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Welcome to Products Stories, the go-to hub for Product Managers! By Product Managers, for Product Managers, our podcast is your essential guide to navigating the dynamic world of product management. Join us for insightful conversations with seasoned professionals and industry experts, covering everything from effective communication to agile methodologies and market trends. Whether you're a veteran or a newcomer, we are here to deliver valuable insights and practical advice to help you excel in your product development. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest trends and best practices in product!

  1. Trailblazing Women in Product Management with Pinky Panjwani

    -2 ДН.

    Trailblazing Women in Product Management with Pinky Panjwani

    Trailblazing Women in Product Management with Pinky Panjwani In this episode, Nicole Tieche sits down with Pinky Panjwani, Director of Product Management for Striven at Miles Technologies, to talk about what it means to lead through learning. From crossing the chasm to building a team culture rooted in growth and simplicity, Pinky shares how persistence, patience, and a sharp sense for clarity have shaped her 22-year career. Ever wondered how to keep your team inspired while still chasing business outcomes? This one’s for you.  Key Topics Discussed in This Episode The accidental PM journey that turned into a 22-year product career. How Pinky went from software engineer to Director of Product Management — by “doing PM work before even knowing it was called PM.”  Turning learning into a leadership advantage. Why her team schedules “Sharpen the Saw” weeks to pause delivery and focus purely on growth.  Simplifying complexity. Why true product leadership isn’t about adding more. It’s about communicating less, better. Why Listen to This Episode? This energizing convo gives you: A fresh take on product-led growth — and how to make your product sell itself.  Simple frameworks for fostering trust and learning across distributed teams.  Real-world tips for communicating across stakeholders without losing clarity.  A mindset shift on persistence over instant gratification in product work.  Proof that great PMs don’t just build products. They build patience, persistence, and people.  Related Resources  Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    21 мин.
  2. Building Platform Products That Scale: From Chaos to Structure with Aindra Misra

    7 ОКТ.

    Building Platform Products That Scale: From Chaos to Structure with Aindra Misra

    Building Platform Products That Scale — Without Drowning in Stakeholders  Platform products are some of the most complex beasts in product management. They have to serve multiple teams, stay flexible, and scale across the org—all while keeping technical and business needs in sync. In this episode, Rina Alexin chats with Aindra Misra, Director of Product Management for AI, Data, and Developer Experience at BILL (and former Twitter PM), about how to bring structure to platform chaos, build for scale, and win over even the loudest stakeholders. Key Topics Discussed in This Episode What Makes a Great Platform PM Why platform product management is the sweet spot for technically curious PMs—and how mindset matters more than your coding background.  The Art (and Science) of Prioritization Aindra’s framework for balancing competing use cases, weighing business impact, and keeping the long-term platform vision intact.  Stakeholder Alignment Without the Drama How to turn “fight for priority” meetings into data-driven discussions that build stronger teams and better platforms.  Why Listen to This Episode? What will you get out of this discussion?  In this thought-provoking conversation, you’ll gain:  A framework for prioritizing platform features by impact, effort, and strategic value  Real talk on managing competing stakeholders (and surviving to tell the tale)  Insight into “horizontal thinking” and why it’s key to scalable platforms  Lessons from Twitter and BILL on how to balance speed, flexibility, and tech debt  If you’ve ever tried to scale a platform product (or want to move into this space) this is your playbook.  Related Resources Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt: Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    41 мин.
  3. Jose Quesada on Discovery, Strategy, and Stakeholder Judo at Amex

    30 СЕНТ.

    Jose Quesada on Discovery, Strategy, and Stakeholder Judo at Amex

    Jose Quesada on Discovery, Strategy, and the Value of Product Management  Jose Quesada, VP of Product Management at American Express, joins Rina Alexin to unpack how Amex built a globally recognized mobile app by running discovery and delivery in parallel. From killing bad ideas quickly to making strategy concrete, Jose shows how product leaders can balance long-term vision with day-to-day execution... all while keeping skeptical stakeholders on board.  Key Topics Discussed in This Episode  Discovery ≠ delivery  Why Amex runs two tracks in parallel and why “killing hypotheses” is as valuable as proving them.  Stakeholder judo  How to align skeptics, win champions, and use communication, relationships, and data to build trust.  Strategy that sticks  Building blocks of a good strategy, why context is everything, and how to link product bets to company goals.   Why Listen to This Episode?  In this thought-provoking episode, you’ll gain:  A practical model for running discovery and delivery in parallel  Tactics for disproving bad ideas fast (and celebrating the red)  Stakeholder management techniques that actually lower friction  A blueprint for building strategies that align with business context  If you’re tired of being told “be more strategic” without any how-to, this conversation will give you concrete tools and mindset shifts you can use tomorrow.  Related Resources  Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    35 мин.
  4. Dr. Christina Agapakis on Turning Science into Products (and Back Again)

    16 СЕНТ.

