In this episode of the Product Innovation Show, Maarten van Kroonenburg, founder @ BW Ventures, and Aram Melkoumov dive deep into the realm of enterprise ideation. They explore the ins and outs of validating a business idea, with Maarten unveiling his unique, tried-and-tested processes for determining product viability, customer validation, and effective stakeholder management. The duo emphasizes the significance of securing initial customer commitments and also sheds light on the critical...

Mounika Sanikommu, Senior Product Manager at Zuora, is sharing her thrilling journey with ChatGPT, experiments she runs, plugins she discovered and how she uses AI for data analysis in her day job.Monica and Aram also spills the beans on the future of jobs in an AI-dominated landscape. About Mounika Mounika is a Senior Product Manager at Zuora building and leading their ecosystem products. She is an unstoppable learner who pivoted her career from engineering to Product while working in tech...

In this episode, our host Aram Melkoumov is speaking with with Jorge, a product leader at Resilia, about the growing influence of AI, particularly GPT-4, in the tech industry. They dive into the ways AI can change our everyday experiences and discuss the potential for AI to replace certain roles. Key Takeaways: The Power of GPT-4: Jorge reflects on the advancements in AI with introduction of GPT-4. He shares his experiences about the potential uses of and capabilities of this tech in writing...

In this episode of Product Sessions we delve into an insightful discussion with Anton Aleksandrov, associate Director at CleverTap, on how artificial intelligence is shaping product. We get into the impact of AI on development, workplace efficiency, and the potential consequences of its rapid adoption. Show Notes: 02:15 - Role of GPT-4 in product research05:30 - AI adoption at CleverTap08:45 - Swift growth of AI applications and emerging companies11:20 - Advice for product leaders on...

In this episode of Product Sessions, we discuss how chatGPT can be applied to Customer Success and Product Strategy. Our guests, Laura Blackmore from Cascade and Danielle Latimore, Senior Customer Success manager, share their insights on using AI to increase efficiency, tailor customer experiences, and navigate the ethical challenges. Show Notes: 0:00 - Introduction2:37 - Laura shares her experience with ChatGPT and its versatility within Cascade4:32 - Benefits of learning from other...

Marlon Hope, head of Product for Netacea, joins Aram Melkoumov to discuss product development principles and key lessons for product success. He also talks about why data is important to measure the success of the objectives of your product. Netacea is agentless Intent Analytics platform.

Jeroen Van Hautte joins Aram Melkoumov to discuss the process of designing and launching customer-focused tech solutions. He explains how focusing on customer journey and having a customer centric attitude is key to success. User experience rather than features. Throughout the discussion, we explore his journey building TechWolf from determining ROI launching, acquiring the first customers and identifying the gaps to improve his product.

Sometimes designers do things that aren’t in the customer's best interest. In fact it happens more often than some like to admit it. Monika Ocieczek, the head of product design at Primer, witnessed it many times. She shares her perspective on why designers do it, evolution of product design, what successful designers look like and more. Bonus section: Monika and Aram discuss who should be blamed for the unsuccessful product.

Product Management and Engineering have rocky relationships that go beyond just product development. PMs focus on user experience, engineers on the code. With no proper collaborative effort between the two mediocre products are a typical outcome. In this episode, we talk about differences between product managers and engineers. Tudor explains and gives examples why product engineers and product managers work closely together. He also talks about his role in a highly regulated pharmaceutical...

Layoffs, interest rates at all-time high, the economy is plunging downhill. What should you do as an enterprise leader? How do you get ahead, execute your vision and come out on top? Shelly Bardai and Mohan Gulati join Aram Melkoumov to discuss and share advice in this event. They explore changing dynamics of the market, how to handle your R&D innovation and product teams, what to prioritise in the budget, and how to empower your team to innovate, create and bring great ideas to the...

Tadas Labudis is a Senior Director of Product @ Playvox. His company Prodsight, was acquired in 2022 by Playvox. He shares with Aram what it's like not being a CEO but working as Senior Director of Product instead. Tadas also talks about his tricks on building a competitive team and user research methods for product discovery

In this episode, we talk about Ayal’s role at MicroFocus and his perspective on product and automation over the last two decades. Aram and Ayhal also discuss automated functional testing, how the world of product has evolved, how to create a product that your customers will love and more.

Product managers in many ways hold the whole business together. They are tasked with understanding what the customer wants and needs, then turning that into an actual product. In this conversation Burak Kantarci shares how he manages product at Thundra and his takeaways after moving from a designer role into product.

In this episode, Manos Kyriakakis talks with Aram about ways of achieving product/market fit in the world of startups. Manos also gives examples of metrics you can use to show whether you’ve got product market fit. They also get into confidence, arrogance, and assumptions in product.

What if business leaders could help you build your product? How do you get them on board? How do you then turn them into loyal customers? That’s what today’s founder did by creating an advisory council. Learn the ins and outs of how to create a product advisory council yourself.

Pierre and Aram discuss why treating your company as a product can be so effective. They explore how to increase productivity even in boring tasks, why you should be opinionated as a leader and why you don’t need to necessarily have technical skills as a technical PM. Pierre shares many anecdotes from his experiences at Amazon and all the lessons he took with him to build his company.

Ravi, Seth, and Aram discuss the balance between data, insight, and intuition. They explore what goes into egoless product development, what to take away from customer data, how to engineer game-changing insights from data, and why objectivity is a lie.

Mor and Sergey discuss how to run a product team and coordinate with bright developers without having technical skills. Mor shares his experience running 7 SCRUM teams and describes the execution process as a ‘cold war’ of sorts. They explore the similarities between professional sports and product management, why you should ask ‘why not’ more often, and how to reframe conflicting priorities as collective priorities.

Mike and Aram discuss how to build a design team where designers are focused on jobs to done. They explore what it takes for a team to go from forming to norming, which OKRs designers should and shouldn’t have, how to build a design thinking community in your organization, what designers actually feel when they think they have impostor syndrome, and how to tread the fine line between challenge and overwhelm.

Alex and Sergey discuss how to differentiate yourself when you’re in a saturated market. They explore different differentiation strategies, why you shouldn’t start a vertical SaaS if you’re on a tight budget, how cross-team collaborations can unlock differentiation opportunities, and what you should prioritize if you’re in a competitive space.

Carmen Williams and Aram discuss Carmen’s work as a product manager at Zuper. They explore what KPIs a product marketer usually cares about, how to efficiently manage an offshore team, what makes a website launch flop, and the most important things to keep in mind as a product marketer. They also touch upon many aspects of the science of evolution and how they can greatly impact product marketing and product management processes.

Rachel Folz and Aram discuss what project management is like at Cerkl. Discover why their designers keep their cameras off during user testing, why scrum took them more time to do than they expected, how they create unparalleled synergies between developers and designers, and their product growth tipping point.

Ahmad Kadhim, Head of product @ TimeSaved, and Aram Melkoumov, CEO @ Crowdlinker, discuss how to say no to feature requests, collaborating with sales teams, ways to deal with your customers in a more understanding way and more.

Jeffrey Greene, Director of Product and Design @ NinePatch, and Aram discuss how designers can have a bigger voice and stronger influence within their teams. They chat about why you should question your executives, why it helps to think in verbs rather than nouns, why you shouldn’t accept all the work sent your way, and what questions you should prioritize. They also explore how to translate the pitch deck into reality and how to visualize ideas so that they become tangible rather than abstract.