Fireside Product Management

By Tom Leung

What's Fireside Product Management about?

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.

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Learn more about host Tom Leung at http://tomleungcoaching.com

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Fireside Product Management episodes:

04.27.2024
How are you building your company's brand?
Nicholas Cryder, longtime branding expert, shares his take on how small teams can build a brand identity in weeks. https://www.crydermakes.com/aboutcryder
04.20.2024
Should PM's become angel investors?
Dan Delmar from the Virtual Angels Network discusses how to become an angel investor.
04.12.2024
What is the value of PM's from an Adobe engineering director's POV...
Tom and Kirk Mattson (both Bowdoin '96 alums) discuss Kirk's view on what makes a great PM and the future of AI.
04.04.2024
Are PM's doing user research all wrong?
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
04.04.2024
Are we all screwed? How should Product Managers prepare for an AI-first world?
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
03.27.2024
Are you thinking about the entire product strategy stack?
Roman Pichler and Tom talk about business strategy, portfolio strategy, product strategy, and how it relates to the roadmap and backlog.
03.20.2024
Was Marty Cagan wrong about product management?
Tom and Joe Tarragano discuss the risk of puritanical thinking of PM's and the topic of Produxsplaining :-)
03.18.2024
Teresa Torres on Product Discovery and Product Manager agency and change leadership
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...
03.09.2024
YC Alum Hardik Vala on lessons learned as a startup founder
Former Apple, Google, and Y Combinator entrepreneur Hardik Vala https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehardikv/
03.07.2024
Alan Stein for Kadima on how to get a better job faster.
Tom and Alan talk about the current job market, how to get a good referral, and the importance of baby steps when managing your career.
03.07.2024
How to stand out in your LinkedIn PM Job application
I posted a job and got 300 applications in the first day...
03.03.2024
Trying to land your first product management job?
Tom and Jesse Chor, Founder CEO of Sequoia backed Tanda, talk about best practices for aspiring product managers to land their first PM gig.
02.29.2024
Product Discover example, how I went from -1 to 0 to -1...
I walk through an example of evaluating a greenfield product idea from scratch. Also if you're interested in my class on nailing your next executive PM review at work, feel free to express interest here https://maven.com/forms/d4610a
02.06.2024
The Candidates Dilemma
Why hiring managers and job candidates aren't entirely honest in the interviewing process. For the 2X2 visual, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yDk7acE2kTqL0mQY4oIqv1EEZiUmAwh3UpLIOzaINDA/edit?usp=sharing
01.30.2024
Why is it taking PM's so much longer to find a new gig?
Tom goes over the PM hiring manager hierarchy of needs.
01.29.2024
Three lessons about Product Management I learned from working on the inside of a Presidential campaign.
Get more help from Tom at tomleungcoaching.com
01.04.2024
4 Veteran Product Management Execs from Google, Microsoft, and Unicorn Startups explain PRDs, Roadmaps, and PM promotions
Learn more about speakers here https://www.linkedin.com/events/firesidepmpanel-productmanageme7148097303470354433/theater/
12.22.2023
Setting your 2024 Individual OKR's as a top PM
Tom recommends 3 things for your annual PM goals.
12.16.2023
What's conspiring against your product management team?
Tom and Saeed Khan talk about the underlying causes of product managers making things that don't solve customer problems.
12.13.2023
Why is it soooo hard to build products that solve customer problems?
Tom goes into the 5 forces that conspire against PM's to build products that are customer centric. Sign up for PM coaching from Tom at tomleungcoaching.com
10.13.2023
Do customers lie to product managers in early stage ventures?
Pete Christothoulou is the former CEO of Marchex, the call and conversational analytics company, who is now founder and CEO of Xembly, a Seattle-based startup developing AI-powered technology that replicates a chief of staff and executive assistant — automating tasks...
09.30.2023
CDO at YouTube and former PM VP at Netflix Chris Jaffe
How can you be a better PM and partner with Design?
09.02.2023
Bean Box retail coffee CEO and former tech CTO
Had a great chat with Matthew Berk about Bean Box, proudly *non* venture backed #entrepreneurship, building decades long co-founder partnerships, and getting back to the fundamentals of turning nickels into dimes!
08.27.2023
How to build a world-class Product Management team
08.11.2023
How to ask questions and get advice from serial gaming entrepreneur, Adam Lieb.
07.23.2023
Is European tech product management ahead, behind, or different than Silicon Valley?
Tom interviews Raphael Leiteritz, former Google executive and co-founder of Peak Product and Product Management festival.
