Practical Product is the most actionable and practical podcast for B2B and SaaS Product Managers. This show is hosted by Jason Evanish, a Product Manager for over 12 years as a Founder, coach, and early-stage Product Leader. Practical Product will talk about building a great strategy, avoiding pitfalls, balancing the many demands of a career in product management, and so much more. We have many awesome guests lined up, some you've heard of in the Product Management space and some lesser-know ...
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JTBD: Jobs to Be Done - What it is, why it matters, how to use it, and a real life example
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Key Links from this episode: Follow along with the questions Jason asked in his post How to do a Jobs to Be Done interview Links from Ryan's search for a mattress: DreamCloud - The mattress Ryan ultimately bought Wirecutter - A review site Ryan referrenced Sleep Foundation 33 Best Mattresses of 2022 on NYT - A site Ryan referenced in his search On …
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ChatGPT and AI: What it means for PMs, and the future of work w/ Lazar Stojkovic, Co-founder of Serbian Entrepreneurs
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Key Links from this episode: ChatGPT - A chat based system by OpenAI that can provide written answers from a text-based prompt GPT-3 API - An API by OpenAI that allows you to bring GPT into your product or service. Replicate - Open source cloud API for running AI models Lore AI Newsletter - A free newsletter discussing business and creative applica…
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The Harsh Truth of Interviewing & Hiring Product Managers w/ Willis Jackson, Founder of Middle Mile and former 1st PM at Grove Collaborative
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Unfortunately, the product management interview process at most companies is poor. Navigating the interview process, or creating a good one at your company is a tall task. In this wide-ranging interview we cover both perspectives to help you think about both the perspective of the interviewer and the interviewee. For the interviewer: If you know yo…
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How to make Product Specs that Your Teammates and Executives will Actually Want to Read (aka - The Product Thesis)
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I learned how to make a great product spec from long-time Silicon Valley product leader Josh Elman. He calls it the "Product Thesis" and that's what we cover today. Here's a breakdown of the sections I talk about for The Product Thesis: 1. Why are we working on this next? 2. When and how do people use this feature? (aka - what are the use cases?) 3…
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How Free Tools can Supercharge the Growth of Your Business w/ Michael Novotny of Product & Build Co
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Today we talked about how building free tools (aka - side projects) for your company can help drive major growth. Building these tools helps you a few ways: People who use your free tool may directly sign up for your paid product when they see you made the free tool. People using your free tool may give you their email address, which you can market…
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Keys to Succeeding as a Remote Product Leader w/ Valentina Thörner, Product Advisory at Klaus
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Books and other helpful links from today's episode: Many books and great blog posts were mentioned in this episode. Here's a rundown of the books: Asking good questions and winning negotiations: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff & Mark Johnson Learn to work with others better with: The 4 Tendencies - Ana…
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Consequences of AI, Understanding our Bundling Phase, & Self-Deprecation in Product Managers
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This episode is a collection of my thoughts on some trending topics I am seeing in the world of Tech and Product Management. 1. We are in a Bundling Phase: How can we as Product Managers bundle our offerings for consumers who are concerned about economic instability? We need to establish our products as absolute must have's in the eyes of our custo…
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The Curse of the 1st PM - Part 2: The PM View w/ Hostos Monegro, 4-time 1st PM
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More on Hostos: Hostos on LinkedIn Learn about The Waterline Principle More on Jason Evanish: Get more product advice on Jason's blog Follow Jason on Twitter Get coaching from Jason or take his course Topics: (0:33) - Introducing Hostos (2:14) - What is it like being a First-PM the 4th time around? (3:19) - What were you looking out for when taking…
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The Curse of the 1st PM - Part 1: The Company View w/ Pulkit Agrawal, Co-Founder of Chameleon
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Why do so many 1st PMs end up not working out? What can we learn from these situations, where a founder hires a PM and then things don't work out? In our first of a 2 part series, we interview a founder who knew about the curse of the 1st PM and it still didn't work out. Pulkit Agrawal, co-founder of Chameleon, candidly reflects on lessons learned …
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Jason Cohen - Founder at WPEngine, SmartBear & IT WatchDogs - Breaking down the 4 PM Roles
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Jason Cohen is a multiple-time founder and Product Leader who joins us as the very first guest on Practical Product to break down his article: The Impossible Product Manager, a.k.a. the "Great" Product Manager. We discuss the 4 key areas of responsibility for a Product Manager, how to align your PM's as a leader, finding the right company to work f…
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Welcome to Practical Product w/ Jason Evanish
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Practical Product is the most actionable and practical podcast for B2B and SaaS Product Managers. This show is hosted by Jason Evanish, a Product Manager for over 12 years as a Founder, coach, and early-stage Product Leader. Practical Product will talk about building a great strategy, avoiding pitfalls, balancing the many demands of a career in pro…
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