101: The Smart Sales Method – Sales Fundamentals for Product Managers
Even though it’s a “sales” book, product managers will find The Smart Sales Method by Joe Morone incredibly valuable. In this episode I share why.
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100: “We’re All In Sales” with John Simmons
“We’re All In Sales” My guest on the pod today is John Simmons. John is not a product manager. But he represents one of our most important “customers” – I’m using air quotes – he’s VP of North America Sales for Methodics, at Perforce. The sales team is our #1 most important ally in a Read More
99: Aspiring Product People On Clubhouse With Jose Platero
In this episode, my guest Jose Platero tells the story of how he created the Aspiring Product People community on Clubhouse.
98: The 5 Immutable Truths of Great Product Managers with JJ Rorie
JJ Rorie started out in sales and marketing My guest on the podcast this week is JJ Rorie. Like many of us, she transitioned into product management from a non-technical role, in her case sales and marketing. Since that initial transition, JJ moved up in responsibility to product management leadership. Then, for the last six Read More
97: Zombies and Product Management with Kurt Stangl
In this Halloween-themed episode Kurt Stangl helps us understand how we can learn about lean software development from the zombie apocalypse-based video game “7 Days To Die.”
96: Let’s Talk About Innovation
Innovation is important, but how do you measure it? Mostly in this episode I actually talk about what innovation is, and some history of innovation in tech and other domains, but it all started with a LinkedIn post about “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Resources for this episode A web site Read More