Prateek Hakay
VP Product & AI
Better one good deed than a thousand fair words!
Grateful to Lucie McLean for holding space where people could show up as they are — with their experiences, doubts, frameworks, and hard-won lessons. And Daniele Ronca to organise it and make it all happen! What a wonderful evening in taste, intensity and flavours - not only in food and wine but in wisdom and learning! :)
What stood out for me was the sheer depth in the room - not just in scale or credentials, but in real execution. You could tell who had built, failed, iterated, and shipped under pressure. The conversations weren’t theoretical. They were rooted in sweat, experiments, pivots, and decisions made when stakes were high. Sometimes failed, bruised and then built again strongly!
From creative ways to apply Event Storming, to revisiting the Horizon 1–2–3 framework to evaluate product bets, there was so much packed into every byte and segment.
One theme that resonated: the rules of the game need to be clear to the Product team. In uncertain or fast-paced environments, alignment isn't a luxury - it’s a survival strategy.
Came back with a full notepad and a fuller mind.
More of this, please Daniele Ronca. 🙌
Many thanks to Akash Kedia, Sarah Burgess, Fabian Strunden, @Bedritten and Dave Feldman! 🙌
Jun 26, 2025
Contentful Talent Network
1,572 followers
There’s nothing quite like being surrounded by curious builders, insightful product thinkers, and big, bold ideas. Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the incredible ProductLab CMTY & CONF> community at Contentful.
Michelle Proksell 媚潇 and Fabian Schultz took us on a deep-dive into how they used AI to build user personalization. But it wasn’t just about the technology. It's about the process of solving the right problems, staying user-focused, and constantly testing and learning.
Sabrina Mach brought it all home by encouraging us to look for patterns, challenge our assumptions, and strive for clarity.
The energy in the room was infectious, and we’re so grateful to everyone who joined us. Here’s to more moments of learning, connection, and collaboration 💡✨
#BuildYourStory
#TeamContentful
Jun 25, 2025
Prateek Hakay
Product & AI
A truly enriching experience! Glad to have made a choice to be there. A much hands-on exchange! The on-the-floor wisdom can hardly be grasped through other media!
Jun 26, 2025
Esther Vidal Andreu
Crafting experiences and brands people love
Back at an AI event this week. Thanks to
This time the focus wasn’t on how to integrate AI into design processes, but on how to approach discovery in order to create meaningful AI tools.
Key takeaway: AI isn’t a mysterious monster, it’s a machine with functionalities. Our job is to facilitate interaction with it based on what we want to achieve. In other words, it’s the same principle as always in product design.
Everything is moving so fast right now that we often feel we need to execute immediately or risk being left behind. But in the rush, we’re skipping the most essential part of the creative process: understanding what users actually need.
Jun 20, 2025
Daniele Ronca
Product&Community@ ProductLab Conf>
It’s happening now!
Beam event about logistics products. Insights. Case study!
With Nupur Dhar Alessio Tixi Codee Martinelli and other 35+ amazing product builders ❤️
Jun 5, 2025
Bandan Singh
Payments & Credit Products @ Riverty
🚀 Product management is evolving—from shipping features to owning outcomes. I’m excited to speak about how PMs can drive business impact by understanding P&L better and aligning product strategy with company goals.
📊 In this talk titled 'Sustainable Growth', I’ll be sharing practical ways to connect product metrics to financial results and how PMs can speak financial impact to the executives, shareholders and investors.
🎯 Join me at Product Lab Conference (17 - 18 September'2025) in Berlin to explore how product teams can shift focus from short-term wins to long-term value creation and become true partners to the leadership.
Get your tickets here -> lnkd.in/e4sct65d
Daniele Ronca
May 30, 2025
Beam
Host
We're still buzzing after last week's Product Lab event!
Huge thanks to Daniele Ronca for making it happen, Alessio Tixi and Nupur Dhar for presenting, and to all the attendees for bringing the energy and insightful discussions.
If you're working with a networking or meetup group in the product/logistics/SaaS space and you're looking for your next location, Beam would love to host you.
We're always looking for new partners and collaborators to help drive these conversations forward, so if that's you, please get in touch!
Jun 10, 2025
Karsten Winkler
Sr. Director of Product at Contentful
Product folks in Berlin, mark your calendars for the Discovery for AI meetup at Contentful on June 19. Talks by Sabrina Mach and Michelle Proksell 媚潇 & Fabian Schultz start the conversation. Daniele Ronca and Veronika Morozová at ProductLab CMTY & CONF> facilitate the evening. Get more details and register at Luma now: lu.ma/zrgcklor
Jun 10, 2025
Mirza Beširović
AI Product Leader @ Zendesk • Building AI agents for customer service • Mentor • Public Speaker
I'm excited to share I’ll be speaking at the ProductLab Conference in Berlin on Sep 18 alongside product pals and greats like ✨ Büşra Coşkuner, Tim Herbig, and Tamer El-Hawari, among others. 🎉
In my talk, I will discuss how product management is evolving as AI agents become part of our core stack. We’ll dig into what it means to design not just features, but workflows between humans and autonomous agents.
Some of the themes I will explore include:
📌 How to orchestrate multi-agent systems and enable agent collaboration
📌 What product workspaces might look like when AI agents interact across applications
📌 The evolving role of PMs as the connective tissue between human intent and machine execution
🗓 Sep 17–18, 2025 | 📍 Berlin
🎟 Early bird tickets will be available until the end of May -- use code Mirza50 at productlab.app for a discount!
Let me know if you’ll be attending -- I'd love to connect. 🤩
cc Daniele Ronca
#productLab2025
#AIProductLeadership
#agenticEra
#humanInTheLoop
#productManagement
May 6, 2025
✨ Büşra Coşkuner
Product Coach & Advisor - Training and coaching product teams on dealing with the messy middle 👉 Writing about Product Metrics, Impact Mapping, Experiments, and Product Thinking
Wanna become a data informed product leader?
Best year for doing that is 2025!
Join my workshops at ProductLab Community & Conference> in Berlin.
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Labs Day is on the 17. September with 6 workshops that you can choose from by me, Florian Bonnet and Erika Lauro.
My morning workshop:
Success metrics that matter: Set up your success engine for sustainable growth
My afternoon workshop:
Impact Mapping - A Crash Course
Get more info about my workshops and your tickets here: lnkd.in/e_qMkCXq
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The conference is on the 18. September with some amazing speakers and product friends like Tim Herbig, Mirza Beširović, David Pereira, Chris Compston and more. Asya Kuznetsova - looking forward to finally meet you in person, I've heard your name so many times now that I want to meet you! 😄
👉 Get your 50 EUR off the conference ticket until end of May with my code BUSRA50 - just enter the code in the checkout.
See you in Berlin! 👋
May 15, 2025
Tamer El-Hawari
productbench.co – Product Management Trainer & Consultant | Entrepreneur | Angel Investor
𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐄𝐎. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡. 𝐀𝐈. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
Change just keeps happening.
It’s the only constant.
Staying on track, making good decisions, and actually thriving when things feel like they’re falling apart — that’s an art.
That’s exactly what we’ll talk about at the ProductLab Community & Conference in Berlin.
🎯 I’m hosting a roundtable on mastering the art of change — together with sharp product minds who’ve all faced the storm.
👉 Join us: lnkd.in/eVjFXHsk
Happy to see Tim Herbig, ✨ Büşra Coşkuner, David Pereira, Mirza Beširović, Francesca Cortesi, and of course Daniele Ronca and many more at the conference.
𝘈𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵:
“𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴 ç𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤’𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢 𝘮ê𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦.”
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦.
May 15, 2025
Daniel Zherenkov
Senior Product Manager
Thank you very much Liubov Antonova Elena Eremeeva Daniele Ronca and the whole gang of the ProductLab Community & Conference> for the absolutely astonishing Product Meetup we had yesterday!
That was a relatively small but so cosy and comfortable product event hosted by MILES (special thanks to them too!) that I couldn’t help but highlight. Nitin Maslekar, PhD from MIELS and Daniel Nguyen from Uber have shared so many different approaches to building products in the asset-heavy and asset-light environments and plenty of pitfalls that live there. Amazing talks with a lot of follow-up questions and even interactions with the audience.
The format was kind of new for this type of event, but that was exactly what enabled attendees to actively communicate with each other and with the speakers. After all, it didn’t feel like an official professional meet-up, rather a warm and light meeting with old friends :)
Liked it a lot and looking forward to more!
I'm pretty happy to be a part of such vibrant and active ProductLab Community & Conference> in Berlin, so if you are looking for an enabler for your career, a safety space to discuss tough problems or just a group of life-active people you can mingle with from time to time, I can definitely recommend joining these guys, they surely know what they are doing 😎
Apr 30, 2025
Elena Eremeeva
Community/UX at ProductLab
𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝐌̶𝐈̶𝐋̶𝐅̶𝐒̶ MILES(I just had to)🙂↕️
💥 It was the first time Liubov Antonova and I had the opportunity to take the whole responsibility for organizing our ProductLab Community & Conference> monthly event and I am so very proud of how it went.
We got to know MILESVP of Product Nitin Maslekar, PhD at our Urban Sports Club event in October and were lucky he was also interested in collaborating with us by organizing one at their headquarters office.
👩🏼💻 First calls, defining the event topic, more calls, discussing the regulations and requirements, E-mails, visiting the space, E-mails, finding the second speaker, E-mails, dry runs, E-mails, final call, event day!
🔝 This time we were testing a new and more cosy format for the event, hosting only ~30 people and it was a great experience. People who came were really excited about the topic, asked questions and shared their opinions.
Nitin and Daniel in turn had the opportunity to have a real conversation with the audience and it worked extremely well. I personally had a lot of fun as well as gained much while listening to presentations. Can’t be grateful enough for the opportunity to have you both on stage!
Thank you everyone who was there with us yesterday, ProductLab Community & Conference> team for the support and Daniele Ronca for the opportunity to take the lead 🥹
Daniele Liubov Elif Olivia Veronika Ahmed Leila
xoxo
Apr 30, 2025
Victoria Berezhnova
Lead PM
Several days have already passed, but I believe it's never too late to say thank you.
Recently, Nadezhda Baryshnikova and I attended an amazing meetup, and I would like to sincerely thank the ProductLab Community & Conference> for your thoughtful and precise organization of the meeting. It was a great opportunity to discuss products, projects, and professional habits. Special thanks for inviting such interesting speakers and creating a genuine sense of community.
Mar 24, 2025
Stephanie Kazalac
Product Director @ Airalo
Last week, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at the latest ProductLab Community & Conference> event! First of all, a huge thank you to Daniele Ronca for organizing these events and for keeping the product community in Berlin alive and thriving. It’s impressive to see your energy and dedication, bringing 80+ people together in one room is no small feat! I was also pleased to see that nearly half of the room had used Airalo ❤️.
The panel was a great conversation around some truths about building products and product careers. It was a pleasure sharing the stage with Julie Kamel and Alex Allan! We exchanged thoughts on product management, career paths, AI, and personal stories. A special thanks to Julie for sharing your story, especially about Lebanon. I’m always impressed by the resilience and strength of the Lebanese people, constantly restarting and moving forward, no matter what.
👉 AI and Product Management
Personally, I see AI as just another technology among many. Yes, it’s the trend right now, but we’ve seen plenty of trends before: A/B testing, mobile-first, growth hacking, personalization & machine learning, product-led growth and now AI. In my opinion, it’s a powerful enabler that helps product people do more, faster, and better, if you know how to use it. I definitely don’t see it as a threat, quite the opposite. Product people aren’t going anywhere. If anything, we’ll be more empowered to make better-informed decisions, rely less on other team members, and focus on higher-value, strategic work.
👉 We also explored what it means to be a “top 1% PM”
My take? It depends on the company, its stage, and the management team. A top 1% PM in one company might mean something very different in another. What matters is knowing your strengths, understanding where you add the most value, and making sure that aligns with the company and leadership. And stay curious! You should interview the company as much as they interview you. Product is a constant learning journey. If you want to stay in product, you need to keep learning, otherwise, you risk falling behind. New trends will always come, and with the rise of AI, they’re evolving even faster.
👉 Lastly, we reflected on intentionality in our careers
My path has been a mix of clear vision and serendipity, following opportunities aligned with what I enjoy, while building an international career and gaining diverse experience across different products and industries. In each role I’ve taken, there has been a clear intent, often involving creation, redefining, and helping shape new industries. I often write about how I envision my career and the role I want to play in the next 5 years.
Thanks again Daniele Ronca, Wunderflats for hosting, and to everyone who joined! Looking forward to the next event.
Mar 13, 2025
Julie Kamel
Head of Product & Design
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁—𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Last week, I attended a panel discussion on “𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 & 𝗣𝗠𝘀” alongside Stephanie Kazalac , Product Director at Airalo, and Alex Allan, Fractional CPO at Digital North, moderated by Manizeh Dossa. It was great to exchange ideas and discuss with 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.
Each one of us on the panel shared our own story— different experiences, and different lessons learned. And that’s the richness of it: the audience gets to take what resonates with them and apply it in their own way.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:
𝗔𝗜 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗔 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁
We all agreed—AI is not taking over PM jobs, at least not in the next 5 years. But what’s certain is that AI is transforming how we work. Instead of fearing it, PMs should focus on leveraging it. AI enhances a PM’s work by streamlining documentation through ticket and user story writing, quickly analyzing user feedback to identify patterns, and accelerating prototyping and ideation for faster iteration. The mindset shift is simple: AI isn’t replacing product managers—it’s creating new opportunities. The real question is: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲?
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭% 𝗣𝗠 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬%
The answer? 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. There’s no shortcut.
• Read the books, the articles.
• Attend the webinars, the networking events.
• Accumulate experience—not just in big strategy, but in the small, messy, hands-on details.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
We also discussed whether we were intentional about our careers. For me, the answer is clear: 𝘆𝗲𝘀. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted a career that gave me the freedom to work anywhere in the world. That shaped my choices—my field of study, my job opportunities, my mindset.
But there’s no one-size-fits-all formula. Whether through a vision board, a life vision story, or daily intentional actions, what matters is having clarity on where you want to go and taking small steps every single day to get there.
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽
• AI isn’t taking your job—use it to level up.
• There’s no magic formula to becoming a top PM—Experience and effort.
• Success isn’t luck—it’s about being intentional with your career choices.
𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 Wunderflats 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, ProductLab Community & Conference> 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 Daniele Ronca 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Emmi Meurling CPO at Wunderflats 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.
Your future career is built on what you choose to do today. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀?
Mar 10, 2025
Victor Semencenco
Technical Product Owner at Verkstedt
How do you grow and thrive in a product career?
One of the best pieces of advice from the "Wunderflats: Some Truths on Building Great Products & PMs" panel discussion was this:
Saying “yes” leads to growth. Some of the best learning comes from unexpected opportunities. Taking on challenges, even the “silly” ones, helps build a strong foundation.
Some key takeaways that resonated with me:
✅ No one has a straight path into product. Every PM has a unique journey, whether coming from design, engineering, marketing, or something entirely different. The key is to stay curious and adaptable.
✅ The best PMs never stop learning. Reading at least 10 minutes a day, attending events, taking courses, and engaging with others in the field makes a huge difference over time.
✅ You don’t have to know it all, but you do need to understand data. No matter where you work, being able to analyze and interpret data will help you make better product decisions and communicate effectively with leadership.
✅ Put your future on a vision board. Ask yourself: Where do I want to be in 5–10 years? Then work backward—what actions do you need to take today to make that vision a reality?
Hearing different career stories and strategies from fellow PMs was a great reminder: product management isn’t just about building products—it’s about building yourself, too.
Huge thanks to ProductLab Community & Conference> and Daniele Ronca for organizing yet another fantastic event, and to Stephanie Kazalac, Julie Kamel, and Alex Allan for sharing their experiences. Manizeh Dossa did a great job moderating the panel discussion!
And thank you to Wunderflats and Emmi Meurling for hosting the event!
Partha Mandal Varun Jain Ankit Morajkar Ion Iapara Daisuke Suzuki
#ProductManagement
#CareerGrowth
#ContinuousLearning
#Networking
Mar 8, 2025
Veronika Morozová
Solution Consultant @ Contentsquare
What Makes a Top 1% Product Manager?
Yesterday’s event at Wunderflats was all about uncovering the real truths of product management and what it truly takes to be a great PM.
Stephanie Kazalac shared her incredible journey of moving across different countries, always seeking fresh perspectives on product management and growth. Hearing how she actively puts herself in new environments to challenge her thinking was so inspiring.
Julie Kamel brought us all into her PM journey with an emotional story about leaving Lebanon. She didn’t want to live in fear every day, so she made the brave decision to chase a life where she could thrive.
Her message? 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.
Alex Allan gave us a reality check on how fast product management is changing. One thing’s for sure, software isn’t going to die, and neither are product people. If anything, they are only going to be more in demand!
So, what separates the top 1% of PMs from the rest? According to our speakers, it’s 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧, 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬-𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡.
A massive thank you to Wunderflats for hosting, and of course, to my amazing ProductLab Community & Conference> team for making this event happen. 💓
A big shoutout to Manizeh Dossa for the panel moderation, you were fantastic!
Mar 7, 2025
Varun Jain
Product Manager
If you want to learn about a path, ask someone who has already walked it.
After yesterday’s event, my path seems brighter than ever!
I always love attending ProductLab events 😍.
They are a goldmine for learning from industry leaders, connecting with peers, and sharpening product skills while expanding an incredible network.
And as Daniele Ronca says: You become who you listen to
🚀 Yesterday’s event at Wunderflats featured three powerhouse speakers:
Stephanie Kazalac, Product Director, Airalo
With 10+ years in Product Management, Stephanie has built her career across multiple domains and continents, mastering the art of leading in diverse environments.
Julie Kamel, Head of Product & Design, Neo Mena Technologies
From Insurance to Banking and now leading WealthTech innovation in the MENA region, Julie’s journey showcases the power of product leadership in transforming industries.
Alex Allan, Fractional CPO, Digital North
With 20+ years in tech, Alex has navigated multiple industry cycles, bringing unparalleled insights into product trends, leadership, and resilience.
Having worked with a number of companies across Europe, Alex has seen the ups and down across multiple cycles. He understands the industry and trends all too well.
Key Takeaways from the Session:
AI isn’t a revolution; it’s an evolution. As Product Managers, we’ve always adapted to new tools and technologies. AI is just another instrument in our toolkit.
Learn it, use it, and leverage it.
AI is improving developer productivity and that makes Product role even busier and in more demand, so skill up and get ready to make some noise.
No-code tools are having their moment. What didn’t make a mark 5 years ago is now a power suite for rapid prototyping in the AI era, enabling PMs to validate ideas faster and leaner.
A word of caution: If an MVP works, it often also becomes the full-scale product, so be mindful about how you plan. AI is great for MVP or prototype but when it comes to scalable products, you can't achieve that without real development talent (aka Human Intelligence)
A huge thank you to Daniele Ronca and the ProductLab Community & Conference> team for organising such insightful sessions!
Always looking forward to the next one.
#productlab
#productmanagement
#strategy
#startups
#community
#networking
#berlin
#germany
Mar 7, 2025
Elena Eremeeva
Community/UX @ ProductLab
Organized an amazing event at my favorite bank yesterday 🤩
This event was organized by our team in critically short time and it’s almost crazy how good it turned out. Thank you Veronika Morozová Daniele Ronca and N26 team Daria Milashenko
It was an exciting experience to hear about the inside processes of the bank I have been a loyal paying customer for 5 years already. Thank you Akash Kedia and Mayur Kamat for the opportunity to sneak peek into N26 product and business approach.
Quite a journey for N26 already represented in more than 20 European countries already 🌟 I am excited to see what’s next as a customer and product spectator 🤓
🎤Also had a chance to interview some of our guests and was glad to hear their thoughts on the community and events we create 🥹
Thank you ProductLab Community & Conference> team for making this happen and shout out to Veronika Morozová for leading the discussion, you did great 😌
Liubov Antonova Olivia Allen Manizeh Dossa Ahmed Sulaiman Alessia Marchi 💚
Special thank you for capturing these moments Inês Pinheiro-Kumar 📸 and Marco D. for the music 🎶
Feb 27, 2025
Daria Milashenko
Executive Assistant @ N26 | Corporate Communications Specialist
What an incredible event! Huge thanks to everyone who joined and contributed to such an insightful discussion.
