Latest Productdevelopment Podcast Episodes
Should PM's become angel investors?
Fireside Product Management - April 20, 2024 00:52 - 50 minutesDan Delmar from the Virtual Angels Network discusses how to become an angel investor.
338 | Exiting and Acquiring a Business with Kiwi Schloffel & Meghan Hopkins Sokorai
Proof to Product - April 16, 2024 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsIf you have ever considered exiting your business or even acquiring another person's business, today's podcast episode is for you. My guests today are two of my clients and also friends: Meghan Hopkins Sokorai of And Here We Are, and Kiwi Schloffel of Your Gal Kiwi. Last year, Kiwi made the d...
What is the value of PM's from an Adobe engineering director's POV...
Fireside Product Management - April 12, 2024 22:43 - 32 minutesTom and Kirk Mattson (both Bowdoin '96 alums) discuss Kirk's view on what makes a great PM and the future of AI.
337 | Exclusivity and Ethics in Retail with Kimberley Yurkiewicz, Measure Twice
Proof to Product - April 09, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsOne of the things that sets Proof to Product apart from other people teaching about wholesale is the breadth and depth of not only my personal knowledge but also the fact that we bring in a variety of other perspectives from buyers to sales reps to consultants and manufacturers. This wide len...
Are PM's doing user research all wrong?
Fireside Product Management - April 04, 2024 21:59 - 52 minutesTom and Elizabeth Creighton talk about user research interviewing mistakes and best practices. Check out Elizabeth's upcoming class on Maven with a special Fireside discount here https://maven.com/brazen-ux/user-interview-skills-designers-pms?promoCode=FIRESIDE
Are we all screwed? How should Product Managers prepare for an AI-first world?
Fireside Product Management - April 04, 2024 20:54 - 47 minutesAmit Badlani from Stanford talks about ML, AI, and product management. See his class here https://maven.com/amit-badlani/ml-foundations-for-product-managers See all of Tom's classes at http://maven.com/toml
336 | Utilizing Abandoned Cart Email Automations to Drive Sales with Katie Hunt
Proof to Product - April 02, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsDid you know that almost 70% of shoppers abandon their online shopping carts and don't follow through with a sale? That means that only 3 out of 10 of your customers who go to your website and load up their shopping cart complete their purchase. The same report from Baymard Institute said tha...
Episode 6 - Food Policy and Systems Part 2
Cultivation Station - March 27, 2024 23:46 - 36 minutesJoin us for Part 2 of our 3 part series to learn what the Jefferson County Food Policy & Systems teams are doing. The first episode focused on the School Food Pilot. In this epsiode we will hear about the Community Leadership teams. The Food Policy and Systems Team aims to promote food securi...
Are you thinking about the entire product strategy stack?
Fireside Product Management - March 27, 2024 16:43 - 34 minutesRoman Pichler and Tom talk about business strategy, portfolio strategy, product strategy, and how it relates to the roadmap and backlog.
335 | The Changing Landscape of In-Person Retail Markets with Emily Chiang, Danella McKinnon, and Kate Pinto
Proof to Product - March 26, 2024 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsOur focus here at Proof to Product is teaching people how to successfully sell their products to the wholesale market. But many of our community members sell through multiple sales channels, including licensing, custom work, direct-to-consumer online sales, and in-person retail markets. For t...
Was Marty Cagan wrong about product management?
Fireside Product Management - March 20, 2024 16:59 - 32 minutesTom and Joe Tarragano discuss the risk of puritanical thinking of PM's and the topic of Produxsplaining :-)
334 | Expanding into 1,000 Stores with Brittany O'Brien, Brittany Paige
Proof to Product - March 19, 2024 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsThe last time Brittany O'Brien was on the podcast was back in 2022, and we were talking about how she scaled her business to 500 wholesale accounts. Earlier this year, Brittany crossed a new milestone. Her products are now sold in over 1,000 stores, and today, we're going to dig into what the ...
Teresa Torres on Product Discovery and Product Manager agency and change leadership
Fireside Product Management - March 18, 2024 19:09 - 34 minutesThanks to Teresa Torres from Product Talk for coming on to the Fireside PM pod to talk about #productdiscovery! We had a great convo and I found the notion of show not telling and the importance of making lots of little improvements versus arguing for wholesale transformation to be pretty compel...
333 | Scaling without Employees with Beth Roszkowski, Tiny Hooray
Proof to Product - March 12, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsWe have shared many incredible business growth stories here on the Proof to Product podcast. One thing that I always try to emphasize is that business is not one size fits all. Every business will look different, operate differently, and have different goals they're working towards. To build a...
