
E20: RAT's
Nick flys solo in this mini-episode about RAT's (riskiest assumptions testable). This episode teaches how to identify and test your riskiest assumptions, ensuring you're always working on the most important thing, especi

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Struggling to find ways to level up your Product Management skills? Join PM's Brendan Colliton and Nick Cook as they dive deep on a new Product Management topic each episode. Whether you're trying to land your first PM job or a seasoned PM there is something for you, so come join the Squad!
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Nick flys solo in this mini-episode about RAT's (riskiest assumptions testable). This episode teaches how to identify and test your riskiest assumptions, ensuring you're always working on the most important thing, especi

You've heard podcasters talk about AI, but have you heard podcasters talk about talking about AI?! Nick and Brendan are back to do just that. In this episode the duo chats about how to have AI related conversations with

Christmas came early and we got you the final Prod Squad episode of the year! In this episode Brendan and Nick look back at 2023 and dole out a variety of awards covering both professional and personal topics. Happy holi

The Squad is back to talk about thinking BIG. Brendan and Nick dive into why it's important to think big, why it can be hard to do it, and strategies to make it easier all in an effort to make you 10x better at thinking

This episode is all about Twitter (sorry I mean X). Nick and Brendan review the Twitter saga and bring a product perspective to the big changes that occurred over the last year. From the rebrand to the For You tab to Twi

On this episode of Prod Squad, Nick and Brendan finally dive into the topic of AI, discussing their initial reactions, use cases for language models like ChatGPT, and how AI may impact jobs. From chatbots to search engin

The Squad returns from hiatus to talk about....baby products? With both Nick and Brendan now being fathers their homes have been taken over by baby products, so they decided to deviate from their typical software PM rela

As much as every PM would like to think they only release winning features the reality is we don't. There's a reason we're encouraged to "fail fast" and iterate on features. In this episode the Squad recounts some of the

The Squad finally did it... an episode where both hosts have good microphones! The Squad uses those mics to go back to the basics and talk about user stories. What is a user story? Why are they important? How do you writ

It's been a little over 6 months since the Squad parted ways and started new jobs so they take a moment (58 minutes specifically) to discuss new product experiences and perspective they've gained since splitting up. In t

Nick returns to the podcast after a brief hiatus and we thought some friendly competition was in order. Instead of just talking about prioritization frameworks the Squad members compete to see who can draft the best team

This week on Prod Squad, Nick takes a product research sabbatical while Brendan sits down with Mary Colliton, lead PM for the Excelsius cranial robot, to talk about the difference between hardware and software product ma

The Squad starts the episode by discussing big product launches and office grand openings at their respective companies during the Retro. We then spend the majority of the episode talking about how to best work with the

This episode the Squad tries a slightly different format... and Brendan tries yet another microphone. Inspired by recent news we take a look at the "Streaming Wars" through a product lens. We touch on some key events, li

Product Manager's are often told to fall in love with the problem, not the solution, but that's easier said than done. In this episode we'll talk about why falling in love with the problem is important and tips for how t

Ready to become the MVP of MVP's? This week we talk about what a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is, why MVP's are important, different types of MVP's, and common MVP mistakes we've seen.

This episode we try to answer the often asked question: How technical does a PM need to be? As we talk through our answer we discuss why technical skills are important for a PM, what our experiences have been, and how yo

This episode we're talking about a different kind of interview, the one you'll do over and over again after you ace the PM interview and get the job: Customer Interviews. We talk about how to find customers to interview,

Following up our podcast MVP (aka Episode 1) we're back with Episode 2, which is all about the PM interview. We talk about what to expect when interviewing, our recent interviewing experience, and some tips and tricks to

The inaugural episode of the Prod Squad podcast! On this episode we give advice on how you can break into Product Management. We discuss both transitioning to a PM role from inside a tech company as well as breaking in f
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