Product Love

When is the last time you witnessed something so random and delightful in a product that you had to tell someone about it? Think back to a time you shared that kind of excitement with your colleague over a software product. This week on Product Love, I talked to Niels Hoven about those moments. Previously, Niels did Product at ClassDojo, and was the VP of Product Development at Pocket Gems. Currently, he’s a product manager at Cloudflare. On this week’s episode, Niels shares his experiences as a pro

This week on Product Love, I talked to Hiten Shah, co-founder of FYI, Product Habits, KISSMetrics and Crazy Egg, about feature adoption and retention.

This week on Product Love, I sat down to talk to Hubert Palan, CEO and founder of productboard. Hubert believes that there are two parts to every product: delight and functionality. We primarily buy products for functionality, but delight is the factor that converts casual users to advocates. Listen more on why you should invest in product delight.

In this week's episode, Sachin Rekhi dives deep into every aspect of product management. He discusses the roles inside product management as well as hiring. Sachin also brings up the case-study question that uses when he's trying to look for great product managements. Check out the rest of this episode to learn about all the gems he's picked up during his 20-year career.

Supriya is a product technology executive with 20 years of experience at Amazon.com, Booking Holdings and stints at several startups including Zynga and Pro.com. She was with Amazon.com in Seattle for over a decade focusing on the core customer experience on a variety of products including retail, social and Kindle. Her last role at Amazon.com was the technical advisor to the Sr. Vice President of Amazon devices. Supriya was also the Chief Product Officer of Booking Go from 2016-2018, responsible for the pr

Manish Patel joins Product Love to talk about communication as the key trait for all product managers. The core of product management is spreading influence, so communication must be the key tool to drive that. Despite all the demand for technical product managers or domain expertise, Manish still believes soft skills are the best to develop.

There are a lot of different facets to product. From UX design to engineering to development, Melissa Perri has had a stint in them all. When you look at product with those three different approaches, you come up with a foundation on how to work with these teams. Melissa believes that you get a holistic systems approach to product management, and can evaluate the product for its’ feasibility, usability, pricing, and more. She’s had over a decade of product experience, and now she’s currently the CEO

Jeetu Patel has run every function of the business in his career. He’s done his stint in marketing, engineering, sales, and now, product. But the one thing in business that has fascinated him the most has been scale. Early in Jeetu’s career, he’d travel a lot and was constantly amazed to see certain companies that were famous in the United States, have the same level of recognition and impact in a completely different company. It inspired him to learn the global nature of the business, and how a comp

Product managers and business leaders often wax poetic about how they want to change the world with their products or ideas. It’s natural. As product managers, your mission is to obsess over a problem, and find a unique solution that impacts your customers. But how much of that impact are you responsible for? Radhika Dutt believes that you’re responsible for a lot more than you think.

Lewis Lin is a well-known product management author and career coach. He's written about acing product manager interviews, getting into top tech companies, and his latest book is all about scaling your PM career.  Lin reveals the ESTEEM Method™: six magical competencies to move ahead in your PM career. He explains why they’re the most critical competencies and provides specific tips and tactics on what you could do to demonstrate your capabilities.