Past News Announcements

May 31, 2020

• Session 12 Closing
• Session 13 will return for a H1 2021 Kickoff

May 17, 2020 @ 12 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Patrick Hoffman: How to become a better PM by mentoring other PMs​

May 12, 2020 @ 12 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Brian Orloff: How to evangelize for customer centricity at your company​

May 3, 2020 @ 2 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Yossi Mlynsky: Agile, kanban, waterfall - different product processes and when to use them​

April 26, 2020 @ 3 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Matt Grierson: You are what you do - why most product managers end up project managers

April 24, 2020 @ 9 AM ET [VIDEO]

• Chris Aulbach: Lessons from 20yrs of B2B Product Mgmt in Enterprise software​

April 23, 2020 @ 3 PM ET [VIDEO]

• John Masterson: How I do Product: A practical guide​

April 18, 2020 @ 2 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Bryan Postelnek: Tips for prioritizing your roadmap (and backlog)​

March 25, 2020 @ 5 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Jordan Bergtraum: Life as the first and only PM at a Start-Up​

March 22, 2020 @ 3 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Dimitris Sotirou: How to build and engage with remote teams​

March 12, 2020 @ 2 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Hemanth Setty: Productivity - Tools, Tricks and Hacks​

March 8, 2020 @ 10 AM ET [VIDEO]

• Sean Sullivan: Developing Product Intuition is fundamental to being an effective product manager​

February 28, 2020 @ 4 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Nis Frome: Collaboration at scale: How to get everyone within your company helpfully involved in the product development process​

February 15, 2020 @ 11 AM ET [VIDEO]

• Ankur Sharma: OMTM (One Metrics That Matters)

February 21, 2020 @ 12 PM ET [VIDEO]

• Amit Gathani: Design Thinking Methodology

January 26, 2020

• Session 12 KICKED OFF!

December 1, 2019

• Session 11 Closing & Special Recognition

October 13, 2019 [VIDEO]

• 11 AM ET: Jordan Bergtraum: Get the most out of the PMs on your team
• 12 PM ET: Dimitris Sotiriou: Don’t listen to the customer (when to break the rule)
• 1 PM ET: Scott Stokke: Starting your PM Job - First 90 days​

September 15, 2019 [VIDEO]

• 10 AM ET: Nis Frome: Being a champion for a culture of experimentation within your organization
• 11 AM ET: Bryan Postelnek: Tips on communicating internally to different audiences
• 12 PM ET: Yossi Mlynsky: The MVP - how to build the right MVP, it might be a lot simpler than you think.
• 1 PM ET: Paul Hurwitz: How to transition from Product Management to Product Leadership
• 2 PM ET: Tauheed Ahmed: Applying 'Empathy' to build high performing teams, gain alignment and build the right product

August 11, 2019 [VIDEO Part 1, Part 2]

• ​10 AM ET: John Masterson: A guide to components for Product Managers
• ​11 AM ET: Chris Butler: Alignment of strategy, roadmap, and backlog
• 12 PM ET: Patrick Hoffman: The rule of seven: how to structure your product organization to succeed
• 1 PM ET: Yogesh Sharma:  Product - Importance of iterative interview of the stakeholders

July 14, 2019

• Session 11 Kickoff!

May 27, 2019

• Session 10 Closing & Special Recognition

March 10, 2019 [VIDEO]

• 10AM ET: How to Drive User Behavior Change to Unlock Your Product's Full Value with Nis Frome
• 11AM ET: Repositioning: how and when to bring your product to a new audience with Patrick Hoffman
• 12PM ET: Engineering Emotions with Shobhit Chugh

April 14, 2019 [VIDEO]

• 10AM ET: Product Owner vs. Product Manager with Jordan Bergtraum
• 11AM ET: Building Rapport with your Team as a Product Manager with Alberto Simon
• 12PM ET: Continuous Deployment and One Week Sprints with Erdem Ay

February 10, 2019 [VIDEO]

• 10AM ET: User Research is a Surprise with Chris Butler
• 11AM ET: Build vs. Buy - Evaluating Technology Decisions with Scott Stokke
• 12PM ET: Product Manage Your Way into a Product Management Job with Andrew Hsu

 December 2, 2018

• Announced Session 9 Special Recognition Award winners!

September 16 @ [VIDEO]

• 10AM ET: How to protect your roadmap from derailment by influential clients with Jordan Bergtraum
• 11AM ET: Metrics that Matter: Forget the vanity metrics and measure key outcomes with Joni Hoadley
• 12PM ET: What is CORE to Product Management: why technical enough is a real thing and what is more critical to your success with Patrick Hoffman

​August 12 @ [VIDEO]

• 10AM ET: Adversarial models in product with Chris Butler
• 11AM ET: Your hypotheses are probably wrong with Nis Frome
• 12PM ET: The only three things you should focus on with Andrew Hsu

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July 15, 2018

• Session 9 Kickoff!

