Product Chats Podcast

Guess who’s back! Dave Daniels, VP of customer success at Pragmatic Institute, and Steve Johnson, VP of product at Pragmatic Institute, are back and answering more of your questions about product management and product marketing. It’s time for another great episode of Pragmatic Mail Bag! Steve and Dave are answering questions about the importance of project marketing managers, user testing, produc...

What’s the difference between a launch and a release? And who is in charge of what? Pragmatic Institute’s Dave Daniels and Steve Johnson examine the importance of defining launches and releases, and making sure the right people are in charge of the right parts. Launching a product or a release is a team sport, where every part of the company—from dev to marketing to sales and beyond—work together...

How well do you really know your market? Have you really talked to the people in your market? Rebecca Kalogeris, VP of marketing at Pragmatic Institute, is joined by Chad Eckes, founder of CSquaredE , to discuss the importance of talking to your current customers, potential customers and former customers. Know who you want to talk to is important, but the kind of questions you ask can provide even...

Couldn’t make it to our webinar on Distinctive Competencies with Steve Johnson? Then check out this podcast where Steve does a high level dive on how to PRIME your distinctive competencies and use them to stand out against your competition. He’ll give you a rundown of everything you need to know about distinctive competencies and how to identify your company’s unique qualities.    Want to learn mo...

How do you hire the right product manager for your team? In this episode of the Pragmatic Podcast, our vice president of marketing, Rebecca Kalogeris, is joined by Pragmatic instructor and strategic product leader, Jon Gatrell, as they discuss the key skills and traits to look for when hiring a product manager for your team.

More questions means more answers from our experts. Dave Daniels, VP of customer success at Pragmatic Institute, and Steve Johnson, VP of product at Pragmatic Institute, are answering your questions about all things product management and product marketing. Join us for another round of the Pragmatic Mail Bag!     Do you have a question you’d like one of our experts to answer on an upcoming podcast...

Our IoT expert is back! In our previous episode with Daniel Elizalde, he explained the Internet of Thing’s impact on business. Now, he’s examining the potential blind spots that can come with IoT, like a lack of shared language across your organization or misunderstanding your company’s capabilities. Make sure you can identify the IoT blind spots and hear what Daniel has to say.   Would you like t...

He’s Back! Former Pragmatic Institute instructor and pricing guru Mark Stiving of Impact Pricing is back on our podcast, and this time he’s talking about subscription models. So if you’ve ever wanted to know how to successfully and effectively price your subscription models to drive value and create revenue, you won’t want to miss this episode of PragmaticLive!   Want to learn more about pricing?...

You’ve got questions. Our experts have answers. Dave Daniels, VP of customer success at Pragmatic Institute, and Steve Johnson, VP of product at Pragmatic Institute, are answering Real questions from REAL product people like you. If you have questions about personas, product launches, win/loss analysis and more, we’ve got the answers you need.

Have you ever wondered how other companies put the Pragmatic Marketing Framework into actual practice? Jon Fan, VP of product management at Box, joins Pragmatic Live to discuss the role of product management at Box. He also dives into the importance of user personas and product requirements to provide better products for their customers. See how one tech company used the lessons taught in our Foun...

In this episode of Pragmatic Live, we throw back to a previous episode featuring Rebecca Kalogeris, our vice president of marketing and Cindy Cruzado, Pragmatic Marketing instructor, discuss measuring teams, demonstrating impact and the essential components of an effective KPI plan.  

The Internet of Things It’s a common term, but do you really understand what it is and why it’s important? Daniel Elizalde , IoT product manager extraordinaire, joins Pragmatic Live to discuss the Internet of Things and its impact on businesses. Daniel examines the importance of using IoT to collect real-world, real-time data to help enterprises expand their abilities, as well as the role of produ...

An Intro to Data in Business Pragmatic Institute has expanded into data science. But how can data science help your business? Michael Li, founder of The Data Incubator (TDI) and president of data sciences at Pragmatic Institute, explains how he created his company to help train data scientists to take businesses into the future. Michael discusses how some of the most iconic business—like Netflix a...

