The Product Podcast

In this talk, former Microsoft Senior Product Manager, Richa Rai and Boeing Product Manager, Dan Weiss give their insight on Product Management by answering the audience's various questions. Some questions that will be answered include: What is the best part of being a Product Manager? What is the worst part of being a Product Manager? What do you look for in a Product Management resume and/or candidate? What was a difficult Product Manager interview question you’ve had? And how did you answer it? Have you ever felt like you didn’t understand the technology on a product? What did you do to compensate? Moderated by Chris Madison, Sr. Product Manager for POSSIBLE. Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

You’ve no doubt seen the headlines about how blockchain startups have taken in more capital from token sales/initial coin offerings, ICOs, / token generating events, TGEs, in 2017 than traditional VC/equity financing, CB Insights says 5x more,. You might also have heard about the $2-billion Telegram token sale. What is the difference between token sales versus traditional equity fundraising? What factors contribute to success or failure of token sales? What are the different types of token sale advisors and what do they do? In this talk, Chris Chan, principal and co-founder of Blockstate, walks through the landscape of token sales and explains where the rules are different or the same between token sales versus equity financing.Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

Would you like to get a job as a Product Manager? Pashmeen gave an overview of what it's like to work as a Product Manager, and answered the audience's questions about what it takes to become a Product Manager. He also shared how he got into product management and why he's passionate about it. Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

If you're resource-strapped or if you're not quite sure the Minimum Viable Product is going to be impactful, try the Google Design Sprint process. Over the course of 5 days, you work in a cross-functional team to solve for a core problem together. The best part? You build a high-fidelity prototype and validate the experience with your target audience. Out of one of these Design Sprints, a team at Blue Bottle developed the Welcome Kit experience, which increased their new customer lifetime value by 11x! In this talk, Oriana walks through the experience using the Design Sprint process, how you can facilitate one with your team, and why you might want to consider running a Design Sprint yourself!Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

Engineering teams rely on the Product Manager to drive prioritization and planning. They expect the Product Manager to know exactly what the customer wants and to have a pulse on the market and competitors.In this talk, Salah talks about how to be deliberate about the investments your team makes and the features you build. You can learn the importance of defining goals and getting buy-in from key stakeholders, how to use those goals to prioritize your features, how to keep the team motivated to deliver on those features and how to track success. Roadmap planning is a key aspect of a Product Managers job and becomes more important as you advance in your career.Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

Growing as an Engineer and wondering what the next step should be in your career? Are you thinking of transitioning from an engineering role to product management? Unsure whether going back to school for an MBA would be the right option for you? This talk will help you understand whether a change to product management is the right step for you. Manjot will also talk about how to actually make that transition happen while learning the required business skills for succeeding on the job and finding sponsors in your career. Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

In the era of Google, Facebook, Uber and Amazon, enterprise users expect deeper interactions and usable interfaces with mobile apps. Suresh will take you through his experience of the mobile app launch from concept to mature state. Should it be a single mobile app or multiple apps? Should you first launch on iOS or on Android? Should we release every 3 months, 2 month or every week? Should you market the mobile app separately? How do we get the user feedback? Should it be free or should you price it? Let's get to heart of these questions during planning, execution, release and post-release stages. Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

The most common question we get asked at Off the Grid markets is “What is your favorite food truck?” While seemingly easy enough to answer, the product team at Off the Grid wants to know more. Why are guests asking that question? How do guests choose what to eat at our markets? Which trucks should we book for next week? Although fairly simple questions, they are surprisingly tough to answer, especially as they relate to the nuances in personal food preference. This talk conveys how good Product Managers focus on a few simple questions and go deep on the answers.Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

Blockchain has swept the tech space by storm and we are now seeing the first wave of products built using this technology. One of the biggest challenges with blockchain is taking very technical concepts, such as signing transactions, and making them intuitive and easy to use. In this talk, Yev discussed the tools, design decisions, and best practices involved when creating a blockchain product.Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here

Ever feel stuck or unable to decide what the team should work on next? Ever get steamrolled by an exec to take on their new favorite idea? You are not alone. As Product Managers we are constantly dealing with issues like this. In this talk, Joshuah focuses on a lean product development strategy that helps reduce and in some cases eliminate some of these common issues. The process is called Evidence Driven Development. This process is similar to the scientific method, and helps us define and deliver the products and features of highest importance to the target audience. Social Links: Follow our Podcast on Tik Tok here Follow Product School on LinkedIn here Join Product School's free events here Find out more about Product School here