8. Vaibhav Goel, Namely: Perfecting the work streams and processes of an HR platform
Vaibhav of Namely explains how he built out all the workflows for updating sensitive records, such salary, onboarding or even your name on payroll after getting married - each one with it’s own unique set of triggers, authentications and work streams
Highlights include: 1. How to leverage your sales team to track ‘deal breakers’ or features that would mean the difference between a sale or not - 2. Why it’s important to have a roadmap generally defined before the roadmapping meeting - 3. Why you should ALWAYS break up a project into iterative chunks, even when you think it can’t be done
8 May 2020
7. Shaw Li, Haven Life: Optimizing funnels with offline steps
Shaw Li of Haven Life explains the ups and downs of building a tool that allows customers to easily schedule physicals with local doctors, in order to get the best rates on life insurance.
Highlights: The complexities of adding an offline step in an online funnel - The importance of shipping quickly, and having Feature Flags to revert when things go wrong - And lastly, the value of setting individual project visions to get everyone aligned.
18 Apr 2020
6. Meredith Lobb, HelloFresh: Iterating on food and software
Meredith Lobb of HelloFresh walks us through the process of designing and launching a meaty 'speciality box' for the summer months. Highlights include: Sourcing ideas from every team in the company, the in’s and out’s of iterating on software and food, and finally, the importance of post mortems for every project.
Natalie Mannion of Etsy walks us through her journey of optimizing push notifications for buyers on their mobile app.
Highlights include: The importance of helping users form good habits, how many notifications you should actually be sending users and the importance of having an opinion as a PM
6 Mar 2020
4. Scott Holand, Policygenius: The value of conversational MVP's
Scott Holand of Policygenius walks us the process of designing and building their life insurance quote calculator. Highlights include: How to test an MVP through nothing but a conversation, the importance of real user data during testing, and the value of sourcing ideas from every member of your team as early as possible
18 Feb 2020
3. Adam Lowenthal, MLB: How an engineer turned PM redesigned the MLB's prospects page
Adam of MLB walks us through the process of redesigning the MLB's prospects page. Highlights include: The pros/cons of being a dev turned PM, the importance of sales in product management, and how to empower each contributor in a project by giving them creative freedom. If you have any feedback at all please find us on linkedIN or Twitter.
12 Feb 2020
2. Jonny Hittman, Square Roots: Ahh, the sweet lessons of over engineering
Jonny Hittman of Square Roots walks us through the iterations of an alert system helping urban farmers monitor their crops.... inside shipping containers
28 Jan 2020
1. Keith Wood, Noom: "What if we let people choose how much they want to pay...?"
Keith Wood, a Growth Product Manager at Noom decides to let his customers choose how much they'd like to pay...Let's see how this turns out
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