

The Product Podcast
Product School
Hosted by Product School CEO Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, The Product Podcast drills deep into the minds of Chief Product Officers from Cisco, Lovable, Perplexity, Shopify and many more. We move beyond high-level theory to reveal how top executives actually lead in the age of AI. We dig deep into their real-world decision-making, strategic frameworks, and the operational playbooks used to build intelligent products.If you are a VP, Director, or CPO looking to drive innovation at scale, this is your essential listen.
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Apr 20, 2017 • 1h 6min
Intro to A/B Testing by Ever's Senior PM
Steve Wu, product manager at Ever, discusses the important topics of when to use A/B testing, how to implement it and most importantly, how to measure the results.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

Apr 18, 2017 • 32min
Keep Calm and Validate On with Product Manager at Cisco
All product managers would like to be Steve Jobs and have the insight into what user really wants. Fact is that great products involve a lot of validation of concepts with users to really understand what they would need and want. Lean validation in 15mins before you start building your great ideas.
Key Takeaways:
1. Know your user and validate, validate, validate.
2. How to run quick concept validationsSocial 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

Apr 13, 2017 • 52min
VP of Product at LearnVest on Emotional Intelligence for Product Management
The VP of Product at LearnVest, Vivek Bedi, talks about how Emotional Intelligence is more important than IQ but people in product don't talk about it enough. Product Managers get immense value of using empathy and their social capital to help drive the team and clients. 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

Apr 11, 2017 • 56min
Xero's PM on How Organization Size Influences Product Management
Product management differs by industry, company, and era. Like many things it's growing and maturing every day. The Senior Product Manager at Xero, Jason Goodman, spoke from his personal experience what the differences between small companies and large companies are. 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

Apr 6, 2017 • 1h 3min
Open Q&A with Former Twitter Head of Mobile
Ever wondered what it’s like to work as a Product Manager? This was an exclusive Q&A session with Alex Shih, former Twitter Product Manager, May Allen, Product Manager @ Projector and Jeremy Glassenberg, VP of Platform Product @ Pypestream.
They discussed what it’s like to work in this dynamic role and what it takes to get your foot in the door. They also gave the inside scoop on the day-to-day work as a PM, the challenges of the job and personal insight from their experience at working at different companies in the valley.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

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Apr 4, 2017 • 1h 6min
User Research to Validate Product Ideas
Learn how to leverage User Research techniques to validate customer demand for new products and features before writing a line of code.
We go through UX best practices, different user testing experiences (Moderated & Unmoderated) and how to analyze user flows.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

Mar 28, 2017 • 56min
Intro to A.I. with Amazon's Senior Product Manager
Learn about how Amazon has harnessed A.I. and deep learning to create cutting edge products with Sudheera Vanguri, Senior Sudheera Vanguri, Senior Product Manager of Amazon Web Services. Sudheera's talk with also covered the future of A.I. and deep learning in shaping our world.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

Mar 21, 2017 • 1h 14min
Growth Explained by Facebook's Core Product Manager
Understanding your users and how they discover and adopt your products is very important in building a product. Tune in, as Facebook's Core Product Manager, Yaron Fidler, as he discusses tactical techniques in gaining and retaining a strong user base.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

Mar 14, 2017 • 1h 5min
Journey to PM: Lessons Along the Way
Part of AWIP's Women in Product Speaker Series, women PMs from Facebook, Peek and Google shared their journeys into PM from different backgrounds. They talked about what worked for them, what they'd do differently, and how to succeed in Product roles.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

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Mar 7, 2017 • 28min
The Thing about A/B tests — To Learn or To Ship: That is the question.
Not all A/B tests are created equal. The most fundamental distinction is between “To Ship" tests and “To Learn" tests. It may feel like this distinction doesn’t matter, or that you can decide at any point in the project timeline. But if you believe that you’re fooling yourself and wasting your team’s precious time.
Anna Marie will go over a brief introduction to:
(1) The difference between To Ship and To Learn test
(2) The value of making that determination early
(3) What types of development tradeoffs to make depending on which type of test you're running
(4) As well as how to translate this type of thinking into long-term benefits for their organizationSocial 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


