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The Product Science Podcast

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Nov 29, 2022 • 43min

The Pulkit Agrawal Hypothesis: Customer-Centric Teams Are Attached to Problems and Not Solutions

Pulkit Agrawal read Engineering at Cambridge and worked in non-profits, consulting, and startups before founding Chameleon because he was frustrated at the energy that both companies and users were wasting when trying to explain/learn a product. He enjoys talking and writing about user onboarding, product-led growth, SaaS, self-serve, and UX, and he’s an angel investor of product-led startups. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover how practicing product can be different outside of the western world, how Pulkit validates solutions with customers, and the lessons he’s learned while growing Chameleon. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-pulkit-agrawal-hypothesis-customer-centric-teams-are-attached-to-problems-and-not-solutions
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Nov 22, 2022 • 38min

The Susan Stavitzski Hypothesis: The Best Way to Get Better at Discovery is to Do It Over and Over Again

Susan Stavitzski is an experienced Product Leader with experience working in the software industry for start-ups, SMB and enterprise companies. She has a passion for taking manual, bulky processes and turning them into powerful, automated, scalable solutions to empower teams. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover the role of product marketing, the nitty-gritty process of doing continuous product discovery, and what it’s like working in a strong product organization with empowered teams. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-susan-stavitzski-hypothesis-the-best-way-to-get-better-at-discovery-is-to-do-it-over-and-over-again
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Jul 19, 2022 • 46min

The Ken Norton Hypothesis: Product Is Best Taught Through Apprenticeship

Before becoming a full-time executive coach to product leaders, Ken spent more than fourteen years at Google, where he led product initiatives for Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Mobile Maps, and GV (formerly Google Ventures). These products today are used by more than three billion people worldwide. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Ken’s 14 year history and learnings from his time at Google, what it’s like to build products with mass appeal, his approach on how to be an authentic leader, and how product is best learned under an apprenticeship model. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-ken-norton-hypothesis-product-is-best-taught-through-apprenticeship
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Jul 12, 2022 • 41min

The Dan Olsen Hypothesis: You Can't Just Take What You Learn In A Big Company And Apply It To A Startup

Dan Olsen is a product management trainer, consultant, and speaker. Dan wrote the bestseller The Lean Product Playbook. Through his interactive training workshops, Dan helps companies build great products and strong product teams. He is also the founder of the 11,000-member Lean Product Meetup community. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Dan’s journey through product at both enterprises and startups, how that experience became the Lean Product movement, and how to validate a user's responses and prevent false negatives. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-dan-olsen-hypothesis-you-cant-just-take-what-you-learn-in-a-big-company-and-apply-it-to-a-startup
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Jun 28, 2022 • 45min

The Sam Haveson Hypothesis: The Artfulness of Product Management is Identifying Customer Needs

Sam Haveson is a Senior Product Lead on the Consumer Product team at Twitter. Sam has defined, launched and scaled products that help millions of people create and converse on Twitter. Prior to Twitter, Sam was a Senior Product Manager at Amazon building Amazon Photos experiences for Amazon Alexa devices. She holds an MBA from Cornell Tech, where she is an adviser to the programs graduate students. Sam is also a writer and musician based in San Francisco, CA. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Sam’s career in product, testing and experimentation at different scales from startup to enterprise, and how to do real time experiments to measure progress. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-sam-haveson-hypothesis-the-artfulness-of-product-management-is-identifying-customer-needs
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Jun 21, 2022 • 37min

The Caroline Rose Hypothesis: Absolutely Everybody Should Be Involved In Discovery Research

Caroline is a senior product manager on the Etsy mobile apps team and previously worked at Walmart Labs. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Caroline’s career in product, how she uses story telling to align different teams, how to get buy in for continuous experimentation at companies large and small, and how even a failed experiment can yield positive results.
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Jun 14, 2022 • 45min

The Janel Wellborn Hypothesis: Teams Should Celebrate Learning Fast, Not Failing Fast

Janel embeds herself within a clients' organizations to transform their culture by shifting mindsets at all levels, helping them make many small changes in their product practices that have big impacts on their ability to meet their customer needs & deliver measurable business value. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Janel’s journey into product working at large retailers like the Gap & Macy’s, transitioning from waterfall to agile. We also cover how to iterate behavioral changes in an organization, and how to embrace quick failed experiments to help build the right products. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-janel-wellborn-hypothesis-teams-should-celebrate-learning-fast-not-failing-fast
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Jun 7, 2022 • 37min

The Karthik Suresh Hypothesis: Even Amazing Products Fail Without The Right Go-To-Market

Karthik Suresh is the Co-Founder of Ignition, a collaborative hub for Marketing & Product teams. Karthik is a product and a technology leader with experience as a founder, an early startup hire, and a key player in defining product strategy, and finding a market fit. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Karthik’s lessons learned in being an entrepreneur trying to find product market fit. We also cover what it’s like to be a product manager at an organization like Facebook building features that affect users at large scale. And we answer how to build a go to market strategy for businesses of varying stages of development. Read the show notes to learn more:  https://h2rproductscience.com/the-karthik-suresh-hypothesis-even-amazing-products-fail-without-the-right-go-to-market
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May 31, 2022 • 36min

The Kate Leto Hypothesis: Human Skills Are Teachable

Kate Leto’s product management, org design, and marketing background spans more than 25 years. She has had a front-row seat to the evolving ways products are discovered, defined, built, and delivered and now takes her hands-on experience into organizations of all shapes and sizes as a consultant, coach, and advisor; helping to create authentic, high-performing cultures, teams, and products. Her consulting experience has taken her around the world, guiding clients that range from disruptive startups to Fortune 500 companies. Kate’s first book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills, is now available at all digital storefronts. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover Kate’s journey through product, and the value of 1 on 1 communication and emotional intelligence in product. We cover how organizations handle large scale transformations, and how to coach individuals on what solutions work best for them. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-kate-leto-hypothesis-human-skills-are-teachable
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May 24, 2022 • 38min

The James Mayes Hypothesis: Focus on What Drives the Audience to Curate Great Events

Cofounder of Mind the Product, now Evangelist for Pendo - James spent his first career in recruiting, his second in product and events. He's still happiest outdoors though! In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we cover the story of Mind the Product from concept to acquisition. We also talk about how the pandemic has affected the future of live events, and how to add product principles to event planning. Read the show notes to learn more: https://h2rproductscience.com/the-james-mayes-hypothesis-focus-on-what-drives-the-audience-to-curate-great-events

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