07.09.2023
Ryan Fritzky on How he Built Bean Box, an internet retailer Top 100 brand and purveyor of fine coffees
06.11.2023
Four Harvard MBA's reflect 20 years after graduation
Tom Leung, David Hindman, Pam Perskie, and Rahul Mahendale reflect on Artificial Intelligence, Inflation, College Admissions, and Leadership lessons in general.
06.10.2023
Jessica Gilmartin, CMO of Calendly on High-Performing Marketing Teams
Tom interviews Jess about building great teams, partnering with product management, and how she's thinking about AI in marketing.
03.26.2023
Is hybrid work here to stay or a passing fad given tech industry challenges?
Chris Berta from the Laurel Group discusses the different types of hybrid and remote work setups he's seeing in tech companies and shares predictions on where things are heading.
02.18.2023
Are you visible enough at work to get ahead?
How to fast track your career without being cheesy. High-impact trainer Laura Chattington shares tips for PM's to be more visible in the workplace and how they can fast-track their careers. ActivateYourCareerLive.com Learn more about host Tom Leung at http://tomleungcoaching.com
01.21.2023
Everything you wanted to know about how recruiters pick Product Leads
Chris Berta has been recruiting top tech executives for 20 years. As a partner at the Laurel Group executive search firm in Seattle, he shares their process, insights, and advice for product executives and the companies who need to hire...
12.04.2022
How do you Product Manage an AI-based product?
Tom Leung (Google Health), Ryan Cunningham (AI Fund), Arun Ravi (Microsoft Health AI), and Vipul Kashyap (Buddi AI) discuss what it's like to PM an AI-based product versus a traditional tech product.
11.13.2022
Brewster Stanislaw, Chief Product Officer of Demandbase
What's it like being a CPO?
11.12.2022
Greylock Partner and former Google, Linkedin, and Groupon VP - David Thacker
Perhaps one of the most influential guests I've ever had on the Fireside PM podcast.
10.23.2022
Roadmaps! What are they, why are they tricky? Guest Saeed Khan shares insights.
From guest, Saeed Khan: "A lot of companies struggle with "roadmaps" that aren't actually strategic roadmaps, but are a delivery plan masquerading as a roadmap. The diagram tries to show how a roadmap contributes to a release, but the release...
09.25.2022
Product Managers finding Product Market Fit
Tom and Justin Kistner talk about how product managers work with cross functional teams to find fit, the tools they use, and what UpFocus.io has built.
09.20.2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene vs Army veteran Marcus Flowers
Can a moderate Democrat veteran beat MTG? Listen to what he thinks and you decide.
09.03.2022
What makes a great product manager?
I answered this question 10 years ago on Quora and it got 50k views, let's assess where I got it wrong and where it held up.
07.03.2022
Decades of Product Management Lessons in one Interview
Chad from Product Mastery Now had me on his show and was kind enough to allow me to re-publish it here. Hope it's useful! Learn more about Chat, his podcast, and other PM resources at https://productmasterynow.com/ If you're interested in...
05.21.2022
Microsoft VP Amit Fulay's 6 Career Lessons for PM Success
Tom and Amit discuss Amit's LinkedIn post about career management that got over 1,000 shares.
05.14.2022
10 Things Your Product Org can do to Succeed
Chad McAllister from Product Mastery Now on specific steps every product team can take to ship products that customers love.
03.23.2022
Software Excellence and Product Management according to McKinsey's Brian Goffman
Tom and Brian Goffman discuss what it takes to deliver great software and why product management is a crucial factor.
03.19.2022
Enterprise Product Management is hard: John Gilmartin SVP at VMware
Tom and John talk product management roadmaps and PRD's, career advice, and how to evaluate great talent.
03.04.2022
Vlada Bortnik, CEO of Marco Polo (1.5M App Store ratings)
Tom and Vlada talk about her founding a purpose-driven startup and how she has developed as a CEO and led product at this award winning company.
02.18.2022
Nick Soman, Decent CEO, former Amazon PM, Harvard and Stanford grad
Who is Nick? Stanford American Studies & English major; PhD pitch coach; AV tech worker; Proactiv Acne Solution infomercial market researcher; PR intern; LSAT prep lecturer; strategy consultant; Harvard MBA; Amazon Kindle PM, until my wife...
01.29.2022
Keela Robison, VP of Product Innovation at Netflix
Tom and Keela discuss her PM experiences at Amazon, Netflix, Expedia, and career development and leadership in general.
01.22.2022
Roblox Chief Product Officer Manuel Bronstein on the importance of Product Management Conviction
12.18.2021
Shimrit Ben-Yair, VP of Google Photos
Tom and Shimrit talk about product management, leadership, and career development.
12.11.2021
Tom Leung, Google PM Director, Startup Founder, and Career Coach
Tom reverses roles for this episode and becomes the guest. Wes Wu, an early Fireside PM subscriber will ask Tom anything.

