Product Bakery - How Founders Build and Sell with AI

Product Bakery - How Founders Build and Sell with AI

By Christian StrunkBusiness
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  • #80 Leadership self care is needed

    We've talked about how important it is to take of yourself if you're a leader in this episode. How do you want to help people if you can't help yourself? What should you expect from your employees? What are your primary responsibilities as a leader?

    Tune in for a deep dive into the (product) leadership role and self care.


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    19 min
  • #79 We are back!

    It has been a while since our last episode. We both were very busy with our jobs, side projects, and vacation recently. Nevertheless, we decided to regroup and continue with new episodes about great topics. Tune in to get the latest update and what's coming up next.

    Best,

    Alex & Christian <3 


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    10 min
  • #78 Intuition & product management - with Projjal Ghatak, CEO of OnLoop

    It's not always about data. Sometimes, you need to listen to your gut!

    This week the Product Bakers interviewed Projjal Ghatak talking about how to solve customers' problems and how to bring in the right people into a company. 

    Table of content: 

    • 00:30 - Episode Intro
    • 02:00 - Intro Projjal Ghatak
    • 04:20 - Starting a company based on a problem
    • 06:55 - Dealing with intuition vs. data
    • 12:30 - Networking to find the right people
    • 17:10 - Understand and define good problems
    • 25:00 - Company strategy: quality vs. growth
    • 28:30 - Delivering value to customers
    • 30:40 - Creating a great advisory board
    • 34:45 - CEO advice: Fokus

      • Connect with Projjal:

      • Linkedin: @pgonloop
      • Twitter: @gprojjal
      • Website: www.onloop.com


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        37 min
      • #77 The trap of building the first "solution"

        In this episode, Alex and Christian discussed the danger of falling in love with your first idea or solution.

        Table of content:

        • 00:30 - The importance of quality
        • 03:30 - The of too much MVP thinking
        • 06:30 - Not enough vs. too much data
        • 09:00 -  8 sketches, 8 minutes
        • 11:20 - Timeboxing research & prototyping


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          15 min
        • #76 Follow up: Asking stupid questions & playing dumb

          Doing product management isn't easy. Even though, with gazillions of books that people have read, they can sometimes not execute the knowledge. In this episode, Christian and Alex took a deeper look at why that's the case. 

          Table of content:

          • 00:30 - Why is product management so hard?
          • 02:40 - Chicken & egg problem
          • 03:30 - Collaboration & soft skills are essential
          • 06:50 - Regular reminders 
          • 08:15 - Making a change as an individual
          • 10:55 - Making compromises


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            15 min
          • #75 Asking powerful stupid questions - with Paul Ortchanian, CEO @Bainpublic

            Asking great questions is a real-life superpower! Sometimes though, it's important to take a step back and ask (powerful) stupid questions, especially when you are new in a role as a product person. 

            In this episode, the Product Bakers talked to Paul about coaching CEOs to develop a product mindset. Despite that, they've talked about what product people can do to establish more product thinking.

            Table of content:

            • 00:30 - Episode Intro
            • 01:50 - Intro Paul
            • 04:45 - The ego of founders
            • 10:50 - What founders need to hear
            • 16:10 - Influential product management
            • 22:35 - Asking dumb questions
            • 32:35 - What founders & PMs can do to make a change

              • Follow Paul:

              • Linkedin: @paulortchanian
              • Bainpublic: https://www.bainpublic.com/

                • Reads:

                • Why the Product Manager Should Also Play Dumb
                  • https://blog.bainpublic.com/post/why-the-product-manager-should-also-play-dumb
                • Why Empathy Is the Key to Success for Your Next Product Objective
                  • https://blog.bainpublic.com/post/why-empathy-is-the-key-to-success-for-your-next-product-objective
                • You accomplish everything through others
                  • https://blog.bainpublic.com/post/you-accomplish-everything-through-others
                • Product Management: Saying No Without Shutting Them Down
                  • https://blog.bainpublic.com/post/product-management-saying-no-without-shutting-them-down


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                  37 min
                • #74 Roadmaps: Share Them With Your Customers!

                  Public roadmaps became a hot topic in the past. Christian & Alex decided to speak about the benefits of sharing your roadmap with your customers and how to define it in a way that they will understand your future plans.

                  Table of content:

                  • 00:30 - Intro & chit chat
                  • 02:35 - Transparency is key
                  • 03:20 - The idea of "open startup"
                  • 05:50 - Customers love knowing your plans
                  • 07:15 - Using good terminology
                  • 11:25 - Getting feedback from your customers
                  • 13:30 - What you should not share publicly
                  • 16:00 - Don't be afraid to share your plans


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                    21 min
                  • #73 One year Product Bakery! 🥳 Let's do a retrospective 🧐

                    The Product Bakery podcast was started on the 10th of September 2020. After one year of podcasting and many interviews, Christian and Alex sat down to take a couple of looks back...

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                    12 min
                  • #72 Defining a Data-Driven Product Strategy - Konrad Heimpel, VP Product & Data @Getsafe

                    The whole insurance space is very slow. At least it used to be! Konrad Heipmel's mission @Getsafe is to disrupt the insurance market. As VP of Data & Product, he shared with the Product Bakers how they focus on data to build a product that fits the market needs and solves the customer pain points.

                    Table of content:

                    • 00:30 - Episode Intro
                    • 02:20 - Intro of Konrad & the insurance space
                    • 07:00 - The biggest challenges of the industry
                    • 10:40 - Working with product principles
                    • 13:45 - How to scale up domains & teams
                    • 16:15 - The relevance of data
                    • 18:15 - Establishing a data mindset & culture
                    • 21:10 - Data-driven product strategy
                    • 25:15 - Data as a foundation to form teams & squads
                    • 29:25 - Entrepreneurial decision vs. data-based decisions

                      • Links & connect with Konrad: 

                      • Linkedin: @konradheimpel
                      • PMF Survey: https://review.firstround.com/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit
                      • Getsafe Jobs: https://www.hellogetsafe.com/career
                      • Getsafe tech blog: https://medium.com/hellogetsafe


                        • ✩ Follow The Product Bakery Podcast ✩

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                        36 min
                      • #71 Forming & working with task forces

                        Many companies and teams want to become faster and speed up projects. That's a topic Christian & Alex are regularly faced with. This time they spoke about the concept of project-specific teams (task forces) and how to form them as well as their pros & cons.

                        Table of content:

                        • 00:30 - Example: Redesigning an app
                        • 02:45 - The concept of a task force
                        • 05:10 - How to form a task force
                        • 08:00 - Good project management is key
                        • 12:40 - Outsourcing projects to agencies
                        • 16:35 - Estimating scope and delivery


                          • ✩ Follow The Product Bakery Podcast ✩

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                             📸 Instagram: @productbakery

                             🐦 Twitter: @productbakery20

                             🌍 Website: https://www.product-bakery.com/

                          20 min

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