I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk coach and instructor Hope Gurion to discuss some of the common mistakes we see teams make when it comes to defining outcomes. […]
Customer Interviews: How to Recruit, What to Ask, and How to Synthesize What You Learn
Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. It’s simply the easiest, most sustainable way of learning about your customers and what they need. […]
2023 Product Conference List
We are starting to pull together our list of 2023 product conferences. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of product conferences that are not on the […]
Discovery Is Messy: How Do We Keep Track of All That We Are Learning?
As you start to adopt the continuous discovery habits, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by how much stuff you generate. What do I mean by “stuff”? Opportunity solution trees, experience […]
Tell Us About Your Team: Take the Continuous Discovery Habits Benchmark Survey
For years, I’ve shared that Product Talk’s primary outcome is to increase the number of product teams who adopt a continuous cadence to their discovery work. This has been our […]
Ask Teresa: What if Your Buyers Aren’t Your Users?
At its core, product discovery is a simple concept. By talking to our customers regularly, we can collect insights into their unique problems, needs, and desires (or what I often […]
Ask Teresa: How Do You Get Your First Product Job Without Experience?
Landing your first or even your second job in product can be really tricky. Many candidates encounter a Catch-22 situation: Most companies only want to hire product managers with experience, […]
Ask Teresa: What Should You Do With Insights That Don’t Come from Customer Interviews?
Regular touch points with customers are a pillar of continuous discovery. If you’re not regularly talking directly with your customers, you increase your risk of building a product that no […]
