Episodes

  • Episode 21: Product Teardown - Signos!
    Mar 24 2023

    DISCLAIMER: This is not medical advice.

    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Era and Ajay tear down their new favorite product: Signos! They walk through how to break down a product’s experience and strategy with Signos, the CGM app that they can’t stop talking about.

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    ✍🏾 Show Notes

    00:00 Intro & Drinks

    3:18 What is Signos?

    6:55 product tear down starts: target audience

    09:23 Signos competition & differentiators

    14:07 Defining features and user benefits

    19:22 Pricing uniqueness & distribution

    24:15 Design & ease of use

    30:16 Data accuracy, precision

    34:00 AI Insights & data management

    38:55 Price to value ratio

    43:46 How we’d change the Signos product strategy

    45:26 Our net promoter score for Signos

    https://www.signos.com/about



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    49 mins
  • Product Teardown: Signos!
    Mar 23 2023
    49 mins
  • Episode 20: Interview Tips from Product Managers That Hire Product Managers
    Mar 24 2023

    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Era and Ajay provide the inside scoop about what product managers that hire other product managers are looking for. We know a lot of people that are impacted by the recent layoffs, hopefully these tips and tricks are helpful for those of y'all actively interviewing.

    🎥 Check out the video on YouTube, And please DON'T FORGET: 📣 subscribe to our channel, hit the 👍 like button if you like what you watched, and 💬 comment what you think or what else you'd like to learn!

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    ✍🏾 Show Notes

    00:00 Summary of episode

    00:22 Intro

    03:20 What's That Drink?!

    04:52 Drinking Game: Practice

    05:40 Key Traits of PMs We Gave the Job To

    22:38 What are the Main parts of the PM interview

    31:28 Preparing for Product Manager Interviews

    32:28 How to prepare with 2 weeks out

    41:44 How to prepare with 6 months out

    46:37 How to approach rejection and negotiation

    53:19 Outro

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    55 mins
  • Episode 20: Interview Tips from Product Managers That Hire Product Managers
    Feb 23 2023

    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Era and Ajay provide the inside scoop about what product managers that hire other product managers are looking for. We know a lot of people that are impacted by the recent layoffs, hopefully these tips and tricks are helpful for those of y'all actively interviewing. 

    DON'T FORGET: 📣 subscribe to our channel, hit the 👍 like button if you like what you watched, and 💬 comment below what you think or what else you'd like to learn! 

    Show Notes 

    00:00 Summary of episode

    00:22 Intro

    03:20 What's That Drink?!

    04:52 Drinking Game: Practice

    05:40 Key Traits of PMs We Gave the Job To

    22:38 What are the Main parts of the PM interview

    31:28 Preparing for Product Manager Interviews

    32:28 How to prepare with 2 weeks out

    41:44 How to prepare with 6 months out

    46:37 How to approach rejection and negotiation

    53:19 Outro

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    55 mins
  • Episode 19: Q&A! Burnout, Failure, Working w/ Customer Facing Teams & Parenting as a Product Manager
    Mar 24 2023

    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Q&A! Era and Ajay answer questions from you, our listeners, about burnout, failure, working with customer facing teams & parenting as product managers. It's an action-packed episode, and we're so glad to share this great insight with all of you!

    🎥 Check out the video on YouTube, And please DON'T FORGET: 📣 subscribe to our channel, hit the 👍 like button if you like what you watched, and 💬 comment what you think or what else you'd like to learn!

    You can also subscribe, listen and rate the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!

    📣 Subscribe for the latest episode updates! 🙏 If you haven't become a paid subscriber, now's the time to support the show! It’s either $5/month or $30/year, that’s one Starbucks latte a month or one Doordash order a year!

    ✍🏾 Show Notes

    00:00 Summary of episode

    00:16 Intro

    01:34 What's That Drink?!

    02:41 "How do you deal with burnout as a product manager?"

    23:16 " How do you deal with failure as a product manager?"

    31:20 "What product management learnings can you apply to being a parent? What parenting learnings can you apply to being a PM?"

    43:42 "How should product managers work with customer facing teams? (CX, Sales, Account Management, etc.)"

    51:37 Outro

    📚 Resources

    Ajay's Medium article: https://medium.com/@ajaywaghray/23-th...

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    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.producthappyhour.com
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    53 mins
  • Episode 19: Q&A! Burnout, Failure, Working w/ Customer Facing Teams & Parenting as a Product Manager
    Feb 2 2023

    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Q&A! Era and Ajay answer questions from you, our listeners, about burnout, failure, working with customer facing teams & parenting as product managers. It's an action-packed episode, and we're so glad to share this great insight with all of you!