What's Fireside Product Management about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Fireside Product Management episodes:

How are you building your company's brand?

Should PM's become angel investors?

What is the value of PM's from an Adobe engineering director's POV...

Are PM's doing user research all wrong?

Are we all screwed? How should Product Managers prepare for an AI-first world?

Are you thinking about the entire product strategy stack?

Was Marty Cagan wrong about product management?

Teresa Torres on Product Discovery and Product Manager agency and change leadership

YC Alum Hardik Vala on lessons learned as a startup founder

Alan Stein for Kadima on how to get a better job faster.

How to stand out in your LinkedIn PM Job application

Trying to land your first product management job?

Product Discover example, how I went from -1 to 0 to -1...

The Candidates Dilemma

Why is it taking PM's so much longer to find a new gig?

Three lessons about Product Management I learned from working on the inside of a Presidential campaign.

4 Veteran Product Management Execs from Google, Microsoft, and Unicorn Startups explain PRDs, Roadmaps, and PM promotions

Setting your 2024 Individual OKR's as a top PM

What's conspiring against your product management team?

Why is it soooo hard to build products that solve customer problems?

Do customers lie to product managers in early stage ventures?

CDO at YouTube and former PM VP at Netflix Chris Jaffe

Bean Box retail coffee CEO and former tech CTO

How to build a world-class Product Management team

How to ask questions and get advice from serial gaming entrepreneur, Adam Lieb.

Is European tech product management ahead, behind, or different than Silicon Valley?

Ryan Fritzky on How he Built Bean Box, an internet retailer Top 100 brand and purveyor of fine coffees

Four Harvard MBA's reflect 20 years after graduation

Jessica Gilmartin, CMO of Calendly on High-Performing Marketing Teams

Is hybrid work here to stay or a passing fad given tech industry challenges?

Are you visible enough at work to get ahead?

Everything you wanted to know about how recruiters pick Product Leads

How do you Product Manage an AI-based product?

Brewster Stanislaw, Chief Product Officer of Demandbase

Greylock Partner and former Google, Linkedin, and Groupon VP - David Thacker

Roadmaps! What are they, why are they tricky? Guest Saeed Khan shares insights.

Product Managers finding Product Market Fit

Marjorie Taylor Greene vs Army veteran Marcus Flowers

What makes a great product manager?

Decades of Product Management Lessons in one Interview

Microsoft VP Amit Fulay's 6 Career Lessons for PM Success

10 Things Your Product Org can do to Succeed

Software Excellence and Product Management according to McKinsey's Brian Goffman

Enterprise Product Management is hard: John Gilmartin SVP at VMware

Vlada Bortnik, CEO of Marco Polo (1.5M App Store ratings)

Nick Soman, Decent CEO, former Amazon PM, Harvard and Stanford grad

Keela Robison, VP of Product Innovation at Netflix

Roblox Chief Product Officer Manuel Bronstein on the importance of Product Management Conviction

Shimrit Ben-Yair, VP of Google Photos

Tom Leung, Google PM Director, Startup Founder, and Career Coach