A special shoutout to the team for bringing the community together. Looking forward to more great conversations ahead!
#ProductGrowth
#Experimentation
#Community
#N26
Feb 28, 2025
Victor Semencenco
Technical Product Owner at Verkstedt
I recently attended a fantastic ProductLab Community & Conference> event at the N26 offices, organized by Daniele Ronca. 🚀
It was a great opportunity to hear Akash Kedia, Director of Products at N26, and Mayur Kamat, CPO at N26, share their experience and insights on transitioning free users to paid subscribers.
Favorite Takeaway:
Trust is key—especially with long-time customers—so don’t compromise what you’ve built for short-term gains.
Sustained loyalty grows when you prioritize user benefits and clearly show the value they’re paying for. Highlight what truly sets you apart, and deliver benefits they can’t find anywhere else.
Special thanks to the awesome panel moderator, Veronika Morozová, and everyone else who made this event possible!
Mar 1, 2025
Veronika Morozová
Product Manager - Conversion & Growth | Organizer of the first CRO Meetup in Berlin (CROdashians) | ProductLab Community & Conference> event organizer| Optimizing Digital Experiences
You become who you listen to
When I first met Daniele Ronca and his team at an event in December, I was pretty impressed by what they had already achieved.
Events full of people from Berlin's product and tech scene. Wow!
As someone who loves bringing people together myself, I am more than happy to be the Conference Ambassador and team member of ProductLab Community & Conference>.
As the headline says, “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰” Our goal is to create a space for people who are passionate about what they do, eager to share their knowledge and their stories!
In the end, it's always about people and community 💗
Thanks to our amazing speakers such as Ravi Mehta Tim Herbig ✨ Büşra Coşkuner Florian Bonnet Crystal Widjaja Tal Raviv and many more.
Join us on September 17th-18th and let’s make this great together!
📍 Berlin | September 17-18, 2025
⚡ Early bird tickets are still available! Secure your spot now before prices go up!
Daniele Ronca Liubov Antonova Leila Montazeri Jakub Uniejewski Deniz Can Sebik 🪩 Fabio Muroni Manizeh Dossa Alessia Marchi Darinka Burovska
Jan 29, 2025
Jason Knight
Fractional Product Leader & Podcaster
Here are my predictions for product management in 2025, taken from my recent talk in Berlin.
Making predictions is obviously a fools' game, because no one knows what's going to happen in the future, and you're only ever one announcement away from being made to look stupid.
I was asked in the Q&A how I came up with these predictions. It's simple enough:
🤔 Keep an eye on the current prevailing narrative
🤔 Apply a filter based on the incentives & motivations of the narrators
🤔 Learn about the capabilities and limits of technical enablers
🤔 Extrapolate using your understanding of human nature
🍳 Wait for the egg on your face
Anyway, the predictions:
1️⃣ LinkedIn will remain a hellhole (and probably get worse) - we're awash in engagement-bait slop, AI-generated garbage and algorithmic choices that reinforce all of the above
2️⃣ The job market will improve (but it’s still tough out there) - check out James Gunaca's wonderful job market reports. The trend is up but the numbers are low. Concentrate on differentiating yourself if you want to get an interview.
3️⃣ PMs will have to justify their existence (but this is probably a good thing) - anyone who can't justify themselves is probably in trouble, and we should stand up for our craft and the benefits of our role (which many people think they can do, simply because they only see parts of it)]
4️⃣ AI will NOT kill product management - don't keep your head in the sand, do keep up-to-date with developments and try to see through the hype. Consider the motives of the people tub-thumping the loudest, but also realise that naysayers are probably wrong too. Use AI for what it's good at, and don't have unrealistic expectations.
Happy 2025!
Jan 20, 2025
Lia Tahereh Rouhi, PhD
Product Support Lead @ Delivery Hero
Even in winter,
#Berlin is a fantastic techhub for fascinating people and events.
Yesterday, after five years, I finally participated in my first in-person event on Product Prediction! Why such a long gap? I’ve juggled a full-time job, taking on my first managerial role and mothering two small kids. In the process, I deprioritized getting to know new people and exploring fresh ideas. Honestly, sometimes, I have deprioritized my friends.
Last night, I met an inspiring leader, Eva Schreyer! (such a beginner luck 🍀) Also, I found myself a fan and follower of
#ProductLab! Thanks to Daniele Ronca, Jason Knight, Tobias Janiesch, and the
#SumUp team for hosting such a fantastic event.
My takeover:
* What helps PMs the most in advancing their careers isn’t a university degree or formal training—it’s their coworker/ coaches/ mentors ✨ , and self-directed learning 👩💻 (see survey results)
* Your mindset and fitness for the PM role matters
If you’re feeling stuck or stagnant, get out of that bubble! find yourself a mentor or coach to help you move forward!
Jan 17, 2025
Candost Dagdeviren
Hunting timeless insights into humans and software and helping others on the way.
What a fantastic night. It takes a huge effort to make these events happen! Thank you, amazing SumUppers, Donnabelle Embodo, Leila Ruiz, Danielle Freitas, Erik Schünemann, Shinta Harsana, Hanna Jung and huge thanks to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community & Conference> team for bringing 100+ product-minded people together to listen to Jason Knight and Tobias Janiesch's fantastic talks!
It was a great start for 2025 and looking forward to the rest of the year!
Jan 17, 2025
Our Director of Engineering, Nicolò Pignatelli, and AI Lead Product Manager at Miro, Fabian Strunden, left everyone who attended our ProductLab Community & Conference> meetup feeling inspired 💫
A big thank you to everyone who attended, networked, ate pizza, and enjoyed talks on the pioneering ways we (and other industry leaders) use AI to shape our industries.
Didn’t make it? Stay tuned for more meetup announcements by giving us a follow 👍
#AITalks
#ProductDesign
#BerlinTech
#Networking
#TechTalks
Dec 12, 2024
Uliana Fedorova
Product Manager @ Semrush
Last Thursday, I had the chance to attend ProductLab Community & Conference>'s meetup about AI, where Fabian Strunden (Miro) and Nicolò Pignatelli (GetYourGuide) shared their valuable experiences in integrating ML and AI into their products. I came away with some great ideas to incorporate into my roadmap (my insightful slides in the pictures)
In addition to the inspiring presentations, I was delighted to reconnect with old friends from our small but vibrant community.
A huge kudos to Daniele Ronca for organizing such an insightful event (as usual), to GetYourGuide for hosting us in such a comfortable space, and to the speakers for their thought-provoking insights! ❤️
Dec 8, 2024
Veronika Morozová
Conversion & Personalization Manager
𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 – 𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
Yesterday, I had the chance to attend an amazing event organized by ProductLab Community & Conference> hosted at the GetYourGuide offices.
The topic? Building AI Products 🚀
The first talk was by Nicolò Pignatelli, Director of Engineering at GetYourGuide, who shared how they transitioned to a hybrid search approach – combining keyword and vector search. This change came after discovering that users often didn’t see relevant results, even when GetYourGuide offered the experiences they were searching for. After running three A/B tests, they fully rolled out hybrid search, leading to an impressive +2.6% increase in net revenue!
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: Stop using chatbots for search! It’s simply the wrong UI for this purpose – at least, it didn’t work for GetYourGuide
The second talk was by Fabian Strunden, AI PM Lead at Miro, who discussed how Miro integrates AI into their platform and emphasized the importance of user research in shaping their direction.
Overall, it was a super insightful evening! If you’re in Berlin and work in product management, engineering, or UX, I highly recommend checking out the next ProductLab Community event.
#Wie
#SpeakUp
#ConvertXWie
Dec 6, 2024
Liubov Antonova
Co-Founder & CPO @ Epic Test Quest
Imagine meeting your role-model 🤩
Imagine the feeling of sharing the warmest handshake with someone whose books have been your go-to guide in shaping your thinking and career.
Imagine listening to that same person speak for almost two hours, feeling as though only 15 minutes had passed, and still wanting to hear more.
Imagine having the chance to ask your own question, engage in a meaningful discussion, and gain insights you’ll carry with you for a lifetime.
I am so incredibly lucky that this was actually my reality.
And I feel so deeply grateful!
Grateful to Marty Cagan for sharing his knowledge, experience, and wisdom with us. It was an honour to learn from you — thank you! And thank you for sharing your knowledge through all of your books, especially your newest one, "Transformed". It has helped me grow so much.
Thank you Daniele Ronca, for making a dream come true for so many people. I’m incredibly proud of you — this is just the beginning!
My co-founder Aaron Pinto, thank you for being there with me and sharing in this unforgettable experience as always!
And finally, a huge thank-you to the whole ProductLab Community Conference team — the organizing force behind this incredible event. I’m so proud to be part of this amazing group. Love you all! ❤️🔥
Daniele Ronca Elena Eremeeva Manizeh Dossa Julian Eisele Alessia Marchi Amon Fayz Arundhati Shenoy Mariia Klochkova Deniz Can Sebik 🪩
Nov 21, 2024
Deniz Can Sebik
Founder of Ceamless Events
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ProductLab Community Conference!
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺?
Last week, I met Marty Cagan at Google's beautiful Berlin office for an evening of valuable insights on leadership, management and building high-performing teams.
It was truly fascinating to learn about leadership principles from big companies and how they can be applied for startups and growing organisations. I saw clear parallels between my own experience as a founder and the frameworks used in product management - things I was doing instinctively but now have a beeper understanding of thanks to this event.
My key learnings
> empowerment requires better management not les management
> delegation without coaching is just setting a team up to fail
> leaders must be experts in the areas they are managing
It was so inspiring that my co-founder Hossam and I ordered Marty's book Transformed to dive further into these ideas and learn more.
A big shoutout to Daniele Ronca - because you gave me the opportunity to introduce myself to this amazing community. Honestly, I probably would have never known about the ProductLab Community without you and now I am proud to be part of this incredible team and work on something great together 💚
Daniele Ronca Amon Fayz Arundhati Shenoy Alessia Marchi Elena Eremeeva Julian Eisele Liubov Antonova Manizeh Dossa Mariia Klochkova
Nov 21, 2024
Mohamed Hanafy
Product Manager
Last week, I had the chance to meet Marty Cagan at a meetup organized by ProductLab Community Conference at Google's Berlin office. Thanks to Daniele Ronca for organizing such an impactful event. That meetup was full of true gems. I'm still mesmerized by all of them.
For starters, a big eye-opener is what Marty shared with us about the Product model is Where Product managers could strive. Product managers are not the only ones responsible for bringing value, but rather it is a shared responsibility between Product, Design, and Technology. However, Product managers are responsible for owning their organizations' business viability.
Moreover, Marty brought true wisdom by framing product leadership competency. The best way of empowering product people is by providing better management, not less management. Founder-mode leaders could shape the success or the failure of the team, that depends on their way of providing deep knowledge and coaching.
"Delegation without coaching is just setting up the team to fail" - Marty Cagan
Nov 20, 2024
Niamh Teeling-Sann
Product | Sustainability | Innovation
A shout out to ProductLab Community Conference for inviting Marty Cagan to Berlin to meet many of us enthusiastic Product Folks.
I aspire to be a Product Leader some day and the SVPG books will keep me Inspired. ✨
So much of this content reaffirmed to me why it's awesome to be a Product Manager and to keep focus on solving customer problems by continually questioning the value and purpose of a product.
(P.S. I think we are either laughing about how to spell my name or how I bookmarked every chapter 😅 )
#productmanagement
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Nov 18, 2024
Uliana Fedorova
PM @ Semrush
Sometimes, dreams need persistence.
"Inspired" isn’t just a book—it’s my favorite guide to product management. Meeting its author, Marty Cagan, has been a dream of mine for years.
When I heard Marty was coming to Hamburg in April 2024, I tried—and failed. I was crushed, thinking I’d missed my only chance.
Then came the Berlin event announcement.
The catch?
I was determined to make it this time, but there was a problem—I already had a ticket to Web Summit on the same day, and ProductLab Community Conference events sell out in minutes. Still, I set my alarm for 7 AM (on vacation, no less!) and secured my ticket.
The event?
Incredible. Marty’s 90-minute talk was exactly what I needed, addressing the challenges I’m navigating now and reigniting my passion for product management.
A huge thank you to Daniele Ronca, Ahmed Wafaey, Delivery Hero, Google for making this dream come true ❤️ . It was everything I had hoped for—and more.
Nov 18, 2024
Lina Kamuz
sPM
✨ This week, I attended an inspiring talk by Marty Cagan at the ProductLab Community event, and it highlighted something I’ve observed during my own experiences. Many companies still haven’t fully adopted the concept of empowered product teams. It’s not uncommon, especially for organizations that have been around for a while, but transformation is crucial for driving better results and outcomes.
Marty shared a clear framework for what it takes to transform product organizations. It’s not just about hiring product managers, building features, or following a roadmap. True transformation requires intentional changes across the team, the process, and the mindset.
Here are some key insights from the talk that stood out to me:
🔴 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
A strong product manager is the key. They need to bring together business sense, customer understanding, data insights, and knowledge of industry trends. Engineers are not just implementers. They’re critical problem solvers who should be involved in product discovery from the start. And stakeholders? They’re collaborators, not dictators. For this to work, they must trust the product team.
🔴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 + 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 = 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
Marty emphasized the importance of having a solid process for continuous discovery and delivery. Discovery ensures you’re solving the right problems. And solution discovery can sometimes be more valuable than problem one. Delivery ensures you’re solving them quickly and effectively. Both must work together to drive outcomes.
🔴 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲
Transforming from feature teams to empowered product teams takes time. It requires building trust with stakeholders and showing measurable results. Starting with a pilot team that can demonstrate success is often a great way to prove the value of this approach.
One of the most impactful takeaways for me was how Marty broke down the skill set a product manager needs to lead this transformation. It’s about understanding the constraints and needs of stakeholders, staying ahead of market trends, and connecting the dots between customer problems and business goals.
This talk resonated with me as I’m currently interviewing with companies and having conversations about their product processes. It’s clear that while not every organization has fully embraced empowered product teams, the potential for transformation is always there.
💡 Have you experienced the shift from feature teams to product teams in your organization? Or are you still on the journey? Let’s discuss!
Thank you, Marty Cagan, for such a thought-provoking session and the ProductLab Community Conference for organizing another great event. Looking forward to the next one!
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Nov 14, 2024
Pasquale Romito
Product @ We Road
You know what’s better than having the opportunity meet and listen to the incredible energy and passion of Marty Cagan 🚀 in Berlin?
I’ll tell you what…doing it together with your amazing WeRoad colleagues Matteo Risso Simone Berardozzi 🎉🎉
What an opportunity thanks to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community Conference
Nov 15, 2024
Elena Eremeeva
Community UX @ ProductLab
💭 “If you don’t solve the problem 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 better than someone else, you lose”, — said Marty Cagan at our ProductLab Community Conference event in Google office this Tuesday.
💡 This might be an insightful advice for startups that develop their products by trying to solve a particular problem in the most efficient way possible. Regardless, behind every startup there is a person, and sometimes it's important to remind that person that whilst chasing crowdfunding, negotiating with stakeholders and developing a GTM strategy, if you manage your personal hardships 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, you win.
Me, these beautiful people 👉 Daniele Ronca Elif Gümüş Manizeh Dossa Liubov Antonova Arundhati Shenoy Alessia Marchi Amon Fayz Julian Eisele and ProductLab Community Conference members will make sure you get support in either situation.
💚 Join the community of most talented and encouraging product people in Berlin: lnkd.in/dN2QJY_i
📸 Thank you Mariia Klochkova for these beautiful memories and Jam.dev Delivery Hero ROY Kombucha for supporting us.
Nov 15, 2024
Oskar Cięciel
Head of OPS @Pirxey
If you woke me up at 4 a.m. and asked about the two books that made the most significant impact on my professional mindset I'd say "No Rules Rules" and "Inspired".
This week I had the chance to listen to and meet their authors Erin Meyer and Marty Cagan in person at two great events in Berlin.
As an introvert, I've never actually approached celebrities in my life, but this time it was a real pleasure to ask them for a handshake and a photo ;)
Thank you Daniele Ronca and DeepL for organizing events that brought such wonderful guests to the stage 🚀
Nov 15, 2024
Daria Monihart
Enabling great strategies and products
💫 Meeting Marty Cagan at Google Campus in Berlin
What a rare and exciting opportunity for product people in Berlin to meet Marty Cagan in person — I very enjoyed this wonderful event!
Having worked for multiple years on both products and transformation / innovation journeys in corporates, I could truly relate to concepts, examples, and best practices highlighted by Marty. His book, “Transformed”, is the most influential product management book I’ve read this year — I highly recommend it to anyone in product, transformation, or innovation management.
My favourite ideas from Marty’s talk:
☠️ Processes kill thinking. To become innovative, companies move from processes to principles.
🎯 User centricity is not the most important thing in a successful product. Making the business model work is most essential and is a real challenge.
📊 The product manager’s role is business-focussed. It’s not at the intersection of design, technology and business (this is where the product value is).
🌀 Releasing less frequently than biweekly is fake agile 😜
Thank you, Marty, for your insights, inspiration and an amazing talk in Berlin!
🙏 A big thanks to Daniele Ronca, ProductLab Community Conference and Delivery Hero for all the hard work to make this unique event happen, and to Google for hosting it!
#productmanagement
#transformation
#productoperatingmodel
#martycagan
#community
#berlin
#event
#networking
Nov 15, 2024
Marty Cagan in Berlin! 🤩
When I started my career as a Product Manager, there was no real definition of what we should do as PMs- it was something like we needed to define requirements for the engineers, so we could build cool features to demo to customers. 🫣
However, building cool features isn't really going to work - so I was thinking, okay, what is this Product Management all about? 🤔
Then - I came across the all knowledge and principles from Marty and a new world of Product opened for me! 🤩
What is a new, modern Product Management all about then?
3 elements to *nail down* as product organisations:
*How do you decide which problems to solve?* 🔍
- Focusing on continuous product discovery and profound problem-framing
*How do you solve the problems?* 📐
- Focusing on end-user experiments and tests, with fast iterations, based on real customer data
*How do you build?* ⚙️
- Build on "founder-mode" at the start and then build for "growth"
Thank you Marty for your insightful talks and for all your contributions to the product community, worldwide. 🚀
Also, thank you ProductLab Community Conference, Daniele, Ahmed, Delivery Hero & Google for making this possible!
Until the next one!
#productmanagement
#martycagan
Nov 14, 2024
Julia Steier
PM @ Google
Meeting Marty Cagan in Berlin 🚀
𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, I struggled to grasp what being a true Product Manager meant. 🤯
The most common definition at the time focused on writing user stories, keeping engineers busy, and managing the backlog—tasks that, while essential, didn’t capture the strategic impact I was hoping to make. I was clear that I didn’t want to just be a Product Owner. Still, most opportunities seemed to follow that pattern—especially in Europe.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦, at that time—too good to be true. 🤩
But over the years, as the product community has grown and the industry has evolved, we’ve all seen a shift. Thanks to leaders like Marty, who have championed the ideas of empowered product teams, genuine product leadership, and a relentless customer focus, we’re seeing companies rethink how they build products and organize teams.
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, helping me understand not only what it means to build great products but also how to create teams capable of making it happen. Having the chance to meet him in person, and to capture his insights through a visual summary, was very inspiring. ✨
Thank you ProductLab Community Conference for organizing this event, especially to Daniele Ronca for nagging me to come and draw, and to Marty Cagan for leading the way for so many of us.
𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮: What challenges have you faced in defining or defending the role of Product Manager? How has your experience changed as the product community has evolved? Leave a comment!
P.S. I’ll share the visual summary from the event soon :)
#ProductManagement
#GraphicRecording
#ProductLeadership
#EmpoweredTeams
#CustomerFocus
#IndustryEvolution
Nov 13, 2024
Manizeh Dossa
Product @ HelloFresh | Community @ ProductLab
I'm so proud of everything Daniele Ronca has achieved and so thrilled and grateful to officially take on this role within the ProductLab Community Conference
A huge thank you to the incredible tech leaders I work alongside each day—they enable me to grow and become a better PM continuously ; thank you Georgiana Ciobotaru, Priyank Khanna, Soumya Pillai, Darakshan Jahan, Elisa Marku , Pretty Yacoub, Rutwik Hrushikesh Godse and ofcourse Daniele Ronca for the opportunity
Excited for all that lies ahead!
