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Produced by Products That Count, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products, this podcast is an award-winning show by and for product minds, with millions of downloads and a 5-star rating on most major platforms. Each of the 300+ episodes features a product leader interviewing another product leader and exploring what it takes to build great products. Recent ones feature the Chief Product Officers of Brex, Glassdoor, Experian and more.
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Episodes
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- Glean CPO on why shipping more features with AI doesn't mean you're creating more value · 34 minEmrecan Dogan is a trained industrial engineer who has spent his career applying systems thinking to product management, and as Chief Product Officer at Glean, he has found the…
- Why Webflow is betting on AI-native product teams · 31 minAI is changing the economics of building software, and that means the way product teams plan, prioritize, and build has to change too. In this episode of Product Talk, Denise…
- Tonal CPO on building the world's largest kinetic dataset · 35 minJonathan Shottan began his career at the intersection of data and scale, working at Pinterest as the company was expanding internationally, and at Facebook before that, where he…
- The gap between building a demo and building something that scales to 600,000 locations | Mood Media CPO · 38 minTrey Courtney started his career as a software developer at Accenture and spent 16 years evolving into the role of Global Chief Product and Partnership Officer at Mood Media, the…
- Turning interior walls into a circular economy business · 40 minThe scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and…
- How WHOOP turned wearable data into an AI coach | WHOOP AI Product Lead · 39 minViviano Cantu is the AI Product Lead at WHOOP, but his path there did not start in product. He joined WHOOP in 2021 as a software developer, led the storefront team, and then in…
- Why the AI era demands more from product managers, not less | Perk President of Product · 32 minNikita Miller spent 15 years building products before becoming President of Product and Technology at Perk, an AI platform for business travel and spend management. She made the…
- Midi Health CEO on building the front door to midlife women's health · 41 minJoanna Strober is the co-founder and CEO of Midi Health, a virtual menopause and perimenopause care company serving patients in all 50 states, covered by insurance. She spent 15…
- Doordash PM on why your domain expertise matters more than your technical skills · 39 minSaee Pansare started her career not in software but in a lab, studying food engineering and imagining a future developing flavors and ingredients. What she discovered instead was…
- The question AI still can't answer about product management | Cengage Product SVP · 36 minGhazal Badiozamani is the SVP of Product Management at Cengage, one of the world's largest education companies with roots in publishing that go back over 100 years. Before…
- Why speed is the AI feature no one asks for but everyone needs | Fireworks AI VP of Technology and Strategy · 40 minRob Ferguson is the VP of Technology and Strategy at Fireworks AI, a company that makes frontier AI infrastructure accessible to any organization that wants to own its own models…
- How Brightline Brought Mental Health Care to 400,000 Kids Who Had Never Had It · 39 minMahssa Mostajabi is the Head of Product at Brightline Health, a pediatric behavioral health company delivering therapy, psychiatry, and coaching to kids, teens, and families…
- The Conviction Bet No Customer Asked For and How Asana's CPO Builds the Case for One · 42 minArnab Bose is the Chief Product Officer at Asana and one of the most outcome-oriented product leaders in the industry. Before Asana, he spent nearly six years as CPO of the Okta…
- What a CPBO Learned Building a Personal Fleet of AI Agents · 31 minMichael Affronti is the Chief Product and Business Officer at DriveCentric, the number one CRM and engagement platform for automotive dealerships, and one of the most hands-on…
- CPO Rising Series: IBM CPO on Building Products for a World That's Five Years Away · 31 minHow do you make product bets today for a world that will not arrive for another six years? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO…
- ŌURA VP of Product on Building the Future of Women's Health · 38 minWhat does it take to build health products that truly understand women's bodies? In this podcast, Planned Parenthood Direct CPO Hannah Park sits down with ŌURA VP of Product…
- Loa Carbon CEO & Co-Founder on Producing Sustainable Natural Gas in Energy Transition · 43 minWhat if the waste product of one industry could become the clean fuel source for another? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never…
- Stack Overflow VP of Product on Why Nobody Is Building for the New Moat · 33 minEveryone says trust is the new moat in AI, but is anyone actually building for it end to end? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP of Product and Engineering Nacho Andrade, Stack…
- CPO Rising Series: Paychex CPO on Reimagining The User Experience With AI · 31 minWhat happens when a 50-year-old software company tries to move at the speed of AI, and what does it really take to merge two very different product cultures after an acquisition?…
- CPO Rising Series: Tubi CPTO on Why This Is a Golden Era for Product Management · 40 minWhat happens when coding stops being a constraint for product teams, and what should product leaders do right now to get ready? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by…
- LiveKit Head of Product on Betting on Voice AI and Leading Without Authority · 39 minWhat does product leadership look like when AI makes everyone a builder? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP of Product and Engineering Nacho Andrade, LiveKit Head of Product…
- CPO Rising Series: Carta CPO on Why Knowing What to Build Matters More Than Ever · 33 minWhat does it take to stay relevant as a CPO when the very definition of the product manager role is being rewritten in real time? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted…
- Queens Carbon CEO on Decarbonizing the Built Environment With Low-Carbon Cement · 37 minWhat does it actually take to decarbonize one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries, and how do you build, fund, and scale the company that bets on it? The scale and…
- The 5 Durable Pillars Every AI Product Leader Needs · 38 minWhat if the biggest mistake product leaders are making right now isn't moving too slowly, it's moving fast in the wrong direction? In this episode of Product Talk, CentralSquare…
