On part 1 of "Never Assume Competitors Are Correct", I'll discuss the pitfalls of copying competitors and why it's never a good idea. 

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On today's episode, I got to sit down with Mike Belsito, Co-Founder of Product Collective and Co-Organizer of INDUSTRY: The Product Conference, and co-host of the Rocketship.fm podcast!

Here's what we discussed:

Check our the resource Mike mentioned below:

The Wired Group for JTBD Training and Resources

Shape Up Book by Basecamp (free digitally or paperback option)

As we continue the "Never Assume" bonus series, we're going to focus this week's episode on feature requests and why we should never assume the solutions customers propose are the right ones. 

You've heard it said that Product Managers and Companies as a whole should be data-driven, but did you know that too much data isn't a good thing? It's like a good wine. The right amount leads to a good time, but having too much can leave you drunk and hungover. On today's episode, Emily Reid, Product Manager at AgeRate comes on the pod to share the difference between being data-driven and data-drunk and how the difference will impact your business.

Here's what we discussed:

Emily's Medium

Brain Station Courses

Naked Statistics Book

On the first episode of the Never Assume series, I break down why you should never assume you're correct. It's not our job to come up with ideas. It's our job to prioritize what we work on based on how it's going to reach our business objectives, and we'll never know we're on the right track unless we validate our assumptions and hypotheses! 

You always hear that Product Management requires leadership through influence, but have you ever considered being asked to influence the processes of other departments or the tools each department might use to get their jobs done? Well, on today's episode we get to hear from Tunde Oke, Product Manager of Developer Enablement & DevOps Experience @ Dell. Before working on Developer Enablement, Tunde was brought into Dell to lead and product manage a company-wide digital transformation And he came on the pod to share that experience with us.

Here's what we discussed:

Connect with Tunde:

LinkedIn

Connect with Product Academy Africa:

Product Academy Africa

Huge shout out to this episode's sponsor, Jacobs Creative Services. Check them out at:

Jacobs Creative Services

On today's episode, I sat down with Abby Hehemann, Sr. Product Marketing Manager @ GetResponse where we explored what the ideal partnership looks like between Product Marketing and Product Management. 

Here's what we discussed:

Connect with Abby:

LinkedIn

Here's what we discussed:

Whether you're thinking about your target market or your target persona and their problem(s), coming to a precise definition of what problem you're trying to solve and who has that problem is absolutely key for developing concrete, valuable solutions. 

That's what Aazar and I talk about on this episode, but here's some of the other things we discussed:

Connect with Aazar:

LinkedIn

Here's what we discussed:

Connect with Anthony:

LinkedIn