byProduct Live

Today Andrew talks with Scott Colfer, Director of Product at Herd Consulting. The critical phase of product discovery is often overlooked or undervalued, with lots of preconceptions and assumptions made.  But as we find out from Scott this is where the magic really happens and where the most value can be found to find the first, best opportunity. Watch out too for what Scott describes as the bankr...

The ecommerce fashion world has a huge sustainability problem and this problem is driven by the huge number of free returns companies offer.  In some cases as much as 50% of each order is returned.  This puts a huge pressure on the environment.   This problem stems from sizing issues across different manufacturers. On todays podcast I'm joined by Arsalan Javed, CPO at Sizekick who are looking...

In this episode Andrew talks to Achille Traore, Founder of White Label Loyalty, the out of the box loyalty engine for lasting customer relationships. Ach established his first tech business, top screen media, in 2009 and then founded White Label Loyalty in 2015.   We talk about selling your SaaS product on an enterprise scale and the key elements enabling them to do this. A must listen on getting...

In this episode Andrew is joined by Will Smith, co-founder of Tred, the green business current account with sustainability at it’s heart. Tred was Founded 4 years ago by Will and his business partner Pete. Andrew talks to Will about Tred’s journey, the recent launch of their business account, and what makes Tred special compared to bigger high street banks.  Some of the high street banks practices...

In this episode we're talking about the future of software development - Automated Agile. Paul Glover from Burendo joins Andrew to talk about how they are collaborating to utilise AI in their delivery life-cycle to automate the process.  Still at early stages they've seen some great results in driving efficiencies using tools such as Claude from Anthropic.  Burendo are an Agile delivery...

In this episode of byProduct live Andrew is joined by Saumya Bhatt. Saumya is Global Product Design Team Manager at InPost, the global logistics company offering courier and parcel lockers.  InPost has grown phenomenally over the last few years and their lockers are everywhere! Previous to InPost Saumya was Product Design Manager at Wayfair, the global furniture ecommerce company and started her e...

In this episode I talk with George Fairhall, founder of award winning start-up, WAC.  WAC gives more control to hourly paid workers, and combats issues such as underpayment which is a big problem in hourly paid jobs which are often undertaken by younger people. George founded the business 4 years ago and has been on a journey from then, made all the more interesting by the fact George is non-techn...

This episode of byProduct Live is with Krystle Kocik. Krystle is the Chief Product & Experience Officer for PEXA in the UK.  PEXA are a global technology business in the home buying space. Krystle and her team are accountable for delivering a property completions platform that will transform the mortgage/re-mortgage space. Krystle has already delivered the product in Australia where they now o...

Todays guest is Igor Ranc - product leader and curator of Handpicked Berlin Igor’s early career included roles at Daimler Financial Services and Mercedes-Benz Bank and in his most recent position Igor was Senior Technical Product Manager in the AI product team at Insurtech platform Wefox.   I talk to Igor about his thoughts on AI and it’s application in products, and considering the different conf...

Rory Woodbridge is a product marketing expert.  His early career was formed at Google and YouTube, and his last in house role was with hypergrowth FinTech Pleo. Rory now works on a freelance basis providing his product marketing expertise to different companies. Rory has a great substack - check it out https://productmarketer.substack.com/ We discuss the value product marketing brings and how it i...

In this episode of byProduct Live we are joined by Abdo Wahba, CPO at Offerista. Abdo is an expert in the world of presentations and has over 1300 hours training and coaching CEOs, product leaders and consultants in the art of presenting effectively. In our discussion we talk about the 3 biggest blunders most people make when preparing presentations, to help you be more effective.   We think about...

This week on byProduct Live I am joined by Youssef Hounat, VP of Product at Amsterdam based DataSnipper.   DataSnipper recently became a tech unicorn with a value in excess of €1 billion in their latest funding round. Our talk is focussed on the hype around AI, and why the focus needs to be using AI to add user value, not because its the latest and greatest tech innovation.   We also ventured into...

In this episode of byProduct Live we are joined by Rhiannon White.  Rhiannon is CPO at Clue, the number 1 recommended period & cycle tracking app.  Previous to this she held leadership roles at Shazam in Silicon Valley, and the BBC. Our talk focusses on the journey Rhiannon has been on to becoming an effective product leader.  We discuss the challenges and mistakes she made early in her career...