Nov 13, 2024
Valeria Calpanchay
UX design - Content Marketing
Last night was pure product magic! 🪄✨ Had the incredible privilege of learning from the legendary Marty Cagan as he peeled back the layers of what it truly takes to build successful, empowered product teams 📝
Thanks Daniele Ronca, ProductLab Community Conference team, Google & Delivery Hero for bringing Marty's wisdom to the community and creating such a fantastic space for connection and learning! 🙏
Nov 13, 2024
Maie ElZeiny
sPM @ Zalando
🌟 Tonight was absolutely inspiring! I had the chance to attend an incredible talk with the one and only Marty Cagan, where he shared insights from his latest book, Transform. We dove deep into the product operating model and explored what it truly takes to build successful, empowered product teams.
As a former startup founder, the discussion resonated on multiple levels. The emphasis on aligning a clear vision with robust business knowledge was very meaningful. Startups thrive when teams are not only empowered but also deeply rooted in the “why” behind their work. Marty's insights on fostering a product culture that prioritizes problem-solving and strategic decision-making felt like a powerful reminder of how crucial vision and business understanding are to driving sustainable growth.
Now, working within a larger organization, I’m facing new challenges, especially around aligning cross-functional teams and maintaining agility at scale. Marty's framework for the product operating model provided a clear path forward, emphasizing not just the need for vision but the importance of strong product operating principles that can guide teams to deliver impactful outcomes within complex organizational structures.
Some standout takeaways:
▶ Product Operating Model: Marty broke down the essential dimensions of product work, from deciding which problems to solve to building and delivering solutions effectively. His holistic approach highlighted the balance between vision and execution.
▶Empowered Teams: We explored the importance of cross-functional roles within product teams—Product Managers, Designers, and Tech Leads working together to balance value, usability, and feasibility.
▶Product Leadership: Providing strategic context is key. Product leaders must ensure teams understand the bigger picture, enabling them to make informed, impactful decisions even in large, dynamic environments..
One of the best parts? Reconnecting with my amazing product community and catching up with incredible people like Darinka Burovska and Henry Burnett and meeting inspiring experts like Thomas Fredell and Maria von Watzdorf Sharing ideas and experiences with such talented product leaders truly made the night special! 🎉
A huge thank you to Daniele Ronca , ProductLab Community Conference Community Conference, Ahmed Wafaey and everyone who made this event possible! And, of course, a shout-out to SVPG for their ongoing support in helping product professionals grow and succeed. The energy and insights shared were invaluable!
Thank you Delivery Hero for making his happen and Google berlin for hosting us
If you're in product management, I highly recommend checking out Marty’s articles on Transform. They’re packed with valuable insights for building empowered, vision-driven teams at any scale!
#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership #EmpoweredTeams #SVPG #MartyCagan #Transform #Community
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Nov 12, 2024
Anastasia Buryak
Product Manager | Communities Builder
I had the chance to attend Marty Cagan’s talk on the essential skills and capabilities for product managers and product leaders. It was packed with insights on what it takes to truly excel in our field. Huge thanks to ProductLab Community Conference for organizing this inspiring event!👏
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Nov 13, 2024
Back in 2018, as a working student, I spent my college years exploring different roles across several startups—sales, business development, digital marketing, branding, and editorial. I was determined to find what I enjoyed and where my strengths truly lay. I was convinced I could do it all—except code—and was on a quest to figure out which path would be the best fit for my post-grad career.
Along the way, I was fortunate to have an incredible mentor who handed me a game-changing book: Inspired by Marty Cagan.
The book opened my eyes to product management, and I realized that was it for me.
Fast forward six years, and I had the privilege of seeing Marty Cagan speak on stage—someone whose work, alongside many others, has profoundly shaped my approach to product development. Although I was late to most of the presentation, I still had the time to ask my questions and see that he always has a way of guiding lost product minds 💡
Grateful for ProductLab Community Conference and Daniele Ronca for making this possible!
#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership #EmpoweredTeams #SVPG #MartyCagan #Transform #Community
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Nov 13, 2024
Maria von Watzdorf
VP @ SoundCloud
An evening with Marty Cagan organized by the ProductLab Community Conference - what an amazing opportunity to meet *the* product management brain! Can’t wait to hear him talk!
Nov 12, 2024
Sara Sommerfeld
PM @mobile.de
What a great evening with Marty Cagan yesterday talking about his latest book and learnings. It got particularly stuck to me how much "process addicted" European and especially German companies are instead of really focusing on value creation and enabling the teams & PMs to have the right skillset to do that. There is still so much what we can learn to let old habits go and prepare ourselves to innovate consistently. I'm really looking forward to the journey ahead and apply some learnings from the best leaders.
Thanks to Daniele Ronca for organising this great event. Looking forward to the next community events <3
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Nov 13, 2024
Yesterday, I had an honest meeting with the Godfather of modern Product Management - Marty Cagan 😎
I remember how some years ago, before I had become a Product Manager, I was reading "Inspired" and dreaming that one day I would become a great PM and shake the hand of this amazing person at some great Product conference while being a leader for some marvellous tech product 😴
But it wasn't just a dream. It was a plan, and I headed to this plan meticulously and gradually.
Now, I'm leading Data and ML products at one of the best (no exaggeration, based on Linked ranking 😁 ) German startups. And yesterday, I finally met Marty at an outstanding product meetup at Google's office in Berlin 😊
Huge thanks to ProductLab Community Conference for organising, precisely to Daniele Ronca Liubov Antonova Elena Eremeeva, and everyone else for making the dream come true :) You guys are doing an outstanding job and running brilliant community and conferences ❤️
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Nov 13, 2024
Katia Cassano
CPO @ ScoutBee
🌟𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 "𝗛𝗼𝘄?"
Reflecting on yesterday’s event—a huge thanks to Marty Cagan for sharing such valuable insights and to the ProductLab Community Conference -Daniele Ronca 👏 for organizing it. The discussions inspired me to revisit a critical question in #ProductDiscovery that has been with me throughout my 20+ years in product: we all know WHAT product discovery is, but HOW do we execute it most effectively?
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀?
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹?
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁?
The "HOW" remains a blank space for many, and it's a critical area where we, as product leaders, can contribute. I’m excited to share my insights on driving successful product discovery—practical steps to get the right buy-in, unify research efforts, and maximize value.
✨ Stay tuned—I’ll be posting about these insights and actionable tips soon! 😎
(Also considering a newsletter... What do you think? Would that be helpful?)
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Nov 13, 2024
Ken Knoll
Interim CPO
Always happy to see Marty Cagan present his ("coming from a place of love!") takes on product management based on his new book Transformed — now updated with a dash of "founder mode" discussion. When I was a junior PM, I struggled to articulate my issues with "fake agile", overbearing micro-managers, pointless feature roadmaps, output-oriented organizations and many other anti-patterns found in "feature factories". Today, I'm grateful that we have Marty and other amazing authors who can not only point to clear evidence of the detrimental effects of bad (product) management, but show that change is possible.
I still believe, however, that the discussion needs to be continued - the "founder mode" discussion clearly shows that, despite the tech industry being "data driven", we tend to ignore simple truths when it comes to good leadership. There's a mountain of evidence coming from psychology which shows that creating innovative environments is all about creating amazing culture, overcoming anxiety (on all sides) and other cognitive biases. Will link an amazing article from fellow PM Dave Feldman who articulates some key aspects incredibly well.
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Nov 13, 2024
I had the privilege of listening to and meeting Marty Cagan in person, thanks to Daniele Ronca ProductLab Community Conference for making it happen. Cagan’s approach to product development has significantly shaped my understanding of how to build products. His book “Inspired” is one of the most influential I’ve read so far. Furthermore, his hypothesis-driven approach strongly resonates with how I try to organize my life. In the end, it’s all about outcomes, not just output.
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Nov 13, 2024
Elizaveta Pogasii
sPM @ HelloFresh
What an evening! I had the privilege of seeing Marty Cagan live, sharing insights on how leading tech companies empower their teams to innovate and build a strong product culture. Learning from the best in the field was truly inspiring, big thanks to the ProductLab Community Conference for making this possible.
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Nov 12, 2024
Matteo Risso
sPM @ WeRoad
What a night! 🚀
Yesterday I had the occasion to meet the one and only Marty Cagan in Berlin at Google Campus.
Marty shared some great insight about how Product managers and Product leaders should tackle together to transforming product organizations to become more successful in delivering impactful and innovative products.
After the speech it was amazing to deep dive into Berlin’s Product management community, meeting new peers and share experience.
A huge shoutout to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community Conference to make this happens!
I’m already missing the energy of Berlin, can’t wait to be back!
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Nov 13, 2024
Alessia Marchi
Product Manager AI startup | Community UX @ProductLab
Still can’t believe we had the chance to host Marty Cagan with the ProductLab Community Conference team here in Berlin! 🌟
It was a night full of inspiration and learning with one of the most influential voices in product and the energy in the room was unprecedented 💥
Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a memorable event!
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Nov 13, 2024
Zsuzsanna Tamás
Product Lead AI/ML @Amazon Music
Last night was truly inspiring on so many levels. Hearing from the incredible Marty Cagan, reconnecting with familiar faces, and meeting so many new, inspiring people reminded me once again of the unique energy that makes Berlin so special. Daniele Ronca ‘s dedication to bringing us all together exemplified just how much can be achieved with passion and perseverance. Grateful to be part of such an amazing community! 🎉🙌🏻
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Nov 13, 2024
Hiba Younes
PM | Ph.D Student
Had an incredible time at the Marty Cagan event yesterday! It was a deep dive into what truly makes a product team successful.
On top of that, meeting so many wonderful people who are just as passionate about product was a huge part of the joy!
Thanks to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community Conference to make this happens!
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Nov 13, 2024
Marilda Qerimi
Product Manager Lead @ Mobile
A fantastic evening with Marty Cagan, filled with actionable insights on product leadership.
💡 One key takeaway: true empowerment comes from proactive involvement, not passive delegation. Product leaders must dive deep, provide context, and act as coaches to their teams. Without this hands-on support, even the best delegation can set teams up for failure.
It’s a reminder that our role isn’t just about delivery but about building the right products and setting our teams up for success.
Grateful to Daniele Ronca for organising such an inspiring session. Looking forward to applying these learnings!
#ProductManagement
#Leadership
#Empowerment
#Innovation
#Networking
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Nov 13, 2024
Zsolt Szrapkó
Product Lead at GoTo
I had the incredible opportunity to attend a meetup in Berlin yesterday where I met the legendary Marty Cagan.
Marty, your insights have been pivotal in shaping my early career and continue to inspire me through your books ever since then. You made me believe that product management can be different, and turns out with the right mindset it is actually super fun!
A huge thank you to the ProductLab Community Conference and Daniele Ronca for organizing such a fantastic event. Your efforts in bringing together passionate product managers and leaders are truly appreciated!
#ProductManagement
#ProductLeadership
#Berlin
#EmpoweredTeams
#ContinuousLearning
#ThankYou
Nov 13, 2024
Mohamed Awadain Elsherif
Head of Product
The Egyptian is known for his might, and they are always successful everywhere.
Ahmed Wafaey is the reason why this event is happening in Berlin.
Greetings 🫡 and greetings
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Nov 13, 2024
Varun Jain
sPM
I was standing near my chair in the first row and Marty walks in, shakes his hands with me and says "Hi, I am Marty" such a simple person he is, and his simplicity has helped reach the heights and depths of Product Management.
Every product manager likes to read the books from iconic Product Leaders like Marty Cagan.
And yesterday I got to opportunity to meet the icon in person.
Thanks to Daniele Ronca, ProductLab Community Conference, Google
and Delivery Hero for hosting an amazing evening with Marty.
He presented his findings about the product operating model and how the practises from the big companies could help smaller companies change the way they do product.
He beautifully explained the myths around the topic and how to lay the foundation of Product model in an organisation.
If you haven't already read his books, you should consider them.
I also had the pleasure to connect with some amazing product folks in the city and build some good connections.
#product
#berlin
#productlab
#martycagan
Nov 13, 2024
Vishwanath Hiremath
Product Mgmt
A seismic activity was recorded in Berlin yesterday due to heavy applause by the audience to Marty Cagan 's talk on the Product Operating Model(POM).
I was there, the vibe was cosmic, sitting in the front row surrounded by product leaders and enthusiasts. Thanks to ProductLab Community Conference, Google, and Delivery hero for making it happen. Daniele Ronca
The POM defines the future of the product world, the model is inspired by the product principles of the top product organisations of the world. You can catch all the wealth of Marty's knowledge in his book
#Transformed.
My top 3
1. Lead with context not delegation: Provide context to think and act. Leaders must understand the areas they manage for delegation under context.
#productdiscovery
#productstrategy
2. Principles over processes: Don't use processes to cover up for the inability to think. I remember Marty's lines from 'Just Product 2023' , " People will do anything to avoid thinking".
#productculture
3. Empowered product teams: PMs represent Business and actively drive viability and not liaison and orchestrate engg. and design meetings. Empowered engg. reps. technology ( feasibility )and design reps. the Users( usability/desirability). The trio is one team!
#productdelivery
#productsense
Nov 13, 2024
Stiliana Rochlitzer
Global Key Account Executive @ Google
We made it real! Thank you Marty Cagan for the insightful talk yesterday evening at our Berlin office! Full house with great product people from the Berlin product community aiming to shape the greatest products of tomorrow! What I personally loved is hearing you highlighting NotebookLM as a perfect example of a successful product 😀 Special thanks to our Delivery HEROS Ahmed Wafaey Awo Twumasi and Florian Wagenschwanz and of course to Daniele Ronca (ProductLab Community Conference) for making this event possible!
#MartyCagan
#ProductManagement
#deliveryhero
#google
Nov 13, 2024
Ahmed Wafaey
Shaping Product Destinies: Research, Strategy to Impact.
✨ Finally, tomorrow comes! An Evening with Marty Cagan goes live in Berlin at Google Campus. It’s an opportunity for product leaders to gain fresh insights and connect over what truly matters.
Big thanks to Delivery Hero & Google for making this event a reality! 🙏
And a huge shoutout to Daniele Ronca/ProductLab Community Conference, who poured his energy into every detail, working closely with our HEROs Awo Twumasi, Maria Baranovskaya and Stiliana Rochlitzer bring this event to life! 🌟👏
Nov 11, 2024
Karim Eldidi
Product Manager @ USC
I attended a Product Talk last week with ProductLab Community Conference and it was an awesome evening! 😊 The talks by Amr Basha, Mohamed Kotb and Florian Bonnet were very insightful. I left feeling like my product knowledge got a solid refresh. Plus, connecting with so many amazing product folks was a highlight. If you're a product person in Berlin, you’ll definitely enjoy being part of this community. They host great sessions, and Marty Cagan himself is set to speak soon! thank you Daniele Ronca and the team for creating this space 😊
Oct 29, 2024
Aaron M Pinto
Co-Founder @ Epic Test Quest
This workshop on B2B sales from the ProductLab Community Conference was, in a word, freaking AMAZING!!!
OK that’s two words, but it was THAT good! I will be honest in saying that I didn’t have overly high expectations of this session. To be fair, Berlin has a LOT of meetups, and the likelihood of you leaving there with insights that change your entire approach to your business is…unlikely, to say the least.
But am I glad to say that I was 100% wrong about this one. The presentation around wellness given by the Urban Sports Club's Product Leaders Mohamed Kotb and Amr Basha was already fantastic. The latter half though, around B2B sales given by Florian Bonnet, was MIND BLOWING.
𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺:
1) Who are you talking to? Who are you selling to/who is making the decision? That's the key question.
2) When you sell to the user, the user benefits are the top priority. When you sell to the Directors, IT leadership, and CFO, there are a whole other set of priorities you need to focus on. In this case, the user is an afterthought. Choose your strategy carefully before you start.
3) Create a system within the client company that enables a “Refer a Colleague” approach
And so much more. I’ll add more in the days to come. But I cannot WAIT to read Florian’s book and hopefully attend more sessions that he teaches, because there is zero doubt that they will be valuable.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 Daniele Ronca 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘓𝘢𝘣 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵!!
#StartupLife
#BerlinStartups
Oct 25, 2024
Lina Kamuz
sPM • AI/ML Enthusiast
This week, I had the chance to attend another ProductLab Community Conference event at Urban Sports Club. As always, it was great to connect with others in product management and learn something new.
I really liked Florian Bonnet's talk about B2B growth. The idea is that if you want to use a product-led approach, you need to focus on the end-users, the people who will actually use the product day-to-day. Targeting directors or executives will require a sales-led growth strategy, which will also work, but it can be a slow process.
𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀:
🔴 Start with End Users. To grow within a company, make it easy for end users to find value in your tool. When they see results, they’re more likely to introduce it to their teams and departments.
🔴 Encourage Internal Sharing. By creating use cases that fit different roles (like marketing, design, or product), you help teams see how your tool can work for them. When people share what they’ve created with others, it builds curiosity and interest across the company.
🔴 Offer a Freemium Option. This can help remove initial cost barriers and speed up adoption. A free version lets teams try out the product before any big buying decision needs to be made.
🔴 Remember, It’s People Helping People. B2B growth is more than just selling to companies. It’s about solving problems for the people within those companies. While the end users focus on how well the tool works for them, executives care more about its overall value and impact on business goals.
Thanks to Florian Bonnet, Amr Basha, Mohamed Kotb, and the ProductLab team (Daniele, Manizeh, Elena, and Alessia) for organizing another great event. Looking forward to the next one!
Oct 27, 2024
Ahmed Wafaey
Shaping Product Destinies
So, it’s real now! Tomorrow, tickets go live for An Evening with Marty Cagan right here in Berlin! 📍 Google Campus on November 12, 2024.
If product management keeps you up at night (in a good way 😉), this is THE event you’ve been waiting for. With Delivery Hero 👊 as the main supporter, ensuring everything runs smoothly and providing the best welcome in Berlin, we couldn’t be more excited!
Special shout-out to Daniele Ronca (ProductLab Community Conference), who spent countless hours and put in extraordinary effort to make this event a reality, and to our HEROs Maria Baranovskaya, Awo Twumasi and Stiliana Rochlitzer for their ground work in bringing everything together.
Your ideas made this happen! 🙌
Don’t miss your chance—those spots will be gone in no time! 🎟️ (link in comments)
#ProductLab
#MartyCagan
#ProductManagement
Oct 6, 2024
Akhil Anand
Data Engineer & Software Engineer
Incredible event thanks to Just Eat Takeaway.com for hosting us last week!
I had the pleasure of attending in person, and it was truly an enriching experience.
Once again, a huge thank you to speakers & Team for pulling everything together so seamlessly. 🖤
Looking forward to more events and staying connected with this fantastic community.
#ProductLab
#JustEat
#TechEvents
Oct 2, 2024
Chiedza Muguti
Product Leader | Speaker | Coach | Mentor
Thank you for organising such a great event, I really enjoyed it and I will most definitely be back again ♥️
Oct 3, 2024
Lin Cassie Zhen
Leadership Coach
Whenever I give talks about
#changes and
#uncertainties, I'm never quite sure what stories I'll hear from the audience. However, I've consistently observed a collective sigh of relief that such challenging topics are allowed to be explored.
Last week at the ProductLab Community meetup, as usual, I shared a talk on navigating changes and uncertainties. This time, I was amazed by the open, frank, and deeply human responses from the audience. People shared stories ranging from minor daily plan changes to the turbulent emotions surrounding layoffs, from the poignancy of life and death to profound explorations of value and meaning.
Moments like these continually remind me that companies and societies are made up of people with thoughts and feelings, each on a unique journey. It's often assumed that workplaces demand an almost robotic logic and detachment from their employees. Yet the truth is, we're all human, with human needs, beneath any façade we might put on.
As we navigate this fascinating world of rapid changes and uncertainties, creating inner space to allow ourselves to process our emotions, and in turn respond wisely becomes increasingly important.
