81: Mistakes That Made Me a Better Product Manager

How To Succeed In Product Management | Jeffrey Shulman, Red Russak & Soumeya Benghanem

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In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board member Red Russak welcome Charles Wartemberg (Netflix), Dosoo Amenyah (Facebook), and Nkem Okoye (Instacart) as they discuss the mistakes that made them become better PMs. These experienced professionals candidly share their personal experiences and the common mistakes they made that helped them grow into better product managers.

Disclaimer: All opinions of the speakers are their own.

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 09:22 Jumping and transitioning too quickly
• 12:15 Coping with feeling like a failure
• 16:49 Having people to share your wins
• 18:29 Understanding what mattered to the end user not just the internal users
• 22:11 How do you know if you’re making a mistake?
• 28:17 Signals to look for in a quality translation
• 34:26 Quantitative signals when it comes to translations
• 36:57 How to find motivation after the mistake?
• 43:20 Proceeding when roadblocks happen
• 45:42 Balancing between data-driven and decision-making with intuition
• 51:37 Final thoughts