Product Manager Chats: Recent Episodes
Bri Morgaine
This is PM Chats: a podcast about the ins and outs of product management.
Effective product management is a key factor in running and scaling a successful SaaS business. At Canny.io, we're passionate about building better products—so we wanted to put the experiences of product managers front and center.
With PM Chats, you’ll get a chance to listen in on a casual, behind-the-scenes conversation—not a formal interview. We're hearing about challenges, lessons learned, and ins and outs of successful product management, to empower PMs and founders to build better products.
In this episode of PM chats, I spoke with Sirisha Machiraju, a product manager at Uber. We talked about using data to back up your perspectives when prioritizing, the value of hearing from real customers, and the fact that as a PM, it isn't always your job to have all the answers or prescribe a solution.
Sirisha's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirisham/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.
In episode #7 of PM chats, I talked with Jeff Stern, who is a product manager at Tidelift. We chatted about how the PM role differs depending on the size and type of business, and how to solve a customer's actual problem—which sometimes doesn't mean building the exact solution they asked for.
Jeff's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sternjeff/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.
In this episode, I chatted with Victoria Limary, a product manager at Facebook. We talked about entering the PM role without an engineering background, choice paralysis, and managing both product and personal prioritization.
Victoria's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorialimary/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.
In episode #5 of PM chats, I spoke with Kevin Lau, who is a product manager at Uber Eats. We talked about the role of a PM as a thought partner for the engineering team, embracing the possibility that you might be wrong, and how to drive your team toward a solution.
Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thekevlau/
Kevin's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/klauProductManager/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/
In this episode of PM chats, I chatted with Roxanne Guo, a product manager at Evidation Health. We spoke about the balance between strategy execution and vision as a PM, making hard decisions, and advice for groups that are underrepresented in tech on how to break into the space as a PM.
Roxanne's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxanneguo/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.
In episode #3 of PM chats, I spoke with Leigh Marie Braswell, a product manager at Scale. We talked about how important it is to deliberately gather feedback from customers, being flexible and pivoting when needed, and how what is required of a PM will change depending on the team makeup and stage a company is in.
Leigh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leigh-marie-braswell/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.
In this episode, I chatted with Borian Tchernev, a product manager at Conductor, about the importance of effective, thorough communication as a PM, and stepping into the customer's shoes to truly understand their pain points.
Borian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borian-tchernev/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.
In this episode of PM chats, I spoke with Rousseau Kazi, CEO of Threads, on his experiences starting as a PM at Facebook, early mistakes and lessons learned, and how important it is to "get your first win."
Rousseau's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rousseaukazi/
Learn more about Canny at https://canny.io/.