- Campfire AI Product Lead on Why Domain Expertise Is Your Biggest Product Advantage · 32 minWhat if your most unconventional career detour turned out to be your biggest product advantage? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP of Product Nacho Andrade, Campfire AI Product…
- CPO Rising Series: LegalOn Technologies CPO on Customer-First Product Leadership · 28 minWhat does it take to go from practicing law to becoming the Chief Product Officer of a company disrupting the legal industry with AI? In this episode of the CPO Rising series…
- Suno CPO on Why the Old Product Rules Don't Apply When You're Building on Frontier AI · 41 minWhat does it mean to build a truly AI-native product rather? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by CentralSquare Technologies CPO Denise Hemke, Suno CPO Jack Brody…
- CPO Rising Series: BetterHelp CPO on Why CPOs Need to Think Like Business Operators · 34 minWhat does it mean for a CPO to truly own outcomes? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee Niemi, BetterHelp CPO Terre Layton…
- CPO Rising Series: ATOSS CPTO on Why Product Managers Need to Think Like Investors · 38 minWhat does it mean to run product like a mini company, and how do you say no to a multi-million dollar deal when it conflicts with your strategy? In this episode of the CPO Rising…
- Koah CPO on Why Ads in AI Don't Have to Be Evil · 35 minWhat would it look like if every AI app had a sustainable way to make money without dark patterns or paywalls? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP of Product and Engineering…
- CPO Rising Series: Optum Fmr CCO on Building Products That Work for 150 Million People · 39 minWhat does it take to build products that work for 150 million people in one of the most regulated industries in the world? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by…
- CPO Rising Series: Perk CPO on Why Now Is Product's Biggest Moment · 24 minWhat happens to product leadership when anyone can create a product in minutes? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Axiom Law CPO Katrina Benjamin, Perk CPO Nikita…
- CPO Rising Series: Ingram Micro Fmr CPO on Transforming a Legacy Enterprise into an AI-Native Platform · 34 minHow do you transform a 45-year-old, $52 billion enterprise into an AI-native platform business and take it public in the process? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted…
- Former eBay CPO on Building Product Teams That Win · 31 minWhat does it take to turn a stagnant product org into one that grows a company's stock price by 59% in three years? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products…
- Spotnana CPO on Building Care as a Product · 36 minWhat does it mean to build care as a product? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Turo CPO Tom Wang, Spotnana CPO Sarosh Waghmar will be speaking on why trust is…
- CPO Rising Series: SignalWire EVP of Product on Why the Business Model Is the Product · 36 minWhat if the PM-to-engineer ratio flipped and there were two product managers for every engineer? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products That Count Resident…
- CPO Rising Series: Why Opportunity Cost Is Still the Only Thing That Matters · 42 minWhat does a former touring DJ who accidentally built one of the internet's first MP3 stores have to say about product leadership? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted…
- CPO Rising Series: Pipedrive CPTO on The End of One-Size-Fits-All Software · 34 minWhat if your SaaS product built itself to fit every user the moment they signed up? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee…
- Brainlabs CPO on the End of the Technical Moat · 29 minWhat happens to product leadership when anyone in the company can build? In this episode of Product Talk hosted by Digitalzone CPO Sonjoy Ganguly, Brainlabs CPO Adam Edwards will…
- Inside AI's Transformation of the Physical Economy with Motive · 27 minWhat does it take to build AI when failure means someone gets hurt? In this episode of the CPO Rising series, hosted by CentralSquare Technologies CPO Denise Hemke, Motive CTO…
- CPO Rising Series: Rakuten Rewards CPO on Human Judgment in the AI Era · 31 minWhat does it mean to govern a decision model instead of a roadmap? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Jay Patel, Rakuten Rewards…
- CPO Rising Series: The Product Engineer Is Coming for Every Team · 30 minWhat does it actually take to turn a sales-led organization into a product-led one? In this episode of the CPO Rising series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Jay Patel…
- CPO Rising Series: Cartwheel CPO on Building AI into Healthcare Without Breaking Trust · 39 minWhat happens to the entire product development process when creating software becomes as easy as creating a Google Doc? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by…
- CPO Rising Series: Why Remix AI's Former CPO Pressed Pause on Leadership to Build Again · 35 minWhat does it mean when a seasoned CPO with experience at Disney, Apple, Airbnb, and Walmart.com walks away from the C-suite to go build products by himself? In this episode of…
- CPO Rising Series: Vercel CPO on Why Judgment Is the Last Real Moat · 39 minWhat happens when the cost of building software trends toward zero? When anyone can ship anything at any time, code stops being the competitive advantage. In this episode of the…
- CPO Rising Series: Salesforce EVP & GM on AI Adoption, Team Culture, and the New Rules of Product Leadership · 39 minWhat happens when the pace of AI makes even the most recent college graduate's knowledge obsolete within six months? In this episode of the CPO Rising series, hosted by Products…
- How Syntheseed CPO Is Rethinking Product Leadership in Real Time · 33 minWhat if the strategy you just shipped is already obsolete? In this episode of Product Talk hosted by Digitalzone CPO Sonjoy Ganguly, Syntheseed CPO Sam Somashekar speaks on what…
- CPO Rising Series: Comcast Product SVP on Rewiring the Entire Product Lifecycle for AI · 38 minWhat happens when software powers every customer-facing interaction a business has, from the app to the agent interface to the care experience? Everything becomes a product. In…
- OpenTable Product SVP on The Three Things Great PMs Have That You Cannot Coach · 22 minWhat separates a good product manager from a great one, and can you actually spot it in an interview? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Axiom Law CPO Katrina…
- Kit Switch CEO on Productizing Sustainable Housing with Low-Carbon Interior Design · 41 minWhat does it actually take to decarbonize the built environment, and can construction be reimagined fast enough to matter? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to…







