Learn about product development from Techstars Managing Director and Austin speaker, Amos Schwartzfarb, in our latest blog.

As product managers, we often focus on user-experience. However, very often an area of business that gets neglected is customer experience.

Amos Schwartzfarb led a discussion in Austin in November highlighting how early-stage sales are merely product development.

Hiten Shah, co-founder of several SaaS companies including FYI, Crazy Egg, and KISSmetrics, shares steps to improve customer retention.

When it comes to the short-term of improving customer retention, there are two lenses—learn more from Hiten Shah in this blog.

Fmr Docusign VP of Product, Damon Dean, joins Products That Count to share insights on how to set a product strategy up for success.

What are the steps to improve customer retention? You have to talk about customer needs and benefits if you want to be customer-obsessed.

Damon Dean, VP of Product at Flexport, discusses the four tenets of disruption in building a successful product strategy.

DocuSign fmr Product VP Damon Dean joins Products That Count to discuss how product managers can set their product strategy up for success.

Yammer Fmr VP of Product discusses the best methods for making a product go viral by first focusing on product-market fit and then growth.

Roman Geyzer, LearnVest Director of Product, talks about his career path and how a company can evolve, yet stay true to its legacy.

Microsoft Product Director discusses how she would fix the Tesla experience, and what questions PMs need to ask the customer.

Gail Giacobbe, Microsoft Product Director, discusses her methods for creating a customer journey map as well as her Tesla experience.

Rene Kolga, Fmr Citrix Product Lead, on 5 benefits of working in Enterprise management, how the space is changing, and why it is worth it.

Rene Kolga, Citrix Fmr Product Lead, discusses the five big cons to working in enterprise product management.

Microsoft Product Director, Gail Giacobbe, speaks on retention as the most important metric and mapping the customer experience.

PJ Tanzillo, Favor Product Lead, reveals the many services Favor provides and how a software company can always put the customer first.

The series concludes with DoorDash Product VP, Rajat Shroff, delving into the importance of optimism for driving product ownership.

PJ Tanzillo, Product Lead at Favor Delivery, discusses his start in product by building apps which led to a position at Favor Delivery.

Rene Kolga, Citrix Fmr Product Lead, on his beliefs behind enterprise product management and wants people to see how B2B management works.

Rajat Shroff, DoorDash Product VP, shares his key traits for product ownership and how to be customer-obsessed, not competitor focused.

Rajat Shroff, Product VP at DoorDash, shares when it comes to becoming a product owner and the first characteristic product owners have.

Melody Koh, Blue Apron Fmr Product VP, discusses why capital is important to founders and how to raise it by yourself or through networks.

Melody Koh, Blue Apron Fmr Product VP, elaborates on her methods for creating and developing products and acquiring customers.

Melody Koh, Blue Apron Fmr Product VP, discusses the principles and strategies needed to be a success when building startups.

Mona Akmal, Amperity Fmr Product Lead, on ways to measure and analyze TAM while also sharing the best approach to building an MVP.

Mona Akmal, Amperity Fmr Product Lead, on finding the right people for your team and the correct way of validating your big idea.

Mona Akmal, Amperity fmr Product Lead, on her journey building her own company and questions she needed to ask herself along the way.

Gibson Biddle, Fmr Netflix Product VP, on the DEL model in order to create a unique company culture that you can maintain.

Gibson Biddle, Fmr Netflix Product VP, on what company culture is, what it means, and how companies can start to create innovative cultures.

Read Gibson Biddle's, Fmr Netflix Product VP, article that discusses Netflix culture- how it was developed, maintained, and reinforced.

Bestselling Author Nir Eyal discusses how to work through distractions by using tools and pacts to keep you focused while you're working.

Bestselling Author Nir Eyal discusses what distraction really means in practicality, and how the opposite of distraction is traction.

Nir Eyal shares how to work through distractions with super focus. He summarizes his hooked model for products, and his book “Indistractable.”

Sharon Plasser shares her experience in transitioning the business out of a legacy system and the consequences that result from doing so.

Sharon Plasser on the importance of knowing your goals as a PM and how to use those goals to help you navigate through the company.

Sams Club Product Lead, Sharon Plasser, shares key principles for product managers for navigating complexities in established organizations.

Make decisions based on customer feedback with mechanisms for collecting & analyzing input says Expedia fmr Product Lead Anne Retterer

Learn how to scale growth products while making an impact with the use of your product pillars and flywheel with Aceable CPO Erin Defossé.

Expedia fmr Product Lead Anne Retterer describes how journey maps provide a framework for customer feedback to help prioritize features.

Explore the academic side of feedback loops with Expedia fmr Product Lead Anne Retterer by analyzing input relevance from key stakeholders.

Aceable CPO Erin Defossé on the impact of the flywheel effect and company pillars on enabling teams to scale growth products effectively.

Aceable CPO Erin Defossé on how to lay the foundation for scaling growth products, starting with company vision and connecting with customers

Learn about developing a unique professional code for building a full stack with Brilliant Home Product Director Gaurav Hardikar.

Building product strategy for scientific products requires deep knowledge of customer needs & niche context to understand motivations.

The xpectations and tools required for building a full stack as a product manager with Brilliant Home Product Director Gaurav Hardikar.

Brilliant Home Product Director Gaurav Hardikar describes building a full stack by outlining the touch points created by smart home tech.

The process of continuous learning is critical for personal & professional success. Move across vectors & seek growth at all times.

PMs must build digital applications, internal tools and platforms to meet a variety of product user needs-especially with healthcare products

How should PMs respond during a company pivot? Some things are under your control & others aren’t. Keep focus & lead your team forward.