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How Blockchain and AI Will Shape Our Future - Diego Borgo, Web3 Expert and Co-founder of BorgoLabs
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Diego Borgo is a seasoned Web3 and Metaverse advisor with a track record of guiding Fortune 500 brands and boasting collaborations with companies like adidas and Mastercard. He’s also the co-founder of BorgoLabs, a consultancy that helps companies position themselves and drive growth in the Web3 space. We recently collaborated with Diego on a clien…
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Tackling the Realities of UK Youth Issues with Jack Parsons and Leon Marseglia, The Youth Group
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Today, we’re speaking with Jack Parsons and Leon Marseglia - the forces behind the UK’s largest community for young people, The Youth Group. Since launching the company 4 years ago, "Young Jack," as he's often called, has managed to grow their community to 1.7 million young individuals and connect thousands of them with some of the best UK companie…
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Decoding Tokenisation with Brent Annells, Chief Marketing Officer at Smart Token Labs
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Whether you're into crypto or not, many foresee blockchain as the foundational layer for future technologies. From finance and healthcare to entertainment and sports, the consensus seems clear: "The Future Will Be Tokenised." Join us in this super interesting conversation with Brent Annells, CMO of Smart Token Labs. With a background that boasts se…
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What I'm looking for when investing in startups - Eamonn Carey, Tera Ventures GP and ex-Techstars MD
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Eamonn Carey is a seasoned investor, the General Partner at Tera Ventures, a former Managing Director at Techstars, an advisor to dozens of startups, a founder, an author, and a former journalist. With experience evaluating thousands of deals, we thought he would be the perfect person to discuss the investment climate in Europe. In this episode, we…
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Is Web3 the Future of Fan Engagement in Sports – Jean-Charles Gaudechon, CEO of OneFootball Labs
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In this episode of The Product Show, we explore the intersection of sports and web3, questioning whether web3 can fix the broken aspects of football or if it's too broken itself to make a difference. We all know that fan engagement is essential in sports, and web3 and NFTs seem to be the perfect tools to harness the power of communities. However, t…
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Scaling a Marketing Agency - Oliver Yonchev, CEO & Co-founder of Flight Story | Ex-Social Chain
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Oliver Yonchev is the co-founder and CEO of Flight Story, a company he co-founded with Steven Barlett in 2021 that "helps brands stay at the forefront of what’s possible". Prior to Flight Story, he served as the managing director of Social Chain, one of the most successful social media marketing agencies in Europe. In this episode, we covered a ran…
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From a Spreadsheet to a Global Network for Mentorship - Felix Lee, Co-founder & CEO of ADPList
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Two years ago, "two kids, one from Singapore and the other one from Africa" left their jobs to set up a company. It all began with a single spreadsheet and their obsession to build a product that people really need. Today, their venture, ADPList, has over 15,000 mentors and hundreds of thousands of users, helping people all around the world find th…
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Scaling High-Performing Engineering Teams - Alex Rashkov, Engineering Manager at Meta
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No matter if you’re in web2 or web3 , as you scale your products to cater to thousands of users, you’re faced with one of the most common challenges for technology startups - how to scale your engineering team fast. Scaling is not just about rapidly hiring people, it’s about building resilient systems and effective team structures that will help th…
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The future of the Metaverse - Dr Mark van Rijmenam, International Speaker, Author and Strategist
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Is “complete decentralisation” possible any time soon? Can human nature handle it? When are we going to have a really immersive, organic Metaverse experience (as opposed to just having fun with our lookalike avatars in a clumsy virtual environment)? What shall we do to avoid the mistakes we did with web2 and avoid tech giants swallowing us up again…
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How Brands Should Enter the Metaverse & NFT Space – Diego Borgo, Metaverse & NFT Strategist and Advisor
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If you’ve been thinking how to bring your company into web3, this episode is for you! We’re back with a set of super interesting episodes dedicated to web3. Diego Borgo is a Metaverse native, Web3 ambassador, NFT collector and advisor to global brands. Diego's mission is to help mainstream adoption of blockchain and NFT technology. He does that by:…
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Making Insurance Sexy - Martin Schwitzner, VP Product at Marshmallow
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The car insurance provider Marshmallow went from an idea to one of the latest UK unicorns in just 4 years! Founded by twin-brothers Oliver and Alexander, and their friend David, the company is turning the centuries-old insurance industryon its head. We spoke to their VP of Product Martin Shwitzner to find out how they’re achieving this phenomenal g…
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How Your Role Changes Depending On the Size and Maturity Of the Company - Raluca Bujoreanu, Product Lead at Zalando
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We spoke with Raluca Bujoreanu, Principle Product Manager at Zalando and instructor at Product School to discuss how the product needs change depending on the size and maturity of the company. Raluca shared with us: Her favourite methods for evaluating product features and continuously uncovering user problems before they become major product issue…
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How to Build Your Personal Brand - Amelia Sordell, founder and CEO of Klowt