​April 15 @ [VIDEO Part 1  Part 2]

• 10AM ET: How to tell your product management story and build your personal brand with Nis Frome
• 11AM ET: Designing and planning to test a new idea/product/feature with Alberto Simon
• 12PM ET: Sprints: finding and maintaining the right cadence for your team and product with Patrick Hoffman
• 1PM ET: Executing a roadmap: Operationalizing a road map with your team, leadership, and client with Andrew Hsu

March 11 @ [VIDEO]

• 11AM ET: 5 activities product managers should stop doing with Jordan Bergtraum
• ​12PM ET: Product management management with Chris Butler

January 7, 2018

• Kicked off Session 8

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December 3

• Closed Session 7
• Updated Recognition Page w/ New Mentee Articles
• Special Recognition Awards to...
  • Jordan Bergtraum [Mentor]
  • ​Nis Frome [Mentor]
  • Lee Atkins [Mentee]
  • Madhavi Marka [Mentee]

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September 17 @ [YouTube]

• 10AM ET: Strategies to Convince your Stakeholders of the Value of User Research with Dan Mason
• 11AM ET: Hot Potatoes: How to handle the thing that causes everyone else to quit with Felix Sargent
• 12PM ET: Problem Statement Definition with Taya Page
• 1PM ET: Product Management for AI/ML with Chris Butler

August 13 @ [YouTube]

• 10AM ET: Developing Strategy for Product Managers with Vikas Batra
• 11AM ET: PMs need to know things no one else knows. How? with Jordan Bergtraum
• 12PM ET: Lean Customer Development with Harikrishna Menon
• 1PM ET: High-velocity Decision-making vs. High-quality Decision-making with Nis Frome

June 25, 2017

• Launched Session 7 of The Product Mentor!

April 16 @

• 10AM ET: [Video] Getting Ahead in Product Management with Felix Sargent
• 12PM ET: [Video] How to Break Into Product Management with Paul Hurwitz
• 2PM ET: [Video] ​Productivity Hacks for Product Managers with Andy Wadhwa

March 12 @

• 12PM ET: [Video] Product Management & The Nuances of Digital Health Apps with Shelley Iocona
• 2PM ET: [Video] A New Flavor of Agile with Andrew Hsu
• 4PM ET: [Video] How do we build better teams? with Atma Degeyndt

February 12, 2017 @

• 10AM ET: [Video] Advocating for Lean Practices with Nis Frome
• 12PM ET: [Video] Strategy in an Agile Environment with Chris Butler
• 2PM ET: [Video] The Value of Win/Loss Analysis with Jordan Bergtraum
• 4PM ET: [Video] Mixed Reality Interfaces and Product Management with Vikas Batra

December 11, 2016: Finalized selection and pairing of Mentors and Mentees for Session 6

August 28 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• 2PM ET: [Video] Design Sprints with Nis Frome
• 4PM ET: [Video] Managing Mixed Role Teams and Delivering and Awesome Product with Alex Berman

August 24 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• 11AM ET: [Video] The Future of Product Management with Ladislav Bartos

August 17 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• 11AM ET: [Video] Putting Customers First with Zoe Feltham

August 14 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• 10AM ET: [Video] Implementing Processes in Organizations that Don't Like Processes by Michael Robinson
• 12PM ET: [Video] Product Manager: Transitioning Environments from Startup to Enterprise with Stuart Moore
• 2PM ET: [Video] Storytelling in Product Management with Dave Skrobela
• 4PM ET: [Video] Elephants, Deer & Rabbits - Choosing the right customer for your products with Andy Wadhwa

July 17 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• 10AM ET: [Video] Creating a Product Management Team from Scratch with Bill Gourlay
• 12PM ET: [Video] Managing Technical Debt with Felix Sargent
• 2PM ET: [Video] Using Discovery Insights Personality Types with Vikas Batra
• 4PM ET: [Video] The Benefit of Being Responsible for Product Messaging with Jordan Bergtraum
• 6PM ET: [Video] ​Wagile Product Development - Being Agile with Waterfall Clients with Jessica Fredican

May 1, 2016: Session 5 LAUNCHED!

April 24, 2016: New Mentors and Mentees inducted into special Recognition Awards Page.

April 17 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• ​12PM ET: [Video] Numbers and Limits: Balancing Data and Design in Product Management with Vasu Vadlamudi
• 2PM ET: [Video] Agile in the Real World with Addi Regev
• 4PM ET: [Video] Key to Product Management Success: Building Team Morale with Jenn Bornstein
• 6PM ET: [Video] Google's 70/20/10 Rule for Driving Product Innovation wiith James Alexander

March 16, 2016: Completed Potential Mentor Interviews for Session 5
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March 13 @  [SUBSCRIBE]

• ​12PM ET: [Video] Maximizing Your Linkedin for a Successful Product Management Career with Paul Hurwitz
• 2PM ET: [Video] Working with Designers with Jonathan Berg

February 7 @  [SUBSCRIBE]

• 12PM ET: [Video] How to Interview a Product Manager with Felix Sargent
• 2PM ET: [Video] Working Remotely with Rishi Kumar
• 4PM ET: [Video] Measuring Product and Development with Bennett Morrison

January 10 @ [SUBSCRIBE]

