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 bankruptcy test - the ultimate opportunity you MUST uncover. 02:29 Important Areas in Discove...
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 to solve this sizing problem, and in turn solve fashion ecommerce's sustainability p...
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 the basics right before you even think about trying to win an enterprise client. 00:00 I...
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 around fossil fuels will shock you! In his free time, when he has it, Will is a keen run...
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 and product development consultancy, and Paul is a Principal Consultant in their team. 00:00 ...
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 earlier career at Sunguard in the financial services sector. We talk to Saumya about legac...
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-technical founder. I talk to George about her journey as a non technical founder, the challeng...
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 own a 90% market share We discuss the challenges of modernising a truly old-school/...
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 confidence levels in AI of different types of users. What started as a side project and a hob...
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 is best utilised in product orgs. 01:00 Overview of Product Marketing and its Responsibil...
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 presenting standing up on stage or in front of your team, but the techniques Abdo talks ...
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 Youssef's growth as a product leader and his move from a non-product/tech role and ...
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, and the lightbulb moment that changed everything for her. Rhiannon is very op...
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 services team. In this role Guven and his teams are shipping products that helps Zala...
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 recently included a major migration to a new platform. This platform migration will f...
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 role of the CTO - It’s ideal positioning in the C-suite of a tech/product company and some of the l...
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 the potential to make a positive impact in the world. Darryl has worked in a nu...
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 stage, and that is the subject we will be discussing in todays episode of byProduct...
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 builders who support companies and their teams to design, validate and build digital ...
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 in berlin and beyond 01:33 The Importance of Online Communities 05:14 Auth...