Product Bakery - How Founders Build and Sell with AI

By Christian StrunkBusiness

Product Bakery - How Founders Build and Sell with AI episodes

February 18, 2021#30 Deep-diving into the Design Ops role - with Pete Fossick Design Director, Coach & Trainer
As a follow-up on the previous discussion about Design Operations, the Product Bakers invited Pete Fossick, who is a seasoned Design Director, Coach, Trainer, and co-founder of the DesignOps Network & conference to diving deeper into the topic. The whole conversation was around the history of design ops, how the role developed and evolved as well as its specific responsibilities.
At the end of the conversation, they've discussed how to accelerate innovation with an operations team as well as how to hire for such positions.

Table of content:
0:30 - Intro Pete Fossick and how got into Design

9:00 - Fixing problems vs. symptoms

11:50 - Responsibilities of Design Ops people

18:25 - Design Ops is a matter of company size

22:05 - The evolvement and mitosis of Design Ops

27:25 - How the role developing in the market

30:50 - Skills needed to be a good Design Operations Manager

35:35 - How Pete helps the Design Community to level up

38:20 - Design Ops collaboration with Product Managers

44:30 - Biggest mistake companies make in projects

46:50 - Driving innovation with Innovation Ops

50:35 - How to hire Design Ops as a company

53:20 - Where to find skilled people

56:25 - How agile governments work

58:40 - Pete’s gift to the audience (you)

60:00 - Debrief Christian & Alex

Pete on the internet:
Linkedin: @peterfossick

Website: https://www.factotum-design.co.uk/

Design Ops Conference: https://designops-conference.com/

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1 hr 5 min
February 11, 2021#29 The evolvement of design communities - with Mindaugas Petrutis Program Director @On Deck
From working in hospitality to building a Design community is a rare transition that Mindaugas Petruitis made. These days Mindaugas is focused on his design fellowship at On Deck (space between On and Deck) as Program Director for the Designer Fellowship. Endless conversations and networking with Product & Design People across the globe motivated and inspired him to come up with this fellowship.
In this episode, the product bakers and Mindaugas look at the evolvement of design communities as well as the challenges they are facing.

Table of content:
00:30 - Intro Mindaugas Petrutis

05:45 - The biggest challenges the Design Space is facing

11:00 - Bringing different functions together

14:30 - The On Deck Design Leadership Fellowship

16:55 - From IC to becoming a Leader

18:45 - The importance of mentoring

24:30 - When networking starts to pay-off

27:05 - The Importance of community building

30:40 - Different types of communities

34:20 - Communities aren’t sales channels

37:40 - Mindaugas’ research for On Deck

41:15 - The biggest trends in the Design Space

44:00 - Debrief Alex & Christian

Mindaugas on the internet:
Linkedin: @mindaugaspetrutis

Twitter: @MindaugasLT

On Deck: https://www.beondeck.com/designers
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50 min
February 04, 2021#28 Understanding customers to find product/market fit - with Jim Semick Founder @ProductPlan
Jim Semick works for more than 20 years in Product Management. About 8 years ago he was looking for the next big challenge in his life. He quit his full-time job with two kids and no clear business idea. What he had back then was a great and motivated co-founder as well as the vision to make Product Managers' lives easier.
In this episode, Jim talks about the importance of having a clear vision of how to build a company with your co-founder before you even have a business idea. Next to that, Jim shared what he did to identify a problem that was worth solving which later translated into his company ProductPlan.

Table of content:
0:30 - Intro Jim Semick

3:40 - From Product Manager to founder

6:20 - Evaluating & entering markets

13:45 - Dealing with uncertainty as a founder & former PM

15:30 - 30 in-depth customer interviews

17:20 - Bootstrapping instead of raising money?

19:50 - Reducing uncertainty the lean way

25:50 - Making the first hire to build a new product

28:05 - Why you don’t need to raise money

33:00 - Two things you should know when you’re working on an idea

Jim on the internet:
Website: https://www.jimsemick.com/

Jim's books & articles: https://www.jimsemick.com/writing/

ProductPlan: https://www.productplan.com/

Linkedin: @jimsemick

Twitter: @jimsemick

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35 min
February 01, 2021#27 Backlog management from a different point of view
This time Christian and Alex sat together to take a deeper look at backlog management. The goal was to clarify common misunderstandings such as who owns the backlog, who is supposed to create tickets, what ticket types are the "right" ones, etc.

Table of content:
2:25 - Frequently asked backlog questions

3:15 - Leonardo Davinci & backlog management

6:00 - Basics of epics & user stories

12:40 - Who should write tickets?

14:25 - Empowering teams to work on the backlog

19:00 - The role of the definition of ready

20:30 - How to take over an existing backlog

23:10 - Keeping the backlog clean

Christian's article & course:
Article: https://www.christianstrunk.com/blog/user-stories-and-epics-for-the-win

Email course: https://www.christianstrunk.com/courses/backlog-management

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27 min
January 28, 2021#26 Combining business & product mindsets - with Rich Mironov @Product Management Consultant & Author
Rich Mironov works for more than +30 years in Product Management. Based on his experience as an Independent Product Consultant & Coach with more than 150 clients he shares his thoughts and observations of Product Teams in B2B enterprise.
In this episode, he talked to the Product Bakers about how to work as a Product Leader with executives, as well as the topic of negotiating and managing stakeholders and incoming requests.

