Interview: Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital on Diversity, Hustle and Playing to Win
We talked with Arlan Hamilton, theFounder & Managing Partner of Backstage Capital. Backstage Capital has invested more than $2M in 50+ companies led by underrepresented founders. Arlan is a venture c...
2 Jan 201833min
Twitter Product Confessions: Why do you love the products you love?
Love isn’t rational. It doesn’t always make sense. But when love is in the air, nothing can come between you and a public tweet. Today we talk to people who’ve professed their love, publicly, for pro...
20 Dec 201727min
Interview: Blade Kotelly of Sonos on Design Thinking and Product Poetry
Blade Kotelly is a senior lecturer at MIT and the leader of the advanced concepts lab at Sonos. We talk with Blade about how he defines the problem he solves at Sonos, and how to articulate that at an...
18 Dec 201728min
We F*cked Up: Stories about Product Mistakes
Mistakes. We all make them. We all learn from them. From a food delivery startup who's users couldn't find their menu, to Amazon's redesign of Audible and even an emergency support system on 9/11, tod...
13 Dec 201722min
Interview: Seth Godin on Achieving Greatness
We talk with Seth Godin about his view of the 10,000 hour rule, his own concept behind achieving greatness, The Dip, and his personal journey to success. After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, he used $20,...
11 Dec 201731min
Interview: Ty Ahmad-Taylor of Facebook on lessons from the VP of Product-Marketing at Facebook
Ty Ahmad-Taylor is the VP of Product Marketing at Facebook. Ty has worked in product for over 20 years and has two acquisitions under his belt. At THX, he led the media and consumer-electronics compan...
8 Dec 201725min
A Job To Be Done: Building Products People Want
Jobs to be done will change the way you think about product. It will change the way you approach user personas and influence your product decision process. It is one of the most important developments...
6 Dec 201717min
Interview: Ellen Chisa on Product Management Lessons from Microsoft
Ellen Chisa, a former Product Manager at Microsoft and current CEO of a stealth product focused startup, talks to us about the history of product management, how she learned about the role at Microsof...
5 Dec 201720min
