The LaunchNotes Podcast | Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Ops
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The new rules of product management with Tal Raviv (Riverside.fm)
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Tal Raviv of Riverside.fm about all things how product managem...
Reinforcing positioning through product launches with April Dunford (Obviously Awesome)
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with April Dunford (author of Obviously Awesome) about how to reinfo...
Playbook for implementing Continuous Discovery with Andy Yeo (Airbyte, Segment)
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with Andy Yeo (Airbyte, Segment) about Andy’s experience standing ...
Product management lessons from Stripe, Meta, and Microsoft with Vivek Sharma
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vivek Sharma of Stripe (formerly of Microsoft and Meta) about ...
Product building methods that work with Sam McAfee (Startup Patterns)
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Sam McAfee about his experience in the early days of tech and ...
Standing up and scaling Product Ops
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with Graham Reed about his experience standing up Product Ops in his...
Lessons from coaching 200+ product teams with Vidya Dinamani (Product Rebels, Intuit, Lash.Live)
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vidya Dinamani of Product Rebels about her experience consulti...
Office Hours Live 018: How to become a Chief Product Officer
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake and Steve talk about the Chief Product Officer report published by LaunchNotes. The report covers a wide range of data pertaining to individuals...
How to Build a World-Class New User Onboarding Experience with Ramli John (Appcues)
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein from LaunchNotes talks with Ramli John about his EUREKA framework that companies like Appcues use to build world-class new user onboarding...
AI-powered product thinking and selling to the Fortune 500 with Artem Koren (Sembly AI)
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Artem Koren (https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoren/) of Sembly AI...
Office Hours Live 017: Every product launch tactic we could think of
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve, Teddy, Blake, and Jake discuss a variety of product launch tactics, including waitlists, beta programs, communities, and cold outreach for gett...
Office Hours Live 016: The future of product management
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake and Steve discuss some of the findings in the recently published 2023 Future of Product Management report. They specifically talk about the down...
Why PMs make great founders with Dani Grant (Jam, Cloudflare)
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Dani Grant (co-founder of Jam, previously of Cloudflare) about...
Head of product to GM with Rian van der Merwe (Postmark, ActiveCampaign)
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Rian van der Merwe (Postmark, ActiveCampaign) about his journe...
Office Hours Live 015: Know your competition
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake and Steve chat with Blake Ziolkowski (of LaunchNotes’ sales team) about competitive intelligence. Blake Z. also shares his number one question...
Competitive Intel for Product Managers with Andy McCotter-Bicknell (ClickUp, ZoomInfo)
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Andy McCotter-Bicknell (Head of Competitive Intel @ ClickUp) ab...
What the CEO wants from product leaders with Fran Rosch (ForgeRock, Symantec)
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Fran Rosch (https://www.linkedin.com/in/franrosch/ - CEO of Fo...
Building a product audience from scratch with Yi Wang (Journeey, Plaid)
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Yi Wang of Journeey about her path to becoming a founder and h...
Product lessons from Uber, Linear, and more with Daniel Liem
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Daniel Liem about his experience working on products at Uber a...
Space cameras, 18-wheelers, & product management with Rahul Chhabria (Apple, Atlassian, Sentry)
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Rahul Chhabria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulchhabria/) of...
The product strategy framework that changed everything with Chris Mann (LinkedIn, Bizo)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Chris Mann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismannlinkedin/), f...
Office Hours Live 014: When do companies add a second product?
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve, Adam, and Blake chat about a recent AMA they did with Dave Schools from Hopin, a company known for building and acquiring multiple products. Th...
Unlocking a new phase of growth by going multi-product with Dave Schools (Hopin)
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with Dave Schools of Hopin (https://twitter.com/daveschoools) about Hopin’s journ...
Office Hours Live 013: Product roadmaps!
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake, Steve, and Jake talk about product roadmaps and some of the anxiety that comes with sharing a public roadmap with customers. They also share so...
Letting engineers call the product shots with PostHog CEO James Hawkins
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks with James Hawkins (https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-hawkins/) of PostHog about how they found...
