The Product Compass Podcast | Product Management

My guest is Alberto Savoia, the first Engineering Director at Google. He's currently a lecturer at Stanford University and the author of the international bestseller "The Right It: Why So Many Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure Yours Succeed."
In this episode, we cover:

• (00:00) Introduction
• (01:19) Bitten by a failure, Alberto decided to bite back!
• (05:06) Market Research: Collect Skin-in-the-Game
• (08:24) Collect Your Own Data (YODA)
• (11:09) Say It With Numbers: The XYZ Hypothesis
• (15:22) Test Your Ideas by Pretotyping
• (20:01) Remember That Prototyping Is the Most Ethical Thing to Do
• (23:44) Collect Enough Evidence
• (27:15) Start With One Hypothesis
• (29:53) Interview Customers Only to Explore the Problem Space
• (35:07) Fall in Love With the Problem but Flirt With the Idea
• (39:10) Build a Culture of Experimentation
• (43:52) Final Discussion

Watch as a video + more information: https://youtu.be/aQ_SrxK9zjo

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It's tempting to think adding more features will help you satisfy every customer and stay ahead of the competition. After all, more features mean more value, right?

Actually, it’s often the opposite.

One of the best examples of simplicity is Apple, the most valuable company in the world. Remember when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone with just one button? That bold move showed how powerful it can be to focus on what's essential.
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This AI-generated episode is based on Your Guide to Feature Detox: Winning Through Simplifying from The Product Compass Newsletter. See my full post for more insights.
I'd love to get your feedback: [email protected]
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Related posts:

• Crossing the Chasm: The Ultimate Guide For PMs
• From Strategy to Objectives Masterclass
• 12 Proven Sources of Insights to Fuel Your Product Discovery
• Continuous Product Delivery: Why It’s Critical to Release Frequently

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Many engineering teams run post-mortems when there is a failure or error. The team needs to come together to discuss what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again.
But what if we could anticipate and prevent these failures before they happen? Enter the pre-mortem.
Pre-mortems are a powerful tool that the best product teams at Google, Meta, Stripe, and others use regularly to increase the probability of a successful product launch and avoid difficult-to-recover failures.
This AI-generated episode is based on How Meta and Instagram Use Pre-Mortems to Avoid Post-Mortems from The Product Compass Newsletter, where Yue Zhao (CPTO, Coach, Author) shares how pre-mortems can benefit your team and provides actionable steps to run an effective session.
I'd love to get your feedback: [email protected]
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Related posts:

• The Complete Product Life Cycle: Tools, Methods, and Templates
• Introduction to AI Product Management
• User Journey Mapping 101 with Template
• How to Write a Product Requirements Document? PRD Template
• Continuous Product Discovery Masterclass

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Hey, welcome to the Product Compass. This is not a podcast but a monthly "Ask Me Anything" with Pawel Huryn recorded on October 10, 2024.
We discussed:

• (00:21) How to make sense of the Product Trio for platform teams?
• (01:51) Strong opinions on the Product Trio tackling different risks?
• (05:28) How can we keep stakeholders engaged?
• (07:00) How to perform Product Discovery before Product-Market Fit?
• (09:21) Is the idea more important than the execution?
• (12:08) Is the Product Manager a mini CEO?
• (15:11) How important is technical knowledge for a Product Manager?
• (19:17) How do you find time for product discovery?
• (23:52) Is DevEx a Customer Experience for internal product teams?
• (28:09) Your transition from Project Manager to Product Manager?
• (34:17) How to become a Product Manager? What is the learning path?

Where to find Paweł Huryn?
• My newsletter: https://www.productcompass.pm
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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawel-huryn
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Product growth is simple. But it's often misunderstood and poorly applied.
That's why I'm excited to share my interview with Sean Ellis, the author of the international bestseller Hacking Growth.

His high-velocity test/learn process has accelerated growth at companies like Facebook, Airbnb, and Dropbox.

Sean coined growth hacking, invented the ICE prioritization, and popularized the North Star Framework.
In this episode, we discuss:

• (01:29) What is Growth Hacking?
• (02:41) The required skill set.
• (04:48) What's required to start thinking about product growth?
• (06:17) How can we measure product-market fit?
• (08:48) How can we accelerate growth? Understanding growth.
• (12:10) Refining value proposition. The right customer. The right experience.
• (18:08) The science of growth. Growth process. ICE scoring.
• (22:24) The power of experimenting.
• (23:58) Creating value vs. capturing value. How everything is connected.
• (26:28) What can go wrong? Building alignment. Becoming a growth leader.
• (32:56) Building the right culture. The testing habit.
• (36:25) North Star Metric and the physics of growth.
• (41:19) B2B vs. B2C product growth.

Where to find Sean Ellis?

• Sean’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanellis/
• Sean’s website: http://www.seanellis.me/
• GrowthHackers community and courses: https://growthhackers.com/

Where to find Paweł Huryn?
• My newsletter: https://www.productcompass.pm
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