    🎥 Check out the video on YouTube, And please DON'T FORGET: 📣 subscribe to our channel, hit the 👍 like button if you like what you watched, and 💬 comment what you think or what else you'd like to learn!

    You can also subscribe, listen and rate the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!

    📣 Subscribe for the latest episode updates! 🙏 If you haven't become a paid subscriber, now's the time to support the show! It’s either $5/month or $30/year, that’s one Starbucks latte a month or one Doordash order a year!

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    ✍🏾 Show Notes

    00:00 Summary of episode

    00:16 Intro

    01:34 What's That Drink?!

    02:41 "How do you deal with burnout as a product manager?"

    23:16 " How do you deal with failure as a product manager?"

    31:20 "What product management learnings can you apply to being a parent? What parenting learnings can you apply to being a PM?"

    43:42 "How should product managers work with customer facing teams? (CX, Sales, Account Management, etc.)"

    51:37 Outro

    📚 Resources

    Ajay's Medium article: https://medium.com/@ajaywaghray/23-th...

    Follow us for more, comment and let us know what else you'd like to learn or see:

    TikTok

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    You can also contact us here, leave us ideas, questions or feedback: producthappyhr@gmail.com

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    53 mins
  • Episode 18: 🪄 How to Develop Product Sense
    Jan 27 2023

    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Era and Ajay talk about how to develop 🪄 product sense. If you’ve ever wondered how product managers have that 🕷️ spidey sense for what users need in their products, this is the episode to check out!

    🎥 Check out the video on YouTube, And please hit the like button and subscribe on YouTube for more great product content. 

    Also please subscribe, listen and rate the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! Really helps us out.

    📣 Subscribe at https://www.producthappyhour.com/ for the latest episode updates! 🙏 If you haven't become a paid subscriber, now's the time to support the show! It’s either $5/month or $30/year, that’s one Starbucks latte a month or one Doordash order a year!

    ✍🏾 Show Notes

    00:00 Intro

    01:54 What's That Drink?!

    02:24 Drinking Game: "Intuition"

    02:39 Misconceptions of Product Sense

    03:35 What is Product Sense?

    04:48 Steve Jobs & Product Sense

    06:04 Two Main Areas: Priming Your Heart & Priming Your Mind

    06:21 Be Empathetic

    12:49 Be Open to New Ideas & Seek Inspiration

    17:00 The Value of Experimentation

    21:00 How to Prime Your Mind: 3 Hacks

    21:17 Process for Deconstructing Products: Teardowns

    26:28 The Best Product Teams Do Teardowns

    28:48 The First iPhone & Product Sense

    30:37 Summary of Product Sense Strategies

    32:29 Product Sense Bootcamp: YouTube Key Plays

    38:30 Outro

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    40 mins
  • Episode 18: 🪄How to Develop Product Sense
    Mar 24 2023
    Join us for happy hour in your sweatpants! 🍻 In this episode, Era and Ajay talk about how to develop 🪄 product sense. If you’ve ever wondered how product managers have that 🕷️ spidey sense for what users need in their products, this is the episode to check out!🎥 Check out the video on YouTube, And please hit the like button and subscribe on YouTube for more great product content.You can also subscribe, listen and rate the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!📣 Subscribe for the latest episode updates! 🙏 If you haven't become a paid subscriber, now's the time to support the show! It’s either $5/month or $30/year, that’s one Starbucks latte a month or one Doordash order a year!Subscribed✍🏾 Show Notes00:00 Intro01:54 What's That Drink?!02:24 Drinking Game: "Intuition"02:39 Misconceptions of Product Sense03:35 What is Product Sense?04:48 Steve Jobs & Product Sense06:04 Two Main Areas: Priming Your Heart & Priming Your Mind06:21 Be Empathetic12:49 Be Open to New Ideas & Seek Inspiration17:00 The Value of Experimentation21:00 How to Prime Your Mind: 3 Hacks21:17 Process for Deconstructing Products: Teardowns26:28 The Best Product Teams Do Teardowns28:48 The First iPhone & Product Sense30:37 Summary of Product Sense Strategies32:29 Product Sense Bootcamp: YouTube Key Plays38:30 OutroFollow us for more, comment and let us know what else you'd like to learn or see:* TikTok* Instagram* YouTubeYou can also contact us here, leave us ideas, questions or feedback: producthappyhr@gmail.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.producthappyhour.com
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    40 mins