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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Ep2: How a $20M ARR product was built (then failed) with Stacey Feero, Director of Product @AgencyAnalytics | 01 Jan 2025 | 00:55:47 | |
Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Sometimes you can play all your cards right, and the product will still fail. We kick off 2025 with a New Years episode of the Product Discovery Show. In this episode, Stacey Feero, Director of Product at AgencyAnalytics, talks about a 0-to-1 product she built for Canada’s largest retailer. Stacey walks through how she identified the cause behind the product not taking off (spoiler alert: user insights), how she iterated on it, how it got to $20M ARR, and how it still got shut down. She shares valuable lessons throughout that journey on managing stakeholder expectations and matching the product to user mental models. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Product Leadership 06:05 Transitioning into Product Management 13:03 Challenges in User Experience and Market Fit 19:59 Adapting to User Needs and Market Changes 25:48 Strategic Marketing and Product Positioning 31:39 Navigating Product Development Timelines 36:53 The Importance of Timing in Product Success 44:25 Transforming User Mindsets for Product Success 50:00 Lessons from Product Launch Failures 56:46 The Role of Curiosity in Product Management Where to find Stacey: * No Fear Product Leadership - Coaching * Stacey’s Substack newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.jingjingtan.com | |||
| Ep1: Counter-Intuitive User Growth Insights with Maria Cuasay (Director of Product @Ancestry) | 09 Dec 2024 | 00:53:45 | |
Summary What do you mean, that adding screens sometimes drives more user growth? In this episode of the Product Discovery Show, Maria Cuasay, Director of Product at Ancestry, shares how she did product discovery to discover why her growth experiments weren't working. Maria shares several case studies: one where she optimized the checkout flow at Ancestry and adding more screens actually solved more user pain points. She also shares an immersive way of de-risking physical mail marketing at Opencare. Throughout the episode, she shares practical tips for those looking to launch successful products. Chapters: 00:00Introduction to Product Discovery 01:10Maria's Evolution as a Product Leader 03:17Defining Moments in Maria's Career 07:44Building vs. Scaling: Maria's Preference 09:47The Role of Product Discovery at Ancestry 10:37Understanding Ancestry's Business Model 11:29Optimizing the Checkout Flow 12:55The Importance of Qualitative Insights 19:14Transforming Insights into Action 27:23Lessons Learned from Experimentation 28:57Reducing Mental Friction for Better Conversion 30:36Building Reputation and Expanding Remit 31:50Innovative User Insights at OpenCare 34:58De-risking Direct Mail Marketing 39:15Rapid Iteration in User Research 42:33The Importance of Clear Copywriting 46:05Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Data 50:59Structuring Insights with Opportunity Solution Tree 54:45The Balance of Discovery and Execution This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.jingjingtan.com | |||