The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Meet the mentors….

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Meet the mentors….

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , James Alexander, lead a conversation around “Finding Blue Oceans”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 5, 2022

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. Yet no one in the meeting asked that question. Yet no one in the meeting asked that question. Part of his vision was “being agile”.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Let’s move away from tech and use the vision to build a profitable and sustainable business in textiles and manufacturing as an example: Perhaps the manufacturer has been receiving feedback from clients requesting a faster turn-around time to meet their cycle requirements. Should they proceed with making those changes?

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Meet the Continuous Discovery Champions Left: Christophe Frenet, Chief Product Officer at Botify. Right: Claire Laboissette, Senior Product Designer at Botify Christophe Frenet is the Chief Product Officer at Botify and Claire Laboissette is the Senior Product Designer. You can submit your story here.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As I coached teams on how to make better decisions about what to build, I often got feedback that it was messy. I identify as a coach and not a consultant. Common Challenges to Adopting Continuous Discovery Cecilie Smedstad: You’ve been working with quite a few product teams over the years as a coach. Find 30 minutes.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dan Mason, lead a conversation around “Your Next Career Steps”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Marc Wendell, lead a conversation around “UX Design Tactics”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Nis Frome, lead a conversation around “Rapid Prototyping”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today! Meet the mentors….

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 2, 2019

We often think of our biggest blockers being external: a crazy CEO, recalcitrant CTO, surly engineers, or designers who just won’t do what we want them to. Meet Your Inner Critic. We have to have broad knowledge across business, technology, and user experience, and daily are working with people who are experts in their domains.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 14, 2024

Meet the Continuous Discovery Champions at Ramsey Solutions The product team at Ramsey Solutions is 40+ squads strong. The Head of Product Coaching Matthew Ensor and CTO Brendan Wovchko partnered up and decided this was the way they wanted their teams to work together. And that actually helps us have empathy for one another.”

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. Adam: You mentioned all these different points of view in a product team: research, design, engineering, product management – and everyone’s trying to empathize with one another and meet in the middle.

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Mind the Product

MAY 21, 2019

Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix. If teams can do that they have a chance at meeting their customers’ changing needs and generating a return on investment for the business. A CTO friend of mine likes to talk about the importance of an uptime budget for devops engineers.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Through his time at eBay, Netscape, HP and elsewhere, Cagan has worked with lots of great product teams, and has been influential in his writing and coaching about the role of product over the years, but he acknowledges that there is still a lot of confusion about the role of a product manager.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 9, 2024

If customers keep coming back, it indicates that your product or service is meeting their needs and providing value. . “Falling in love” means feeling enough passion about the problem that it can drive you to persist through hard times. The ultimate measure of product-market fit is customer retention.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . We learn by doing.

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Valerian Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A typical cryptocurrency project will have a team of developers, economists, investors, and advisors who work together to bring the project to fruition. How can CTO’s help ensure the Success of a Cryptocurrency Project? This will help ensure that the project remains competitive and relevant.

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Lenny Rachitsky

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 22, 2024

When starting a new role, create a structured 30-60-90-day plan: 30 days (listening and learning): Meet with as many team members and stakeholders as possible (aim for 50 to 60 people) to understand their perspectives, challenges, and wish lists. Start by defining your long-term career goals and envision where you want to be in 5 or 10 years.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 5, 2023

Insurance companies must ensure they have the necessary frameworks, policies, and procedures in place to meet these regulations, protecting customer privacy rights and avoiding penalties or legal repercussions. Below are only some of the ways they can help.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Seek individuals with deep expertise, coaching abilities, and a contribution to comprehensive product strategy.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal.

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UX Planet

JUNE 30, 2025

A few highlights: JPMorgan launched a ChatGPT-like internal tool (“IndexGPT”) to assist wealth advisors with research. Morgan Stanley rolled out a GPT-4 powered assistant for its financial advisors (to query internal research databases). Source: McKinsey & Company Notable Developments 2024 In 2024, U.S. In the U.S.,

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

” It’s a rare executive who doesn’t push her/his VP Engineering or CTO hard on productivity, hiring ramps and fanciful notions about increased commitments leading to better outcomes. Instead, I usually defer to the VPE/CTO on the bigger efficiency question, and focus on prioritization choices captured in the roadmap.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

It keeps us focused and ensures that we create value for the business while meeting customer needs. In my experience coaching teams, it seems like either the team picks their outcome (with little to no input from leadership) or leadership picks the outcome (with little to no input from the team). I was surprised to see that 77.6%

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? As was the case when they were junior engineers, Senior Software Engineers will usually help train or act as mentors for entry-level engineers on their teams. These applications will meet the requirements of customers and internal stakeholders.

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Arkenea

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This is precisely where larger organizations require trusted advisors—experts who can navigate new technology initiatives, assess their value, and determine whether they’re truly worthwhile. We also use AI services through meeting minutes, schedules, documentation summaries and in several other areas.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Engineering managers will frequently consult with other product managers, engineers, and their teams while spending time in meetings, answering emails, and delivering presentations to upper management. Meet with the engineering managers you work with as an SWE. Sit down with a coach from Google, Amazon, or even Facebook!

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

Monitoring cash position and flow is crucial for assessing liquidity and the ability to meet short-term obligations. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features. The company needs a high percentage of this metric to stay competitive.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. But each of the five has its own criteria that your company needs to meet or satisfy by designing and then implementing controls across the company. Caught your interest? SOC 2 compliance: A Beginner’s Guide. The LinkedIn Incident.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2020

Meet other heads of product teams Any head of a product team had one day to build their team and they have a lot to teach. Find a mentor Developing your management skills requires a lot of self-discipline, but also support and advice from people you trust. It’s much more productive to delegate roles and responsibilities.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

Keep reading to learn from the inspiring stories* of: Melissa Kwan – CEO and founder of ewebinar Alice de Courcy – Group Chief Marketing Officer at Cognism Maja Voje – Best-selling Author of GTM Strategist , Go-To-Market Advisor & Mentor to +400 tech startups inc. Sima Banijamali – Sr.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO. For these project teams, the design system instills confidence and certainty that they are meeting our company’s minimum design standards, provided they utilize the foundational assets and components intentionally.

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