Product Management podcast where 20 year PM veteran Tom Leung interviews VP's, CPO's, and CEO's who rose up from product to talk about their careers, the art and science of product management, and advice for other PM's. Watch video on YouTube. firesidepm.co Learn more about host Tom Leung at http://tomleungcoaching.com
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Learn how to systematically and consistently create profound innovation. Break through traditional thinking! Scott Amyx is a globally renowned expert in product innovation that integrates exponential technologies, out-of-the-box thinking and proven science and research methodologies to create breakthrough new innovations for organizations. On his Forbes column and now on this podcast, he shares research-based best practices on how to generate profound, new-to-the-world innovations that have ...
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Welcome to the Retail Ready Podcast, hosted by Ben Whyatt Your destination for food trends, business talk and some serious knowledge bombs about the food industry.
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Ranked in the top 1% of ALL podcasts, the Proof to Product podcast is your trusted resource for sustainable business growth - especially if you make and sell physical products! Join Katie Hunt, each week as she shares strategies & solutions to enhance your sales & marketing so that you’re building a business that supports your best life. If you’ve ever asked yourself can I make money selling physical products? Am I ready to sell my products wholesale to stores like Target, Anthropologie, Nor ...
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Tote + Pears takes a fresh look at women: at home, at work and everywhere in between. Join Amber, co-founder of the female-focused marketing agency, to explore identities beyond gender—as she brings together industry experts, scholars and creatives for honest conversations. From race and age to sexual orientation, motherhood, professional ambitions and more, learn how a woman’s dynamic journey shapes her perspective.
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Input Doc explores the intersection of what marketers need and what creative agencies provide. This interview-based show is hosted by Tim Yeadon, Principal & Creative Director of Clyde Golden, a strategy and content agency in Seattle.
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Alisa Ivory Smith interviews inspiring female entrepreneurs around the world...
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Join Research Chef Kimberly Schaub from PeasOnMoss.com as she talks about food science, product development, and food research with chefs, culinary scientists, research chefs, and product developers. Experience the food manufacturing world through experiences, hilarious stories, and conversations about R&D.
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Welcome to the Creative Flow podcast A podcast for product-based businesses looking for an inspiration boost to enhance their designs and mindset. Hosted by Joanne Griffin - a retail mentor who works collaboratively with creative retail brands just like you. My passion is to share quick and relatable tips on running a business, developing your product range and mastering your mindset. So we can get into our creative flow every day.
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UX Cake is helping you become more effective in your UX work and career. Join host Leigh Allen-Arredondo as she speaks with leaders in the field from around the globe, bringing you practical advice to get the best outcomes for your work, your users, and your career in UX. Our guests include well-known leaders like Don Norman and Indi Young, as well as many less globally-known voices with fantastic insights to share, like disability designer & activist Liz Jackson, agile coach & UX champion S ...
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349 | Making Strategic Buying Decisions and Navigating the Sales Rep Relationship with Keli Faw, Crow & Canary
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I love bringing a variety of perspectives and people from the retail space to this podcast. Buyers, sales reps, you name it, they've been on the Proof to Product podcast. This week's episode, I'm joined by Keli Faw, who is the owner of Crow & Canary. Crow & Canary might sound familiar as we've had the previous owner, Carina Murray, on the show in e…
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Navigating the Complex Landscape of Female Led Product Management: Insights from Yue Zhao
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Five things I learned from 6 months of Tech Angel Investing
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348 | How to Leverage Underutilized Features on Faire with Kristin Fisher, Bocu
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If you want to hear from someone who has more than 18 years of corporate retail buying experience and who knows what buyers are looking for when they are shopping on Faire, you are in luck because today's guest on the podcast is Kristin Fisher of Bocu. Kristin owns the gifting brand, Bocu, and she is also a retail strategy mentor for brands and ind…
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Interview with Jinyong Lee, CEO of Kryptos Biotechnologies
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Kryptos Biotechnologies uses photothermal heating technology to generate and control heat for fast and accurate Polymerase Chain Reaction to build an integrated sample-to-answer molecular diagnostics system for point-of-care testing.By Scott Amyx
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Interview with Phil Markunas, CTO of Standard Practice.ai
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Standard Practice.ai is an AI voice software platform that automates outbound calls for medical practices.By Scott Amyx
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What if the future isn't AI SAAS startups?
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I looked at over 100 AI products and broke them down into four categories. Table is here: https://open.substack.com/pub/firesidepm/p/where-will-the-most-economic-value?r=3qhs2b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The Proof to Product team is practicing what we preach and we are going on summer break for the next two weeks! We will be back in your ears mid-July and we are so excited about our upcoming episodes. In the meantime, we are gearing up for another round of our Paper Camp program which will start at the end of August. We only run Paper Camp twice a …
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Richard Sim, Sr Director of Product at Roblox, Pre-IPO Facebook PM shares career advice
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Who are going to be the big winners in AI? Maybe not AI startups...
