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Product Strategy Session:?WHY, WHAT, and HOW of product strategy

Lance Douglas?and I discussed the WHY, WHAT, and HOW of product strategy: how to go from emotional inputs of a founder to informed insights from customers to purposeful action for the organization.?

How to approach a product management case study

Rajesh Sankaran?and I discuss how to approach product management case studies for interviews using a real case study from google.

Articles

What is a Product Backlog?

A product backlog is just an ordered list of all the things that need to be done to build your product. There’s the definition. So, are we done? Not so fast. While the definition is simple, in our experience, we’ve seen a lot of costly mistakes that could have been...

How to approach a product management case study

How to approach a product management case study

Want to know how to handle a product management case study for an interview? These can be hard to figure out given how many ways there are to answer. Rajesh Sankaran and I talked through his case study for a Google Interview. Some questions we address include: How...

How to Handle a Google Screening Interview

How to Handle a Google Screening Interview

Want to know how to approach a screening interview with a top tech company? It can definitely be tricky to know how to approach the process, how to maintain confidence throughout, and how to answer hard questions. Rajesh Sankaran and I talked through his upcoming...

?? Hello, I’m Ryan, your host.

 

I’ve coached product managers and product teams at dozens of companies including Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Capital Group, Microsoft, Bank of America, Ernst & Young, PWC, and Apple.

I was a product manager at LinkedIn, director of product at Degreed, and am now Chief Product Officer at Sprintwell.

I built the first internal version of what today is LinkedIn Learning.

I started as a developer and then got my MBA at Brigham Young University with a focus in Organizational Behavior.

I love helping product managers find their next role and ship impactful products.