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Personal branding expert Amelia Sordell started her personal branding agency Klowt last year and in just over a year they’re a team of 7, serving dozens of clients and growing. How come they’re growing so fast? Well, first - Amelia is absolutely amazing! She’s confident, authentic, interesting. She does what she preaches - she has built a strong pe…
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Growth “Hacks” from Dropbox, Wise, Revolut, HubSpot, HotJar and more
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There’s one question we’ve been asking almost all our guests so far - have you ever done a small UX tweak or a product improvement that had a disproportionately high impact on the product, considering the effort it required. Something tiny that turned out to be a big win. In fact, finding out the answer to this question was our main motivation to s…
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Discover Your Startup Core Strengths - Matt Lerner, ex-PayPal and 500 Startups
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If you’re a startup founder, you’ll find our conversation with Matt Lerner super valuable! Matt is the founder and CEO of Startup Core Strengths, a growth accelerator and training for early-stage startups. With 11 years at PayPal and almost 4 years at 500 Startups in his resume, he’s the perfect person to learn from when it comes to startup marketi…
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Building a community app - Zoe Desmond, founder & CEO of Frolo
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Zoë Desmond is the perfect example of how the founder’s personal story and pain empowered them to create a product that solves a problem for millions of people. Zoë's app Frolo helps single parents access guidance and support, connect with each other and organise events and playdates. With 3 million single parents in the UK and almost no competitio…
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Product Management Is a Balancing Act - Marc Abraham, Head of Product Engagement at ASOS
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As Head of Product - Engagement at ASOS and with two books and dozens of talks and events in his resume, Marc Abraham has mastered the art of managing growing products with way too many moving parts - from processes and frameworks to people and tools. As he puts it, no two days are the same, and “the job of a product manager is never done unless th…
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Bridging the Gap Between the Online and Offline CX - Faris Aziz, Lead Product Manager at Bloom & Wild
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We get so obsessed with building the perfect digital experience that we sometimes forget that for many products, even if they rely on digital, the magic for the customer happens offline. We’ve been keen to speak to a company that successfully bridges the gap between the offline and online CX and we finally found the perfect product person. Faris Az…
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Achieving Hypergrowth - Irina Scarlat, Former Global Head of Growth at Revolut
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How do you define “hypergrowth”? If you google examples of hypergrowth companies, Uber and Revolut would be some of the first examples you’ll see. For this reason and because I think she’s a fascinating product leader, I spoke with Irina Scarlat, who was Global Head of Growth at Revolut until March 2021 and she also let Uber's growth in Romania unt…
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Trust & Safety as a Key Element of Your Product Strategy - Neil Shah, Head of Product, Identity at Lyft
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Trust and Safety is sometimes everything when it comes to retaining users, yet we don’t discuss this topic enough in the product community. It’s one of those aspects of building a product that we don’t think about in the early days until it becomes a problem. We discussed the topic with Neil Shah, who leads the Trust & Safety efforts at Lyft to fin…
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Designing for Growth and Business Impact - Phil Vander Broek, Design Group Lead at Dropbox
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Growth design is a central part of the way we think about design at Pony and it was an absolute pleasure to discuss the topic with one of the senior design leaders at Dropbox, Phil Vander Broek. He comes with a wealth of experience in growth design and is super excited about the future of this field and how they approach results-driven design at Dr…
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Pricing Optimization and Monetization Strategies for Startups - Patrick Campbell, Founder & CEO of ProfitWell
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Patrick Campbell is the founder and CEO of ProfitWell, a software that helps subscription companies with their monetization and retention strategies. He strongly believes that people should get more comfortable with working on their pricing strategy and should avoid “the path of least resistance”. It’s not easy, but it’s not more difficult than man…
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How to Build a Product Team That Delivers - Megan Murphy, VP of Product at Hotjar
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“Humble Decisiveness” is the Most Important Quality of a Product Manager - Megan Murphy, VP of Product at Hotjar We spoke with Megan Murphy, VP of Product at Hotjar, to find out how they’re growing one of the most successful user research products in the world and how their fully remote team is serving over 700,000 businesses. Megan comes with a we…
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When Your Product is Content - Eric Peters, Product Manager at HubSpot Academy
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Eric Peters, product manager at HubSpot Academy, shares how offering online education and certification can empower product growth. HubSpot Academy is the worldwide leader in free online training for marketing, sales, and customer service professionals. With over 200,000 customers, it has become the hub for their prospect and existing customers and…
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The Challenges of Growing a Marketplace in the Childcare Space - Ari Last, Founder and CEO of Bubble
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How do you build the safest and smartest marketplace in the world? - You add friction. But how do you grow and scale it - you get rid of friction. This is one of the biggest challenges you’d face if you’re building a marketplace in the childcare industry. We spoke with Ari Last, founder of Bubble, to find out the ups and downs of building a marketp…
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How TransferWise Approaches Product Growth - Tessa Pettman, Global Head of Product Marketing
