In order to be nimble, you need to have a great team that grows with your organization’s technology and culture. Join Patty Mccord and I on this podcast epsiode about how you should tackle team development and management as a Product Manager.

Kintan Brahmbhatt is the Director of Product Management and Engineering Program Management for Amazon Music. He will use anecdotes from real-life product decisions for the Amazon Music experience on mobile and Alexa to demonstrate Amazon’s approach of starting with the customer and working backwards. The talk will include actionable thinking points that can help other product leaders inform their decisions.

Tim Matthews has over 20 years of security software marketing experience. He started out explaining public and private keys to developers and has evolved into a keynote speaker at industry and government security conferences. In this talk, Tim will cover how to shift your marketing strategy as a market evolves and becomes mainstream using security as an example everyone can relate to.

Teams do their best work, collaborate more efficiently, and are highly motivated when there are clear metric goals that are aligned with the company mission. Unfortunately, many teams struggle with setting goal metrics that drive meaningful product outcomes, align stakeholder incentives, or allow teams to execute rapidly with a clear purpose.

Serial mobile entrepreneur and member of Facebook’s Client Council, Joel Freeman shares his experience bringing fast growing apps to market and reveals what he learned along the way, including how to effectively design for virality and retention, how to maximise organic growth and invest in scaling paid opportunities, and what the future of the Appstore looks like.

In this episode, Gaurav Hardikar talks about the future of e-commerce. He discusses how to design products that provides an efficient shopping process for consumers, how he drives engagement at Shopkick, and the need to balance stakeholders needs with the needs of consumers.

In this compelling conversation, Jules Walter discusses his role at Slack to drive user growth. He also discusses his perspective on the future of mobile, the best qualities of a Product Manager, and his experience being a minority within Silicon Valley.

Adobe/PleanPlum marketing exec Joyce Solano talks about her experience learning how to reinvent Adobe from a software co. to marketing co. She also talks about empathy, brand positioning, and how defining company goals to create your brand story.

We’re super excited to announce that WeChat has partnered with Products That Count to boost our community. WeChat is kinda the Facebook of China: an addictive messaging platform like we’ve never seen in the West with 800M active users. If you consider yourself an innovator, this is your opportunity to get a glimpse at the future! Plus, we’ll be offering free tickets to our programs and more perks via our channel. Use the QR code to subscribe.

Serial tech entrepreneur Sachin Rekhi talks about his journey in Silicon Valley to take his products from the idea stage to being sold to a top social media company. He candidly shares his experience on the challenges of working in Silicon Valley in 2016 and gives advice on building great products by learning what type of product manager you are.