As a collective, what might happen if we gradually learn to create that space in the workplace, allowing us to lean into our humanity? What if we create room for poignant experiences to be present, explored, and learned from?
What are your thoughts on this? I'd love to hear your experiences and perspectives in the comments below.
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Thank you Daniele for making these amazing events happen. Thank you to the other wonderful speakers, Chiedza, Bedrettin, for sharing your insights and knowledge. And also a huge thank you to everyone who shared your stories in such open, sincere, and brave ways.
Sep 30, 2024
HelloFresh Berlin recently hosted a ProductLab Community event, where we dove deep into the world of data products. The synergy between data and innovation was on full display as the community of product people, data experts, and innovators came together to explore the latest trends and challenges in this field.
Dr. Utku Yildirim, Senior Director of Product at HelloFresh, delivered a compelling presentation on Decision Support Platforms, highlighting how it helps to make smarter and faster decision-making.
A big shout-out to the organisers, speakers, and attendees for an insightful session! Curious to explore more? Dive into the world of innovation by joining one of our dynamic product teams.
Discover opportunities and check out our open product positions here: lnkd.in/enQkNJX7
Thank you for the great photos Arundhati Shenoy!
#insidehellofresh
#ProductLab
#Innovation
#ProductJobs
#Berlin
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Sep 3, 2024
Alessia Marchi
Product Manager AI startup
So happy and excited to be part of such an inspiring and passionate team!
ProductLab Community is on an exponential growth path, and our ambitions are higher than ever.
....And we’re just getting started 🚀!
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Aug 29, 2024
Eva Schreyer
Head of Data & Analytics
I joined the ProductLab Community meetup tonight at HelloFresh and I really didn't expect to learn so much about analytics and data-driven decision-making! Very cool community💚
leaving with a lot of ideas 💡
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Aug 27, 2024
3 Schritte, um Fehlschläge bei KI zu vermeiden! 💡
Der Erfolg von KI-Entwicklungen steht und fällt mit den richtigen Daten. Unzureichende Datenbereinigung, -organisation und -austausch können den Fortschritt erheblich hemmen.
Boyan Angelov war zu Gast bei der ProductLab Community und hat einen Vortrag über sein Heartbeat-Thema gehalten: Künstliche Intelligenz und die optimale Strategie dafür.
Hier sind die drei Schritte, um Misserfolge zu vermeiden:
◾️ Strategize: Eine Strategie ist mehr als eine To-do-Liste. Setze auf einen flexiblen StratOps-Ansatz und vernachlässige nicht das Requirements Engineering!
◾️ Think: Nutze Systemdenken, um den Fokus auf die Nutzererfahrung zu legen, und definiere frühzeitig die KPIs deiner Produkte.
◾️ Enable: Ignoriere nicht den Daten-Eisberg! Investiere in eine robuste Dateninfrastruktur und geeignete Plattformen, um den Grundstein für den Erfolg zu legen.
#KIStrategie
#KI
#Daten
#Exxeta
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Sep 9, 2024
💫 On Tuesday, together with Harald, I joined the ProductLab Community Data and AI Products event, hosted at HelloFresh 🥬
🙌 It was great to learn from the best about:
🏗️ Building Data Platforms by Data & AI Strategy Leader Francesco Mucio
🗺️ AI Strategy by Data & AI Strategy Leader @ Exxeta Boyan Angelov
⛰️High-Impact Data Products by Director Data Gov & BI @ Prima Kinda El Maarry, PhD
🌳Linking data patterns by Data Insights Lead @ Ecosia Zsofia Bognar
💡Enabling teams data-driven decisions by Growth @ Rows Alberto Manassero
🎉After the sessions, I was very happy to meet my dear former colleague and partner in product management crime at GoPuls, Thang. It was also a pleasure to connect with Anita Đordić, a product strategist who is on a mission to help companies reach their product-market fit.
🎊 That was an insightful evening with a lot of exchange and fun!
👏Thank you Daniele Ronca and ProductLab team for making this happen. Special thanks to Manizeh Dossa and Mariia Osypova for organising and facilitating the event at the Ritterstraße Campus.
#productmanagement
#productmanager
#productlab
#event
#meetup
#AI
#dataproducts
Aug 29, 2024
Anisja Porschke
Legal PM @Fides
I joined the ProductLab Community in Berlin Tuesday evening to talk about “Onboarding Corporate Governance Data”. My main goal of the night was to convince the others that Corporate Governance is quite the cool product category (for some reason people assume differently....🙃). And judging from the discussions we had afterward - I was successful.
There were three main onboarding challenges we at Fides faced when starting to build our platform three years ago:
❓How do you onboard data that is hidden in some (scanned) legal document?
❓How do you make sure data is always up to date if certain parts of a workflow usually happen outside your platform (looking at you, Handelsregister…)
❓How do you deal with the lawyer's phenomenon of “It depends…” when it comes to data
Three years later we have an answer to each of these questions. If you want to hear these answers or are curious about our product or the potential of Corporate Governance as a product category - reach out 🤓
Thanks again to all the volunteers at the ProductLab Community and Daniele Ronca!
Aug 29, 2024
Michal Marazevich
sPM @ Smart Valor
You are what your ChatGPT account history reflects. You are the books in your Kindle library. You are your browser history. You are who you listen to.
Thanks ProductLab Community for great speakers and vibes!
Aug 28, 2024
A Big shoutout to Daniele Ronca, the ProductLab Community & all the amazing speakers who joined us at HelloFresh venue for organizing Such outstanding Data Product gathering and bringing such topnotch speakers. 4 talks in a row where the focus was on very different aspects & very challenging topics:
1-Breaking Problems and Building Products by Rebekka Orth
We got the chance to be introduced to the 6 steps framework that Nuvo came up with it to assist Whether you need to build AI solution for the problem you have and How to make sure which type of model would you need.
2- Scaling innovation with Data products by Csaba Tamas
Here we had to know the difference between insights, information, and data. Also how the typography of data teams evolve and how to ensure to have the right setup at each stage so that the data teams can deliver in a short time and the decision makers take no time to steer well their actions
3- Onboard Corporate Governance data by Anisja Porschke
Anisja had to explain to us what corporate governance means. It was interesting to know how lawyers prefer to work with documents rather than having cloud solutions and a whole journey with Fides to build a legal product.
4-Decision support platform by Dr. Utku Yildirim
An amazing presentation about KPI driver trees. We got to know how different KPIs are structured together and the cycle of How changes in product KPIs could influence Customer KPIs and deliver the intended Business KPIs.
The Bonus short talk from Goktug Yilmaz and How they think about improvements, testing their ideas at Colonist, and keeping data in check was on point.
A well-organized gathering with lots to offer, IMHO better than many paid conferences. How could I forget about the amazing food and the Djs that set the mode with the music till the end of the gathering after the talks!
Aug 28, 2024
It was quite an interesting session with ProductLab Community listening to experts speak on Building and maintaining data products, as well AI strategies for development and the dynamics of the team structure to support smooth Data Product Development.
This event was definetly worth attending and I look forward to more ProductLab Community . Shout out to the speakers Francesco Mucio Boyan Angelov, Kinda EI Maary.
Aug 28, 2024
Anne Uekermann
Strategy & Programs, EMEA @ Amplitude
🏝️How do you know that summer is over?
Events are back on! 😁
We’re starting 🍁fall season with 160 product people on not one, but 2️⃣ stages, at the
#DataProducts event organized with our partner ProductLab Community in Berlin.
My favorite part of the event was the
#spotlight session, where community members got 30sec on stage to introduce their projects and put out what they are looking for but also offer what they would like to give back to the community!
Thank you, Daniele, for establishing this and including Amplitude as a big part of the Berlin Product Community and huge props to Dr. Utku Yildirim at HelloFresh for hosting in these beautiful venues.
Aug 27, 2024
Shruti Dwivedi
Product Lead @ Delivery Hero
I had a fantastic time at the PM Meetup in Berlin today, organized by the ProductLab Community! Thanks to Daniele Ronca for putting together such an insightful and engaging event. 🙌 🎉
Csaba Tamas from AWS shared some golden nuggets on the importance of insight-driven development and how leveraging data insights can lead to smarter decisions, better products, and enhanced user experiences. 📊
It's not just about collecting data; it's about interpreting that data to generate actionable insights that can drive smarter decisions, enhance product development, and ultimately deliver more value to users. 🚀
This approach emphasizes that data alone is not enough—it’s the insights derived from data that empower us to innovate and make a meaningful impact.
I am looking forward to more events like this and applying these learnings to my work! 🌟
#ProductManagement
#InsightDrivenDevelopment
#DataToInsights
#PMMeetup
#Berlin
Aug 27, 2024
Alex Torgersson
sPM @ Spotify
How data driven decisions drive top line 📈
🇩🇪I joined a PM meetup in Berlin tonight organised by ProductLab Community. Daniele Ronca - Kudos to a great event btw 🙌
🔢 Csaba Tamas from AWS held a keynote defining how to become a data driven company:
1. The large majority (›85%) of decisions are based on up-to-date, actionable insights at the point of impact as opposed to gut feeling and biases.
2. Data assets and capabilities are handled as (internal) products, served by the data producers to the consumers and measured by performance and quality metrics.
3. Average Time-to-Insight is used as initial
performance metric and % of Staff Accessing Role-Relevant Insights is the metric of progress.
Aug 27, 2024
Rebekka Orth
Product Lead
To add AI or not to add AI, that’s the question! I’m excited to join ProductLab’s summer party in Berlin next week.
There will be 10 talks in total, covering topics from scaling innovation to enabling data-driven decision-making. I’ll also share our experiences at nuvo, particularly how we decide if AI is the right solution for the challenge.
A big thanks to Daniele Ronca and the ProductLab Community for organising this!
Aug 23, 2024
Daniele Ronca
Product&Community@ ProductLAB
I want to share that I had an emotional moment with Manizeh Dossa while getting ready for HelloFresh's summer party for our ProductLab Community event!
It's about building a community, fostering product knowledge, and working with outstanding brands to make it all possible. I am proud to associate what we're building with established companies, top brands, and amazing people!
Thank you.
HelloFresh, Amplitude, nuvo, Monday Merch
the people behind them, to make this happen
Dr. Utku Yildirim, Anne Uekermann + Esther Trapadoux, Maija Riuttamäki, Lili Mauderer + Anja Donđivić
the top Speaker lineup 💙
Rebekka Orth Aditya Raghunath Csaba Tamas Anisja Porschke Dr. Utku Yildirim Francesco Mucio Boyan Angelov Kinda El Maarry, PhD Zsofia Bognar Alberto Manassero
…more
Aug 22, 2024
Henry Burnett
sPM @ Urban Sports Club
So grateful to be part of this inspiring and growing ProductLab Community in Berlin!
Daniele Ronca and his team are doing great things to make the experiences of veteran product leaders more accessible to product managers and hopeful career switchers of all levels! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Aug 20, 2024
Utku Yildirim
Product & Data Science Leader @ HelloFresh
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
We're thrilled to announce that HelloFresh is hosting a major event focused on one of the hottest topics in the industry today: Product Management of Data Products!
On 27.08, ProductLabs and HelloFresh are bringing together 10 expert speakers across 2 stages to share their insights on what it takes to become a great product manager in the era of AI and data-driven innovation. 🚀
At HelloFresh, we believe in the power of disciplined product management and have been evolving our practices over the years to lead the charge in this rapidly changing landscape. This event is a testament to our commitment to pushing the boundaries and fostering a community of forward-thinking product professionals.
Whether you're a seasoned PM or just starting your journey, this event is packed with valuable insights to help you excel in managing data products and leveraging AI to deliver exceptional value.
Looking forward to seeing you there! 🌟
#ProductManagement
#DataProducts
#Innovation
#HelloTech
#HelloFresh
Aug 18, 2024
Anisja Porschke
Legal PM @ Fides
Mark your calendars:
August 27th is your event if you are into Data or Products or Data Products! The ProductLab Community will host their summer party at the HelloFresh Campus. You have the chance to listen to various PM-Topics, meet other product-nerds and enjoy a wonderful summer night. 🍹
Also, I will be speaking about the journey, challenges and lessons learned from building a product around legal and governance data. 🤓
Can't wait for this - thanks to the ProductLab Community and our hosts for the night!
Make sure to sign up before all spots are taken lu.ma/bvdrkjs5
#Productmanagement
#legaltech
Aug 12, 2024
Aditya Raghunath
Product Cybersecurity @ HelloFresh
Shoutout to all professionals passionate about Data & Security products and platforms - please join us for an exciting, thought-provoking and insightful series of talks and networking on 27 Aug, hosted by ProductLab Community at the HelloFresh Berlin campus.
The event boasts of seasoned leaders on the panel, from Amazon Web Services (AWS) , HelloFresh , Nuvo, Exxeta , Prima and Ecosia , among others.
📣 Hurry and reserve your spot before we run out of seats! 🗓️🎤🚀
Aug 7, 2024
Daria Monihart
Enabling great strategies and products
📣 To all product and innovation professionals in my network: I highly recommend the ProductLab Community. This is an excellent place to connect with other great product managers, exchange knowledge and meet-up in person during monthly events.
🔥 In July, I attended a fantastic ProductLab Strategy and Leadership event with amazing speakers and inspiring, insightful talks:
– Hard learnt leadership lessons by Head of PM @ Zalando Roland Butler
– Transforming feature factories by CPO Ken Knoll
– Communicating like a product leader by CPO @ Offerista Group 🥙Abdo Wahba
⭐️ It was a pleasure to connect with the community! I very enjoyed conversations with Natalie Solodovnikova and Aygul Yulyakshina about product management approaches and the role of a product manager in different organisations types.
🗓️ Mark your calendars: on the 27th of August there will be another big ProductLab event dedicated to data products, security and AI hosted at HelloFresh in Berlin. You can register for it here lu.ma/bvdrkjs5 and join the community here productlab.app
❤️ A big thanks to Daniele Ronca and the ProductLab team for bringing great product managers together and for the positive spirit you share. Special thanks to Arundhati Shenoy for amazing photos of the events 🙏
#productmanagement
#productmanager
#community
#berlin
#event
#data
#AI
#productlab
#networking
Aug 6, 2024
Boyan Angelov
Data and AI Strategy Leader, O'Reilly Author
𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀!
📢 On the 27th of August, I'll speak at the ProductLab Community event at the HelloFresh campus.
🔵 I'll share lessons from my experience connecting AI strategy to product development. You'll hear about my favorite topics, such as 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗢𝗽𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 and, of course, 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.
🏄♂️ To keep up with the logistics and network with the best product people in Berlin, join the ProductLab community; I'll share the link below.
Daniele Ronca, thank you for the invitation!
#productstrategy
#dataproducts
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Jul 19, 2024
Barbara Drobnak
Community & Operations Manager
It all started on a̶ ̶c̶̶r̶̶i̶̶s̶̶p̶̶ ̶ an unnecessarily hot Berlin day when I d̶r̶a̶g̶g̶e̶d̶ invited my friend to a ProductLab Community event organised by Daniele Ronca at Ahoy! Berlin. Now, Daniele might not be on Forbes' radar 𝙮𝙚𝙩, but the event was fantastic. We met some fascinating people, listened to great talks, and got some excellent book recommendations (Danke, Ken—Marty Cagan’s book is next on my list after “Move Fast and Fix Things” <3 by Frances Frei & Moriss).
One of the presenters, 🥙Abdo Wahba, offered a chance to chat and get some honest, unfiltered feedback. He said he brings order to chaos and chaos to order, where needed.
Naturally, I jumped at the opportunity.
I was looking for straightforward, actionable feedback—something that cuts through the fluff and gets straight to the point. And he delivered just that. His feedback was refreshingly direct, no-nonsense and packed with practical, actionable advice.
So here’s a nod to 🥙Abdo for bringing that much-needed mix of order and chaos.
If you’re ever in need of feedback that’s both insightful and straightforward, he’s the person to talk to.
Aug 2, 2024
Bedrettin Guener
Lead PM @JET
I joined the ProductLab community after a great experience at a previous meetup back in February, eager to connect with Berlin-based product managers and learn from insightful speakers. ProductLab consistently delivers valuable content, directly relevant to my work as a Lead Product Manager, such as crafting messages for senior stakeholders and lessons from industry experts' experiences. The networking opportunities have been invaluable, allowing me to connect with other product managers and renowned product leaders in Berlin. I highly recommend ProductLab to all product managers in the area. Their events offer deep insights and a chance to meet inspiring peers and leaders.
Jul 30, 2024
Roland Butler
Head PM for Content Solutions @Zalando
The other week I took part in two speaking events. One in London, One in Berlin. I call this a european speaking tour!
London was a lighting talk, so two stories and wrap up
Berlin was a longer slot, so while I listened to advice and cut a lot of content I should have cut more - or ignored the time limit!
Not sure when the next European tour will but if you attended thanks for listening and for the question and hope the lessons were useful.
Big shoutouts to Paul Pechey and Daniele Ronca for the creating great communities. **CTA: Go and sign up at both**
And thanks Cate Czerwinski, Dave Feldman, Hiya Gaine and Jim Beattie for the feedback before hand.
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Jul 22, 2024
Manizeh Dossa
Product @HelloFresh
Being a PM can be lonely, overwhelming and challenging. It is also exhilarating and fun! ProductLab has been pivotal for me both as a speaker and now as a volunteer, for providing an opportunity to connect with a community of vibrant network of passionate product managers who are eager to share insights, collaborate on projects, and support each other's career journeys.
Jul 25, 2024
Mariia Osypova
Product manager
If you love Product events in Berlin like I do, you'll start running into friends there over time! 🙌🏼
This time, I attended an event by ProductLab. The room was packed with talented Product Leaders and featured three thought-provoking speakers.
Here's the highlight reel:
Roland Butler, Head of Product @ Zalando, shared practical leadership tips.
Ken Knoll, Interim CPO, discussed how to turn a feature factory team into one that builds features customers need and love.
🥙Abdo Wahba, CPO @ Offerista Group and Public Speaking Coach, showed us how to present like Product People to stand out. Abdo, I’ll definitely remember your talk and borrow a few jokes!
Daniele Ronca and ProductLab team, thank you for bringing together talented product leaders, the organization was top-notch! We're waiting for August 27th!
#Productmanagement
#Berlin
#PM
#community
#networking
Jul 15, 2024
🥙Abdo Wahba
CPO and Public Speaking & Presentation Coach
I really appreciate people who give books as gifts!
Nowadays I only buy the paper books I value to keep on my bookshelf for safekeeping. I mainly read/listen to eBooks/Audiobooks.
Daniele Ronca gave me one of my all-time favorites in appreciation for my presentation last Thursday at ProductLab's event.
My presentation was about a massively overlooked opportunity for Product People to stand-out! Check the comments if you want a free 1-on-1 session to learn more about the topic.
For my presentation Daniele gifted me the book "Never Split the Difference" by Christopher Voss.
Because it is a gift from Daniele Ronca and it's a book I love and learned a lot from, it has earned a place on my bookshelf, amongst my other favorites!
How does your bookshelf look like? What are your favorite books on it?
Jul 15, 2024
Leah Tharin
CPGO / B2B Growth for Scaleups. leahtharin.com
I had much fun presenting at the community talk hosted/sponsored by Babbel & Amplitude.
I have a special place in my heart for events that are jock full of product people because I can go more in-depth when I'm trying to spread the growth gospel and how it all ties back to business.
This was also reflected in the questions which are always a lot of fun to answer and show me time and time again how this profession is full of passionate people who want to do something meaningful.
Thank you for having me and putting it all together. Esther & Daniele
Jan 26, 2024
Matteo Stifanelli
Scaled Airbnb & Taxfix in Italy, Writer & Founder
The one reason why Airbnb/Taxfix international expansion journeys were so different?
I’ll share my experience of spending the last 12 years of my life scaling these two companies.
See you tonight.
Feb 15, 2024
Elena
Social Media Manager @INSM
I developed an interest in product management couple of months ago, found ProductLab community on socials and found the idea behind it amazing therefore I joined. I’m just in the beginning of my product journey and I find it extremely valuable that I can meet people who already have a lot of experience behind them and they can share their experience with me. The most valuable I find the free of charge knowledge transfer the community provides and the fact that the members of the community are all very friendly and supportive. I would definitely recommend anyone interested in a product world or similar IT spheres to join!
