- 01-30Linear’s secret to building beloved B2B products | Nan Yu (Head of Product)81 分钟
- 00:00Introduction to Nan Yu and Linear
- 04:54Survey insights: Linear vs. Jira
- 07:51The speed vs. quality myth
- 09:24Building and iterating quickly
- 15:31Avoiding bloat in enterprise software
- 23:57Understanding user needs deeply
- 30:09How to approach customer calls
- 34:10Creating strong emotional hooks
- 40:31Managing the product backlog
- 44:46Systemizing creativity
- 48:16Demo: Saving drafts in Linear
- 51:38Breaking constraints and building at extremes
- 54:15Adopting new tools
- 58:22The “double triangle” framework for product management
- 01:04:23Effective job-hunting strategies for PMs
- 01:09:15Thoughts on deadlines
- 01:14:15Lightning round
- 01-26An operator’s guide to product strategy | Chandra Janakiraman (CPO at VRChat, ex-Meta, Headspace, Zynga)107 分钟
- 00:00Chandra’s background
- 04:47The importance of strategy
- 12:40Defining product strategy
- 15:42Developing a winning strategy: an overview
- 18:51The preparation phase
- 30:46The strategy sprint process
- 45:51The design sprint
- 51:19Document writing
- 57:39Rolling out your strategy
- 01:01:28Resourcing and roadmapping
- 01:04:42Strategy lessons from Zynga
- 01:11:34Strategy lessons from Meta
- 01:15:55Big S strategy
- 01:26:58AI in strategy formulation
- 01:38:12Final thoughts and lightning round
- 01-1910 growth tactics that never work | Elena Verna (Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey)95 分钟
- 00:00Welcome back, Elena!
- 06:02Common mistakes growth teams make
- 08:31#1: Hiring for growth roles too soon
- 15:09#2: Hiring a head of growth to fix your problems
- 19:20#3: Doing a rebrand to drive growth
- 25:11#4: Obsessing over your competition
- 34:00#5: Believing that your problems are unique
- 42:32#6: Prioritizing other growth channels above earned channels
- 50:55#7: Failing to evolve your growth model
- 01:01:06#8: Not hiring advisors
- 01:05:55#9: Over-experimenting
- 01:10:44#10: Color optimizations, third-party signups, one-email wonders, and removing f
- 01:15:00Elena’s favorite growth frameworks
- 01:18:50Contrarian corner: full-time jobs
- 01:26:05Lightning round and final thoughts
- 01-16How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor, founder of Alpine Investors)72 分钟
- 00:00Graham’s background
- 05:30Helping students find their true path
- 07:40The genie methodology
- 12:36Breaking free from autopilot mode
- 17:54Identifying and overcoming limiting beliefs
- 20:33Teaching entrepreneurship and personal fulfillment
- 22:53The reality of long-term success
- 35:14The role of accountability and executive coaching
- 40:22Daily goal setting for success
- 43:11The Nine Lives framework
- 48:01The dangers of the “not now” mentality
- 55:27Navigating life’s transitions
- 57:19Failure corner
- 01:00:24When to quit and when to persevere
- 01:02:18Final thoughts and lightning round
- 01-12How to build your product team from scratch, attract top product talent, go multi-product, and more | Rohini Pandhi (Mercury, Square)79 分钟
- 00:00Rohini’s background
- 05:00The role of product managers at Mercury
- 09:51Key indicators that it’s time to hire PMs
- 13:18Building the product team at Mercury
- 19:53Why you should avoid hiring PMs too early
- 22:26The different flavors of product management
- 26:15How to attract top talent
- 35:59Advocating for quality in product development
- 44:10Going multi-product
- 46:37Organizational structure for multi-product success
- 50:57Organizational culture for multi-product success
- 52:07Customer obsession and product development
- 57:36More lessons from going multi-product
- 01:05:57Transparent Collective: supporting underrepresented founders
- 01:09:54Lightning round
- 01-09Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox)98 分钟
- 00:00Introduction to Drew and Dropbox
- 04:44The three eras of Dropbox
- 07:53The first era: Viral growth and early success
- 14:19The second era: Challenges and competition
- 20:49Strategic shifts and refocusing
- 29:36Personal reflections and leadership lessons
- 40:19Unlocking mindfulness and building support systems
- 43:14The Enneagram test
- 50:35The challenges of being a founder CEO
- 58:11The third era: Rebooting the team and core business
- 01:22:41Lessons and advice for aspiring founders
- 01:27:46Balancing personal and professional growth
- 01:42:38Final reflections and future outlook
- 01-05Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)84 分钟
- 00:00Alisa’s background
- 04:48Having difficult conversations
- 12:48Scripts for performance feedback
- 20:20How to respond when someone is defensive or upset
- 25:07Scripts for handling promotion disappointments
- 31:00Scripts for handling terminations
- 35:44The importance of positive feedback
- 38:49Understanding your job as a leader
- 44:55Recognizing your own blind spots
- 49:38Three vital questions to ask in every meeting
- 55:57The founder prenup
- 01:08:24Failure corner
- 01:13:00Final thoughts and lightning round
- 01-02Inside Gong: How teams work with design partners, their pod structure, autonomy, trust, and more | Eilon Reshef (co-founder and CPO)57 分钟
- 00:00Eilon’s background
- 04:20The pod model
- 06:33Working with design partners
- 09:13Finding and coordinating design partners
- 13:12Balancing customer feedback and vision
- 15:10Gong's 95% feature adoption
- 17:05The importance of autonomy and trust
- 23:30How to implement this unique way of working
- 27:15Speed and decision-making
- 31:47Early AI adoption and lessons learned
- 35:50Building effective AI teams
- 38:16The spiral method for learning
- 41:36Narrowing down the initial customer profile
- 44:24Failure corner
- 46:35Lightning round