Table of content:
0:28 - Intro

5:45 - Organisational misalignment

6:45 - Product vs project management

7:45 - Product management becoming the bottleneck

10:15 - Working with a founder CEO

13:00 - PMs are anthropologists

17:05 - State of Product Management vs. Product Design

22:15 - Prioritizing & negotiating with stakeholders (e.g. Sales Team)

30:05 - Working with stakeholders who have no product background

33:40 - Working as a PM with a boss who has no product background

39:20 - What keeps Rich awake at night

42:45 - Deeply understanding customers & values

48:30 - Three tips for everyone who recently started a Product Lead role

Rich on the internet:
Linkedin: @richmironov

Blog: https://www.mironov.com/moneystories/

Rich's recommendation to read: https://www.mironov.com/moneystories/

Rich's book: The Art of Product Management

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55 min
January 25, 2021#25 Clubhouse: Top or flop?
In this episode, Alex and Christian discuss the new beta social media clubhouse and its future.

Table of content:
1:53 - The clubhouse trend coming to Germany

3:19 - FOMO

4:51 - MVP Mindset

7:50 - The roadmap & snowball effects

10:05 - Clubhouse the next big social network?

12:15 - The trend of broadcasting

13:50 - What’s the problem statement?

17:50 - Clubhouse downsides & future

Find clubhouse online:
Website: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/

iOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clubhouse-drop-in-audio-chat/id1503133294

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22 min
January 21, 2021#24 What Product Managers need to succeed in 2021 - with Luca Criscuolo Head of Product @eBay
Luca Criscuolo studied initially environmental science and holds a Ph.D. in climate science. Next to all his work and research, he decided at some point to be closer connected to the real world and people building products. From that point on he started working in Product Management and moved his way up to several product leadership roles.
With more than 14 years of Product Management experience, he's currently working at eBay as Head of Regional Product Europe.
In this episode, Luca and the Product Bakers discuss the different dimensions that are important to hire a great Product Team vs. the skills a Product Team needs to succeed based on modern best practices and the current times of uncertainty.

Table of content:
0:28 - Intro Luca Criscuolo

5:10 - Product Managers with different Backgrounds

7:44 - Dimensions of Product Management

11:05 - Growth Hacking and Marketing

14:30 - Hiring for the right mindset

20:00 - Leadership and Product Understanding

23:42 - Leadership mindset

32:46 - Coaching for the right mindset

35:33 - Biggest mistakes Product Managers make

39:14 - Corporate vs. Startup

44:04 - Career development

55:17 - The future of Product Management

57:40 - Closing thoughts from Alex and Christian

Luca on the internet:
Linkedin: @lucacriscuolo

Twitter: @loloabe

Website: https://www.lucacriscuolo.com

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1 hr 4 min
January 14, 2021#23 Empowering teams to be innovative - with Ryan Sousa CDO @Seattle Children's Hospital
Ryan Sousa leads data innovation for Research, Hospital, and Foundation at Seattle Children’s. He is a senior leader, entrepreneur, and practitioner and brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in some of the biggest companies such as Amazon, Starbucks, Expedia, and Nokia as well as several successful startups.
Next to all the companies that Ryan has seen, he clearly noticed one key factor that drives success and innovation in companies which is empowering people! Many companies focus too much on deadlines, pressure from investors, and other things, and lose track of the main thing which is people.
To be product and not project-driven, it's crucial to share a problem instead of solutions.
In this episode, Ryan talked about the key points a leader needs to understand to empower teams instead of micromanaging them to be successful.

Table of content:
0:28 - Intro Ryan Sousa

5:20 - Paradigm shift: User centricity

7:38 - Evolvement of the health care industry

9:20 - Processes vs. company maturity

17:15 - Restructuring organizations with the right mindset

22:35 - Organizational structure to empower (product) people

28:30 - Establishing open & direct communication as a Leader

30:00 - Enabling people to be innovative

42:50 - Planning frameworks on steroids

47:55 - The value of Hackathons

49:00 - 3 things that Ryan would have done differently 10 years ago
Ryan's book recommendations:
No Rules Rules

The Art of Action

Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Connect with Ryan:
Email: [email protected]

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1 hr 4 min
January 07, 2021#22 Developing a conference & community product - with Rory Madden Founder @UXDX
"You learn the most from your mistakes, not your success.", is a quote that Rory Madden would immediately sign! With more than 16 years of experience as a Consultant, Entrepreneur, and Business Analyst he has a lot of experiences to share.
Rory founded two start-ups that failed, and one of the biggest learnings he made was to talk to customers as early as possible. Based on that learning, he founded the UXDC (User Experience & Developer Experience) Conference. The mission of the conference is to help people to learn about customer and data-driven agile methodologies to not make the same mistakes as he did.
In this episode, we talked to Ryan about how he "developed" the conference and how the way they interact with his community is shifting in the current health crisis.
Table of content:
0:28 - Intro Rory Madden

6:05 - Moving from a project to a product mindset

8:10 - Definition of ”developer experience”

10:50 - Birth of the UXDX idea & community

16:00 - Finding the right speakers & supporters

22:30 - Health crisis as a big challenge

29:15 - Online vs. offline events

41:26 - Building the UXDX platform product

48:00 - 3 key learnings Rory made

Rory on the internet:
Linkedin: @Rorymadden

Website: https://uxdx.com/

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57 min
December 31, 2020#21 Wrapping up a remote year with tips for a better working routine
A long and exhausting year is over! Alex and Christian sat down together one last time in 2020 to wrap up a year of remote work and sharing some morning routine tips in times of home office to not only be productive but also to take care of your physical and mental health.
The Product Bakers wish you all a happy new year's eve. Stay healthy, stay conscious.
Happy new year! 🎉🥳🎊

PS: The next interview will be published on the 7th of January.

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