Jul 6, 2024
Prateek Hakay
VP Product & AI
Better one good deed than a thousand fair words!
Grateful to Lucie McLean for holding space where people could show up as they are — with their experiences, doubts, frameworks, and hard-won lessons. And Daniele Ronca to organise it and make it all happen! What a wonderful evening in taste, intensity and flavours - not only in food and wine but in wisdom and learning! :)
What stood out for me was the sheer depth in the room - not just in scale or credentials, but in real execution. You could tell who had built, failed, iterated, and shipped under pressure. The conversations weren’t theoretical. They were rooted in sweat, experiments, pivots, and decisions made when stakes were high. Sometimes failed, bruised and then built again strongly!
From creative ways to apply Event Storming, to revisiting the Horizon 1–2–3 framework to evaluate product bets, there was so much packed into every byte and segment.
One theme that resonated: the rules of the game need to be clear to the Product team. In uncertain or fast-paced environments, alignment isn't a luxury - it’s a survival strategy.
Came back with a full notepad and a fuller mind.
More of this, please Daniele Ronca. 🙌
Many thanks to Akash Kedia, Sarah Burgess, Fabian Strunden, @Bedritten and Dave Feldman! 🙌
Jun 26, 2025
Contentful Talent Network
1,572 followers
There’s nothing quite like being surrounded by curious builders, insightful product thinkers, and big, bold ideas. Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the incredible ProductLab CMTY & CONF> community at Contentful.
Michelle Proksell 媚潇 and Fabian Schultz took us on a deep-dive into how they used AI to build user personalization. But it wasn’t just about the technology. It's about the process of solving the right problems, staying user-focused, and constantly testing and learning.
Sabrina Mach brought it all home by encouraging us to look for patterns, challenge our assumptions, and strive for clarity.
The energy in the room was infectious, and we’re so grateful to everyone who joined us. Here’s to more moments of learning, connection, and collaboration 💡✨
#BuildYourStory
#TeamContentful
Jun 25, 2025
Prateek Hakay
Product & AI
A truly enriching experience! Glad to have made a choice to be there. A much hands-on exchange! The on-the-floor wisdom can hardly be grasped through other media!
Jun 26, 2025
Esther Vidal Andreu
Crafting experiences and brands people love
Back at an AI event this week. Thanks to
This time the focus wasn’t on how to integrate AI into design processes, but on how to approach discovery in order to create meaningful AI tools.
Key takeaway: AI isn’t a mysterious monster, it’s a machine with functionalities. Our job is to facilitate interaction with it based on what we want to achieve. In other words, it’s the same principle as always in product design.
Everything is moving so fast right now that we often feel we need to execute immediately or risk being left behind. But in the rush, we’re skipping the most essential part of the creative process: understanding what users actually need.
Jun 20, 2025
Daniele Ronca
Product&Community@ ProductLab Conf>
It’s happening now!
Beam event about logistics products. Insights. Case study!
With Nupur Dhar Alessio Tixi Codee Martinelli and other 35+ amazing product builders ❤️
Jun 5, 2025
Bandan Singh
Payments & Credit Products @ Riverty
🚀 Product management is evolving—from shipping features to owning outcomes. I’m excited to speak about how PMs can drive business impact by understanding P&L better and aligning product strategy with company goals.
📊 In this talk titled 'Sustainable Growth', I’ll be sharing practical ways to connect product metrics to financial results and how PMs can speak financial impact to the executives, shareholders and investors.
🎯 Join me at Product Lab Conference (17 - 18 September'2025) in Berlin to explore how product teams can shift focus from short-term wins to long-term value creation and become true partners to the leadership.
Get your tickets here -> lnkd.in/e4sct65d
Daniele Ronca
May 30, 2025
Beam
Host
We're still buzzing after last week's Product Lab event!
Huge thanks to Daniele Ronca for making it happen, Alessio Tixi and Nupur Dhar for presenting, and to all the attendees for bringing the energy and insightful discussions.
If you're working with a networking or meetup group in the product/logistics/SaaS space and you're looking for your next location, Beam would love to host you.
We're always looking for new partners and collaborators to help drive these conversations forward, so if that's you, please get in touch!
Jun 10, 2025
Karsten Winkler
Sr. Director of Product at Contentful
Product folks in Berlin, mark your calendars for the Discovery for AI meetup at Contentful on June 19. Talks by Sabrina Mach and Michelle Proksell 媚潇 & Fabian Schultz start the conversation. Daniele Ronca and Veronika Morozová at ProductLab CMTY & CONF> facilitate the evening. Get more details and register at Luma now: lu.ma/zrgcklor
Jun 10, 2025
Mirza Beširović
AI Product Leader @ Zendesk • Building AI agents for customer service • Mentor • Public Speaker
I'm excited to share I’ll be speaking at the ProductLab Conference in Berlin on Sep 18 alongside product pals and greats like ✨ Büşra Coşkuner, Tim Herbig, and Tamer El-Hawari, among others. 🎉
In my talk, I will discuss how product management is evolving as AI agents become part of our core stack. We’ll dig into what it means to design not just features, but workflows between humans and autonomous agents.
Some of the themes I will explore include:
📌 How to orchestrate multi-agent systems and enable agent collaboration
📌 What product workspaces might look like when AI agents interact across applications
📌 The evolving role of PMs as the connective tissue between human intent and machine execution
🗓 Sep 17–18, 2025 | 📍 Berlin
🎟 Early bird tickets will be available until the end of May -- use code Mirza50 at productlab.app for a discount!
Let me know if you’ll be attending -- I'd love to connect. 🤩
cc Daniele Ronca
#productLab2025
#AIProductLeadership
#agenticEra
#humanInTheLoop
#productManagement
May 6, 2025
✨ Büşra Coşkuner
Product Coach & Advisor - Training and coaching product teams on dealing with the messy middle 👉 Writing about Product Metrics, Impact Mapping, Experiments, and Product Thinking
Wanna become a data informed product leader?
Best year for doing that is 2025!
Join my workshops at ProductLab Community & Conference> in Berlin.
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Labs Day is on the 17. September with 6 workshops that you can choose from by me, Florian Bonnet and Erika Lauro.
My morning workshop:
Success metrics that matter: Set up your success engine for sustainable growth
My afternoon workshop:
Impact Mapping - A Crash Course
Get more info about my workshops and your tickets here: lnkd.in/e_qMkCXq
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The conference is on the 18. September with some amazing speakers and product friends like Tim Herbig, Mirza Beširović, David Pereira, Chris Compston and more. Asya Kuznetsova - looking forward to finally meet you in person, I've heard your name so many times now that I want to meet you! 😄
👉 Get your 50 EUR off the conference ticket until end of May with my code BUSRA50 - just enter the code in the checkout.
See you in Berlin! 👋
May 15, 2025
Tamer El-Hawari
productbench.co – Product Management Trainer & Consultant | Entrepreneur | Angel Investor
𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐄𝐎. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡. 𝐀𝐈. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
Change just keeps happening.
It’s the only constant.
Staying on track, making good decisions, and actually thriving when things feel like they’re falling apart — that’s an art.
That’s exactly what we’ll talk about at the ProductLab Community & Conference in Berlin.
🎯 I’m hosting a roundtable on mastering the art of change — together with sharp product minds who’ve all faced the storm.
👉 Join us: lnkd.in/eVjFXHsk
Happy to see Tim Herbig, ✨ Büşra Coşkuner, David Pereira, Mirza Beširović, Francesca Cortesi, and of course Daniele Ronca and many more at the conference.
𝘈𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵:
“𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴 ç𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤’𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢 𝘮ê𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦.”
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦.
May 15, 2025
Daniel Zherenkov
Senior Product Manager
Thank you very much Liubov Antonova Elena Eremeeva Daniele Ronca and the whole gang of the ProductLab Community & Conference> for the absolutely astonishing Product Meetup we had yesterday!
That was a relatively small but so cosy and comfortable product event hosted by MILES (special thanks to them too!) that I couldn’t help but highlight. Nitin Maslekar, PhD from MIELS and Daniel Nguyen from Uber have shared so many different approaches to building products in the asset-heavy and asset-light environments and plenty of pitfalls that live there. Amazing talks with a lot of follow-up questions and even interactions with the audience.
The format was kind of new for this type of event, but that was exactly what enabled attendees to actively communicate with each other and with the speakers. After all, it didn’t feel like an official professional meet-up, rather a warm and light meeting with old friends :)
Liked it a lot and looking forward to more!
I'm pretty happy to be a part of such vibrant and active ProductLab Community & Conference> in Berlin, so if you are looking for an enabler for your career, a safety space to discuss tough problems or just a group of life-active people you can mingle with from time to time, I can definitely recommend joining these guys, they surely know what they are doing 😎
Apr 30, 2025
Elena Eremeeva
Community/UX at ProductLab
𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝐌̶𝐈̶𝐋̶𝐅̶𝐒̶ MILES(I just had to)🙂↕️
💥 It was the first time Liubov Antonova and I had the opportunity to take the whole responsibility for organizing our ProductLab Community & Conference> monthly event and I am so very proud of how it went.
We got to know MILESVP of Product Nitin Maslekar, PhD at our Urban Sports Club event in October and were lucky he was also interested in collaborating with us by organizing one at their headquarters office.
👩🏼💻 First calls, defining the event topic, more calls, discussing the regulations and requirements, E-mails, visiting the space, E-mails, finding the second speaker, E-mails, dry runs, E-mails, final call, event day!
🔝 This time we were testing a new and more cosy format for the event, hosting only ~30 people and it was a great experience. People who came were really excited about the topic, asked questions and shared their opinions.
Nitin and Daniel in turn had the opportunity to have a real conversation with the audience and it worked extremely well. I personally had a lot of fun as well as gained much while listening to presentations. Can’t be grateful enough for the opportunity to have you both on stage!
Thank you everyone who was there with us yesterday, ProductLab Community & Conference> team for the support and Daniele Ronca for the opportunity to take the lead 🥹
Daniele Liubov Elif Olivia Veronika Ahmed Leila
xoxo
Apr 30, 2025
Victoria Berezhnova
Lead PM
Several days have already passed, but I believe it's never too late to say thank you.
Recently, Nadezhda Baryshnikova and I attended an amazing meetup, and I would like to sincerely thank the ProductLab Community & Conference> for your thoughtful and precise organization of the meeting. It was a great opportunity to discuss products, projects, and professional habits. Special thanks for inviting such interesting speakers and creating a genuine sense of community.
Mar 24, 2025
Stephanie Kazalac
Product Director @ Airalo
Last week, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at the latest ProductLab Community & Conference> event! First of all, a huge thank you to Daniele Ronca for organizing these events and for keeping the product community in Berlin alive and thriving. It’s impressive to see your energy and dedication, bringing 80+ people together in one room is no small feat! I was also pleased to see that nearly half of the room had used Airalo ❤️.
The panel was a great conversation around some truths about building products and product careers. It was a pleasure sharing the stage with Julie Kamel and Alex Allan! We exchanged thoughts on product management, career paths, AI, and personal stories. A special thanks to Julie for sharing your story, especially about Lebanon. I’m always impressed by the resilience and strength of the Lebanese people, constantly restarting and moving forward, no matter what.
👉 AI and Product Management
Personally, I see AI as just another technology among many. Yes, it’s the trend right now, but we’ve seen plenty of trends before: A/B testing, mobile-first, growth hacking, personalization & machine learning, product-led growth and now AI. In my opinion, it’s a powerful enabler that helps product people do more, faster, and better, if you know how to use it. I definitely don’t see it as a threat, quite the opposite. Product people aren’t going anywhere. If anything, we’ll be more empowered to make better-informed decisions, rely less on other team members, and focus on higher-value, strategic work.
👉 We also explored what it means to be a “top 1% PM”
My take? It depends on the company, its stage, and the management team. A top 1% PM in one company might mean something very different in another. What matters is knowing your strengths, understanding where you add the most value, and making sure that aligns with the company and leadership. And stay curious! You should interview the company as much as they interview you. Product is a constant learning journey. If you want to stay in product, you need to keep learning, otherwise, you risk falling behind. New trends will always come, and with the rise of AI, they’re evolving even faster.
👉 Lastly, we reflected on intentionality in our careers
My path has been a mix of clear vision and serendipity, following opportunities aligned with what I enjoy, while building an international career and gaining diverse experience across different products and industries. In each role I’ve taken, there has been a clear intent, often involving creation, redefining, and helping shape new industries. I often write about how I envision my career and the role I want to play in the next 5 years.
Thanks again Daniele Ronca, Wunderflats for hosting, and to everyone who joined! Looking forward to the next event.
Mar 13, 2025
Julie Kamel
Head of Product & Design
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁—𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗜𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Last week, I attended a panel discussion on “𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 & 𝗣𝗠𝘀” alongside Stephanie Kazalac , Product Director at Airalo, and Alex Allan, Fractional CPO at Digital North, moderated by Manizeh Dossa. It was great to exchange ideas and discuss with 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.
Each one of us on the panel shared our own story— different experiences, and different lessons learned. And that’s the richness of it: the audience gets to take what resonates with them and apply it in their own way.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:
𝗔𝗜 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗔 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁
We all agreed—AI is not taking over PM jobs, at least not in the next 5 years. But what’s certain is that AI is transforming how we work. Instead of fearing it, PMs should focus on leveraging it. AI enhances a PM’s work by streamlining documentation through ticket and user story writing, quickly analyzing user feedback to identify patterns, and accelerating prototyping and ideation for faster iteration. The mindset shift is simple: AI isn’t replacing product managers—it’s creating new opportunities. The real question is: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲?
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭% 𝗣𝗠 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬%
The answer? 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. There’s no shortcut.
• Read the books, the articles.
• Attend the webinars, the networking events.
• Accumulate experience—not just in big strategy, but in the small, messy, hands-on details.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
We also discussed whether we were intentional about our careers. For me, the answer is clear: 𝘆𝗲𝘀. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted a career that gave me the freedom to work anywhere in the world. That shaped my choices—my field of study, my job opportunities, my mindset.
But there’s no one-size-fits-all formula. Whether through a vision board, a life vision story, or daily intentional actions, what matters is having clarity on where you want to go and taking small steps every single day to get there.
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽
• AI isn’t taking your job—use it to level up.
• There’s no magic formula to becoming a top PM—Experience and effort.
• Success isn’t luck—it’s about being intentional with your career choices.
𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 Wunderflats 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, ProductLab Community & Conference> 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 Daniele Ronca 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Emmi Meurling CPO at Wunderflats 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.
Your future career is built on what you choose to do today. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀?
Mar 10, 2025
Victor Semencenco
Technical Product Owner at Verkstedt
How do you grow and thrive in a product career?
One of the best pieces of advice from the "Wunderflats: Some Truths on Building Great Products & PMs" panel discussion was this:
Saying “yes” leads to growth. Some of the best learning comes from unexpected opportunities. Taking on challenges, even the “silly” ones, helps build a strong foundation.
Some key takeaways that resonated with me:
✅ No one has a straight path into product. Every PM has a unique journey, whether coming from design, engineering, marketing, or something entirely different. The key is to stay curious and adaptable.
✅ The best PMs never stop learning. Reading at least 10 minutes a day, attending events, taking courses, and engaging with others in the field makes a huge difference over time.
✅ You don’t have to know it all, but you do need to understand data. No matter where you work, being able to analyze and interpret data will help you make better product decisions and communicate effectively with leadership.
✅ Put your future on a vision board. Ask yourself: Where do I want to be in 5–10 years? Then work backward—what actions do you need to take today to make that vision a reality?
Hearing different career stories and strategies from fellow PMs was a great reminder: product management isn’t just about building products—it’s about building yourself, too.
Huge thanks to ProductLab Community & Conference> and Daniele Ronca for organizing yet another fantastic event, and to Stephanie Kazalac, Julie Kamel, and Alex Allan for sharing their experiences. Manizeh Dossa did a great job moderating the panel discussion!
And thank you to Wunderflats and Emmi Meurling for hosting the event!
Partha Mandal Varun Jain Ankit Morajkar Ion Iapara Daisuke Suzuki
#ProductManagement
#CareerGrowth
#ContinuousLearning
#Networking
Mar 8, 2025
Veronika Morozová
Solution Consultant @ Contentsquare
What Makes a Top 1% Product Manager?
Yesterday’s event at Wunderflats was all about uncovering the real truths of product management and what it truly takes to be a great PM.
Stephanie Kazalac shared her incredible journey of moving across different countries, always seeking fresh perspectives on product management and growth. Hearing how she actively puts herself in new environments to challenge her thinking was so inspiring.
Julie Kamel brought us all into her PM journey with an emotional story about leaving Lebanon. She didn’t want to live in fear every day, so she made the brave decision to chase a life where she could thrive.
Her message? 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.
Alex Allan gave us a reality check on how fast product management is changing. One thing’s for sure, software isn’t going to die, and neither are product people. If anything, they are only going to be more in demand!
So, what separates the top 1% of PMs from the rest? According to our speakers, it’s 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧, 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬-𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡.
A massive thank you to Wunderflats for hosting, and of course, to my amazing ProductLab Community & Conference> team for making this event happen. 💓
A big shoutout to Manizeh Dossa for the panel moderation, you were fantastic!
Mar 7, 2025
Varun Jain
Product Manager
If you want to learn about a path, ask someone who has already walked it.
After yesterday’s event, my path seems brighter than ever!
I always love attending ProductLab events 😍.
They are a goldmine for learning from industry leaders, connecting with peers, and sharpening product skills while expanding an incredible network.
And as Daniele Ronca says: You become who you listen to
🚀 Yesterday’s event at Wunderflats featured three powerhouse speakers:
Stephanie Kazalac, Product Director, Airalo
With 10+ years in Product Management, Stephanie has built her career across multiple domains and continents, mastering the art of leading in diverse environments.
Julie Kamel, Head of Product & Design, Neo Mena Technologies
From Insurance to Banking and now leading WealthTech innovation in the MENA region, Julie’s journey showcases the power of product leadership in transforming industries.
Alex Allan, Fractional CPO, Digital North
With 20+ years in tech, Alex has navigated multiple industry cycles, bringing unparalleled insights into product trends, leadership, and resilience.
Having worked with a number of companies across Europe, Alex has seen the ups and down across multiple cycles. He understands the industry and trends all too well.
Key Takeaways from the Session:
AI isn’t a revolution; it’s an evolution. As Product Managers, we’ve always adapted to new tools and technologies. AI is just another instrument in our toolkit.
Learn it, use it, and leverage it.
AI is improving developer productivity and that makes Product role even busier and in more demand, so skill up and get ready to make some noise.
No-code tools are having their moment. What didn’t make a mark 5 years ago is now a power suite for rapid prototyping in the AI era, enabling PMs to validate ideas faster and leaner.
A word of caution: If an MVP works, it often also becomes the full-scale product, so be mindful about how you plan. AI is great for MVP or prototype but when it comes to scalable products, you can't achieve that without real development talent (aka Human Intelligence)
A huge thank you to Daniele Ronca and the ProductLab Community & Conference> team for organising such insightful sessions!
Always looking forward to the next one.
#productlab
#productmanagement
#strategy
#startups
#community
#networking
#berlin
#germany
Mar 7, 2025
Elena Eremeeva
Community/UX @ ProductLab
Organized an amazing event at my favorite bank yesterday 🤩
This event was organized by our team in critically short time and it’s almost crazy how good it turned out. Thank you Veronika Morozová Daniele Ronca and N26 team Daria Milashenko
It was an exciting experience to hear about the inside processes of the bank I have been a loyal paying customer for 5 years already. Thank you Akash Kedia and Mayur Kamat for the opportunity to sneak peek into N26 product and business approach.
Quite a journey for N26 already represented in more than 20 European countries already 🌟 I am excited to see what’s next as a customer and product spectator 🤓
🎤Also had a chance to interview some of our guests and was glad to hear their thoughts on the community and events we create 🥹
Thank you ProductLab Community & Conference> team for making this happen and shout out to Veronika Morozová for leading the discussion, you did great 😌
Liubov Antonova Olivia Allen Manizeh Dossa Ahmed Sulaiman Alessia Marchi 💚
Special thank you for capturing these moments Inês Pinheiro-Kumar 📸 and Marco D. for the music 🎶
Feb 27, 2025
Daria Milashenko
Executive Assistant @ N26 | Corporate Communications Specialist
What an incredible event! Huge thanks to everyone who joined and contributed to such an insightful discussion.
