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#70: Confidence is a skill — How to pitch a story people remember | Talk with Kate Douskova - Pitch & Storytelling coach and former STRV product leader
Pitch and Storytelling coach Kate Douskova shares with host [Host Name] how to craft memorable pitches by making the customer the hero and adapting your message for greater impact.
4 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
#69: From customer feedback to roadmap clarity with Productboard | Talk with Martin Felcman - Product Leader at Productboard, Product Mentor & Advisor
Martin Felcman leads the Core Product at Productboard. In this episode, he shares his story of becoming a product person, from building websites as a teenager, to growing a digital agency, to moving into product management because he wanted to build products that last.
We then break down how strong product teams work: how to collect customer feedback without drowning in it, how to spot the real problems, how to write clear product specs, and how to keep a roadmap that people can trust. Martin also explains how Productboard thinks about “product excellence”, and how they stay flexible while planning in a steady rhythm.
We briefly touch on AI too, mainly as support for the heavy lifting, like sorting and summarizing lots of feedback, so product teams can spend more time on better decisions and alignment.
Stay connected with Martin on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinfelcman/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinfelcman/)
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Are you curious about what we do at Uppersky? We design digital products for impact-driven businesses, helping startups and innovation teams solve real challenges and create meaningful results.
You can learn more here:
Website: uppersky.co (https://www.uppersky.co)
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/uppersky (https://www.linkedin.com/company/uppersky/)
Instagram: instagram.com/uppersky (https://www.instagram.com/uppersky/)
If this sounds like something you need help with, we’d love to connect.
4 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
#68: From building Twigsee to empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs | Talk with Vanda Seidelova - Founder @ Twigsee, Co-Founder @ BeNextOne
Vanda Seidelová, founder and exited CEO of Twigsee, looks back at how building an EdTech company shaped her view on education and how it led her to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.
She shares lessons on leadership, fundraising, and navigating the realities of entrepreneurship, while also speaking openly about the personal stage of life she experienced during those years and what it taught her about resilience and purpose.
Today, through BeNextOne, Vanda helps high school students learn entrepreneurship through hands-on experience, teaching them how to turn ideas into action with creativity, courage, and confidence.
A story about growth, transition, and giving back through education and entrepreneurship.
Stay connected with Vanda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vandaseidelova/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vandaseidelova/)
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Are you curious about what we do at Uppersky? We design digital products for impact-driven businesses, helping startups and innovation teams solve real challenges and create meaningful results.
You can learn more here:
Website: uppersky.co (https://www.uppersky.co)
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/uppersky (https://www.linkedin.com/company/uppersky/)
Instagram: instagram.com/uppersky (https://www.instagram.com/uppersky/)
If this sounds like something you need help with, we’d love to connect.
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#70: Confidence is a skill — How to pitch a story people remember | Talk with Kate Douskova - Pitch & Storytelling coach and former STRV product leader
Published 11 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because it makes sense. Like I'm starting on this quest and I'm building this company and I'm doing all these things. But the plot twist actually is that you're not supposed to be the hero. The hero of your story should be your customer. The hero of your story is the person that you are trying to help. And you are actually just that guide, that mentor and everything else. And when we break that down and apart, we have these like, aha moments where, you know, as an entrepreneur, as a founder, it is challenging to because there are so many of these like little quests that you want to want to go on. […]
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