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Welcome to 100 PM – the show where we interview one hundred active product managers – from startups to enterprise and everything in between all from one great city every season. If you’re joining us for the first time be sure to visit our website – 100productmanagers.com – the web’s largest single f…

Suzanne Abate


    • Apr 23, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Are OKRs o-v-e-r?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021


    In this episode: - Where do startups go wrong with implementing OKRs - Can OKRs really scale for enterprise? - What are pipelines and how do they change the way we think about product roadmaps?

    A Case Study: Chegg

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    Applying the product strategy tools and frameworks to a textbook rental and education startup.

    The Quarterly Product Strategy Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    How to keep strategy “front and center” and accelerate both results & learning.

    The GEM Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    Prioritizing growth, engagement, and monetization to keep organizations aligned.

    The GLEe Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    A long-term phased approach to crafting a product vision.

    The Product Roadmap

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    A roadmap is an expression of your strategy. It shows how projects fit together, along with a rough time estimate.

    A Product Strategy for Each Swimlane

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    How to define the strategies, proxy metrics, and projects for each pod.

    Working Bottom-up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    Scan your project list to identify themes and define your product strategy.

    Proxy Metrics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    How to define a metric to prove or disprove your hypotheses and measure progress.

    The Strategy-Metric-Tactic Lockup

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    How to assign metrics and tactics to each high-level hypothesis.

    From DHM to Product Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    You have ideas to delight customers, to build hard to copy advantage and experiment with your business model. Now what?

    The DHM Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019


    Product strategy answers the question, “How will your product delight customers, in hard to copy, margin-enhancing ways?”

    Shepherd Your Product

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - From retail to product management - Why relationship building is the number one required skill a product manager could have - The value of having confidence with humility

    Show Your Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - Evaluating job candidates through take-home assignments - Why companies should stop “hunting unicorns” - Top 3 ways to stand out as a PM candidate

    Nail It, Then Scale It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - Establishing a clear vision of your career path - Using metrics to answer burning product questions - What product managers can learn from biology

    Fight for It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - From customer success to sales to product leadership - Why collective ownership is the key to success - Implementing OKRs at a large scale organization

    Throwing Caution to the Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - Balancing strategic and tactical product management - Common pitfalls of product teams and how to avoid them - Making the leap from Sr. Product Manager to VP of Product

    Product Leaders Make Great Facilitators

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - Skills of a great facilitator - Finding your AHA moment through “micro learnings” - Leading the Product: the birth story

    Do the Right Thing by People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019


    In this episode: - Empowering teams through the Prezi Model - Key differences between B2B and B2C product management - Why embracing discomfort can boost your product career

    Leading from Behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018


    In this episode: - Pros and cons of having a consulting background - Importance of sharing "war stories" - Embodying the persona as customer research

    Career Hacks for Product Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018


    In this episode: - From Marketer to VP of Product at Netflix - Delighting Customers through Consumer Science - How to Hack your Product Leader Career

    Focus on What's Really Important

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018


    In this episode: - From business development to product leadership - How to structure (and restructure) product teams at scale - Making process your product

    The Business of Hardware Product Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018


    In this episode: - Understanding supply chain and working well with suppliers - Why productifying operating systems matters in manufacturing - Perfecting product through small batch production

    From Leadership to Entrepreneurship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018


    In this episode: - How and when to insource a product team - Leaving leadership to become a founder - Why you have to be excited by responsibility to lead in product

    Creating Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018


    In this episode: - A warm welcome to Women Who Code, NYC - Product Management as Power - Breaking it down and building it

    A Different Way of Doing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2018


    In this episode: - Where product marketers and product managers meet - Why "moving fast and breaking things" isn't a mantra that flies well in enterprise - Modified agile for big companies

    There's No Right Way to Do Anything

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018


    In this episode: - The rise and fall of Undercurrent NYC - Grinding your way toward shared understanding - Not getting caught in one identity

