The Product Podcast

In this talk Avneesh Kohl, the Product Manager at Foursquare, talks about how understanding tech will make you a better Product Manager. For the ones that are new to Product Management, he discusses how much technology they should know. He also talks about how to build rapport and what coding language one should learn. 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

Google's "Next Billion Users" effort aims to build better Google products for emerging markets. It does so by adapting current products to better fit the needs & environment of these users, and by building new products from the ground up specifically tailored for users in such markets. Building products for cultures and people that are very different from your surroundings is a complex task. It requires deep research efforts and a highly structured way of solving product questions. In this talk, Joris van Mens explains how Google's product teams solve these types of problems.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

This is a Q&A talk with Mike Burk, Director of Product at Postmates, to give the audience a chance to ask every question they’ve ever had about product management. Mike also gives an inside scoop on the day-to-day work in Product Management, the challenges of the job and personal insight from his experience at working at different companies. He talks about how he got into Product Management from films and discussed what it’s like to work in a management role. He also discusses how to provide value, and sheds light on how to manage different teams and what lessons he's learned over the years. 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

How is gaming Product Management different from the conventional Product Management? How is monetizing gaming products different? Being a Product Manager in gaming is a very different world. In this talk, Matt Herrick, former Product Manager at PlayStation, discusses data analytics, A/B testing, the gaming ecosystem, and monetization strategies to help attendees better understand this industry. He also answers the audience's questions about gaming Product Management.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 a nutshell, information theory defines a logarithmic measure that only depends on the probability of events and is impartial to the value of the event itself. In other words, information theory treats alien landing and earthquakes equally if they occur at the same frequency. This impartial perspective will guide our product development and simultaneously enable more data-driven design while restricting the information we reveal to the outside world for a potential misuse. In this talk, Nikon Rasumov, Director of Product Management at Symantec, discusses how to build more secure products and make hackers’ lives more difficult. He also discussed how building products that enable a strong foundation for data science and increase in revenue are important.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

FinTech is a fast growing area presenting numerous product management opportunities at startups as well as enterprises. It is a highly regulated complex industry made up of technology, finance, accounting, legal, regulation, privacy laws, etc. In this talk Sheela Ursal, former Amazon Payments Head of Product, gives a glimpse into the world of Fintech, especially into Fintech Product Management. She talks about cross functional teams, markets, users and technologies. She also discusses Industry trends that are driving the growth and interest.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

Understanding how to access and interpret data is critical for the modern Product Manager. In this talk, a data scientist at Airbnb teaches the basics in data-informed thinking as well as resources and tools for SQL, python and R. She discusses how you can up-level your skills in interpreting A/B tests, incrementally, and when and why to use Machine Learning techniques.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

How important is prioritization? In order to build the best possible solution, a product manager needs to understand WHY they are building. Once the problem and stakeholders have been identified, how does a PM tackle solving it? In this talk, Jeff Betts, a Product Manager at Google, covers this problem-solving framework and shares insights and anecdotes from his user-first approach to product development and prioritization strategy.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

While it can be intimidating for people without technical backgrounds to jump into a technical environment, there is amazing potential to affect change and act as a multiplier. In this session, Andrew talks about lessons he has learned in how to better understand, prioritize, and tackle technical issues facing engineers in the workplace. He discusses how you can understand the key business metrics and their relationship to the engineering level metrics without any tech knowledge and utilize tools that monitor those metrics. He also talks about how you can use transparency and democratization to adapt and prioritize. 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 this talk, Ryan Cunningham, a Product Strategist at UberEats, discusses how he transitioned from Finance into Product. He walks through the key skills that transfer and those that don't, as well as unexpected areas that will require a steep learning curve, particularly in culture and how to spend your time. Based on his experience and lessons learned, Ryan provides insights on how to make this transition as frictionless as 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