PRODUCTEA with Leah, Growth & Senior Leadership

Mar 09 2025 97 ep. 54 mins 27
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Honest, unfiltered conversations with the best from tech - spilling the tea about product, growth, and senior leadership topics.

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Adam Fishman, interim SVP of New Products at Mozilla, shares insights on zero-to-one product development, killing unsustainable projects, and navigating AI’s impact on B2B SaaS. He breaks down Mozilla’s stage-gating process for innovation, the challenges of balancing ambition with practicality, and why distribution often trumps product in today’s crowded market. Chapters with

96: Lidia Oshlyansky - 3 Skills That Outlast Any Tech Shift

Feb 24 2025 58 mins  
Lidia Oshlyansk reflects on navigating decades of tech evolution - from webmaster days to AI - and shares tactical advice for product operatives. Drawing parallels between today’s AI boom and past shifts (web/mobile revolutions), we talk about transferable skills (negotiation, systems thinking) over fleeting tools, debunks "future-proofing," and advocates curiosity-driven adaptab

95: Tal Raviv - AI for PMs: Stop Overthinking, Start Tinkering

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94: Julia Chatain - Misconceptions and How to Crush Them like a Scientist

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Senior Scientist Julia Chantin unpacks how cognitive biases and flawed feedback loops sabotage learning—and why SaaS leaders need to care. From debunking misconceptions (like why “proving” someone wrong often backfires) to the power of embodied learning, Julia reveals how diverse perspectives and physical interaction drive breakthroughs. Learn actionable strategies to challen

93: Emily Kramer - The Death of Marketing Channels

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92: Kris Rudeegraap - New Marketing Channels for 2025 and Product-Led Sales

Jan 26 2025 49 mins  
Kris Rudeegraap, Co-CEO of Sendoso, talks about Sendoso’s journey from plg to sales-led back to plg and what all of this has to do with personal branding in B2B marketing. Why is Sendoso betting on physical advertising channels like gifts and direct mail as a provider, and what does he see the future of getting attention from the market looking like with AI changing everything? T

91: Dave Kellogg - Organizational design: Signs of Health vs. Conflict

Jan 20 2025 61 mins  
“The only time where I saw all the VPs align is when they all hated the CEO” Why do we keep getting organizations wrong? How should you think about your team, the team of teams, and the organization you’re in? Our five principles of organizational design and how to navigate growth and scaling challenges, particularly in startups. takeaways Growth should be a collective respon

90: Harini Gokul - How to keep things "simple" at scale

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The evolution of sales models, the critical role of customer success in driving revenue, and the responsibilities of C-level executives in fostering cross-functional collaboration with Harini Gokul, CCO @ Entrust, from a first principle perspective. The challenges of implementing product-led sales strategies and the importance of simplifying metrics for effective decision-making. W

89: David Yockelson - Revolutionizing Sales with Interactive Demos

Jan 08 2025 51 mins  
We explore the rising significance of interactive demos in B2B SaaS. How these demos serve as a bridge between potential buyers and products, improving all relevant pipeline numbers. The evolution of demo technology, the role of Gen.AI in enhancing demo creation, and the shifting dynamics of the sales process towards a more self-service model. How does the future of marketing in a

88: Teresa Torres - Under the hood of Solopreneurship

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