Growthmates: Create and Grow Meaningful Products & Careers
Episodes
Conscious Tech Is the Future — How to Build It? | Sera Tajima (Conscious Tech Advisor)
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this FINAL episode of season "In the Company of Women", Kate Syuma dives into a conversation with Sera Tajima, Conscious Tech Advisor, angel invest...
Creator-to-Founder Leap: A Wild Ride Worth Taking | Jennifer Phan (Co-founder & CEO at Passionfroot)
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Syuma dives into a conversation with Jennifer Phan, CEO and Co-Founder at Passionfroot, and former Venture Capital investor, to ...
Notion’s Way to Influence Millions | Lexie Barnhorn (Anthropic, ex-Notion)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Syuma dives into a conversation with Lexie Barnhorn, former Head of Social and Influencer at Notion, to discuss her journey from...
How to Grow Through Community | Mallory Contois (Mercury, ex-Pinterest, LinkedIn)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Syuma dives into a conversation with Mallory Contois, Head of Community & Mercury Raise at Mercury, and founder of The Old Girls...
From Zero to $2M ARR with Life Partner | Marie Martens (Co-founder at Tally.so)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Syuma dives into a conversation with Marie Martens, co-founder of Tally, to explore the journey of building a profitable busines...
What is your Superpower zone? | Elena Verna (Dropbox, Amplitude, Miro, SurveyMonkey)
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.This episode is brought to you by Amplitude — сheck new Guides and Surveys to deliver helpful, well-ti...
This Reflection Framework to shape your 2025 | Kate Syuma (Founder of Growthmates, ex-Miro)
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
Sense of “belonging” vs “fitting in” | Chetana Deorah (Ex-Design Director at Netflix, Coursera)
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
From a Designer in Atlassian to a Founder of Dovetail | Benjamin Humphrey (Co-founder and CEO of Dovetail)
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
What 4 Years of Advising 35+ Companies Taught Me | Yuriy Timen (Advisor, Ex-Growth at Grammarly)
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
The Roots of AI and building a career you truly love | Emily Campbell (VP of Design at HackerRank)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
Notion method: How to Do More with Less | Randy Hunt (Head of Design at Notion)
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
Revealing 3 myths about User Research and start easy | Jason Giles (VP of Product Design at UserTesting)
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
Find your Position-Market Fit: The Role of Brand and Memorable Experiences | Enzo Avigo (CEO at June, ex-Intercom)
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
Driving a Positive Behavioural Change with Your Product | Amy Bucher (Lirio, Author of "Engaged")
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
From Designer to CEO: Building Design-led and Journey-centric Business (Jochem van der Veer, CEO at TheyDo)
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates with Kate Syuma — Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect ...
How to Get Your Dream Job and Stand Out in the Crowd | Lena Kul (Miro)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates. This is Kate Syuma, Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect...
Finding Harmony between Design and Product Management | Bruno Bergher (Metabase, ex-Google)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates. This is Kate Syuma, Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect...
Making Decisions with User Research from Startup to Scale-up | Behzod Sirjani (Advisor & Partner at Reforge, ex-Slack)
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates. This is Kate Syuma, Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect...
Unpacking a New Growth Playbook with Andrew Capland (Growth Coach, ex-Wisia)
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates. This is Kate Syuma, Growth advisor, previously Head of Growth Design at Miro. I’m building Growthmates as a place to connect...
Loom High-Impact Experiments and Synergy Between Core and Growth | Janie Lee (Head of Product at Loom)
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates — the place to connect with inspiring leaders to help you grow yourself and your product. Here you can learn how companies li...
The Evolution of Growth at SurveyMonkey | Bradley Belford and Erica Tjader
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates — the place to connect with inspiring leaders to help you grow yourself and your product. Here you can learn how companies li...
The Role of Design in PLG: Embracing Quality and Non-Linear Paths with David Hoang (ex-Webflow, VP at Replit)
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Quick update 🥳 Now the Growthmates newsletter and my other posts will be sent on Tuesdays (inboxes are packed with newsletters sent on Sundays). Ho...
Top 1% Talent Tactics: Navigating Startup & Scale-up Hiring | Tom Scott, Founder at Verified
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Quick update 🥳 Now the Growthmates newsletter and my other posts will be sent on Tuesdays (inboxes are packed with newsletters sent on Sundays). Ho...
