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Exploring how to build great products, grow them, and fund the future. For Product People, Growth nerds, and VCs. afonsofranco.substack.com
Afonso Franco hosts Scandinavian Product Podcast, a technology show with 36 episodes published.
Most startups don’t fail because of their product. They fail because they think too small. Gelato became a Norwegian Unicorn by doing the exact opposite. In this episode, I sit down with Pål Næss (employee #2) to unpack
In this episode, I sit down with Uri Levine - serial entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of Waze, one of the most successful navigation apps ever built. Uri has spent the last two decades building and investing in sta
Today’s guest is the Innovation legend Alex Osterwalder - 5x best-selling author, inventor of the widely known Business Model Canvas (BMC), and Founder & CEO at Strategyzer. We covered a lot of ground here. Everything fr
This is a raw and unfiltered conversation with the legendary Unicorn founder ($2.9B exit with ForgeRock) Lasse Andresen. Every founder in Scandinavia should listen to this. We talked about why Norwegian startups need to
Brought to you by: Gnist - Gnist is a leading boutique consulting company in Norway that helps companies reach their full digital potential. Whether you are a developer, product lead, tech lead, or business leader - Gnis
My guests today are Martin Spinnangr and Shubham Bhattacharya, CPO at Munu and former CPO at Favrit - two Nordic rivals in the world of hospitality SaaS. We talked about what it takes to build and scale a vertical SaaS p
My guest today is Ninni Høver - Head of Product at Vipps MobilePay, the largest mobile wallet in the Nordics. This conversation is part of my series of talks with more than 20 product leaders in Scandinavia. Make sure yo
My guest today is Tor Erik Skårdal and Stian Øien - two former product leaders at Easee, once one of the fastest growing tech companies in Norway and the largest platform of EV chargers for homes in the Nordics. This is
My guest today is Francesca Cortesi, former Chief Product Officer at Hemnet - the largest housing marketplace in Sweden. This is a deep dive into Hemnet's journey into adopting the Product Operating Model and Francesca's
My guest today is Cecilie Skjong, Investment Manager at Skyfall Ventures - a Norwegian early-stage venture capital fund. As a founder, nailing your pitch, thinking big and challenging yourself to be more visionary, and q
Today's episode is with my friend Frederik Hansen - CPO at Ignite. Ignite is a leading sustainable procurement platform that enables companies to take control of their purchasing from suppliers, comply with regulations,
Today's guest is Melissa Mills, VP of Product at Ardoc, former Director of Product at Kahoot!, and former Global Product Lead at Google in San Francisco. Ardoc is a fast-growing scale-up in Norway, recognized by Gartner
Would you like to know how Norway's best mobile bank builds its products? Today's guest is Thomas Allan Nygaard - Product Leader at Sparebank 1, one of the largest banks in Norway and named Norway's best mobile bank. Tho
My guest today is Beth Stensen. Beth is a gem in the Design world in Norway. She was Head of Design at Ruter (the company responsible for the plan, coordination, order and market of public transport in Oslo & Akershus),
Today’s guest is the one and only Christina Wodtke - Professor at Stanford and author of several bestsellers, including the famous book on OKRs “Radical Focus”. We covered: * Foundations and misconceptions about OKRs * P
I've interviewed more than 30 Product leaders in Scandinavia, and this is one of those conversations. Subscribe for free so you don’t miss out on future conversations and related content Today I'm talking with Marius Røs
Today’s episode is particularly special. A 2-hour masterclass on discovery that every designer, product manager, founder, and product leader should hear With bestselling authors Teresa Torres (Product Discovery Habits) a
My guest today is the globally renowned marketing expert April Dunford. April has probably advised more B2B tech companies on positioning than anyone in the world. April's book Obviously Awesome is one of the biggest bes
My guests today are Itamar Gilad and Bruce McCarthy. Itamar is a former product leader for Gmail, Youtube, and Microsoft - and is the author of the bestselling book Evidence Guided. Itamar’s latest book is about creating
My guest today is Melissa Perri. Melissa is the author of the bestselling book "Escaping the Build Trap" and recently co-authored “Product Operations: How successful companies build better products at scale”. She runs a
Uri Levine
Founder · Moovit
1 appearance on this show
Christina Wodtke
Professor · Stanford
1 appearance on this show
Teresa Torres
author of Continuous Discovery Habits and founder of Product Talk · Product Discovery Habits
1 appearance on this show
April Dunford
author of Obviously Awesome and her latest, Sales Pitch · Ambient Strategies
1 appearance on this show
Itamar Gilad
Product Management coach, speaker and author · null
1 appearance on this show
Bruce McCarthy
1 appearance on this show
Melissa Perri
author of Escaping The Build Trap and Product Operations co-author · Produx Labs
1 appearance on this show
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