(This podcast was captured during our recent webinar, Product Marketing for Growth: The Marketing Plan.) For Product Marketers tired of being viewed by some as a "cost", the challenge is to take more responsibility for the commercial results of the company. This may require you to behave as asset managers making investment and return decisions. In other words, behave as Architects of Growth. This...

Do you struggle to find the right way to implement the Pragmatic Framework into your business? Dave Daniels, vice president of customer success at Pragmatic Marketing, returns to Pragmatic Live to discuss his new role and ensuring students are able to successfully implement the Pragmatic Framework into their businesses. Dave discusses our new Pragmatic Labs, which help bring the Framework to life...

In this episode of Pragmatic Live, we revisit a great episode with Rebecca Kalogeris, vice president of marketing, and Mark Stiving, pricing expert and Pragmatic Marketing instructor, as they discuss one of the most powerful and complex concepts facing product teams today: segmentation. They examine exactly what segmentation is, as well as the challenges that arise when grouping people into a comm...

You already know the importance of win/loss analysis, but do you really know how you should be doing it? Rich Schroeder, president and founder of Anova Consulting Group, returns to Pragmatic Live to continue his discussion on win/loss analysis. Not only is it important to do win/loss analysis at your company, but it’s important that you do it right. Rich talks about the goals and pitfalls that can...

Did you know that global companies like Boeing have integrated the Pragmatic Marketing Framework into their product management structure? Ahmed Abukhater, senior product management leadership, Boeing chief innovation office, joins Pragmatic Live to discuss how Boeing is using the Pragmatic Framework to better focus on the customers and the market. He and his team focus on the market and the custom...

Discover solutions to the top challenges of creating efficient product roadmaps from Jim Semick, co-founder of ProductPlan, a cloud-based roadmap software for product and marketing teams. Jim shares tips and techniques for communicating an effective product strategy through your roadmap and the best way to plan and prioritize product features. He also discusses how to create a simple roadmap that...

Listen in on our recent webinar as Steve Johnson, author, speaker, former Pragmatic Marketing instructor and current vice president of products at Pragmatic Marketing, explores:  Using a product canvas as a business plan Prioritizing and re-prioritizing product ideas Aligning product metrics with goals

Rod Griffith, chief client officer and co-founder at MarketReach Inc. , joins Pragmatic Live to discuss how emotion plays a critical role in the decision making process when pertaining to B2B sales and leveraging it to your advantage.  Looking for more great tips on how to use personas to build better products, make sure you take our Foundations and Build courses. Be sure to listen to our other gr...

How Box VP of Product Develops User Personas & Product Requirements Have you ever wondered how other companies put the Pragmatic Marketing Framework into actual practice? Jon Fan, VP of product management at Box, joins Pragmatic Live to discuss the role of product management at Box. He also dives into the importance of user personas and product requirements to provide better products for their cus...

Are you asking the hard questions of your digital marketing data? In this episode of the Pragmatic Podcast, we’re talking with Nick Ilev of Gabriel Marketing Group about the importance of digital marketing throughout the product process. From pre- and post-launch support to sales enablement, A/B testing and beyond, Nick shares his insights on the importance of digital marketing.    Looking for mor...

How do you hire the right product manager for your team? In this episode of the Pragmatic Podcast, our vice president of marketing, Rebecca Kalogeris, is joined by Pragmatic instructor and strategic product leader, Jon Gatrell, as they discuss the key skills and traits to look for when hiring a product manager for your team.

How often are you using competitive intelligence in your product launch? Just at the beginning? Sprinkled throughout the process? Just at the end, right before you launch? How are you using competitive analysis? Listen to our recent webinar and join, Ellie Mirman, CMO of Crayon, and Bryan Dunn, VP of Product at Crayon, as they discuss how to use competitive intelligence to identify value and corre...