Office Hours Live 012: What product managers can learn from chefs plus how to get promoted
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) and the LaunchNotes team chat with Josh Herzig-Marx about the similarities between cooki...
Nailing the transition from IC PM to product leadership
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (twitter.com/stevenklein) talks with Josh Herzig-Marx (linkedin.com/in/joshuaherzigmarx) about the new things you’ll be expected to do w...
Office Hours Live 011: How we landed on a company strategy framework
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) and the LaunchNotes team talk about a recent podcast recording with Des Traynor from Int...
Mastering Async: How to build an all-star remote product team with Justin Gallagher (Trello, Hoop)
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (twitter.com/stevenklein) talks with Justin Gallagher (twitter.com/justingallagher) about how synchronous work and communication in a remo...
What the C-suite wants from product leaders with Des Traynor (Intercom)
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Des Traynor of Intercom about their successful journey from on...
Essential skills for product leaders with Ciara Peter (Robin, Salesforce)
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Ciara Peter of Robin (previously of Salesforce) about how her ...
Atlassian’s product journey with Dave Meyer
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Dave Meyer of Atlassian about launching a product marketplace,...
Inside product management TikTok with Alex Klufas (@alex_the_pm, IBM)
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Alex Klufas (IBM) about the importance of learning your produc...
Data fluency for product managers with Patrick Thompson (Amplitude)
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Patrick Thompson of Amplitude (previously of Iteratively and A...
The path to product-market fit with Adam Dahlgren (Allstacks)
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Adam Dahlgren of Allstacks about the parallels between politic...
Mastering product launches with Mary Sheehan (Adobe, Google, AdRoll)
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Mary Sheehan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryshirleysheehan/)...
Office Hours Live 010: Special holiday show! 2023 product predictions!
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The LaunchNotes crew gets together with a few friends to discuss 2023 product predictions from some of the top product managers in tech. Learn how B2B...
Lessons from interviewing 100+ product marketers with Seif Salama (Carta, Google, Zynga)
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Seif Salama (https://www.linkedin.com/in/seif-salama-53005b61/...
Product marketing like Apple and Louis Vuitton with Sarah Aleksich (Popmenu)
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Sarah Aleksich (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-a-2818631/) ...
Office Hours Live 009: Innovation Week!
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jake, Blake, Adam, and Teddy talk about our favorite company tradition: Innovation Week! 🔗 Links 🚀Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.co...
North star metric clinic - John Cutler (Amplitude, Zendesk, Pendo)
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talk to John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude. John talks...
Poker tips for product success with Jeff Ferguson (PipelineDB, Confluent, NextRoll)
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Jeff Ferguson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreysferguson/),...
10X your product marketing career using AI with Meghan Keaney Anderson (Jasper, Hubspot)
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Meghan Keaney Anderson of Jasper (formerly of HubSpot) about h...
Office Hours Live 008: Our favorite SaaS homepages
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) and Jake Brereton (@jakebrereton - https://twitter.com/jakebrereton) of LaunchNote...
Developer marketing isn’t rocket science with Kevin Garcia (Retool, Segment)
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Kevin Garcia of Retool (formerly Twilio Segment) about marketi...
PLG fails without great marketing with Matt Hodges (Atlassian, Loom, Intercom)
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks to Matt Hodges, Head of Product Marketing Craft at Atlassian. Matt ...
Do the next thing with Greg Fulton (Blue River Technology, AdRoll)
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Greg Fulton, Senior Director of Product Management at Blue Riv...
Product managing the product management experience with Chris Butler (Google, Facebook, Microsoft)
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Chris Butler of Google (formerly Facebook, Waze, Microsoft) ab...
How to create roadmaps that get exceptional results with Andrea Saez (Trint, Airfocus, Prodpad)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks to Andrea Saez, Senior PMM at Trint. Andrea talks about roadmaps, re...
Building a PLG dream team with Jim Stoneham (SignalFire, Stripe, New Relic)
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks to Jim Stoneham, ex-CMO of Stripe and New Relic, now partner at the...