For todays episode of byProduct Live we’re joined by Guven Soydan.   In this episode he gives an overview of how he thinks Product Managers can onboard themselves more effectively when starting a new role. While we focus on Product Managers, the ideas and suggestions Guven gives will work across many disciplines and industries. Guven is currently Head of Product at Zalando, for their marketing ser...

This episode of byProduct Live is with Macs Dickinson, Lead Engineering Manager at LHV. LHV are an Estonian based FinTech who’s platform you have probably used, but just don’t know it.  Their tech powers platforms such as CurrencyCloud, Wise and Coinbase.  In the UK they have established a new bank, and Macs head up their engineering teams.  His teams underpin LHV’s banking operations which recent...

In today's episode of byProduct Live we are talking with Ilya Sakharov. Ilya is CTO at Codility, the leading platform for assessing and advancing technical skills. Previous to Codility Ilya was Director of Engineering at Getir, the ultra-fast grocery delivery platform, and HelloFresh. Ilya has wide experience scaling engineering teams for high-growth products Today we will be discussing the r...

For this episode we are joined by Darryl Feldman to discuss a topic that’s super relevant in the challenging times we live (climate change, healthcare etc). Todays discussion will be around Building Products with Purpose.  Darryl talks about his personal experiences that drive his desire to build products with purpose.  We’ll take a dive into the why, what and how of creating products that have th...

Todays guest is Sayan Maiti.  Sayan is Head of Marketplace and Driver App at FreeNow, the mobility super app experienced rapid growth across Europe. Sayan has extensive experience across marketplace and on demand apps in the driving/transportation space.  He was previously Director of Product Management at Sixt and Head of Product at Swiggy.   Sayan has worked on a number of products from idea sta...

Todays episode of byproduct Live covers a topic all leaders like to think they know about and are successful with, but sadly often are not. It’s the secret sauce to success across any teams, and really is the difference between good and great.  Today we are discussing Team Empowerment. Joining me is Jakob Thomas.  Jakob is CPO at &Make.  &Make are a group of entrepreneurs and venture build...

Todays episode of  I am delighted to be joined by the Queen of product ops and super active tech community supporter, Antonia Landi.  Antonia is a big advocate of tech communities both as an organiser, speaker and attendee.  Antonia has been a member of our byProduct community pretty much since we started and has been a great supporter.  She is also active in a number of other product communities...

Todays episode of byProduct Live is with Armin Krahl, VP of Digital Product at thermondo, Germany's oldest climatetech business.  Armin is an expert in scaling digital products having worked at Wayfair, Delivery Hero and foodpanda. In this episode Armin discusses operating systems in product management. Today we will be unpicking operating systems in product management.  How to manage those s...

Scott gives a great overview of Emotionless Prioritization along with a nice practical tip using quadrant diagrams to help make decisions. Prioritization without the emotion, but all the passion needed to build great products! Scott Heyhoe is an experienced CPO who has worked across different domains in B2B and B2C and is currently building a new compliance checking platform, Compli, at Talent Clo...

In this episode I talk with Lilly Dobreva about a topic that doesn’t seem to be discussed nearly enough – ethics in product and product management. Ethics should be the top of the agenda when it comes to building SaaS products, but the conflict with making profit / revenue becomes a real challenge. Just look at some of the biggest tech companies in the world and their approach! This is a topic tha...

Welcome to ByProduct Live, where we unbox everything SaaS and product. We talk with experts and leaders in SaaS to understand real world challenges product businesses face and the approach these leaders take.   This week I’m delighted to welcome Roman Smigiel.   With approaching 30 years experience working, Roman really is an expert in building SaaS products.  Originally from the US, Roman  has li...

Welcome to ByProduct Live, where we unbox everything SaaS and product.   We discuss their approach to leadership, and ways of working, to share their knowledge and understanding. Today I am delighted to welcome Bastian Eichler to discuss the importance of impact in the work you do. Bastian is an experienced product leader currently working at WorkMotion.   Bastian is a firm believer in taking on r...