    Dresses and Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018


    In this episode: - Soft robotics, Exoskeletons, and 3D Printers - From design thinking to product mindset - Startup life in NYC

    Give The People What They Want

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018


    In this episode: - How to structure and scale product teams - Why non-technical PMs can better manage technical products - Ideas for overcoming dependencies

    The Product Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018


    In this episode: - Why founders have to be product people (or learn to be) - The blinding power of ignorance - How to develop effective product training

    A Team of One

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018


    In this episode: - What Product Managers can learn from Marketers - Adjusting from a large team to no team - Essential skills for succeeding in product management

    This is Mike Fishbein

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018


    Trading Places! 100 PM host Suzanne Abate interviews Mike Fishbein, host of This is Product Management.

    No Idea is Worthwhile on a Whiteboard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018


    In this episode: - How to avoid getting stuck in project manager tasks - Organizing teams around problems, not products - Advice for mastering quantitative inquiry

    The Truth About Engineers and Product Managers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018


    In this episode: - What engineers really think about product managers - How to brand yourself as a PM - Adapting to a Kanban software delivery method

    The Art of User Story Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018


    In this episode: - The right time to bring in a product manager - The difference between doing product management and teaching it - The art of writing user stories

    How Do You Know It's A Good Idea?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018


    In this episode: - What are Entrepreneurs so afraid of? - Managing Freemium vs Subscription model products - How to tell the right story to your investors

    Tales from Sales

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017


    Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a massive customer base for your amazing product? In this episode, go-to-market pro Matt Althauser shares stories from the frontlines and advice for how PMs can foster better relationships with sales teams.

    The Art of User Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017


    Brent Tworetzky and Brian Smith are both deep supporters of the "let's go see" method of validating ideas. If you would like to learn more about the technique known as "user science" tune in now.

    Product Manager Turned CEO

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017


    Brainmates is Australia's leading Agile and Product Management Training group. In this episode, Jen shares practical advice for enterprise teams who may be struggling to shift into a product mindset.

    Launching Great Products Play by Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017


    Dan Olsen is the author of The Lean Product Playbook and a product management consultant for leading companies in Silicon Valley. In this interview, Dan explains how to develop great ideas, play by play.

    Building Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017


    Mike Belsito wants us all to become better product managers. Tune in to meet the man behind Industry: The Product Conference.

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    25 Years in the Life of a PM

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017


    In this episode: - Solving business problems at scale - Why so many people fail at product discovery - 10 different ways to say no

    Learning on the Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017


    In this episode: - First-wave Startup-ism - Taking on Amazon - How to know when you're doing it right

    Never Enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017


    In this episode: - Ideas for structuring product teams - The merits of bottom up roadmapping - How to be an ally and champion diversity in your organization

    First and Foremost, a Fan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017


    In this episode: - Practical advice for finding your dream job - The blessing (and the curse) of using your own products - Why you shouldn't be afraid to fail

    You Don't Know What You Don't Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017


    - Scaling a team from zero - What PMs should know (or not) about Sales & Marketing - How to be entrepreneurial in a large organization

    From Writer to Maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017


    In this episode: - Is a startup really the right environment to learn product? - Learning to let go of process as you scale - A pro secret for eliciting honest customer feedback

    Employee Number Nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2017


    In this episode: - What makes a good Quality Assurance person (hint: you gotta like breaking things) - A brief history of Braintree - Why having competition is really good for you

    Data Made Me Do It

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017


    In this episode: - A brief history of Data Science - How to avoid Excel hell - Learning to ask the right questions

    Processing Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017


    In this episdoe: - Evolving team processes as your product grows - Creating good developer relationships through your API - Staying innovative even when your organization doesn't support it

    Qual On Demand

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017


    In this episode: - Why qualitative insights are as essential as data to product teams - A new method for launching ethnographic research on demand - The simplest, most underused approach for building better teams

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