The Product Un(censored) Show with Colin Pal

We're back from our Q1 break! In the first episode of our podcast in 2024, we talk to Protik Roychowdhury about mental health startups in Southeast Asia, from a product perspective of course! Protik is the VP of Product at Intellect, a mental health startup based in Singapore. They secured their Series A USD$20m funding round in 2022, the largest amount raised by a mental health startup in Asia. He has previously worked in hyper growth startups such as OLA in India and Grab in Singapore prior to joining Intellect. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠⁠⁠ © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

Nat Wongtosrad is a product leader who honed her craft in tech companies such Spotify, Agoda and NocNoc. It was insightful to hear her actual, personal experience with the Spotify model as one who worked there, discuss being a product led company at NocNoc, and the product inspirations she takes into her startup R'ket. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠⁠ © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

In Episode #41, we have Tatiana Palhares, the CPO of Daraz on the show. We discuss being a product leader in one of the leading e-commerce platforms in South Asia with over 10,000 staff and a product team of more than 60, building a product function from scratch and how to product manage a distributed team. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

How does a product leader who has worked at Grab and Meta in Singapore end up in Nairobi in Kenya? In the 40th episode of the Product Un(censored) Show, our host Colin Pal sits down with Mateus Kratz, to talk about his product management journey and experiences that culminates with him becoming the CPO at Kapu in the Silicon Savannah in Africa! Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠⁠ © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

In the 39th episode of our show, we have Azwandi Aris, Executive Director Product Management at ServiceRocket talking about how he has managed to succeed as a product manager and product leader as an introvert. We also talk about longevity in his career (he's spent 15 years at ServiceRocket so he knows a thing or two about it!) Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored⁠ © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

It’s Episode #38 and we have Pramodh Rai, Co-Founder of Cyber Sierra to discuss an area that doesn’t get enough attention: Cybersecurity. We also cover how startups can balance the need for speed without sacrificing too much security. Prior to co-founding Cyber Sierra, Pramodh was previously the Chief Product Officer at Funding Societies and also the former Chief Technology of Hmlet. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

The Product Un(censored) Show is back with Episode #37. We've got Fabian Lua, CPO of LINE MAN Wongnai talking about his take on product led vs founder led organisations, working in high growth, high competition tech companies Shopee and Grab and how to drive for alignment when building a regional product across multiple countries. He also shares his reason for choosing "Hip hop saved my life" by Lupe Fiasco. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

This is Episode #36 and we had Eric Wang in the hot seat recounting his product management journey from waterfall fueled product management to being Director of Product Management at Ninja Van, counting the culture and collaboration cost of hiring teams as far as Palestine, product snobbery and caring for the mental health and well being of his team members. We conclude with talking about his song choice of "Chelsea Smile" by Bring Me The Horizon. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

We are back with Episode #35 and we've got Sani Gouw, Head of Product for TruTrip joining Colin Pal on the show to talk about all things product, from differences about doing product management in a digital agency vs tech startups, building remote teams and why enticed him join a travel startup in a time of covid. We end the show discussing why the Jay-Z / Linkin Park collaboration song "Numb/Encore" so aptly reflects the product journey for product managers. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

It's Ep.34, and in the hot seat is Gaurav Sachdeva, CPO of Singapore Press Holdings. Gaurav regales us with stories about his experience building out Adobe's Creative Suite, jumping in the deep end of startup with Grab and his reasons for taking up a CPO role at a traditional media organisation. We also discuss his vocal prowess as a classic rocker and his reason for choosing "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses as a song of choice. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

In Ep.33, we speak to product parody video creator and Chief Meme Officer for Supermeme.ai, Sanjeev NC about how and why he creates parody videos, his process and also what he's learnt. We learn about how he juggles his day job as a product manager with being a co-founder and also creating videos all seemingly simultaneously. At the end, we discuss why Kenny Roger's "The Gambler" is his song of choice. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

In Ep.32, we have the Chief Product Officer of Ascend Bit, Brian Clark, giving us the lowdown on all things product management. He tells us what he looks for when hiring product managers, how to build your team of product managers, and his amazing experience of witnessing firsthand product management at Facebook / Meta. We end with why Sublime's "What I've Got" is his song of choice. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

Ep.31 is first episode of 2022, and it's a great pleasure to have Alfonso Fiore, the Chief Product Officer of HappyFresh as a guest on the show. We really deep dived into his CPO role, trying to understand how he prepared for the role, what changes he made after joining and how his career failures spurred him to the success that he has achieved to day. We also talk about product and growth before ending with Alfonso telling us why Eminem's "Lose Yourself" is his song of choice.   Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored Useful Links: A review of The Product Un(censored) Show in 2021: https://medium.com/productuncensored/the-product-un-censored-show-in-2021-f89175d57e8 Writing User Stories with Gherkin: https://medium.com/@nic/writing-user-stories-with-gherkin-dda63461b1d2 © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

Ep.30 is last episode of 2021, and we have Daniel Walters, the CPTO of Weirdly. Our first guest based out of New Zealand was based in Malaysia for 10 years and straddled a myriad of top C-level positions from CIO, to CTO to his current CPTO. We cover topics like the rise of the CPTO role, autonomy vs alignment, working with a CPO as a CIO and compare product scenes across the APAC geographies he has worked. We end by talking about why Marvin Gaye's "A Funky Space Reincarnation" is his song of choice. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

This is Ep.29, and we have the Regional Head of Product for Fave, Chen Wei Jia as our guest. It was a very candid conversation about her journey from software engineer to product leader, the transition and the mindset change involved, juggling product leadership and motherhood, and how to work well with a hands on founder / stakeholders. She also tells us why "My Universe" by Coldplay x BTS is her song of choice Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

Guess what? We're at Ep.28 of our show and it is our pleasure to welcome Swati Rai, the Chief Product Officer at Hubble Connected as our guest. Juicy topics we covered include Product Marketing Manager vs Product Manager, comparing Swati's experiences building product teams at Lazada vs Hubble Connected, how she has navigated making career choices in product and the challenges that women product leaders face. We end by discussing why Swati's recommendation of Katy Perry's "Fireworks" is her song of choice. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

This is Ep.27 and this time, we've got Michael Ong, the Founder and Product Team Coach with The Collab Folks in Singapore discussing about product team coaching, building and sustaining product communities, launching a startup during Covid and also what the future of product management in South East Asia will look like. We end by discussing his song recommendation of "Star Citizen Main Theme" by Pedro Macedo Camacho Panacea. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

In the hot seat for Ep.26 is the Head of Product for BukuWarung, Mario Nicolas. He tells us probably the most interesting story of how he ended up in product management, the inspiring story of BukuWarung, hyper-localisation and the unique experience of building products in South East Asia, building a product team in BukuWarung and bridging the gender disparity in product management. We finish up with the song recommendation of  "Panacea" by Disasterpeace. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

In Ep.25, we pick the brain and experience of Vivek Kumar, VP of Products and PropertyGuru in Singapore. We discuss whether product management is more art or science, the criss cross theory for managing infrequent products, and also cover Vivek's experience in transition PropertyGuru from a sales led to a product led organisation. We finish up with the song recommendation of "Breakdown" by Jack Johnson. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.

This is Ep.24, and our guest is none other than Martin Eriksson, co-founder and chairman of Mind the Product. We cover a myriad of topics, including THAT all famous product manager venn diagram, product leadership and the evolution of the individual contributor, being a CPO in Residence for a VC company, and how MTP started, grew, and had to pivot to weather the covid-19 storm. We end our conversation by talking about why You Ain't The Problem" by Michael Kiwanuka is Martin's song pick for this episode. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2021 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.