00] Going back to study after starting the career and different perspectives [18:00] Job at Oracle and difference with the first job experience. [22:40] Evolution of work in a team and involving everyone in the decision making [24:58] Growing the passion for product management while still working on software engineering [29:25] Learning to become a good PM and defining a product manager role [39:00] Dividing time for different roles of product manager [48:28] Balancing being available with managing to do everything there is to do [52:44] What influenced the change of companies and marriage [57:00] The impact of organisational changes on day-to-day work in teams  [01:12:18] Moving from Facebook to Google and learning from Marc Zuckerberg [01:21:30] The most inspiring leader was the first manager at Zaplet   [01:24:00] Built teams as the best achievement of being a product manager and being an umbrella for the team [01:01:53] Landing job at Facebook and doing the homework before approaching them [01:29:50] Dealing with ambiguity and developing comfort around it [01:34:55] The innovation that will come to life that people are not ready to see, fearing innovation and the future of Metaverse  [01:45:05] The best and the worst innovation is the internet  [01:47:30] Importance of networking as a PM  [01:49:50] A skill that no one teaches us is how to frame and create a story as a storyteller [01:50:57] Coffee meeting with historical figures would be with Benjamin Franklin or Leonardo da Vinci  [01:54:45] Recommendations PRODUCTION This podcast was hosted by João Moita from Product Weekend, with sound edited by Miguel Sousa and production help by Productized, André Marquet and Evelina Bogdiun.