Product Talk
Products That Count
Produced by Products That Count, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products, this podcast is an award-winning show by and for product minds, with millions of downloads and a 5-star rating on most major platforms. Each of the 300+ episodes features a product leader interviewing another product leader and exploring what it takes to build great products. Recent ones feature the Chief Product Officers of Brex, Glassdoor, Experian and more.
About Us: Products that Count is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products. It celebrates product excellence through coveted Awards that inspire 500,000+ product managers and honor great products and the professionals responsible for their success. It accelerates the career and rise to the C-suite of 30% of all Product Managers globally by providing exceptional programming – including award-winning podcasts and popular newsletters – for free. It acts as a trusted advisor to all CPOs at Fortune 1000, and publishes key insights from innovative companies, like Capgemini, SoFi, and Amplitude, that turn product success into business success. Learn more at ProductsThatCount.com.
About Us: Products that Count is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products. It celebrates product excellence through coveted Awards that inspire 500,000+ product managers and honor great products and the professionals responsible for their success. It accelerates the career and rise to the C-suite of 30% of all Product Managers globally by providing exceptional programming – including award-winning podcasts and popular newsletters – for free. It acts as a trusted advisor to all CPOs at Fortune 1000, and publishes key insights from innovative companies, like Capgemini, SoFi, and Amplitude, that turn product success into business success. Learn more at ProductsThatCount.com.
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Oct 27, 2021 • 30min
EP 173 - Sorcero CEO on Data Analytics For Cognitive Solutions in Life Sciences
The most critical decisions in the world are driven by people's understanding of unstructured content. It all comes down to the abilities of subject matter experts to make those decisions entirely driven by whether they're looking at the right piece of that data at the right time. Is there a solution for these companies to view and process the correct information? Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das shares ways she discovered data analytics can produce cognitive solutions in life sciences.
Oct 20, 2021 • 36min
EP 172 - Ambient Photonics CEO on B2B Product Management
When developing a B2B product, product managers have to think a bit differently than other PMs. From ideation to client interaction to pricing, many areas shift for this specific market. What are some areas PMs should focus on when working within the business-to-business realm? Ambient Photonics CEO Bates Marshall shares the ways B2B product management differs from direct to customer and some tips for product managers at B2B companies.
Oct 13, 2021 • 19min
EP 171 - Google Product Lead on Informed Go-To-Market Strategy at 2022 Product Awards
PMs need a plan to launch their products in the market, whether beta, internal, or otherwise. For the 2022 Product Awards, the Awards Advisory Board proposed 5 new categories, including Informed Go-To-Market Strategy. How will they do the testing, experimentation, and ramp-up, and what are the best tools out there to help in this process? Google Product Lead Neha Taleja introduces the Informed Go-To-Market Strategy category for the 2022 Product Awards.
Oct 6, 2021 • 25min
EP 170 - VP of Product at Disney Streaming on Inclusivity and Storytelling
We are taught to experience life, not just live in it, and this can be true for product management. PMs need different lenses to solve problems and develop ideas. How do we cultivate storytelling with our products? VP of Product at Disney Streaming Dave Lankford speaks about inclusivity and true listening, and how this relates to product development.
Sep 15, 2021 • 25min
EP 169 - fmr IBM VP & Partner on Visionary Product Thinking
Product managers and leaders come to the world of product from many different backgrounds. This gives each individual product person a unique perspective on the products they build. But what does it mean to truly be a product visionary? In this talk, fmr IBM VP & Partner and current Structured Mischief Founder and CEO, David Jensen, joins us to discuss visionary product thinking.
Sep 8, 2021 • 35min
EP 168 - Amazon Care Head of UX Design and Research On Building with Purpose
There are as many ways to build a business as there are people who build them. Some are motivated solely by profit, some by challenge, some by accident, and some by philanthropy, or purpose. What does it mean to build with purpose? Join Amazon Care Head of UX Design and Research Dane Howard to learn about the concepts and actions necessary for building with purpose.
Sep 1, 2021 • 20min
EP 167 - Fmr LEGO Education Head of Product On Focusing On Play Within Your Product
It's all too easy to get serious about work. We have meetings, deadlines, goals, profits, and more to consider. How can we maintain the fun while we do the work of making great products? In this talk, Melissa Pickering, former LEGO Education Head of Product, joins us to talk about focusing on play within your product.
Aug 25, 2021 • 43min
EP 166 - GameOn Founder and CEO On Merging the Worlds of Content and Chat
Users tend to be less concerned with what companies are meeting their needs, as long as those needs are met. Companies see users jump to competitor's platforms and see a pain point. How can content producers get their content in front of users on all chat platforms and drive revenue? GameOn Founder and CEO Alex Beckman joins us to go over how companies can connect the dots between content and chat platforms all over the world.
Aug 18, 2021 • 30min
EP 165 - Scaling A Global Business Quickly with MURAL Co-Founder and CPO
Scaling a global business in the age of remote work demands a specific approach for it to be successful. Remote work is here to stay, whether companies have chosen it as a convenience, strategic advantage, or pandemic necessity. How can companies use remote employees as an advantage when scaling a global business? Join MURAL Co-Founder and CPO Agustin Soler as he offers insights into his experience in scaling a global business over the last decade and creating a 2021 Product Award Winner in the Design Interface category.
Aug 11, 2021 • 26min
EP 164 - Summer Series Highlights: Making Impactful Products
Our Summer Series of podcasts is designed to introduce you to some of our most popular content and superstar PM professionals from the last six years. This episode focuses on making impactful products from one of the most popular episodes of Product Talk. Are you putting the customer first when designing products? Join product superstar Marty Cagan, founder of Silicon Valley Product Group, to learn about how product managers can put the customer first to build impactful products.