A special shoutout to the team for bringing the community together. Looking forward to more great conversations ahead!
#ProductGrowth
#Experimentation
#Community
#N26
Feb 28, 2025
Victor Semencenco
Technical Product Owner at Verkstedt
I recently attended a fantastic ProductLab Community & Conference> event at the N26 offices, organized by Daniele Ronca. 🚀
It was a great opportunity to hear Akash Kedia, Director of Products at N26, and Mayur Kamat, CPO at N26, share their experience and insights on transitioning free users to paid subscribers.
Favorite Takeaway:
Trust is key—especially with long-time customers—so don’t compromise what you’ve built for short-term gains.
Sustained loyalty grows when you prioritize user benefits and clearly show the value they’re paying for. Highlight what truly sets you apart, and deliver benefits they can’t find anywhere else.
Special thanks to the awesome panel moderator, Veronika Morozová, and everyone else who made this event possible!
Mar 1, 2025
Veronika Morozová
Product Manager - Conversion & Growth | Organizer of the first CRO Meetup in Berlin (CROdashians) | ProductLab Community & Conference> event organizer| Optimizing Digital Experiences
You become who you listen to
When I first met Daniele Ronca and his team at an event in December, I was pretty impressed by what they had already achieved.
Events full of people from Berlin's product and tech scene. Wow!
As someone who loves bringing people together myself, I am more than happy to be the Conference Ambassador and team member of ProductLab Community & Conference>.
As the headline says, “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰” Our goal is to create a space for people who are passionate about what they do, eager to share their knowledge and their stories!
In the end, it's always about people and community 💗
Thanks to our amazing speakers such as Ravi Mehta Tim Herbig ✨ Büşra Coşkuner Florian Bonnet Crystal Widjaja Tal Raviv and many more.
Join us on September 17th-18th and let’s make this great together!
📍 Berlin | September 17-18, 2025
⚡ Early bird tickets are still available! Secure your spot now before prices go up!
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Jan 29, 2025
Jason Knight
Fractional Product Leader & Podcaster
Here are my predictions for product management in 2025, taken from my recent talk in Berlin.
Making predictions is obviously a fools' game, because no one knows what's going to happen in the future, and you're only ever one announcement away from being made to look stupid.
I was asked in the Q&A how I came up with these predictions. It's simple enough:
🤔 Keep an eye on the current prevailing narrative
🤔 Apply a filter based on the incentives & motivations of the narrators
🤔 Learn about the capabilities and limits of technical enablers
🤔 Extrapolate using your understanding of human nature
🍳 Wait for the egg on your face
Anyway, the predictions:
1️⃣ LinkedIn will remain a hellhole (and probably get worse) - we're awash in engagement-bait slop, AI-generated garbage and algorithmic choices that reinforce all of the above
2️⃣ The job market will improve (but it’s still tough out there) - check out James Gunaca's wonderful job market reports. The trend is up but the numbers are low. Concentrate on differentiating yourself if you want to get an interview.
3️⃣ PMs will have to justify their existence (but this is probably a good thing) - anyone who can't justify themselves is probably in trouble, and we should stand up for our craft and the benefits of our role (which many people think they can do, simply because they only see parts of it)]
4️⃣ AI will NOT kill product management - don't keep your head in the sand, do keep up-to-date with developments and try to see through the hype. Consider the motives of the people tub-thumping the loudest, but also realise that naysayers are probably wrong too. Use AI for what it's good at, and don't have unrealistic expectations.
Happy 2025!
Jan 20, 2025
Lia Tahereh Rouhi, PhD
Product Support Lead @ Delivery Hero
Even in winter,
#Berlin is a fantastic techhub for fascinating people and events.
Yesterday, after five years, I finally participated in my first in-person event on Product Prediction! Why such a long gap? I’ve juggled a full-time job, taking on my first managerial role and mothering two small kids. In the process, I deprioritized getting to know new people and exploring fresh ideas. Honestly, sometimes, I have deprioritized my friends.
Last night, I met an inspiring leader, Eva Schreyer! (such a beginner luck 🍀) Also, I found myself a fan and follower of
#ProductLab! Thanks to Daniele Ronca, Jason Knight, Tobias Janiesch, and the
#SumUp team for hosting such a fantastic event.
My takeover:
* What helps PMs the most in advancing their careers isn’t a university degree or formal training—it’s their coworker/ coaches/ mentors ✨ , and self-directed learning 👩💻 (see survey results)
* Your mindset and fitness for the PM role matters
If you’re feeling stuck or stagnant, get out of that bubble! find yourself a mentor or coach to help you move forward!
Jan 17, 2025
Candost Dagdeviren
Hunting timeless insights into humans and software and helping others on the way.
What a fantastic night. It takes a huge effort to make these events happen! Thank you, amazing SumUppers, Donnabelle Embodo, Leila Ruiz, Danielle Freitas, Erik Schünemann, Shinta Harsana, Hanna Jung and huge thanks to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community & Conference> team for bringing 100+ product-minded people together to listen to Jason Knight and Tobias Janiesch's fantastic talks!
It was a great start for 2025 and looking forward to the rest of the year!
Jan 17, 2025
Our Director of Engineering, Nicolò Pignatelli, and AI Lead Product Manager at Miro, Fabian Strunden, left everyone who attended our ProductLab Community & Conference> meetup feeling inspired 💫
A big thank you to everyone who attended, networked, ate pizza, and enjoyed talks on the pioneering ways we (and other industry leaders) use AI to shape our industries.
Didn’t make it? Stay tuned for more meetup announcements by giving us a follow 👍
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#BerlinTech
#Networking
#TechTalks
Dec 12, 2024
Uliana Fedorova
Product Manager @ Semrush
Last Thursday, I had the chance to attend ProductLab Community & Conference>'s meetup about AI, where Fabian Strunden (Miro) and Nicolò Pignatelli (GetYourGuide) shared their valuable experiences in integrating ML and AI into their products. I came away with some great ideas to incorporate into my roadmap (my insightful slides in the pictures)
In addition to the inspiring presentations, I was delighted to reconnect with old friends from our small but vibrant community.
A huge kudos to Daniele Ronca for organizing such an insightful event (as usual), to GetYourGuide for hosting us in such a comfortable space, and to the speakers for their thought-provoking insights! ❤️
Dec 8, 2024
Veronika Morozová
Conversion & Personalization Manager
𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 – 𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭
Yesterday, I had the chance to attend an amazing event organized by ProductLab Community & Conference> hosted at the GetYourGuide offices.
The topic? Building AI Products 🚀
The first talk was by Nicolò Pignatelli, Director of Engineering at GetYourGuide, who shared how they transitioned to a hybrid search approach – combining keyword and vector search. This change came after discovering that users often didn’t see relevant results, even when GetYourGuide offered the experiences they were searching for. After running three A/B tests, they fully rolled out hybrid search, leading to an impressive +2.6% increase in net revenue!
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: Stop using chatbots for search! It’s simply the wrong UI for this purpose – at least, it didn’t work for GetYourGuide
The second talk was by Fabian Strunden, AI PM Lead at Miro, who discussed how Miro integrates AI into their platform and emphasized the importance of user research in shaping their direction.
Overall, it was a super insightful evening! If you’re in Berlin and work in product management, engineering, or UX, I highly recommend checking out the next ProductLab Community event.
#Wie
#SpeakUp
#ConvertXWie
Dec 6, 2024
Liubov Antonova
Co-Founder & CPO @ Epic Test Quest
Imagine meeting your role-model 🤩
Imagine the feeling of sharing the warmest handshake with someone whose books have been your go-to guide in shaping your thinking and career.
Imagine listening to that same person speak for almost two hours, feeling as though only 15 minutes had passed, and still wanting to hear more.
Imagine having the chance to ask your own question, engage in a meaningful discussion, and gain insights you’ll carry with you for a lifetime.
I am so incredibly lucky that this was actually my reality.
And I feel so deeply grateful!
Grateful to Marty Cagan for sharing his knowledge, experience, and wisdom with us. It was an honour to learn from you — thank you! And thank you for sharing your knowledge through all of your books, especially your newest one, "Transformed". It has helped me grow so much.
Thank you Daniele Ronca, for making a dream come true for so many people. I’m incredibly proud of you — this is just the beginning!
My co-founder Aaron Pinto, thank you for being there with me and sharing in this unforgettable experience as always!
And finally, a huge thank-you to the whole ProductLab Community Conference team — the organizing force behind this incredible event. I’m so proud to be part of this amazing group. Love you all! ❤️🔥
Daniele Ronca Elena Eremeeva Manizeh Dossa Julian Eisele Alessia Marchi Amon Fayz Arundhati Shenoy Mariia Klochkova Deniz Can Sebik 🪩
Nov 21, 2024
Deniz Can Sebik
Founder of Ceamless Events
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ProductLab Community Conference!
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺?
Last week, I met Marty Cagan at Google's beautiful Berlin office for an evening of valuable insights on leadership, management and building high-performing teams.
It was truly fascinating to learn about leadership principles from big companies and how they can be applied for startups and growing organisations. I saw clear parallels between my own experience as a founder and the frameworks used in product management - things I was doing instinctively but now have a beeper understanding of thanks to this event.
My key learnings
> empowerment requires better management not les management
> delegation without coaching is just setting a team up to fail
> leaders must be experts in the areas they are managing
It was so inspiring that my co-founder Hossam and I ordered Marty's book Transformed to dive further into these ideas and learn more.
A big shoutout to Daniele Ronca - because you gave me the opportunity to introduce myself to this amazing community. Honestly, I probably would have never known about the ProductLab Community without you and now I am proud to be part of this incredible team and work on something great together 💚
Daniele Ronca Amon Fayz Arundhati Shenoy Alessia Marchi Elena Eremeeva Julian Eisele Liubov Antonova Manizeh Dossa Mariia Klochkova
Nov 21, 2024
Mohamed Hanafy
Product Manager
Last week, I had the chance to meet Marty Cagan at a meetup organized by ProductLab Community Conference at Google's Berlin office. Thanks to Daniele Ronca for organizing such an impactful event. That meetup was full of true gems. I'm still mesmerized by all of them.
For starters, a big eye-opener is what Marty shared with us about the Product model is Where Product managers could strive. Product managers are not the only ones responsible for bringing value, but rather it is a shared responsibility between Product, Design, and Technology. However, Product managers are responsible for owning their organizations' business viability.
Moreover, Marty brought true wisdom by framing product leadership competency. The best way of empowering product people is by providing better management, not less management. Founder-mode leaders could shape the success or the failure of the team, that depends on their way of providing deep knowledge and coaching.
"Delegation without coaching is just setting up the team to fail" - Marty Cagan
Nov 20, 2024
Niamh Teeling-Sann
Product | Sustainability | Innovation
A shout out to ProductLab Community Conference for inviting Marty Cagan to Berlin to meet many of us enthusiastic Product Folks.
I aspire to be a Product Leader some day and the SVPG books will keep me Inspired. ✨
So much of this content reaffirmed to me why it's awesome to be a Product Manager and to keep focus on solving customer problems by continually questioning the value and purpose of a product.
(P.S. I think we are either laughing about how to spell my name or how I bookmarked every chapter 😅 )
#productmanagement
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Nov 18, 2024
Uliana Fedorova
PM @ Semrush
Sometimes, dreams need persistence.
"Inspired" isn’t just a book—it’s my favorite guide to product management. Meeting its author, Marty Cagan, has been a dream of mine for years.
When I heard Marty was coming to Hamburg in April 2024, I tried—and failed. I was crushed, thinking I’d missed my only chance.
Then came the Berlin event announcement.
The catch?
I was determined to make it this time, but there was a problem—I already had a ticket to Web Summit on the same day, and ProductLab Community Conference events sell out in minutes. Still, I set my alarm for 7 AM (on vacation, no less!) and secured my ticket.
The event?
Incredible. Marty’s 90-minute talk was exactly what I needed, addressing the challenges I’m navigating now and reigniting my passion for product management.
A huge thank you to Daniele Ronca, Ahmed Wafaey, Delivery Hero, Google for making this dream come true ❤️ . It was everything I had hoped for—and more.
Nov 18, 2024
Lina Kamuz
sPM
✨ This week, I attended an inspiring talk by Marty Cagan at the ProductLab Community event, and it highlighted something I’ve observed during my own experiences. Many companies still haven’t fully adopted the concept of empowered product teams. It’s not uncommon, especially for organizations that have been around for a while, but transformation is crucial for driving better results and outcomes.
Marty shared a clear framework for what it takes to transform product organizations. It’s not just about hiring product managers, building features, or following a roadmap. True transformation requires intentional changes across the team, the process, and the mindset.
Here are some key insights from the talk that stood out to me:
🔴 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
A strong product manager is the key. They need to bring together business sense, customer understanding, data insights, and knowledge of industry trends. Engineers are not just implementers. They’re critical problem solvers who should be involved in product discovery from the start. And stakeholders? They’re collaborators, not dictators. For this to work, they must trust the product team.
🔴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 + 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 = 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
Marty emphasized the importance of having a solid process for continuous discovery and delivery. Discovery ensures you’re solving the right problems. And solution discovery can sometimes be more valuable than problem one. Delivery ensures you’re solving them quickly and effectively. Both must work together to drive outcomes.
🔴 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲
Transforming from feature teams to empowered product teams takes time. It requires building trust with stakeholders and showing measurable results. Starting with a pilot team that can demonstrate success is often a great way to prove the value of this approach.
One of the most impactful takeaways for me was how Marty broke down the skill set a product manager needs to lead this transformation. It’s about understanding the constraints and needs of stakeholders, staying ahead of market trends, and connecting the dots between customer problems and business goals.
This talk resonated with me as I’m currently interviewing with companies and having conversations about their product processes. It’s clear that while not every organization has fully embraced empowered product teams, the potential for transformation is always there.
💡 Have you experienced the shift from feature teams to product teams in your organization? Or are you still on the journey? Let’s discuss!
Thank you, Marty Cagan, for such a thought-provoking session and the ProductLab Community Conference for organizing another great event. Looking forward to the next one!
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Nov 14, 2024
Pasquale Romito
Product @ We Road
You know what’s better than having the opportunity meet and listen to the incredible energy and passion of Marty Cagan 🚀 in Berlin?
I’ll tell you what…doing it together with your amazing WeRoad colleagues Matteo Risso Simone Berardozzi 🎉🎉
What an opportunity thanks to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community Conference
Nov 15, 2024
Elena Eremeeva
Community UX @ ProductLab
💭 “If you don’t solve the problem 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 better than someone else, you lose”, — said Marty Cagan at our ProductLab Community Conference event in Google office this Tuesday.
💡 This might be an insightful advice for startups that develop their products by trying to solve a particular problem in the most efficient way possible. Regardless, behind every startup there is a person, and sometimes it's important to remind that person that whilst chasing crowdfunding, negotiating with stakeholders and developing a GTM strategy, if you manage your personal hardships 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, you win.
Me, these beautiful people 👉 Daniele Ronca Elif Gümüş Manizeh Dossa Liubov Antonova Arundhati Shenoy Alessia Marchi Amon Fayz Julian Eisele and ProductLab Community Conference members will make sure you get support in either situation.
💚 Join the community of most talented and encouraging product people in Berlin: lnkd.in/dN2QJY_i
📸 Thank you Mariia Klochkova for these beautiful memories and Jam.dev Delivery Hero ROY Kombucha for supporting us.
Nov 15, 2024
Oskar Cięciel
Head of OPS @Pirxey
If you woke me up at 4 a.m. and asked about the two books that made the most significant impact on my professional mindset I'd say "No Rules Rules" and "Inspired".
This week I had the chance to listen to and meet their authors Erin Meyer and Marty Cagan in person at two great events in Berlin.
As an introvert, I've never actually approached celebrities in my life, but this time it was a real pleasure to ask them for a handshake and a photo ;)
Thank you Daniele Ronca and DeepL for organizing events that brought such wonderful guests to the stage 🚀
Nov 15, 2024
Daria Monihart
Enabling great strategies and products
💫 Meeting Marty Cagan at Google Campus in Berlin
What a rare and exciting opportunity for product people in Berlin to meet Marty Cagan in person — I very enjoyed this wonderful event!
Having worked for multiple years on both products and transformation / innovation journeys in corporates, I could truly relate to concepts, examples, and best practices highlighted by Marty. His book, “Transformed”, is the most influential product management book I’ve read this year — I highly recommend it to anyone in product, transformation, or innovation management.
My favourite ideas from Marty’s talk:
☠️ Processes kill thinking. To become innovative, companies move from processes to principles.
🎯 User centricity is not the most important thing in a successful product. Making the business model work is most essential and is a real challenge.
📊 The product manager’s role is business-focussed. It’s not at the intersection of design, technology and business (this is where the product value is).
🌀 Releasing less frequently than biweekly is fake agile 😜
Thank you, Marty, for your insights, inspiration and an amazing talk in Berlin!
🙏 A big thanks to Daniele Ronca, ProductLab Community Conference and Delivery Hero for all the hard work to make this unique event happen, and to Google for hosting it!
#productmanagement
#transformation
#productoperatingmodel
#martycagan
#community
#berlin
#event
#networking
Nov 15, 2024
Marty Cagan in Berlin! 🤩
When I started my career as a Product Manager, there was no real definition of what we should do as PMs- it was something like we needed to define requirements for the engineers, so we could build cool features to demo to customers. 🫣
However, building cool features isn't really going to work - so I was thinking, okay, what is this Product Management all about? 🤔
Then - I came across the all knowledge and principles from Marty and a new world of Product opened for me! 🤩
What is a new, modern Product Management all about then?
3 elements to *nail down* as product organisations:
*How do you decide which problems to solve?* 🔍
- Focusing on continuous product discovery and profound problem-framing
*How do you solve the problems?* 📐
- Focusing on end-user experiments and tests, with fast iterations, based on real customer data
*How do you build?* ⚙️
- Build on "founder-mode" at the start and then build for "growth"
Thank you Marty for your insightful talks and for all your contributions to the product community, worldwide. 🚀
Also, thank you ProductLab Community Conference, Daniele, Ahmed, Delivery Hero & Google for making this possible!
Until the next one!
#productmanagement
#martycagan
Nov 14, 2024
Julia Steier
PM @ Google
Meeting Marty Cagan in Berlin 🚀
𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, I struggled to grasp what being a true Product Manager meant. 🤯
The most common definition at the time focused on writing user stories, keeping engineers busy, and managing the backlog—tasks that, while essential, didn’t capture the strategic impact I was hoping to make. I was clear that I didn’t want to just be a Product Owner. Still, most opportunities seemed to follow that pattern—especially in Europe.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦, at that time—too good to be true. 🤩
But over the years, as the product community has grown and the industry has evolved, we’ve all seen a shift. Thanks to leaders like Marty, who have championed the ideas of empowered product teams, genuine product leadership, and a relentless customer focus, we’re seeing companies rethink how they build products and organize teams.
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, helping me understand not only what it means to build great products but also how to create teams capable of making it happen. Having the chance to meet him in person, and to capture his insights through a visual summary, was very inspiring. ✨
Thank you ProductLab Community Conference for organizing this event, especially to Daniele Ronca for nagging me to come and draw, and to Marty Cagan for leading the way for so many of us.
𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮: What challenges have you faced in defining or defending the role of Product Manager? How has your experience changed as the product community has evolved? Leave a comment!
P.S. I’ll share the visual summary from the event soon :)
#ProductManagement
#GraphicRecording
#ProductLeadership
#EmpoweredTeams
#CustomerFocus
#IndustryEvolution
Nov 13, 2024
Manizeh Dossa
Product @ HelloFresh | Community @ ProductLab
I'm so proud of everything Daniele Ronca has achieved and so thrilled and grateful to officially take on this role within the ProductLab Community Conference
A huge thank you to the incredible tech leaders I work alongside each day—they enable me to grow and become a better PM continuously ; thank you Georgiana Ciobotaru, Priyank Khanna, Soumya Pillai, Darakshan Jahan, Elisa Marku , Pretty Yacoub, Rutwik Hrushikesh Godse and ofcourse Daniele Ronca for the opportunity
Excited for all that lies ahead!
