The Product Science Podcast

Tim O’Reilly is the founder of O’Reilly Media. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about his recent article in Quartz, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” how he grew O’Reilly media from a $500 publishing budget, and how you can build a market by building an ecosystem around it. Read the show notes to learn more.

As we wrap up Season One of the Product Science Podcast, we want to highlight some of the amazing insights our guests have shared over the past 21 episodes using the Product Science Principles as a framework to put them into context for you. In this episode, we’ll explain the concepts of evidence-based product strategy, continuous discovery and delivery, and the need for empowered teams as the cor...

Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products . In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how to make sticky products that keep users coming back for more, the difference between ethical and unethical manipulation, and the impact of passing the regret test on the business’s bottom line. Read the show notes to learn more.

Hope Gurion is a former product leader at CareerBuilder and Beach Body and now the founder of Fearless Product, where she coaches product leaders and teams. She’s also the moderator for the Product Leader Council at Collaborative Gain. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about Hope’s experiences transforming organizations to focus on value, and how she helps product leaders lea...

Josh Seiden is the author of three books, most recently Outcomes Over Output: Why Customer Behavior Is the Key Metric for Business Success , with twenty-five years experience in the industry. Today on the Product Science Podcast, we find out how to simplify the development process by focusing on getting the outcomes we want. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Chris Butler is the Chief Product Architect at IPsoft, with years of experience working in AI-related products at Philosophie, Complete Seating, and Horizon Ventures. We talk about adversarial product management, how randomization can help improve your decision making, and the challenges large organizations face when they try to disrupt themselves. Read the show notes to learn more.

Catherine Ulrich is a product leader turned investor whose career has included being Chief Product Officer at Weight Watchers and Shutterstock and Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about strategies to drive organizational change, why understanding financial planning can help product leaders, and how the best product teams understand the...

Saeed Khan is the co-founder of Transformation Labs and has over twenty-five years of experience in the tech industry. Today on the Product Science Podcast, we look at how moving past the “build mindset” to focus on discovery for products, processes, and people creates a foundation for product success. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Lea Hickman is a Partner at Silicon Valley Group, where she travels around the world working with product teams to help them create better products faster. Her storied career in product management included Netscape, Macromedia, Adobe, and InVision. We discuss the keys to building a great product management team. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more. Resources The Silicon Valley Produ...

Allan Neil has been in the enterprise B2B software product management industry for 22 years, he’s currently the Technical Product Manager at AudienceView and hosts the Problemist Podcast. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we look at how product management shifts based on an organization’s goals and position within the market, and how to help business leaders understand how to think about t...

Shane Snow is the co-founder of Contently and the author of three books including his latest, Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart . In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we discuss how the best teams aren’t just dominated by one person’s ideas or process—they’re smarter than the sum of their parts. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Melissa Perri is the author of Escaping the Build Trap and founder of Produx Labs, a product management consulting company that helps organizations transform their processes from top to bottom. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how product and tech can work together to maximize synergy, how to avoid the traps that lie in wait for growth-stage and enterprise companies, and how...

Daniel Elizalde is a product consultant specializing in the Internet of Things (IoT). He has over twenty years of experience working in aerospace, energy, and other industries where consistency and security are mission critical. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about what it takes to build risk management and security into your product development practice. Learn how to set expect...

Laura Klein is the VP of Product at Business Talent Group, and the author of two books, UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products . This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about her approach to working with an organization to develop a research-oriented mindset and how to avoid building to unnecessary or extraneous requirements. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Christopher Lochhead is the author of Play Bigger and Niche Down, a 3x Silicon Valley CMO, and the host of the Follow Your Different Podcast. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we sit down to talk about his years of experience in Silicon Valley, what it means to design a market category, and how you can make it as a solopreneur. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Katelyn Bourgoin is a 3x founder turned product discovery coach, specializing in helping startups use the jobs-to-be-done framework. In this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we talk about the mistakes many organizations make when they think they’re doing the right research and what you can do to make sure you don’t fall for the same traps. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Rich Mironov is a veteran product management and product executive coach with years of experience helping product teams and tech company leadership ask the right questions. Today on the Product Science Podcast, we look at the patterns he’s seen in organizations that do product right, where most businesses get tripped up, and what you can do to hire the right people. Read the show notes for this ep...

Tommi Forström is the CPO-in-residence of Produx Labs. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about how product leadership can make a difference in organizations big and small. What can business leaders do to make a large organization feel small? We look at lessons that Tommi has learned along the way, and what they can mean for you. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Teresa Torres is a product discovery coach and the author of the Product Talk Blog. She spends most of her time coaching cross-functional product teams on how to adopt continuous discovery practices. On this episode of the Product Science Podcast, we get into how you can refine your product discovery practices. Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.

Patrick Campbell founded Price Intelligently, which evolved into ProfitWell, which uses data to help subscription companies make smart monetization and retention decisions. What started out as a software company lead to a broader business, but there were certainly some false starts along the way. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk to Patrick to learn about his path as a startup foun...

Barry O’Reilly is the Founder of ExecCamp and author of Lean Enterprise . This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk about the lessons he’s learned from software development, and how he works with business leaders to create an environment that’s safe to fail. Learn about the principles behind his new book, Unlearn , and what startup founders need to think about as they make key business dec...

Marty Cagan is founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group. We get the chance to sit down and talk about the lessons he’s learned over his long career in product management. Marty works with a variety of companies, so he has an insider’s view into best practices. We talk through mentorship, the importance of product management, how companies can escape their roadmap addiction, and much more.

Michel Feaster is the founder and CEO of the startup Usermind. She has 20 years of product management experience under her belt in software. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we find out how she went from working at a gas station to working for a billion-dollar software company, and get a chance to hear about the lessons she’s learned along the way.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Product Science Podcast. We’re focused on helping startup founders and product leaders build high-growth products, teams, and companies. We have real conversations with the people who have tried it and aren’t afraid to share the lessons they’ve learned (and the mistakes they’ve made) along the way. The Product Science Podcast is hosted by Holly Hester-Reilly...