    Dr. Christina Agapakis on Turning Science into Products (and Back Again)

    How Scientists and PMs Really Build: Dr. Christina Agapakis with Rina Alexin A synthetic biologist who became a creative and marketing leader? Yes, please. In this kickoff to Season 4, Dr. Christina Agapakis (Founder, Oscillator; former SVP Creative & Marketing at Ginkgo Bioworks) joins Productside CEO Rina Alexin to explore the messy, very human loop between research, product, and story. From lab benches to launch plans, we talk silos, funding models, and the art of “staying with the trouble” when the real world refuses your neat roadmap. Key Topics Discussed in This Episode The science ↔ product tangle (not a pipeline): Christina explains why discovery isn’t a tidy flowchart—it’s a back-and-forth hairball of hypotheses, constraints, and collaboration that looks suspiciously like modern product discovery.  Funding, impact, and translating research: Who pays shapes what gets built. We dig into grants, incentives, and new models (e.g., focused research orgs) that bridge lab breakthroughs to useful products without pretending it’s frictionless. Personas for molecules vs. people: Scientists often model cells; PMs model users. Christina makes the case for bringing real human context into upstream work—and why clear stories beat sterile slides when stakes are high. Why Listen to This Episode? In this thought-provoking episode, you’ll gain:  A fresh mental model for discovery that treats research like product (small bets, fast feedback). Tactics for working across silos without losing craft (or outcome). Language to translate messy reality into narratives stakeholders actually act on. A reminder to “stay with the trouble” when ambiguity spikes and why that’s where impact lives.  If you build things for humans (or with humans), this conversation will sharpen your process and your story. Related Resources Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes Explore Productside Courses

    38 мин.
  5. How Product and Engineering (Actually) Work Together

    8 АПР.

    How Product and Engineering (Actually) Work Together

    Product and engineering love to blame each other—but the best teams skip the turf war and figure out how to move forward together. In this episode, Rina talks with Guy Gershoni, Head of Engineering at genesIT, about what makes that partnership work (and what breaks it). From lean experiments to shared metrics to real talk about trust, this one’s packed with hard-earned lessons from someone who’s seen both the chaos and the magic.  Key Topics Discussed in This Episode  Why engineers care more about impact than frameworks  Turns out, engineers don’t want to ship shiny features. They want to ship useful ones. The key is making the impact visible.    Experiments that don’t waste time (or careers)  Guy shares a dead-simple way to test new ideas without overinvesting—or getting stuck in analysis paralysis.    The MAC Model: A cheat code for fixing team dynamics  Mindset, Articulation, Capability. If your team is off-track, this framework can tell you exactly where things are breaking down.  Why Listen to This Episode?  In this episode, you’ll get:  Real advice on how product and engineering can stop talking past each other  A new way to think about experimentation (it’s not about frameworks)  Tactics to make success metrics a shared responsibility  A refreshingly honest take on what actually builds team trust  If you’re navigating cross-functional tension or just want to collaborate better, this one’s worth your time.  Related Resources  Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    41 мин.
  6. From Project to Product: Leading Real Transformation with Joeri Devisch

    1 АПР.

    From Project to Product: Leading Real Transformation with Joeri Devisch

    Product transformations don’t fail because of bad tools—they fail because of ignored people. In this episode, transformation expert Joeri Devisch joins Productside CEO Rina Alexin to break down what real change leadership looks like. They talk through the difference between change and transformation, why words matter more than you think, and how to avoid top-down change that fizzles out.  Key Topics Discussed in This Episode  What separates transformation from “just change.”  Joeri breaks down how to spot real transformation—and why project-to-product shifts are often misunderstood from the start.  Why most transformation efforts fail.  From overused buzzwords to under-communicated strategy, Joeri explains where teams get stuck and how to fix it.  How to lead change from the inside.  Hear how T-shaped product managers and early adopters can carry change forward, even in the most complex orgs.   Why Listen to This Episode?  In this thought-provoking episode, you’ll gain:  A fresh lens on product transformations (and why most don’t stick)  A better understanding of how to create buy-in across your org  Tactics to simplify change through pilots and internal storytelling  Insight into the overlap between product management and transformation leadership  Whether you’re mid-change or just getting started, this one’s a must-listen.  Related Resources  Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    48 мин.
  7. From Product Failure to Leadership Success: Orly Stern’s Playbook

    25 МАР.