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What's the role of Product Marketing in the product management puzzle? Tessa Pettman leads the Product Marketing team at TransferWise, one of the most impressive fintech startups in the world! They were founded in 2011 and were recently valued at $5 billion, with over 8M active users around the world. In this interview, Tessa shares: - what are the…
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In SaaS, You Have to Build a Tool That Users Need on a Daily Basis - Emeric Ernoult, Founder & CEO Agorapulse
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Emeric Ernoult is the co-founder and CEO of Agorapulse, a social media management tool aiming to be in the Top 3 social media SaaS products in the world for SMBs. He's been through 12 years of failure, according to his words until he and his co-founder Ben finally founded Agorapusle in 2012. As he says, he's "a dinosaur of SaaS". Emeric likes to ta…
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How AI Will "Fix" Fake News - Dhruv Ghulati, Founder & CEO of Factmata
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Former financial analyst Dhruv Ghulati and his team are working on an AI startup with a mission to restore trust in news media. In this episode you will learn: - What should be your strategy if you want to raise funding from world-class investors like Mark Cuban, Biz Stone, and Craig Newmark; - When you should listen to your customers and when you …
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How to Bootstrap a Company to 10M - Callum McKeefery, CEO of Reviews.io
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Callum McKeefery is the co-founder and CEO of Rreviews.io, a company offering reviews collection and management solutions. He shared with us how he started the company 10 years ago from his kitchen table with his wife and co-founder Nikki and how they grew to 10M in revenue with no investors funding. In this episode you'll learn: - How rain impacts…
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Kyle Simpson and Tammy Everts on the challenges of the modern web
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Rising barriers to entry, the complexity of the modern web, and a preview of upcoming Fluent sessions. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with two of the program chairs for the upcoming O’Reilly Fluent Conference (July 11-14 in San Jose), Kyle Simpson and Tammy Everts. Simpson is co-author …
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Rebecca Parsons on evolutionary architecture
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: How to build evolvable systems. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Rebecca Parsons, chief technology officer at ThoughtWorks. She will be leading the workshop Building Evolutionary Architectures Hands-On at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), July 16-19, 2018, in Portland, Ore…
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Containers, orchestrators, and new projects. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk about Kubernetes, containers, and more with Bridget Kromhout, a principal cloud developer advocate at Microsoft, and a frequent speaker at tech conferences. She will be leading the workshop Kubernetes 101 at the…
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Creating and implementing continuous delivery pipelines. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk about Jenkins 2 and Git with Brent Laster, who presents a number of live online training courses on these topics (including Building a deployment pipeline with Jenkins 2, and Next level Git). Laster …
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Richard Warburton and Raoul-Gabriel Urma on Java 8 and Reactive Programming
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Building reactive applications. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Richard Warburton and Raoul-Gabriel Urma of Iteratr Learning. They are the presenters of a series of O’Reilly Learning Paths, including Getting Started with Reactive Programming and Build Reactive Applications in Java 8…
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Paul Bakker and Sander Mak on Java 9 modularity
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: The Java module system and the “start of a new era.” In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Paul Bakker, senior software engineer on the edge developer experience team at Netflix, and Sander Mak, a fellow at Luminis Technologies. They are the authors of the O’Reilly book Java 9 Modularity,…
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Luciano Ramalho on Python’s features and libraries
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: A look at some of Python’s valuable, but often overlooked, features. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk about Python with Luciano Ramalho, technical principal at ThoughtWorks, author of the O’Reilly book Fluent Python, and presenter of the Oriole Fluent Python: The Power of Special Methods.…
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: How to effectively make the transition from monoliths to microservices. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, we revisit our June 2017 conversation with Sam Newman, presenter of the O’Reilly video course The Principles of Microservices and the online training course From Monolith to Microservices. He…
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Wendy Wise on developing for virtual reality and augmented reality
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: The impact of ARKit on developers and consumers. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Wendy Wise, technical director of emerging technologies at Turner Broadcasting System, and author of the recent article “How to pick the right authoring tools for VR and AR.” She is developing Learning …
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Katharine Jarmul on using Python for data analysis
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Wrangling data with Python’s libraries and packages. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Katharine Jarmul, a Python developer and data analyst whose company, Kjamistan, provides consulting and training on topics surrounding machine learning, natural language processing, and data testing…
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Nathaniel Schutta on succeeding as a software architect
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The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: The skills needed to make the move from developer to architect. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk with Nathaniel Schutta, a solutions architect at Pivotal, and presenter of the video I’m a Software Architect, Now What?. He will be giving a presentation titled Thinking Architecturally at th…
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