Fighting for Creatives: From Apple Siri to Becoming a Founder | Mohammed Abdoolcarim (DesignPro, ex-Apple & Google)
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates — the place to connect with inspiring leaders to help you grow yourself and your product. Here you can learn how companies li...
Pricing in SaaS: Best Practices and Dark Patterns | Rob Litterst (HubSpot media)
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates — the place to connect with inspiring leaders to help you grow yourself and your product. Here you can learn how companies li...
Unlocking Activation at Coda and Building Trust Between PMs and Designers | Matt Woods (Product Leader, ex-Coda)
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates — the place to connect with inspiring leaders to help you grow yourself and your product. Here you can learn how companies li...
Why PLG Doesn't Fit All: Experimentation vs Foundation | Emily Wang (CEO at Bento, ex-Intercom)
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Growthmates — the place to connect with inspiring leaders to help you grow yourself and your product. Here you can learn how companies li...
All the Truth about User Onboarding and Becoming a Founder | Phil Vander Broek (Dopt, ex-Dropbox)
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Exciting announcement! If you're keen on Mastering Product Growth and User onboarding, join the upcoming course in April. You will get personal guidan...
Inside Intercom’s culture of design in the era of AI and PLG | Thomas Rimmer (Design Director at Intercom)
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re happy to welcome you on the Season 2 of the Growthmates podcast where we will dive into insightful conversations with leaders from Amplitude, ...
How Canva creates a magical PLG culture that drives value | Iain Dowling (Growth Design Lead at Canva)
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re happy to welcome you on the Season 2 of the Growthmates podcast where we will dive into insightful conversations with leaders from Amplitude, ...
Becoming a Leader, prioritising well-being, and building a data-informed culture | Jenny Chang (Head of Design at Amplitude)
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re happy to welcome you on the Season 2 of the Growthmates podcast where we will dive into insightful conversations with leaders from Amplitude, ...
Growthmates Special: Self-reflections on 2023 | Kate Syuma & Oscar Torres
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About a year ago, we launched Growthmates to connect with like-minded folks and share personal and professional growth stories. Since then, we publish...
How to ship fast and make it “Good, better, best” | Adam Furness (Design Manager, Growth at Atlassian)
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we go beyond the surface and dive deep into the art of balancing velocity and quality when it comes to designing digital products. As...
Finding space for vulnerability and innovation | Verna Bhargava (Growth at Adobe)
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we had a very deep and balanced conversation Verna Bhargava, Senior Experience Design Manager at Growth in Adobe. We unpacked the topic of vulne...
Running UXR in Growth teams | Andrej Balaz (UXR at Miro)
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're going to dive deep into the topic of UX research and explore how it plays a crucial role in driving growth within Miro.We’re happy to we...
The path to Solopreneurship | Lex Roman (Founder of Super Easy Digital and the Growth Tracker community)
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have none other than Lex Roman, the founder of Super Easy Digital and the Growth Tracker community, but most important, Lex is one ...
From UX to CEO, supafast | Zander Whitehurst (CEO at Memorisely)
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we had Zander Whitehurst, Founder of Memorisely, ex. UX Designer at HotJar and an owner of an enormous design community. If you've see...
Transitioning from IC to Manager and unpacking the future of Growth Design | Allen Jordan (Pinterest)
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allen shared with us his journey into design, starting more than 20 years ago and working in top companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple and Ebay. H...
Vipassana, PM & Design Collaboration, and Mental Health | Priya Bhatia (7Shifts)
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Priya Bhatia is a Growth Product Manager at 7Shifts. We started our conversation with unpacking her story of becoming a Product Manager in Growth, and...
Balancing work, life and side-projects | Ioana Teleanu, UiPath (UX Goodies founder)
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ioana Teleanu is a UX Manager at Miro, founder of UX Goodies Community and ex. founder of Mento Design Academy. Ioana shared with us her fascinating s...
Behavioural design: from dark to bright patterns | Joey Thompson, Miro (ex. Intercom)
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joey Thompson is a Product Designer, Growth at Miro. Joey shared his personal growth story with us, transition from an opera singer to UX designer and...
Growing as a PM and building happy teams | Willie Tran, Dropbox (ex. Mailchimp, Calendly)
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We were talking about building happy teams, growing as a Product manager in Growth, how to create the best partnership with product designers, and how...