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I go over the four kinds of AI projects I've noticed this year, their pros and cons, and give some thought starters as we think about where things will land in 2026.
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347 | State of Product Industry Survey with Katie Hunt
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Every day, I hear from product-based business owners who are curious about other people's business models, revenue streams, team structure, tech stack, how much revenue they're not only earning but what profit they're taking home, and how much they're paying themselves. Although we know that every business is different, it is completely natural to …
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Interview with Tobias Dengel, President of WillowTree
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Author of In The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of Voice Technology.By Scott Amyx
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346 | Tripling Revenue by Focusing on Wholesale with Rachel Kroh, Heartell Press
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What if you lived in a different state than your business? Meaning, all of your products, your inventory, your team, and your operations were in a completely different state. For today's guest, Rachel Kroh of Heartell Press, this is her every day now. She lives in Washington with her family, while her team of 5 works remotely across the country. Th…
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Interview with Dr. Rebecca Homkes, Faculty at London Business School & Duke
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Today I am joined by Dr. Rebecca Homkes, a high-growth strategy specialist and CEO and executive advisor. She is a Lecturer at the London Business School, Faculty at Duke Corporate Executive Education, Advisor and Core Faculty for Boston Consulting Group University, and a former fellow at the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performan…
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345 | Redesigning Products to Create More Ease in the Business with Janine Kwoh, Kwohtations
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We've been telling you a lot of stories here on the podcast about brands making big scary shifts in business, and part of the reason we're doing this is to normalize that it's okay to pivot when you need to. In episode 342, Alyson O'Connor shared how she shut down a 6-figure revenue stream so she could focus on a revenue stream wholesale that bette…
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Interview with Ted Moser, Senior Partner at Prophet
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Ted Moser is the co-author of Winning Through Platforms and a Senior Partner at Prophet, a growth and transformation consultancy.By Scott Amyx
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Is your team using Enneagrams to optimize performance?
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Matt Schlegel from EvolutionaryTeams.com talks about Enneagrams and his book Teamwork 9.0 https: https://a.co/d/fw0fEkr
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344 | Normalizing the Hard Stuff in Business with Tammie Bennett, Show Up Society
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Running a business sure is a roller coaster, isn't it? We have our ups and downs. We have to balance the future forecasting and envisioning while also putting out the day-to-day fires in front of us. It takes a lot of grit and determination to be an entrepreneur, particularly when you're building something that aligns with your personal interests a…
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How to handle change fatigue on an overly agile culture.
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Tom and Hannah Clark from the Product Manager talk about IC and leadership tension when projects change or get killed. https://theproductmanager.com/
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343 | 5 Tips for Creating an Effective Wholesale Catalog with Katie Hunt
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A wholesale catalog’s purpose is to sell your products, tell your story, and build a relationship with a buyer when you can’t be there with them in person. Ultimately, the goal of your wholesale catalog is to sell your products, and it’s important to build your catalog with your retailer in mind. Today I’m going to go through five quick tips for cr…
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2X Big Tech rising star turned into Gourmet Baker?
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Joyce Tang was at early Google and joined Facebook when it was less than 1,000 employees and still a private company. Then she went to culinary school and started the bakery, Bake Sum. Order in the Bay Area via Neon: https://www.exploreneon.com/store/restaurant/595/?utm_source=bakesum&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=fbb…
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342 | Replacing a 6-figure Revenue Stream with Ready-Made Products for Wholesale with Alyson O'Connor, Rust Belt Love
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Have you ever wanted to make a transition in your business, but you resisted because the thing you wanted to move away from brought in the largest chunk of revenue for your business? I have definitely been there, and so has today's podcast guest. Alyson O'Connor is a classically trained visual artist specializing in nature-inspired illustrations, s…
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Interview with Jeff Wetzler, Co-CEO of Transcend
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Today I am joined by Jeff Wetzler, Co-CEO of Transcend, and the author of ASK: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life.By Scott Amyx
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Former VP of Research at Google shares his predictions about AI
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Paul Muret was co-founder and CEO of Urchin which was acquired by Google and became Google Analytics. He then stayed at the company for 19 years rising to the level of VP most recently leading product management for the Research division under Jeff Dean.
