Discover the stories behind thriving businesses and the visionaries who built them. Insightful conversations on scaling companies, driving innovation, and fostering resilience. Hosted by Desi Velikova from Pony Studio.
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On The Product Porch, every topic is a product topic. Dive into casual conversations on product management and career growth, woven with pop culture and real-life insights. Each episode offers actionable takeaways as the hosts tackle pressing questions and challenges in the product field. Settle in with Joe Ghali, Ryan Cantwell, and Todd Blaquiere!
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1:07 – Joe kicks off the discussion on useless product management terms. 1:49 – We start the PM Jargon Draft, with Todd winning the #1 pick. 3:04 – Todd and Ryan’s #1 pick: "CEO of the Product." 4:23 – Joe’s #1 pick: "Customer Centric" (he’s salty he couldn’t trade for the #1 pick). 6:07 – Todd discusses how every healthcare company is "patient-fir…
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Ryan tells us how he leveraged PM principles recently for his mulch project ( 0:45) Joe shows us how Ryan applied the Jobs to Done framework to Ryan’s approach (3:00) We discuss how often we apply PM Principles creep into our life (5:00) Todd discusses how Problem Framing can be applied in real-world scenarios (12:00) Joe gives us a review of the B…
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From Corporate Lawyer to Social Impact Entrepreneur: Sanjay Lobo's Journey with OnHand
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Desi sits down with Sanjay Lobo, the CEO of OnHand, the leading volunteering platform revolutionising employee engagement. From his humble beginnings in South London, to his impressive career trajectory through senior roles at Lastminute.com and Vistaprint, Sanjay shares his unique journey from lawyer to tec…
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Product Champions: a new title for PMs (1:00) Airbnb gets rid of product manager title (3:45) Chief No Officer / Head of No / Innovation Sponge / Walking Roadblock / Killer of Dreams, (5:55) Superman, Smokey the Bear and Lil Smokies, and User Psychologists (12:15) Group Therapist, Anger Manager, and The Negotiator (15:20) Outcome Architect and Dire…
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Ryan emphatically explains why you don’t need experience for a PM job (2:11) Joe shares why it isn’t a black/white answer (4:20) The danger in over-indexing to hiring for experience (8:30) The value of mentorships to overcome a lack of industry experience (18:00) Ryan walks us through the beginners mindset as a product leader (23:00) Find fit for t…
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Thomas Robson-Kanu: From Football Glory to Health Revolution with The Turmeric Co.
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Send us a Text Message. If you're a football fan, you might remember Thomas Robson-Kanu from his Premier League days at Reading F.C. or his spectacular goal in Euro 2016, which helped Wales reach the semi-finals. Today, Thomas is the founder and CEO of The Turmeric Co., one of the UK's leading functional beverage companies. Born from his personal h…
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Ryan’s story - struggle with plastic bags - being environmentally responsible (:58) Jobs to be Done is a PM’s superpower (5:00) Using the empathy superpower for evil (6:00) Using the storytelling for evil (8:14) Navigating Righteous Path of Product Management (13:20) Using the planning superpower for evil (17:00) Avoiding stakeholders that get in y…
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On The Product Porch, every topic is a product topic. Dive into casual conversations on product management and career growth, woven with pop culture and real-life insights. Each episode offers actionable takeaways as the hosts tackle pressing questions and challenges in the product field. Settle in with Joe Ghali, Ryan Cantwell, and Todd Blaquiere!…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 collaborat…
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Tackling the Realities of UK Youth Issues with Jack Parsons and Leon Marseglia, The Youth Group
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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Decoding Tokenisation with Brent Annells, Chief Marketing Officer at Smart Token Labs
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Send us a Text Message. 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 b…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 Eur…
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Is Web3 the Future of Fan Engagement in Sports – Jean-Charles Gaudechon, CEO of OneFootball Labs
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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Scaling a Marketing Agency - Oliver Yonchev, CEO & Co-founder of Flight Story | Ex-Social Chain
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Send us a Text Message. 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 e…
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From a Spreadsheet to a Global Network for Mentorship - Felix Lee, Co-founder & CEO of ADPList
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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Scaling High-Performing Engineering Teams - Alex Rashkov, Engineering Manager at Meta
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Send us a Text Message. 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 stru…
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The future of the Metaverse - Dr Mark van Rijmenam, International Speaker, Author and Strategist
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Send us a Text Message. 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 giant…
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How Brands Should Enter the Metaverse & NFT Space – Diego Borgo, Metaverse & NFT Strategist and Advisor
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Send us a Text Message. 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 tech…
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Making Insurance Sexy - Martin Schwitzner, VP Product at Marshmallow
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Send us a Text Message. 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 ach…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 be…
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How to Build Your Personal Brand - Amelia Sordell, founder and CEO of Klowt
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Send us a Text Message. 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 - s…
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Growth “Hacks” from Dropbox, Wise, Revolut, HubSpot, HotJar and more
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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Discover Your Startup Core Strengths - Matt Lerner, ex-PayPal and 500 Startups
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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Building a community app - Zoe Desmond, founder & CEO of Frolo
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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Product Management Is a Balancing Act - Marc Abraham, Head of Product Engagement at ASOS
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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Achieving Hypergrowth - Irina Scarlat, Former Global Head of Growth at Revolut
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 & Safet…
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Designing for Growth and Business Impact - Phil Vander Broek, Design Group Lead at Dropbox
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Send us a Text Message. 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 res…
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Pricing Optimization and Monetization Strategies for Startups - Patrick Campbell, Founder & CEO of ProfitWell
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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How to Build a Product Team That Delivers - Megan Murphy, VP of Product at Hotjar
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Send us a Text Message. “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 businesse…
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When Your Product is Content - Eric Peters, Product Manager at HubSpot Academy
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Send us a Text Message. 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 an…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 dow…
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How TransferWise Approaches Product Growth - Tessa Pettman, Global Head of Product Marketing
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Send us a Text Message. 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, Tess…
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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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Send us a Text Message. 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 S…
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How AI Will "Fix" Fake News - Dhruv Ghulati, Founder & CEO of Factmata
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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How to Bootstrap a Company to 10M - Callum McKeefery, CEO of Reviews.io
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Send us a Text Message. 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 l…
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