    From Product Failure to Leadership Success: Orly Stern’s Playbook

    What do you do when you inherit a product that’s already failed—twice? If you’re Orly Stern, you take full ownership, break down what went wrong, and rebuild it the right way.  In this episode of Trailblazing Women in Product, Orly—now General Manager of Business Applications at Payoneer—shares how she turned a struggling product into a success, navigated leadership at a global scale, and made bold career moves that paid off.  From stepping into product leadership with zero PM experience to managing diverse teams across cultures, Orly’s insights will challenge you to rethink leadership, product ownership, and career growth.  Key Topics Discussed in This Episode  How to Rescue a Failing Product  Why some products fail repeatedly and what you can do differently.  Leading Global Teams Across Time Zones & Cultures  The real challenges of scaling a team internationally (and how to solve them).  Career Growth in Product Leadership  The bold moves that got Orly from product manager to general manager.  Why Listen to This Episode?  In this thought-provoking episode, you’ll gain:  Learn how to take full ownership of your product—no matter the challenges.  Get real-world leadership strategies from someone who’s managed teams across multiple markets.  Practical tips on hiring, team dynamics, and giving (and receiving) feedback effectively.  Hear Orly’s personal take on making career-defining moves in product management.  Orly’s journey proves that sometimes, all it takes is one bold move to change the course of your career.  Related Resources  Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    24 мин.
  8. Scaling Smarter: Rachel Owens on Refining Product-Market Fit and Unlocking Growth

    18 МАР.

    Scaling Smarter: Rachel Owens on Refining Product-Market Fit and Unlocking Growth

    Scaling a product isn’t just about selling more—it’s about refining product-market fit, unlocking the right growth levers, and making sure your go-to-market strategy actually aligns with what your customers need. In this episode of Productside Stories, Rachel Owens, product executive and growth expert, shares how she’s helped SaaS products scale from $1M to $10M in a year. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls, build strong GTM alignment, and refine your product strategy for sustainable success.  Key Topics Discussed in This Episode  Refining Product-Market Fit for Sustainable Growth  Many companies hit a revenue plateau because they misunderstand their real market fit. Rachel breaks down how to refine product-market fit by deeply understanding user pain points, use cases, and adjacent markets—without chasing the wrong opportunities.  How Product and GTM Teams Can Actually Work Together  Scaling isn’t just about the product—it’s about ensuring sales, marketing, and product are in sync. Rachel shares actionable strategies for strengthening cross-functional collaboration so growth efforts don’t stall.  The AI Hype Trap: When to Actually Use AI in Your Product  Many teams are under pressure to integrate AI into their products—but not every problem needs an AI-driven solution. Rachel explains how to evaluate when AI is truly adding value versus when it’s just a distraction.  Why Listen to This Episode?  In this thought-provoking episode, you’ll gain:  A framework for refining product-market fit without unnecessary pivots.  Strategies to align product, sales, and marketing for real go-to-market success.  A decision-making process for when AI should (and shouldn’t) be part of your growth strategy.  Lessons from Rachel’s experience scaling SaaS businesses from $1M to $10M ARR.  Scaling is about strategic focus. Don’t mistake it for throwing more features at the wall. Don’t miss Rachel’s insights.  Related Resources  Check out these additional tools and resources to add to your PM belt:  Productside Resource Library  More Productside Stories Podcast Episodes  Explore Productside Courses

    40 мин.
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Welcome to Products Stories, the go-to hub for Product Managers! By Product Managers, for Product Managers, our podcast is your essential guide to navigating the dynamic world of product management. Join us for insightful conversations with seasoned professionals and industry experts, covering everything from effective communication to agile methodologies and market trends. Whether you're a veteran or a newcomer, we are here to deliver valuable insights and practical advice to help you excel in your product development. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest trends and best practices in product!

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