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We are seeking 1,000 product-based business owners who are willing to anonymously share their details for the 2024 State of the Product Industry Report: www.prooftoproduct.com/2024survey The data will help you make stronger decisions in your business. It will help you better understand the industry and your competition. It will help you identify gr…
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341 | Building Confidence in Your Brand with Priyanka Batra, My Darlin’
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I love using the podcast to spotlight our different community members and their unique businesses and stories because we know that no two businesses are the same. We all have our lived experiences and interests that play into the types of businesses we create and how we choose to run these businesses each day. Today's guest is Paper Camp Alumni Pri…
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Interview with Marit Rødevand, CEO of Strise
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Strise offers an end-to-end AML Automation Cloud that addresses both the data and workflow problems, and by doing so, Strise contributes to a more streamlined, effective, and error-free AML process for regulated companies.By Scott Amyx
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Interview with Dan Harden, CEO of Whipsaw
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A product design and experience innovation company.By Scott Amyx
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Beware of joining Walking Wounded Series A Startups
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Craig Sherman, startup attorney at Wilson Sonsini, gives a market update on why it's a great time to be a seed founder and less so to be at a 2022 Series A or B fixer upper.
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8 tips for how to pick great Pre-Seed Founders by Kirby Winfield from Ascend.vc
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Kirby's original post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/winfield_preseed-investing-is-easy-a-dont-activity-7186077270862659584-J1J4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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340 | Pitching Holiday Gift Guides with Nora Wolf, Wolf PR
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I know what you're thinking. Why are we talking about holiday gift guides when it's only spring? I know. But just like how product development cycles require advanced planning, so does pitching the press and getting your products featured in holiday gift guides. Today's guest is Nora Wolf from Wolf PR, a boutique public relations firm that she foun…
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How are you building your company's brand?
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Nicholas Cryder, longtime branding expert, shares his take on how small teams can build a brand identity in weeks. https://www.crydermakes.com/aboutcryder
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339 | Updates on Independent Contractor Guidelines with Kira La Forgia, Paradigm Consulting
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If you work with independent contractors in your business, you will want to listen closely to this podcast episode. In March 2024, the US Department of Labor issued new stricter guidelines regarding independent contractor workers. Today's guest is HR consultant and expert, Kira La Forgia of Paradigm Consulting. She is breaking it all down for us so…
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Interview with Barry Lunn, CEO of Provizio
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Provizio is a provider of low-cost advanced perception imaging radar that is reliable in all-weather conditions, delivering solutions for safe, cost-effective and scalable L3+ autonomy.By Scott Amyx
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Dan Delmar from the Virtual Angels Network discusses how to become an angel investor.
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338 | Exiting and Acquiring a Business with Kiwi Schloffel & Meghan Hopkins Sokorai
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If 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 decision that she wanted to exit her product-based busines…
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What is the value of PM's from an Adobe engineering director's POV...
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Tom and Kirk Mattson (both Bowdoin '96 alums) discuss Kirk's view on what makes a great PM and the future of AI.
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337 | Exclusivity and Ethics in Retail with Kimberley Yurkiewicz, Measure Twice
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One 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 lens allows us to share best practices and current trends th…
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Interview with Dr. Jan Carney, Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy, University of Vermont
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Interview with Dr. Jan Carney, Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy, University of Vermont. Dr. Carney is active in public health practice, research, education, and service. She served as Vermont’s Commissioner of Health under three gubernatorial administrations, championing improvements in children’s health insurance, preventing teen…
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Tom 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
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Are we all screwed? How should Product Managers prepare for an AI-first world?
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Amit 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
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336 | Utilizing Abandoned Cart Email Automations to Drive Sales with Katie Hunt
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Did 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 that more than $18,000,000,000 in e-commerce sales are lost …
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Interview with Jay Persaud, EY Global Emerging Technology Ecosystem Leader
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Interview with Jay Persaud, EY Global Emerging Technology Ecosystem LeaderBy Scott Amyx
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Are you thinking about the entire product strategy stack?
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Roman Pichler and Tom talk about business strategy, portfolio strategy, product strategy, and how it relates to the roadmap and backlog.
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335 | The Changing Landscape of In-Person Retail Markets with Emily Chiang, Danella McKinnon, and Kate Pinto
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Our 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 today's episode, we're sharing a portion of a recent coffe…
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Freddie Sarhan, CEO of Sapphire Technologies
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Sapphire Technologies’ Turboexpander solution harnesses the power of gas expansion for clean energy recovery.By Scott Amyx
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Was Marty Cagan wrong about product management?
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Tom and Joe Tarragano discuss the risk of puritanical thinking of PM's and the topic of Produxsplaining :-)
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334 | Expanding into 1,000 Stores with Brittany O'Brien, Brittany Paige
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The 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 last year and a half has looked like for her. Specifical…
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Interview with Nicholas Svensson, CEO of SMART Technologies
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SMART Technologies is a provider of smart interactive whiteboards for classrooms and boardrooms around the world.By Scott Amyx
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Teresa Torres on Product Discovery and Product Manager agency and change leadership
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Thanks 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 compelling. https://www.producttalk.org/…
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