YC Alum Hardik Vala on lessons learned as a startup founder
Fireside Product Management - March 09, 2024 18:23 - 47 minutesFormer Apple, Google, and Y Combinator entrepreneur Hardik Vala https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehardikv/
Alan Stein for Kadima on how to get a better job faster.
Fireside Product Management - March 07, 2024 23:19 - 29 minutesTom and Alan talk about the current job market, how to get a good referral, and the importance of baby steps when managing your career.
How to stand out in your LinkedIn PM Job application
Fireside Product Management - March 07, 2024 03:16 - 10 minutesI posted a job and got 300 applications in the first day...
332 | Rebuilding Self-Trust and Confidence as a Business Owner with Ginny Krauss & Elli Runkles, Supported CEO (Part 2)
Proof to Product - March 05, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsLast week on episode 331, you met my friends Ginny and Elli from the Supported CEO. They very candidly shared their stories of experiencing burnout in entrepreneurship, including what that was like, what they felt, and they shared their journey back from burnout and what they did to get to where...
Episode 5 - Marketing on a Budget Part 3 of 4
Cultivation Station - March 04, 2024 20:12 - 42 minutesThis is Part 3 of our 4 part series, In parts 1 & 2 we covered getting organized to develop a strong Marketing plan as well as using PR, partnerships and events to strengthen your plan. In part 3, we will talk with ROOT Marketing & PR experts about using Social Meida and Influenders as key parts...
Trying to land your first product management job?
Fireside Product Management - March 03, 2024 18:54 - 42 minutesTom and Jesse Chor, Founder CEO of Sequoia backed Tanda, talk about best practices for aspiring product managers to land their first PM gig.
Product Discover example, how I went from -1 to 0 to -1...
Fireside Product Management - February 29, 2024 00:47 - 12 minutesI walk through an example of evaluating a greenfield product idea from scratch. Also if you're interested in my class on nailing your next executive PM review at work, feel free to express interest here https://maven.com/forms/d4610a
331 | Back From Burnout with Ginny Krauss & Elli Runkles, Supported CEO (Part 1)
Proof to Product - February 27, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsThe topic of burnout is popping up a lot in my business circles. People are tired, and they are struggling with decision fatigue. Many people I talk to are questioning whether to even continue with their business or whether they should make an exit, but these types of conversations typically hap...
330 | How to Have Tough Conversations with Your Team with Tatiana O'Hara, T. O'Hara Consulting
Proof to Product - February 20, 2024 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsIf you're looking for ways to be a stronger leader within your business or you're considering expanding your team, please block off some quiet time to carefully listen today. Our guest for this episode is Tatiana O'Hara, a team and leadership development consultant who helps successful yet ov...
329 | How These 9 Businesses Have Grown Since Attending Paper Camp
Proof to Product - February 13, 2024 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsWe are gearing up for the 43rd round of Paper Camp and we are so excited! This is our wholesale intensive program, and I wanted to do something fun for this week's podcast episode to celebrate this milestone and the fact that enrollment for Paper Camp is currently open. I asked our past Pa...
Episode 4 - Food Policy and Systems Part I
Cultivation Station - February 07, 2024 21:19 - 47 minutesJoin us while we embark on a 3 part series to learn what the Jefferson County Food Policy & Systems teams are doing. This first episode will focus on School Food Program. The Food Policy and Systems Team aims to promote food security in Jefferson County through policy, systems, and environmental...
The Candidates Dilemma
Fireside Product Management - February 06, 2024 21:25 - 15 minutesWhy hiring managers and job candidates aren't entirely honest in the interviewing process. For the 2X2 visual, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yDk7acE2kTqL0mQY4oIqv1EEZiUmAwh3UpLIOzaINDA/edit?usp=sharing
328 | An inside look at what Paper Camp is like
Proof to Product - February 06, 2024 14:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsHave you ever wondered what it's like to attend our Paper Camp program? If so, today's episode is for you! I am sharing an inside peek into one of our Paper Camp coaching calls. This one is with Alex Gagne of Chez Gagné. Alex has been a longtime member of our Paper Camp community. When she fi...
Why is it taking PM's so much longer to find a new gig?
Fireside Product Management - January 30, 2024 21:07 - 9 minutesTom goes over the PM hiring manager hierarchy of needs.
327 | How to apply for a Paper Camp scholarship with Katie Hunt
Proof to Product - January 30, 2024 14:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 261 ratingsIf you’re listening today that means you’re likely interested in applying for our Paper Camp scholarship! Giving back is one of our core values here at Proof to Product and we give back through our time, knowledge as well as financial scholarships. Since 2011, we’ve awarded over $275,000+ in...
Three lessons about Product Management I learned from working on the inside of a Presidential campaign.
Fireside Product Management - January 29, 2024 23:29 - 8 minutesGet more help from Tom at tomleungcoaching.com
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