Nov 13, 2024
Valeria Calpanchay
UX design - Content Marketing
Last night was pure product magic! 🪄✨ Had the incredible privilege of learning from the legendary Marty Cagan as he peeled back the layers of what it truly takes to build successful, empowered product teams 📝
Thanks Daniele Ronca, ProductLab Community Conference team, Google & Delivery Hero for bringing Marty's wisdom to the community and creating such a fantastic space for connection and learning! 🙏
Nov 13, 2024
Maie ElZeiny
sPM @ Zalando
🌟 Tonight was absolutely inspiring! I had the chance to attend an incredible talk with the one and only Marty Cagan, where he shared insights from his latest book, Transform. We dove deep into the product operating model and explored what it truly takes to build successful, empowered product teams.
As a former startup founder, the discussion resonated on multiple levels. The emphasis on aligning a clear vision with robust business knowledge was very meaningful. Startups thrive when teams are not only empowered but also deeply rooted in the “why” behind their work. Marty's insights on fostering a product culture that prioritizes problem-solving and strategic decision-making felt like a powerful reminder of how crucial vision and business understanding are to driving sustainable growth.
Now, working within a larger organization, I’m facing new challenges, especially around aligning cross-functional teams and maintaining agility at scale. Marty's framework for the product operating model provided a clear path forward, emphasizing not just the need for vision but the importance of strong product operating principles that can guide teams to deliver impactful outcomes within complex organizational structures.
Some standout takeaways:
▶ Product Operating Model: Marty broke down the essential dimensions of product work, from deciding which problems to solve to building and delivering solutions effectively. His holistic approach highlighted the balance between vision and execution.
▶Empowered Teams: We explored the importance of cross-functional roles within product teams—Product Managers, Designers, and Tech Leads working together to balance value, usability, and feasibility.
▶Product Leadership: Providing strategic context is key. Product leaders must ensure teams understand the bigger picture, enabling them to make informed, impactful decisions even in large, dynamic environments..
One of the best parts? Reconnecting with my amazing product community and catching up with incredible people like Darinka Burovska and Henry Burnett and meeting inspiring experts like Thomas Fredell and Maria von Watzdorf Sharing ideas and experiences with such talented product leaders truly made the night special! 🎉
A huge thank you to Daniele Ronca , ProductLab Community Conference Community Conference, Ahmed Wafaey and everyone who made this event possible! And, of course, a shout-out to SVPG for their ongoing support in helping product professionals grow and succeed. The energy and insights shared were invaluable!
Thank you Delivery Hero for making his happen and Google berlin for hosting us
If you're in product management, I highly recommend checking out Marty’s articles on Transform. They’re packed with valuable insights for building empowered, vision-driven teams at any scale!
#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership #EmpoweredTeams #SVPG #MartyCagan #Transform #Community
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Nov 12, 2024
Anastasia Buryak
Product Manager | Communities Builder
I had the chance to attend Marty Cagan’s talk on the essential skills and capabilities for product managers and product leaders. It was packed with insights on what it takes to truly excel in our field. Huge thanks to ProductLab Community Conference for organizing this inspiring event!👏
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Nov 13, 2024
Back in 2018, as a working student, I spent my college years exploring different roles across several startups—sales, business development, digital marketing, branding, and editorial. I was determined to find what I enjoyed and where my strengths truly lay. I was convinced I could do it all—except code—and was on a quest to figure out which path would be the best fit for my post-grad career.
Along the way, I was fortunate to have an incredible mentor who handed me a game-changing book: Inspired by Marty Cagan.
The book opened my eyes to product management, and I realized that was it for me.
Fast forward six years, and I had the privilege of seeing Marty Cagan speak on stage—someone whose work, alongside many others, has profoundly shaped my approach to product development. Although I was late to most of the presentation, I still had the time to ask my questions and see that he always has a way of guiding lost product minds 💡
Grateful for ProductLab Community Conference and Daniele Ronca for making this possible!
#ProductManagement #ProductLeadership #EmpoweredTeams #SVPG #MartyCagan #Transform #Community
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Nov 13, 2024
Maria von Watzdorf
VP @ SoundCloud
An evening with Marty Cagan organized by the ProductLab Community Conference - what an amazing opportunity to meet *the* product management brain! Can’t wait to hear him talk!
Nov 12, 2024
Sara Sommerfeld
PM @mobile.de
What a great evening with Marty Cagan yesterday talking about his latest book and learnings. It got particularly stuck to me how much "process addicted" European and especially German companies are instead of really focusing on value creation and enabling the teams & PMs to have the right skillset to do that. There is still so much what we can learn to let old habits go and prepare ourselves to innovate consistently. I'm really looking forward to the journey ahead and apply some learnings from the best leaders.
Thanks to Daniele Ronca for organising this great event. Looking forward to the next community events <3
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Nov 13, 2024
Yesterday, I had an honest meeting with the Godfather of modern Product Management - Marty Cagan 😎
I remember how some years ago, before I had become a Product Manager, I was reading "Inspired" and dreaming that one day I would become a great PM and shake the hand of this amazing person at some great Product conference while being a leader for some marvellous tech product 😴
But it wasn't just a dream. It was a plan, and I headed to this plan meticulously and gradually.
Now, I'm leading Data and ML products at one of the best (no exaggeration, based on Linked ranking 😁 ) German startups. And yesterday, I finally met Marty at an outstanding product meetup at Google's office in Berlin 😊
Huge thanks to ProductLab Community Conference for organising, precisely to Daniele Ronca Liubov Antonova Elena Eremeeva, and everyone else for making the dream come true :) You guys are doing an outstanding job and running brilliant community and conferences ❤️
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Nov 13, 2024
Katia Cassano
CPO @ ScoutBee
🌟𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 "𝗛𝗼𝘄?"
Reflecting on yesterday’s event—a huge thanks to Marty Cagan for sharing such valuable insights and to the ProductLab Community Conference -Daniele Ronca 👏 for organizing it. The discussions inspired me to revisit a critical question in #ProductDiscovery that has been with me throughout my 20+ years in product: we all know WHAT product discovery is, but HOW do we execute it most effectively?
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀?
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹?
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁?
The "HOW" remains a blank space for many, and it's a critical area where we, as product leaders, can contribute. I’m excited to share my insights on driving successful product discovery—practical steps to get the right buy-in, unify research efforts, and maximize value.
✨ Stay tuned—I’ll be posting about these insights and actionable tips soon! 😎
(Also considering a newsletter... What do you think? Would that be helpful?)
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Nov 13, 2024
Ken Knoll
Interim CPO
Always happy to see Marty Cagan present his ("coming from a place of love!") takes on product management based on his new book Transformed — now updated with a dash of "founder mode" discussion. When I was a junior PM, I struggled to articulate my issues with "fake agile", overbearing micro-managers, pointless feature roadmaps, output-oriented organizations and many other anti-patterns found in "feature factories". Today, I'm grateful that we have Marty and other amazing authors who can not only point to clear evidence of the detrimental effects of bad (product) management, but show that change is possible.
I still believe, however, that the discussion needs to be continued - the "founder mode" discussion clearly shows that, despite the tech industry being "data driven", we tend to ignore simple truths when it comes to good leadership. There's a mountain of evidence coming from psychology which shows that creating innovative environments is all about creating amazing culture, overcoming anxiety (on all sides) and other cognitive biases. Will link an amazing article from fellow PM Dave Feldman who articulates some key aspects incredibly well.
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Nov 13, 2024
I had the privilege of listening to and meeting Marty Cagan in person, thanks to Daniele Ronca ProductLab Community Conference for making it happen. Cagan’s approach to product development has significantly shaped my understanding of how to build products. His book “Inspired” is one of the most influential I’ve read so far. Furthermore, his hypothesis-driven approach strongly resonates with how I try to organize my life. In the end, it’s all about outcomes, not just output.
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Nov 13, 2024
Elizaveta Pogasii
sPM @ HelloFresh
What an evening! I had the privilege of seeing Marty Cagan live, sharing insights on how leading tech companies empower their teams to innovate and build a strong product culture. Learning from the best in the field was truly inspiring, big thanks to the ProductLab Community Conference for making this possible.
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Nov 12, 2024
Matteo Risso
sPM @ WeRoad
What a night! 🚀
Yesterday I had the occasion to meet the one and only Marty Cagan in Berlin at Google Campus.
Marty shared some great insight about how Product managers and Product leaders should tackle together to transforming product organizations to become more successful in delivering impactful and innovative products.
After the speech it was amazing to deep dive into Berlin’s Product management community, meeting new peers and share experience.
A huge shoutout to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community Conference to make this happens!
I’m already missing the energy of Berlin, can’t wait to be back!
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Nov 13, 2024
Alessia Marchi
Product Manager AI startup | Community UX @ProductLab
Still can’t believe we had the chance to host Marty Cagan with the ProductLab Community Conference team here in Berlin! 🌟
It was a night full of inspiration and learning with one of the most influential voices in product and the energy in the room was unprecedented 💥
Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a memorable event!
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Nov 13, 2024
Zsuzsanna Tamás
Product Lead AI/ML @Amazon Music
Last night was truly inspiring on so many levels. Hearing from the incredible Marty Cagan, reconnecting with familiar faces, and meeting so many new, inspiring people reminded me once again of the unique energy that makes Berlin so special. Daniele Ronca ‘s dedication to bringing us all together exemplified just how much can be achieved with passion and perseverance. Grateful to be part of such an amazing community! 🎉🙌🏻
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Nov 13, 2024
Hiba Younes
PM | Ph.D Student
Had an incredible time at the Marty Cagan event yesterday! It was a deep dive into what truly makes a product team successful.
On top of that, meeting so many wonderful people who are just as passionate about product was a huge part of the joy!
Thanks to Daniele Ronca and ProductLab Community Conference to make this happens!
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Nov 13, 2024
Marilda Qerimi
Product Manager Lead @ Mobile
A fantastic evening with Marty Cagan, filled with actionable insights on product leadership.
💡 One key takeaway: true empowerment comes from proactive involvement, not passive delegation. Product leaders must dive deep, provide context, and act as coaches to their teams. Without this hands-on support, even the best delegation can set teams up for failure.
It’s a reminder that our role isn’t just about delivery but about building the right products and setting our teams up for success.
Grateful to Daniele Ronca for organising such an inspiring session. Looking forward to applying these learnings!
#ProductManagement
#Leadership
#Empowerment
#Innovation
#Networking
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Nov 13, 2024
Zsolt Szrapkó
Product Lead at GoTo
I had the incredible opportunity to attend a meetup in Berlin yesterday where I met the legendary Marty Cagan.
Marty, your insights have been pivotal in shaping my early career and continue to inspire me through your books ever since then. You made me believe that product management can be different, and turns out with the right mindset it is actually super fun!
A huge thank you to the ProductLab Community Conference and Daniele Ronca for organizing such a fantastic event. Your efforts in bringing together passionate product managers and leaders are truly appreciated!
#ProductManagement
#ProductLeadership
#Berlin
#EmpoweredTeams
#ContinuousLearning
#ThankYou
Nov 13, 2024
Mohamed Awadain Elsherif
Head of Product
The Egyptian is known for his might, and they are always successful everywhere.
Ahmed Wafaey is the reason why this event is happening in Berlin.
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Nov 13, 2024
Varun Jain
sPM
I was standing near my chair in the first row and Marty walks in, shakes his hands with me and says "Hi, I am Marty" such a simple person he is, and his simplicity has helped reach the heights and depths of Product Management.
Every product manager likes to read the books from iconic Product Leaders like Marty Cagan.
And yesterday I got to opportunity to meet the icon in person.
Thanks to Daniele Ronca, ProductLab Community Conference, Google
and Delivery Hero for hosting an amazing evening with Marty.
He presented his findings about the product operating model and how the practises from the big companies could help smaller companies change the way they do product.
He beautifully explained the myths around the topic and how to lay the foundation of Product model in an organisation.
If you haven't already read his books, you should consider them.
I also had the pleasure to connect with some amazing product folks in the city and build some good connections.
#product
#berlin
#productlab
#martycagan
Nov 13, 2024
Vishwanath Hiremath
Product Mgmt
A seismic activity was recorded in Berlin yesterday due to heavy applause by the audience to Marty Cagan 's talk on the Product Operating Model(POM).
I was there, the vibe was cosmic, sitting in the front row surrounded by product leaders and enthusiasts. Thanks to ProductLab Community Conference, Google, and Delivery hero for making it happen. Daniele Ronca
The POM defines the future of the product world, the model is inspired by the product principles of the top product organisations of the world. You can catch all the wealth of Marty's knowledge in his book
#Transformed.
My top 3
1. Lead with context not delegation: Provide context to think and act. Leaders must understand the areas they manage for delegation under context.
#productdiscovery
#productstrategy
2. Principles over processes: Don't use processes to cover up for the inability to think. I remember Marty's lines from 'Just Product 2023' , " People will do anything to avoid thinking".
#productculture
3. Empowered product teams: PMs represent Business and actively drive viability and not liaison and orchestrate engg. and design meetings. Empowered engg. reps. technology ( feasibility )and design reps. the Users( usability/desirability). The trio is one team!
#productdelivery
#productsense
Nov 13, 2024
Stiliana Rochlitzer
Global Key Account Executive @ Google
We made it real! Thank you Marty Cagan for the insightful talk yesterday evening at our Berlin office! Full house with great product people from the Berlin product community aiming to shape the greatest products of tomorrow! What I personally loved is hearing you highlighting NotebookLM as a perfect example of a successful product 😀 Special thanks to our Delivery HEROS Ahmed Wafaey Awo Twumasi and Florian Wagenschwanz and of course to Daniele Ronca (ProductLab Community Conference) for making this event possible!
#MartyCagan
#ProductManagement
#deliveryhero
#google
Nov 13, 2024
Ahmed Wafaey
Shaping Product Destinies: Research, Strategy to Impact.
✨ Finally, tomorrow comes! An Evening with Marty Cagan goes live in Berlin at Google Campus. It’s an opportunity for product leaders to gain fresh insights and connect over what truly matters.
Big thanks to Delivery Hero & Google for making this event a reality! 🙏
And a huge shoutout to Daniele Ronca/ProductLab Community Conference, who poured his energy into every detail, working closely with our HEROs Awo Twumasi, Maria Baranovskaya and Stiliana Rochlitzer bring this event to life! 🌟👏
Nov 11, 2024
Karim Eldidi
Product Manager @ USC
I attended a Product Talk last week with ProductLab Community Conference and it was an awesome evening! 😊 The talks by Amr Basha, Mohamed Kotb and Florian Bonnet were very insightful. I left feeling like my product knowledge got a solid refresh. Plus, connecting with so many amazing product folks was a highlight. If you're a product person in Berlin, you’ll definitely enjoy being part of this community. They host great sessions, and Marty Cagan himself is set to speak soon! thank you Daniele Ronca and the team for creating this space 😊
Oct 29, 2024
Aaron M Pinto
Co-Founder @ Epic Test Quest
This workshop on B2B sales from the ProductLab Community Conference was, in a word, freaking AMAZING!!!
OK that’s two words, but it was THAT good! I will be honest in saying that I didn’t have overly high expectations of this session. To be fair, Berlin has a LOT of meetups, and the likelihood of you leaving there with insights that change your entire approach to your business is…unlikely, to say the least.
But am I glad to say that I was 100% wrong about this one. The presentation around wellness given by the Urban Sports Club's Product Leaders Mohamed Kotb and Amr Basha was already fantastic. The latter half though, around B2B sales given by Florian Bonnet, was MIND BLOWING.
𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺:
1) Who are you talking to? Who are you selling to/who is making the decision? That's the key question.
2) When you sell to the user, the user benefits are the top priority. When you sell to the Directors, IT leadership, and CFO, there are a whole other set of priorities you need to focus on. In this case, the user is an afterthought. Choose your strategy carefully before you start.
3) Create a system within the client company that enables a “Refer a Colleague” approach
And so much more. I’ll add more in the days to come. But I cannot WAIT to read Florian’s book and hopefully attend more sessions that he teaches, because there is zero doubt that they will be valuable.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 Daniele Ronca 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘓𝘢𝘣 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵!!
#StartupLife
#BerlinStartups
Oct 25, 2024
Lina Kamuz
sPM • AI/ML Enthusiast
This week, I had the chance to attend another ProductLab Community Conference event at Urban Sports Club. As always, it was great to connect with others in product management and learn something new.
I really liked Florian Bonnet's talk about B2B growth. The idea is that if you want to use a product-led approach, you need to focus on the end-users, the people who will actually use the product day-to-day. Targeting directors or executives will require a sales-led growth strategy, which will also work, but it can be a slow process.
𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀:
🔴 Start with End Users. To grow within a company, make it easy for end users to find value in your tool. When they see results, they’re more likely to introduce it to their teams and departments.
🔴 Encourage Internal Sharing. By creating use cases that fit different roles (like marketing, design, or product), you help teams see how your tool can work for them. When people share what they’ve created with others, it builds curiosity and interest across the company.
🔴 Offer a Freemium Option. This can help remove initial cost barriers and speed up adoption. A free version lets teams try out the product before any big buying decision needs to be made.
🔴 Remember, It’s People Helping People. B2B growth is more than just selling to companies. It’s about solving problems for the people within those companies. While the end users focus on how well the tool works for them, executives care more about its overall value and impact on business goals.
Thanks to Florian Bonnet, Amr Basha, Mohamed Kotb, and the ProductLab team (Daniele, Manizeh, Elena, and Alessia) for organizing another great event. Looking forward to the next one!
Oct 27, 2024
Ahmed Wafaey
Shaping Product Destinies
So, it’s real now! Tomorrow, tickets go live for An Evening with Marty Cagan right here in Berlin! 📍 Google Campus on November 12, 2024.
If product management keeps you up at night (in a good way 😉), this is THE event you’ve been waiting for. With Delivery Hero 👊 as the main supporter, ensuring everything runs smoothly and providing the best welcome in Berlin, we couldn’t be more excited!
Special shout-out to Daniele Ronca (ProductLab Community Conference), who spent countless hours and put in extraordinary effort to make this event a reality, and to our HEROs Maria Baranovskaya, Awo Twumasi and Stiliana Rochlitzer for their ground work in bringing everything together.
Your ideas made this happen! 🙌
Don’t miss your chance—those spots will be gone in no time! 🎟️ (link in comments)
#ProductLab
#MartyCagan
#ProductManagement
Oct 6, 2024
Akhil Anand
Data Engineer & Software Engineer
Incredible event thanks to Just Eat Takeaway.com for hosting us last week!
I had the pleasure of attending in person, and it was truly an enriching experience.
Once again, a huge thank you to speakers & Team for pulling everything together so seamlessly. 🖤
Looking forward to more events and staying connected with this fantastic community.
#ProductLab
#JustEat
#TechEvents
Oct 2, 2024
Chiedza Muguti
Product Leader | Speaker | Coach | Mentor
Thank you for organising such a great event, I really enjoyed it and I will most definitely be back again ♥️
Oct 3, 2024
Lin Cassie Zhen
Leadership Coach
Whenever I give talks about
#changes and
#uncertainties, I'm never quite sure what stories I'll hear from the audience. However, I've consistently observed a collective sigh of relief that such challenging topics are allowed to be explored.
Last week at the ProductLab Community meetup, as usual, I shared a talk on navigating changes and uncertainties. This time, I was amazed by the open, frank, and deeply human responses from the audience. People shared stories ranging from minor daily plan changes to the turbulent emotions surrounding layoffs, from the poignancy of life and death to profound explorations of value and meaning.
Moments like these continually remind me that companies and societies are made up of people with thoughts and feelings, each on a unique journey. It's often assumed that workplaces demand an almost robotic logic and detachment from their employees. Yet the truth is, we're all human, with human needs, beneath any façade we might put on.
As we navigate this fascinating world of rapid changes and uncertainties, creating inner space to allow ourselves to process our emotions, and in turn respond wisely becomes increasingly important.
As a collective, what might happen if we gradually learn to create that space in the workplace, allowing us to lean into our humanity? What if we create room for poignant experiences to be present, explored, and learned from?
