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  1. From Amazon to academia with Nadine Yap (NUS-ISS) - Episode #48

    11/20/2024

    From Amazon to academia with Nadine Yap (NUS-ISS) - Episode #48

    Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ Nadine Yap is the OG product leader who has been around the block. She studied in Harvard before starting her career during the dot com boom, worked at Amazon during the Jeff Bezos era, was at Yahoo! during the Jerry Yang era, was CPTO at The Parentinc (SEA's largent content community platform for parents) before deciding to join the world of academia with NUS-ISS in Singapore. Join us as Nadine recounts her experiences shipping software in an era where the Agile Manifesto had not even been formalised, what it was like to work in Amazon when the famous "two pizza team rule" and the "disagree and commit", what was it like to work at Yahoo! when it was starting to flail, why she decided to join the less popular route of academia, working with government entities, and many many more amazingly interesting stories! © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 20m
  2. Product in the sustainability space with Renato Silva (Scale Climate Action) - Episode #47

    10/15/2024

    Product in the sustainability space with Renato Silva (Scale Climate Action) - Episode #47

    Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ We are back! This time, we've got another returnee to the show, Renato Silva. Renato was the Regional Head of Product and PMO for Tencent in Thailand where he worked for 7 years, and then decided to leave it all behind and go all in to make a difference in the sustainability and climate change space. He co-founded Scale Climate Action and relocated his whole family to Bali. We dived deep into why Renato would go into the sustainability space, what does it mean for corporations and why they should care, the challenges facing tech and product in this space, and the trends that he sees in this space. © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1 hr
  3. Product Management in Climate Tech & PropTech with Jason Gregory (The Climate Risk Group) - Episode #46

    07/10/2024

    Product Management in Climate Tech & PropTech with Jason Gregory (The Climate Risk Group) - Episode #46

    Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ In this episode, we deep dive into the world product management within the realm of climate tech and proptech with Jason Gregory, Head of Product at the Climate Risk Group in Australia. He was formerly the Product Director at PropertyGuru and VP, Product Management at Experian Hitwise. He spent 8 years doing product management in Singapore with PropertyGuru and we talk about finding synergy with his product counterpart on the consumer side of the proptech marketplace platform, the difference in the proptech scene between Australia and SEA (South East Asia) and his learnings managing the Agent and Developer experience platform there. We also dive into the nitty gritty of climate tech, how Jason prepared for the transition into an industry he knew little about, hiring for product in such a niche and new space, and his thoughts on the future of climate tech within product. © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 19m
  4. Episode #45 - Culturalisation & Product Expansion in Asia with Chui Chui Tan (Beyō Global)

    06/18/2024

    Episode #45 - Culturalisation & Product Expansion in Asia with Chui Chui Tan (Beyō Global)

    Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ Chui Chui Tan is a culturalisation strategy expert with more than 15 years helping companies such as Spotify, Netflix, SEEK and Asana enter new international markets. She also recently published her book Research for Global Growth: Strategies and guidelines for cross-cultural insights. In this episode, together with Chui Chui, we dive into the role that culturalisation plays in expanding products to new markets in Asia, through the lens of product management. We cover topics such as expansion with culturalisation without losing a company's identity, whether agile is compatible with cultural research and also frameworks such as the four bucket exercise and the market level cultural model. © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 21m
  5. Episode #44 - Sanjeev NC (Supermeme.ai)

    05/14/2024

    Episode #44 - Sanjeev NC (Supermeme.ai)

    Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Product Un(censored) Show, we are discussing a trend that is steadily growing within the world of software and startups: MicroSaaS. MicroSaaS accounts for 20% of all SaaS companies and is projected to be worth $100 billion by 2025. So who better to talk about MicroSaaS than Sanjeev NC, the Co-Founder of the MicroSaaS product Supermeme.ai, and also product management content creator. If his name sounds familiar, it is because he was also our guest in Ep #33 way back in 2022! © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 6m
  6. Episode #43 - Protik Roychowdhury (Intellect)

    04/19/2024

    Episode #43 - Protik Roychowdhury (Intellect)

    We're back from our Q1 break! In the first episode of our podcast in 2024, we talk to Protik Roychowdhury about mental health startups in Southeast Asia, from a product perspective of course! Protik is the VP of Product at Intellect, a mental health startup based in Singapore. They secured their Series A USD$20m funding round in 2022, the largest amount raised by a mental health startup in Asia. He has previously worked in hyper growth startups such as OLA in India and Grab in Singapore prior to joining Intellect. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠⁠⁠ © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 8m
  7. Episode #42 - Nat Wongtosrad (R'ket)

    11/25/2023

    Episode #42 - Nat Wongtosrad (R'ket)

    Nat Wongtosrad is a product leader who honed her craft in tech companies such Spotify, Agoda and NocNoc. It was insightful to hear her actual, personal experience with the Spotify model as one who worked there, discuss being a product led company at NocNoc, and the product inspirations she takes into her startup R'ket. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠⁠ © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 6m
  8. Episode #41 - Tatiana Palhares (Daraz, Alibaba Group)

    10/14/2023

    Episode #41 - Tatiana Palhares (Daraz, Alibaba Group)

    In Episode #41, we have Tatiana Palhares, the CPO of Daraz on the show. We discuss being a product leader in one of the leading e-commerce platforms in South Asia with over 10,000 staff and a product team of more than 60, building a product function from scratch and how to product manage a distributed team. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

    1h 5m
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