Office Hours Live 007: We built AI into our product!
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam, Teddy, and Blake talk about Bernie, the new AI layer inside of LaunchNotes. The crew talks through how it works, how we launched, and some of th...
Three ways to implement product-led growth with Franciska Dethlefsen (Amplitude)
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Think PLG is all about customer acquisition? As Amplitude's first Director of Product-Led Growth, Franciska Dethlefsen has helped build a world-class ...
Office Hours Live 006: AI for PMMs and PMs
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The LaunchNotes crew looks talks about the vast collection of AI writing tools showing up on the market. What ones are we using and trying, what are w...
Why internal products are a massive opportunity for PMs with Andrew Williamson (Starbucks, Amazon, Atlassian)
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Williamson is a Montana-based product manager in the data management space. He’s worked with some A-list consumer-facing brands — places yo...
Cheat codes for influencing without authority with Christina Weiss
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks to Christina Weiss who is a product management and strategy consulta...
Office Hours Live 005: Looking through the 2023 product management conference calendar
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The LaunchNotes crew looks through the 2023 product management events calendar and tries to figure out what looks interesting, what makes for a good c...
B2C lessons for B2B product leaders with Tushar Kirtane (Kevel, Pocket)
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tushar Kirtane is VP of Product Management & Operations at Kevel. He’s also led teams at Pocket and participated as a fellow in the esteemed On ...
How Atlassian’s tackling feedback at scale with Pirow Cronje
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pirow Cronje is Head of Customer Service Experience at Atlassian. Pirow’s had an incredible run at Atlassian where he’s worn a bunch of different ...
10 things you think are true about your customers with Dan Chuparkoff, Product Leader at Google
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Chuparkoff, Group Product Manager for Firebase at Google. Dan talks about a handful of things "coastal startups" tend to assume about their custom...
Office Hours Live 004: Does content belong inside your product?
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The LaunchNotes crew talks getting content inside your product, running customer education cohorts, and cool products they've been checking out lately...
Letting product strategy drive your roadmap with Vistaly CEO Matt O'Connell
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) of LaunchNotes talks to Matt O'Connell, Co-founder and CEO of Vistaly. Matt talks about s...
Leaving $50 million on the table with Webflow’s Bryant Chou and Vikas Bhagat
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bryant Chou and Vikas Bhagat, the CTO and Head of Product Marketing at Webflow, talk about learnings, success, regrets, and more from a product launch...
Office Hours Live 003: Hiring for product ops
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The LaunchNotes crew talks hiring for product ops, the role of the "ops" pro in modern SaaS companies, creating product superfans, and more. 🔗Link...
How Narrative Design builds billion–dollar companies with Marcus Andrews (Pendo, HubSpot)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks to Marcus Andrews, Director of Product Marketing at Pendo. Marcus t...
Turning around a failed product Launch with James Doman-Pipe (Remote) & Alicia Carney (Lune)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Klein (@stevenklein - https://twitter.com/stevenklein) and Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talk to ...
Taking on a massive incumbent with Ravi Tharisayi (LaunchDarkly)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ravi Tharisayi (now the Senior Director of Product Marketing at LaunchDarkly) talks about his time working on rebranding Jira Service Desk and relaunc...
Press releases are not dead with Tammy Le (Arize)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by Tammy Le, VP of Marketing & Strategy at Arize. Tammy talks about launching a major new version of a product (including a free tier...
Build a startup marketing team from scratch with Stella Garber (Trello, Atlassian)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stella Garber, the former Head of Marketing for Trello, discusses joining Trello as marketer #1, turning a startup into a household name, and getting ...
Know your PLG metrics with Chase Wilson (Flywheel)
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're thrilled to be joined on the Launch Pod by Chase Wilson. Chase is one of the savviest marketers we know, and has led product marketing and growt...
Product marketers are the next CMOs with JD Prater (Osmos, Google, AWS)
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're thrilled to be joined on the Launch Pod by JD Prater. JD is a world class product marketer and well-known thought leader with great insights on ...