What are your thoughts on this? I'd love to hear your experiences and perspectives in the comments below.
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Thank you Daniele for making these amazing events happen. Thank you to the other wonderful speakers, Chiedza, Bedrettin, for sharing your insights and knowledge. And also a huge thank you to everyone who shared your stories in such open, sincere, and brave ways.
Sep 30, 2024
HelloFresh Berlin recently hosted a ProductLab Community event, where we dove deep into the world of data products. The synergy between data and innovation was on full display as the community of product people, data experts, and innovators came together to explore the latest trends and challenges in this field.
Dr. Utku Yildirim, Senior Director of Product at HelloFresh, delivered a compelling presentation on Decision Support Platforms, highlighting how it helps to make smarter and faster decision-making.
A big shout-out to the organisers, speakers, and attendees for an insightful session! Curious to explore more? Dive into the world of innovation by joining one of our dynamic product teams.
Discover opportunities and check out our open product positions here: lnkd.in/enQkNJX7
Thank you for the great photos Arundhati Shenoy!
#insidehellofresh
#ProductLab
#Innovation
#ProductJobs
#Berlin
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Sep 3, 2024
Alessia Marchi
Product Manager AI startup
So happy and excited to be part of such an inspiring and passionate team!
ProductLab Community is on an exponential growth path, and our ambitions are higher than ever.
....And we’re just getting started 🚀!
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Aug 29, 2024
Eva Schreyer
Head of Data & Analytics
I joined the ProductLab Community meetup tonight at HelloFresh and I really didn't expect to learn so much about analytics and data-driven decision-making! Very cool community💚
leaving with a lot of ideas 💡
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Aug 27, 2024
3 Schritte, um Fehlschläge bei KI zu vermeiden! 💡
Der Erfolg von KI-Entwicklungen steht und fällt mit den richtigen Daten. Unzureichende Datenbereinigung, -organisation und -austausch können den Fortschritt erheblich hemmen.
Boyan Angelov war zu Gast bei der ProductLab Community und hat einen Vortrag über sein Heartbeat-Thema gehalten: Künstliche Intelligenz und die optimale Strategie dafür.
Hier sind die drei Schritte, um Misserfolge zu vermeiden:
◾️ Strategize: Eine Strategie ist mehr als eine To-do-Liste. Setze auf einen flexiblen StratOps-Ansatz und vernachlässige nicht das Requirements Engineering!
◾️ Think: Nutze Systemdenken, um den Fokus auf die Nutzererfahrung zu legen, und definiere frühzeitig die KPIs deiner Produkte.
◾️ Enable: Ignoriere nicht den Daten-Eisberg! Investiere in eine robuste Dateninfrastruktur und geeignete Plattformen, um den Grundstein für den Erfolg zu legen.
#KIStrategie
#KI
#Daten
#Exxeta
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Sep 9, 2024
💫 On Tuesday, together with Harald, I joined the ProductLab Community Data and AI Products event, hosted at HelloFresh 🥬
🙌 It was great to learn from the best about:
🏗️ Building Data Platforms by Data & AI Strategy Leader Francesco Mucio
🗺️ AI Strategy by Data & AI Strategy Leader @ Exxeta Boyan Angelov
⛰️High-Impact Data Products by Director Data Gov & BI @ Prima Kinda El Maarry, PhD
🌳Linking data patterns by Data Insights Lead @ Ecosia Zsofia Bognar
💡Enabling teams data-driven decisions by Growth @ Rows Alberto Manassero
🎉After the sessions, I was very happy to meet my dear former colleague and partner in product management crime at GoPuls, Thang. It was also a pleasure to connect with Anita Đordić, a product strategist who is on a mission to help companies reach their product-market fit.
🎊 That was an insightful evening with a lot of exchange and fun!
👏Thank you Daniele Ronca and ProductLab team for making this happen. Special thanks to Manizeh Dossa and Mariia Osypova for organising and facilitating the event at the Ritterstraße Campus.
#productmanagement
#productmanager
#productlab
#event
#meetup
#AI
#dataproducts
Aug 29, 2024
Anisja Porschke
Legal PM @Fides
I joined the ProductLab Community in Berlin Tuesday evening to talk about “Onboarding Corporate Governance Data”. My main goal of the night was to convince the others that Corporate Governance is quite the cool product category (for some reason people assume differently....🙃). And judging from the discussions we had afterward - I was successful.
There were three main onboarding challenges we at Fides faced when starting to build our platform three years ago:
❓How do you onboard data that is hidden in some (scanned) legal document?
❓How do you make sure data is always up to date if certain parts of a workflow usually happen outside your platform (looking at you, Handelsregister…)
❓How do you deal with the lawyer's phenomenon of “It depends…” when it comes to data
Three years later we have an answer to each of these questions. If you want to hear these answers or are curious about our product or the potential of Corporate Governance as a product category - reach out 🤓
Thanks again to all the volunteers at the ProductLab Community and Daniele Ronca!
Aug 29, 2024
Michal Marazevich
sPM @ Smart Valor
You are what your ChatGPT account history reflects. You are the books in your Kindle library. You are your browser history. You are who you listen to.
Thanks ProductLab Community for great speakers and vibes!
Aug 28, 2024
A Big shoutout to Daniele Ronca, the ProductLab Community & all the amazing speakers who joined us at HelloFresh venue for organizing Such outstanding Data Product gathering and bringing such topnotch speakers. 4 talks in a row where the focus was on very different aspects & very challenging topics:
1-Breaking Problems and Building Products by Rebekka Orth
We got the chance to be introduced to the 6 steps framework that Nuvo came up with it to assist Whether you need to build AI solution for the problem you have and How to make sure which type of model would you need.
2- Scaling innovation with Data products by Csaba Tamas
Here we had to know the difference between insights, information, and data. Also how the typography of data teams evolve and how to ensure to have the right setup at each stage so that the data teams can deliver in a short time and the decision makers take no time to steer well their actions
3- Onboard Corporate Governance data by Anisja Porschke
Anisja had to explain to us what corporate governance means. It was interesting to know how lawyers prefer to work with documents rather than having cloud solutions and a whole journey with Fides to build a legal product.
4-Decision support platform by Dr. Utku Yildirim
An amazing presentation about KPI driver trees. We got to know how different KPIs are structured together and the cycle of How changes in product KPIs could influence Customer KPIs and deliver the intended Business KPIs.
The Bonus short talk from Goktug Yilmaz and How they think about improvements, testing their ideas at Colonist, and keeping data in check was on point.
A well-organized gathering with lots to offer, IMHO better than many paid conferences. How could I forget about the amazing food and the Djs that set the mode with the music till the end of the gathering after the talks!
Aug 28, 2024
It was quite an interesting session with ProductLab Community listening to experts speak on Building and maintaining data products, as well AI strategies for development and the dynamics of the team structure to support smooth Data Product Development.
This event was definetly worth attending and I look forward to more ProductLab Community . Shout out to the speakers Francesco Mucio Boyan Angelov, Kinda EI Maary.
Aug 28, 2024
Anne Uekermann
Strategy & Programs, EMEA @ Amplitude
🏝️How do you know that summer is over?
Events are back on! 😁
We’re starting 🍁fall season with 160 product people on not one, but 2️⃣ stages, at the
#DataProducts event organized with our partner ProductLab Community in Berlin.
My favorite part of the event was the
#spotlight session, where community members got 30sec on stage to introduce their projects and put out what they are looking for but also offer what they would like to give back to the community!
Thank you, Daniele, for establishing this and including Amplitude as a big part of the Berlin Product Community and huge props to Dr. Utku Yildirim at HelloFresh for hosting in these beautiful venues.
Aug 27, 2024
Shruti Dwivedi
Product Lead @ Delivery Hero
I had a fantastic time at the PM Meetup in Berlin today, organized by the ProductLab Community! Thanks to Daniele Ronca for putting together such an insightful and engaging event. 🙌 🎉
Csaba Tamas from AWS shared some golden nuggets on the importance of insight-driven development and how leveraging data insights can lead to smarter decisions, better products, and enhanced user experiences. 📊
It's not just about collecting data; it's about interpreting that data to generate actionable insights that can drive smarter decisions, enhance product development, and ultimately deliver more value to users. 🚀
This approach emphasizes that data alone is not enough—it’s the insights derived from data that empower us to innovate and make a meaningful impact.
I am looking forward to more events like this and applying these learnings to my work! 🌟
#ProductManagement
#InsightDrivenDevelopment
#DataToInsights
#PMMeetup
#Berlin
Aug 27, 2024
Alex Torgersson
sPM @ Spotify
How data driven decisions drive top line 📈
🇩🇪I joined a PM meetup in Berlin tonight organised by ProductLab Community. Daniele Ronca - Kudos to a great event btw 🙌
🔢 Csaba Tamas from AWS held a keynote defining how to become a data driven company:
1. The large majority (›85%) of decisions are based on up-to-date, actionable insights at the point of impact as opposed to gut feeling and biases.
2. Data assets and capabilities are handled as (internal) products, served by the data producers to the consumers and measured by performance and quality metrics.
3. Average Time-to-Insight is used as initial
performance metric and % of Staff Accessing Role-Relevant Insights is the metric of progress.
Aug 27, 2024
Rebekka Orth
Product Lead
To add AI or not to add AI, that’s the question! I’m excited to join ProductLab’s summer party in Berlin next week.
There will be 10 talks in total, covering topics from scaling innovation to enabling data-driven decision-making. I’ll also share our experiences at nuvo, particularly how we decide if AI is the right solution for the challenge.
A big thanks to Daniele Ronca and the ProductLab Community for organising this!
Aug 23, 2024
Daniele Ronca
Product&Community@ ProductLAB
I want to share that I had an emotional moment with Manizeh Dossa while getting ready for HelloFresh's summer party for our ProductLab Community event!
It's about building a community, fostering product knowledge, and working with outstanding brands to make it all possible. I am proud to associate what we're building with established companies, top brands, and amazing people!
Thank you.
HelloFresh, Amplitude, nuvo, Monday Merch
the people behind them, to make this happen
Dr. Utku Yildirim, Anne Uekermann + Esther Trapadoux, Maija Riuttamäki, Lili Mauderer + Anja Donđivić
the top Speaker lineup 💙
Rebekka Orth Aditya Raghunath Csaba Tamas Anisja Porschke Dr. Utku Yildirim Francesco Mucio Boyan Angelov Kinda El Maarry, PhD Zsofia Bognar Alberto Manassero
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Aug 22, 2024
Henry Burnett
sPM @ Urban Sports Club
So grateful to be part of this inspiring and growing ProductLab Community in Berlin!
Daniele Ronca and his team are doing great things to make the experiences of veteran product leaders more accessible to product managers and hopeful career switchers of all levels! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Aug 20, 2024
Utku Yildirim
Product & Data Science Leader @ HelloFresh
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
We're thrilled to announce that HelloFresh is hosting a major event focused on one of the hottest topics in the industry today: Product Management of Data Products!
On 27.08, ProductLabs and HelloFresh are bringing together 10 expert speakers across 2 stages to share their insights on what it takes to become a great product manager in the era of AI and data-driven innovation. 🚀
At HelloFresh, we believe in the power of disciplined product management and have been evolving our practices over the years to lead the charge in this rapidly changing landscape. This event is a testament to our commitment to pushing the boundaries and fostering a community of forward-thinking product professionals.
Whether you're a seasoned PM or just starting your journey, this event is packed with valuable insights to help you excel in managing data products and leveraging AI to deliver exceptional value.
Looking forward to seeing you there! 🌟
#ProductManagement
#DataProducts
#Innovation
#HelloTech
#HelloFresh
Aug 18, 2024
Anisja Porschke
Legal PM @ Fides
Mark your calendars:
August 27th is your event if you are into Data or Products or Data Products! The ProductLab Community will host their summer party at the HelloFresh Campus. You have the chance to listen to various PM-Topics, meet other product-nerds and enjoy a wonderful summer night. 🍹
Also, I will be speaking about the journey, challenges and lessons learned from building a product around legal and governance data. 🤓
Can't wait for this - thanks to the ProductLab Community and our hosts for the night!
Make sure to sign up before all spots are taken lu.ma/bvdrkjs5
#Productmanagement
#legaltech
Aug 12, 2024
Aditya Raghunath
Product Cybersecurity @ HelloFresh
Shoutout to all professionals passionate about Data & Security products and platforms - please join us for an exciting, thought-provoking and insightful series of talks and networking on 27 Aug, hosted by ProductLab Community at the HelloFresh Berlin campus.
The event boasts of seasoned leaders on the panel, from Amazon Web Services (AWS) , HelloFresh , Nuvo, Exxeta , Prima and Ecosia , among others.
📣 Hurry and reserve your spot before we run out of seats! 🗓️🎤🚀
Aug 7, 2024
Daria Monihart
Enabling great strategies and products
📣 To all product and innovation professionals in my network: I highly recommend the ProductLab Community. This is an excellent place to connect with other great product managers, exchange knowledge and meet-up in person during monthly events.
🔥 In July, I attended a fantastic ProductLab Strategy and Leadership event with amazing speakers and inspiring, insightful talks:
– Hard learnt leadership lessons by Head of PM @ Zalando Roland Butler
– Transforming feature factories by CPO Ken Knoll
– Communicating like a product leader by CPO @ Offerista Group 🥙Abdo Wahba
⭐️ It was a pleasure to connect with the community! I very enjoyed conversations with Natalie Solodovnikova and Aygul Yulyakshina about product management approaches and the role of a product manager in different organisations types.
🗓️ Mark your calendars: on the 27th of August there will be another big ProductLab event dedicated to data products, security and AI hosted at HelloFresh in Berlin. You can register for it here lu.ma/bvdrkjs5 and join the community here productlab.app
❤️ A big thanks to Daniele Ronca and the ProductLab team for bringing great product managers together and for the positive spirit you share. Special thanks to Arundhati Shenoy for amazing photos of the events 🙏
#productmanagement
#productmanager
#community
#berlin
#event
#data
#AI
#productlab
#networking
Aug 6, 2024
Boyan Angelov
Data and AI Strategy Leader, O'Reilly Author
𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀!
📢 On the 27th of August, I'll speak at the ProductLab Community event at the HelloFresh campus.
🔵 I'll share lessons from my experience connecting AI strategy to product development. You'll hear about my favorite topics, such as 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗢𝗽𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 and, of course, 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.
🏄♂️ To keep up with the logistics and network with the best product people in Berlin, join the ProductLab community; I'll share the link below.
Daniele Ronca, thank you for the invitation!
#productstrategy
#dataproducts
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Jul 19, 2024
Barbara Drobnak
Community & Operations Manager
It all started on a̶ ̶c̶̶r̶̶i̶̶s̶̶p̶̶ ̶ an unnecessarily hot Berlin day when I d̶r̶a̶g̶g̶e̶d̶ invited my friend to a ProductLab Community event organised by Daniele Ronca at Ahoy! Berlin. Now, Daniele might not be on Forbes' radar 𝙮𝙚𝙩, but the event was fantastic. We met some fascinating people, listened to great talks, and got some excellent book recommendations (Danke, Ken—Marty Cagan’s book is next on my list after “Move Fast and Fix Things” <3 by Frances Frei & Moriss).
One of the presenters, 🥙Abdo Wahba, offered a chance to chat and get some honest, unfiltered feedback. He said he brings order to chaos and chaos to order, where needed.
Naturally, I jumped at the opportunity.
I was looking for straightforward, actionable feedback—something that cuts through the fluff and gets straight to the point. And he delivered just that. His feedback was refreshingly direct, no-nonsense and packed with practical, actionable advice.
So here’s a nod to 🥙Abdo for bringing that much-needed mix of order and chaos.
If you’re ever in need of feedback that’s both insightful and straightforward, he’s the person to talk to.
Aug 2, 2024
Bedrettin Guener
Lead PM @JET
I joined the ProductLab community after a great experience at a previous meetup back in February, eager to connect with Berlin-based product managers and learn from insightful speakers. ProductLab consistently delivers valuable content, directly relevant to my work as a Lead Product Manager, such as crafting messages for senior stakeholders and lessons from industry experts' experiences. The networking opportunities have been invaluable, allowing me to connect with other product managers and renowned product leaders in Berlin. I highly recommend ProductLab to all product managers in the area. Their events offer deep insights and a chance to meet inspiring peers and leaders.
Jul 30, 2024
Roland Butler
Head PM for Content Solutions @Zalando
The other week I took part in two speaking events. One in London, One in Berlin. I call this a european speaking tour!
London was a lighting talk, so two stories and wrap up
Berlin was a longer slot, so while I listened to advice and cut a lot of content I should have cut more - or ignored the time limit!
Not sure when the next European tour will but if you attended thanks for listening and for the question and hope the lessons were useful.
Big shoutouts to Paul Pechey and Daniele Ronca for the creating great communities. **CTA: Go and sign up at both**
And thanks Cate Czerwinski, Dave Feldman, Hiya Gaine and Jim Beattie for the feedback before hand.
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Jul 22, 2024
Manizeh Dossa
Product @HelloFresh
Being a PM can be lonely, overwhelming and challenging. It is also exhilarating and fun! ProductLab has been pivotal for me both as a speaker and now as a volunteer, for providing an opportunity to connect with a community of vibrant network of passionate product managers who are eager to share insights, collaborate on projects, and support each other's career journeys.
Jul 25, 2024
Mariia Osypova
Product manager
If you love Product events in Berlin like I do, you'll start running into friends there over time! 🙌🏼
This time, I attended an event by ProductLab. The room was packed with talented Product Leaders and featured three thought-provoking speakers.
Here's the highlight reel:
Roland Butler, Head of Product @ Zalando, shared practical leadership tips.
Ken Knoll, Interim CPO, discussed how to turn a feature factory team into one that builds features customers need and love.
🥙Abdo Wahba, CPO @ Offerista Group and Public Speaking Coach, showed us how to present like Product People to stand out. Abdo, I’ll definitely remember your talk and borrow a few jokes!
Daniele Ronca and ProductLab team, thank you for bringing together talented product leaders, the organization was top-notch! We're waiting for August 27th!
#Productmanagement
#Berlin
#PM
#community
#networking
Jul 15, 2024
🥙Abdo Wahba
CPO and Public Speaking & Presentation Coach
I really appreciate people who give books as gifts!
Nowadays I only buy the paper books I value to keep on my bookshelf for safekeeping. I mainly read/listen to eBooks/Audiobooks.
Daniele Ronca gave me one of my all-time favorites in appreciation for my presentation last Thursday at ProductLab's event.
My presentation was about a massively overlooked opportunity for Product People to stand-out! Check the comments if you want a free 1-on-1 session to learn more about the topic.
For my presentation Daniele gifted me the book "Never Split the Difference" by Christopher Voss.
Because it is a gift from Daniele Ronca and it's a book I love and learned a lot from, it has earned a place on my bookshelf, amongst my other favorites!
How does your bookshelf look like? What are your favorite books on it?
Jul 15, 2024
Leah Tharin
CPGO / B2B Growth for Scaleups. leahtharin.com
I had much fun presenting at the community talk hosted/sponsored by Babbel & Amplitude.
I have a special place in my heart for events that are jock full of product people because I can go more in-depth when I'm trying to spread the growth gospel and how it all ties back to business.
This was also reflected in the questions which are always a lot of fun to answer and show me time and time again how this profession is full of passionate people who want to do something meaningful.
Thank you for having me and putting it all together. Esther & Daniele
Jan 26, 2024
Matteo Stifanelli
Scaled Airbnb & Taxfix in Italy, Writer & Founder
The one reason why Airbnb/Taxfix international expansion journeys were so different?
I’ll share my experience of spending the last 12 years of my life scaling these two companies.
See you tonight.
Feb 15, 2024
Elena
Social Media Manager @INSM
I developed an interest in product management couple of months ago, found ProductLab community on socials and found the idea behind it amazing therefore I joined. I’m just in the beginning of my product journey and I find it extremely valuable that I can meet people who already have a lot of experience behind them and they can share their experience with me. The most valuable I find the free of charge knowledge transfer the community provides and the fact that the members of the community are all very friendly and supportive. I would definitely recommend anyone interested in a product world or similar IT spheres to join!
Jul 6, 2024