Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Tal Raviv of Riverside.fm about all things how product management is rapidly changing.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(10:22) - The idea that there is no "right way" to do product management

(18:35) - Product isn't a role, it's a team

(24:41) - Thoughts on PRDs

(31:27) - Tal's favorite products

Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with April Dunford (author of Obviously Awesome) about how to reinforce positioning through product launches.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(02:53) - Product led vs. sales led

(06:04) - Positioning vs. messaging vs. narrative

(15:33) - How to tie small product changes into your positioning

(22:04) - Expanding positioning to include more customers

(26:04) - Measuring the effectiveness of positioning and messaging

(36:58) - April's book about product positioning

(42:21) - Identifying companies with great positioning

(44:40) - Reinforcing positioning without reusing the exact same words

(48:53) - When to create and share a positioning document

Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with Andy Yeo (Airbyte, Segment) about Andy’s experience standing up Continuous Discovery during his time as a product manager at Airbyte.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(05:34) - An overview of Airbyte's product team

(08:44) - Bringing product managers closer to customers

(16:00) - Operationalizing user interviews

(27:09) - Prepping for user interviews

(36:15) - Managing and organizing user feedback

(40:50) - The impact of more customer conversations

(47:30) - The ideal frequency of customer calls

(50:03) - Finding the right customers to talk to

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vivek Sharma of Stripe (formerly of Microsoft and Meta) about how being a generalist has helped him navigate a career in product. Vivek also shares 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(05:01) - The value of being a generalist and listening really well

(11:09) - Working on the Revenue and Finance Automation Suite at Stripe

(21:49) - 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products

(26:34) - How "Friction Logs" help improve the user experience at Stripe

(35:03) - Vivek's favorite product

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Sam McAfee about his experience in the early days of tech and how he came to write a book about the working methods of good startup teams. Sam also shares his favorite books related to the world of startups.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(08:14) - The early days of agile

(22:12) - A "case study" startup Sam featured in his book

(27:39) - Advice to product teams during a tech industry downturn

(37:43) - Sam's book recommendations

(44:34) - Sam's favorite product

Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with Graham Reed about his experience standing up Product Ops in his last two roles.

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(00:00) - Introductions

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vidya Dinamani of Product Rebels about her experience consulting over 200 product teams. Vidya shares tips for how product teams can stay close to customers and she breaks down some of the common problems she sees product teams facing today. 

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(00:00) - Introductions

(06:00) - The discovery phase of product management coaching

(09:44) - How product leaders can stay close to customers

(15:24) - Common problems within product teams

(26:31) - How to write good problem statements

(30:09) - Backlog management tips

(36:49) - Getting distracted about using the right tools

(40:01) - Vidya's favorite products

Blake and Steve talk about the Chief Product Officer report published by LaunchNotes. The report covers a wide range of data pertaining to individuals who have held the role of CPO. Blake and Steve talk about the average age of CPOs, some common career paths, promotions, and higher education.🔗 Links

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(00:00) - Introductions

(01:12) - Microsoft’s new product, Loop

(6:07) - CPO age and experience

(14:49) - The career path of CPOs

(22:435) - Promotions

(27:00) - CPOs and MBAs

Steve Klein from LaunchNotes talks with Ramli John about his EUREKA framework that companies like Appcues use to build world-class new user onboarding experiences. Ramli and Steve also talk about how to keep users motivated and engaged throughout the onboarding process.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(03:42) - The challenges with onboarding

(06:55) - Introducing the EUREKA framework

(09:02) - Creating an onboarding team

(15:18) - Understanding the user's definition of success

(24:40) - When your product solves multiple problems

(34:29) - Helping new users succeed with day-one action items

(41:14) - Keeping users engaged and motivated

(49:48) - Multi-level onboarding

(51:55) - What is the right amount of onboarding?

(54:47) - When to focus on self-serve onboarding at an early-stage startup

(56:26) - Identifying PQLs

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Artem Koren (https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoren/) of Sembly AI about transitioning from consulting Fortune 500 companies to becoming a co-founder. Artem shares his tips on how to sell to large companies and they discuss the excitement around AI in tech.

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(00:00) - Introductions

(05:24) - Lessons learned from consulting at Fortune 500 companies

(16:08) - Tips for selling into the Fortune 500

(19:40) - Transitioning from consulting to co-founder of a startup

(25:28) - Finding early customers

(30:42) - The AI boom