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The Way of Product is your graduate school focused on developing a taste for what “great products” look like. Conversations are two professionals talking shop about positioning, segmentation, excellent product design, and most importantly, taste.
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#147 How AI can "unlock" SaaS instead of killing it and when declining monthly usage can be a good thing in the world of AI agents w/ Andrew…
ep147 "PMs don’t get paid to transcribe requests. They get paid to translate meaning."
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#146 Mastering Proactive Product Messaging & FinTech Innovations with Michael Scully Head of Product at Summer
Ep 146 w/ Michael Scully
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Ep145: How to Boost Your Creative Confidence, Taste & Close the Creativity Gap Using AI w/ Ben Rennie, Co-Founder of Reny
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Ep144: Mastering Product Feedback Loops & Unlocking AI's Potential in B2B SaaS w/ Kareem Mayan
#144 w/ Kareem Mayan Co-Founder of Customer Feedback Tool Savio.io
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#143 Innovate Like LEGO with Community-Driven Product Development
EP 142 w/ Jake Mckee
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#142 The Question Product Leaders Aren't Asking That Can Boost Retention; Film Industry Insights for Innovation; And Building a Top…
Ep 142 w/ Steven Puri CEO of The Sukha Company
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#141 - Why Table Stake Features Should be a "Buy" Decision, Lessons Building a Search API & The Myth of the "Lone Genius" w/ Thomas Payet…
Ep 141 w/ Thomas Payet, Co-Founder of MeiliSearch
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Caden Damiano
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#140 How to Write Strategy Narratives if You're Not at Amazon w/ Marcelo Calbucci Author of "The PRFAQ Framework"
#140 w/ Marcelo Calbucci, author of "The PRFAQ Framework".
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#139 Navigating the Job Market: Communicating Value Through Unique Positioning, and Being a Category of "One" w/ John Tarnoff, former…
Ep 139 w/ former Hollywood executive and career transition coach John Tarnoff
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#138 AI's Real Impact: Redefining Workflows, Not Eliminating Jobs w/ Anshul Gupta
w/ Anshul Gupta, Product Lead at Ema Unlimited
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#137 Rethinking API Development: Handling Legacy Hurdles and Building an Agent-Based Future w/ Sagar Bachu, CEO and Co-Founder of Speakeasy
How a physics graduate found his calling in tech and built a game-changing API toolchain.
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#147 How AI can "unlock" SaaS instead of killing it and when declining monthly usage can be a good thing in the world of AI agents w/ Andrew…
ep147 "PMs don’t get paid to transcribe requests. They get paid to translate meaning."
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Caden Damiano
40:44
Ep144: Mastering Product Feedback Loops & Unlocking AI's Potential in B2B SaaS w/ Kareem Mayan
#144 w/ Kareem Mayan Co-Founder of Customer Feedback Tool Savio.io
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Caden Damiano
36:31
#141 - Why Table Stake Features Should be a "Buy" Decision, Lessons Building a Search API & The Myth of the "Lone Genius" w/ Thomas Payet…
Ep 141 w/ Thomas Payet, Co-Founder of MeiliSearch
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Caden Damiano
32:58
#140 How to Write Strategy Narratives if You're Not at Amazon w/ Marcelo Calbucci Author of "The PRFAQ Framework"
#140 w/ Marcelo Calbucci, author of "The PRFAQ Framework".
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Caden Damiano
48:45
#138 AI's Real Impact: Redefining Workflows, Not Eliminating Jobs w/ Anshul Gupta
w/ Anshul Gupta, Product Lead at Ema Unlimited
 • 
Caden Damiano
44:11
#137 Rethinking API Development: Handling Legacy Hurdles and Building an Agent-Based Future w/ Sagar Bachu, CEO and Co-Founder of Speakeasy
How a physics graduate found his calling in tech and built a game-changing API toolchain.
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Caden Damiano
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