Season 0 Episodes

S0E4: Product Manager as Coach
Jan. 30, 2024

S0E4: Product Manager as Coach

What can ice hockey teach you about being a better product manager? In this episode, Karl and Danielle explore the idea of the product manager as a coach, drawing inspiration from the fast, physical, and surprisingly strategi...

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S0E3: Zizzer-Zoof Seeds and Product Market Fit
Jan. 23, 2024

S0E3: Zizzer-Zoof Seeds and Product Market Fit

What if you are working incredibly hard to sell something that nobody actually needs? In this episode, Karl and Danielle unpack the now infamous Zizzer‑Zoof Seeds, borrowed from a Dr. Seuss poem and uncomfortably familiar to ...

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S0E2: The Pickle Jar
Jan. 16, 2024

S0E2: The Pickle Jar

What happens when you join a team full of smart, capable people… and you grab for the jar they’ve already tried everything to open? In this episode, Karl and Danielle talk candidly about the realities of being a product manag...

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S0E1: What Does It Mean To Be a Product Manager?
Jan. 9, 2024

S0E1: What Does It Mean To Be a Product Manager?

What if the best way into product management is never planned at all? In this inaugural episode of Productly Speaking, Karl and Danielle start where most product careers actually begin: by accident. They share the very human ...

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