• 10AM ET: [Video] Creating and Managing Product Roadmaps with Marc Abraham
• 12PM ET: [Video] Product Management: Product- vs. Services-centric Companies with Sarah Varki
• 2PM ET: [Video] International Product Management - The Challenge of Globalization with Ladislav Bartos
• 4PM ET: [Video] Not My Job with Marc Wendell
• 6PM ET: [Video] Building Your Product Management Playbook with Ian Moulton

December 6 [SUBSCRIBE] @

• 10AM ET: [Video] Rapid Prototyping with Nis Frome
• 12PM ET: [Video] Business Development vs. Product Management with Chris Butler
• 2PM ET: [Video] Product Strategies for Non-Strategists with Dustin Levy
• 4PM ET: [Video] Users vs. Thought Leaders with Jordan Bergtraum
• 6PM ET: [Video] Finance and Business Case Essentials for Product Managers with Vikas Batra

November 1, 2015: The Product Mentor Session 4 Kickoff! (w/ new dashboard tool)

October 29, 2015: Finalized selection and pairing of Mentors and Mentees for Session 4 (starting Sunday)

​October 28 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Finding Blue Oceans with James Alexander

October 21 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Senior Product Manager and Your Next Career Steps with Dan Mason

October 14 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Web Design in the Multiscreen Era with Addi Regev

October 7 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Conducting User Research with Ian Moulton

September 30 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Product Management at Startups vs. Enterprises with Krishna Madhuvarsu

September 8 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: User Experience Design Tactics for Product Managers with Marc Wendell

August 5 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Why Every Product Manager Needs to Know Big Data with Dominic Gadoury

July 29 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Selling the Project: Connecting to Stakeholder Value with Jonathan Berg

July 22 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Product Management with Vikas Batra

July 19 @ 11AM ET: YouTube Video: Parachuting into Existing Product with Paul Hurwitz

July 15 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Achieving Team Buy-in with Ari Tiktin (Mentor)

July 8 @ 7PM ET: YouTube Video: Inheriting a Project (aka How to live with other people's mistakes) with Felix Sargent (Mentor)

June 24, 2015: YouTube Video: Designing Your Products to Solve for "Jobs to Be Done" with Amanda Ralph (Mentor)

June 1: 2015: Session 4 Scheduled for Kickoff on November 1st

May 27, 2015: YouTube Video: Leadership and Influence for Product Managers with Dustin Levy (Mentor)

May 9, 2015:  Session 3 KICKOFF!

April 9, 2015:  All Group Mentors confirmed for Session 3.November 25, 2014: YouTube Video: Product Pricing with Aditya Bhelande (Mentor)

November 22, 2014: YouTube Video: Behavioral Economics with Jeff Otto (Mentor)

November 19, 2014: YouTube Video: Hiring Product Managers with Jon Stross (Mentor)

November 18, 2014: YouTube Video: Financial Analysis with Mike Claiborne (Mentor)

November 4, 2014: YouTube Video: Gaining User Insights from Prototypes with Steven Cohn (Mentor)

November 3, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Managing Your Product Management Career with Adrienne Tan (Mentor)

October 20, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Introducing Product to Your Org with Jordan Bergtraum (Mentor)

October 15, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: User Testing by Example with Ladislav Bartos (Mentor)

October 8, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Intellectual Property Recommendations for Startup Product Managers with Calvin Chu (Mentor)

July 9, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Active Competitive Intelligence with Dominic Gadoury (Mentor)

June 18, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Creating Community for Product Unknown with Cindy Solomon (Mentor)

May 21, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Implementing Continuous Product Delivery with Matt Rogish (Mentor)

May 7, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Quantitative, Qualitative, Intuitive Feature Prioritization w/ Andrew Breen (Mentor)

April 23, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Product Principles w/ Asha Gupta (Mentor)

April 2, 2014: Session 2 Kickoff!

March 25, 2014: Finalized Mentor-Mentee Pairing for Session 2

March 21, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Tactical Outsourcing w/ Calvin Chu (Mentor)

March 7, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Using Lean w/ Steven Cohn (Mentor)

March 3, 2014: Launch internal Wiki for better mentor and mentee knowledge management

March 2, 2014: Preparing Session 2, check out the new mentors

February 7, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Go-to-Market Strategy with David Shoenberger (Mentor)

January 24, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: From Time to Stakeholder Management w/ Becky Yelland (Mentor)

January 17, 2014: YouTube Video: The Product Mentor: Lifecycle Management w/ Adrienne Tan (Mentor)

December 6, 2013: YouTube Video: Creating, Maintaining & Prioritizing a Product Roadmap w/ Raviv Turner (Mentor)

November 8, 2013: YouTube Video: Introducing Agile to Product Teams w/ Ari Tiktin (Mentor)

October 18, 2013: YouTube Video: Talking to Customers w/ Beth Temple (Mentor)

October 4, 2013: Session 1 KICKOFF!

September 13, 2013: Completed all interviews.  Pairing everyone up.

August 5, 2013: New website launched!

July 31, 2013: Mentor interviews for upcoming Session completed.