The Product Toolbox

Tarun Babbar is a seasoned product leader with over 14 years of experience at Amazon and startups, with a focus on customer acquisition, product strategy, and managing business growth with P&L responsibilities. Currently serving as a Principal Product Manager at Amazon Ads, Tarun drives cross-functional initiatives to enhance advertiser experiences. Additionally, he co-founded Trekker Warrior, a non-profit dedicated to eliminating non-biodegradable waste from mountainous regions by 2025, showcasing his commitment to environmental sustainability. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Tarun Babbar https://www.linkedin.com/in/tbabbar/ Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Prarthana Johnson is the Head of Design at Atlassian. With over 25 years of diverse experience, her current role at Atlassian where she is leading a team of 75+ designers across Mountain View, Bengaluru, and Sydney, focused on Horizontals and Atlas products. Prarthana's impressive career has also seen her hold key positions at Shopify, SoundCloud, Microsoft, and Hubrik Limited, where she's consistently bridged marketing, brand, strategy, design, and product development to create engaging user experiences while meeting essential organizational and business metrics. During the podcast, we talked about career resilience, mental models in building strong user experiences, balancing new ideas against user needs, and the importance of DEI. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Prarthana Johnson https://www.linkedin.com/in/prarth/ https://unlikelypath.com Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Satyajeet Salgar is the Director of Product Management at YouTube and Google. With an impressive background in technology and media, Satyajeet has led teams building and scaling multiple 1B+ MAU and 100M+ MAU products while driving innovation and creativity across various dimensions. Currently, he spearheads YouTube Shopping initiatives, focusing on Live Shopping, Search, and Discovery, as well as initiatives for Merchants and Creators. With a wealth of experience in Google, he's played vital roles in Google Discover, Google Search, YouTube Live, and Games, and serves as a mentor and speaker at renowned graduate schools. During the podcast, we talked about the role of AI in enhancing YouTube and Google's products, strategies for competitive differentiation, balancing monetization with user experience, and the importance of data-driven decision-making in product success *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Satyajeet Salgar https://www.linkedin.com/in/salgar/ https://twitter.com/salgar https://salgar.substack.com/ Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Archana Kannan is currently the Head of Product, Payouts and Money Movement at Stripe. She is a Product leader with over a decade of experience in leading innovation and scale across Financial Services and Payments, AI, eCommerce and AdTech. She is passionate about building the future with a diverse team to make a positive impact. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Archana Kannan https://www.linkedin.com/in/archkan/ Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Darby Sieben is the Chief Product Officer for Unbounce leading engineering, product management, product marketing, UX/design and business development focused on using ML/AI throughout its product features to help marketers create and optimize their marketing efforts. Prior to Unbounce, Darby was the co-founder and head RBC Ampli Inc., a Royal Bank of Canada Venture business leading the business from ideation to public launch and scale. He is also an active investor in several start-ups. In this episode, we talk about how to differentiate your product strategy amidst a competitive market. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Darby Sieben https://www.linkedin.com/in/darbysieben/ darby.ca Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Chloe Gottleib is a renowned leader in the fields of Leadership Coaching and UX consulting. With over twenty years of experience in Executive UX Leadership and Digital Product Design, Chloe has a unique approach to helping individuals and businesses reach their full potential. Her career includes stints as the Product Design Director of Google Shopping and Chief Creative Officer at R/GA, where she partnered with major brands such as Nike and Samsung to create innovative digital products and services. She is here to share with us about how to find your career path. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Chloe Gottleib: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloegottlieb/ DesignMeCo.com Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Erin Chan is a co-founder at Rhenti where she leads Product and Marketing. Rhenti is a suite of industry-leading software tools that streamlines the lead-to-lease process for rental real estate industry across Canada. Erin is a product leader with strengths in the areas of product strategy, product positioning, business design, and human insights. She is here today to talk to us about leading a small business in a time of change and her favourite mental models as a product leader. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Erin Chan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinechan/ https://twitter.com/erinechan Rhenti: https://rhenti.com/ Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Theo Tabah is the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder at Late Checkout, a product studio and agency that designs and creates community based products. He has been managing teams for over a decade, and is here today to share insights on how to turn teams into communities to unlock their full potential. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Theo Tabah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theotabah/ https://twitter.com/TheoTabah Late Checkout: https://latecheckout.studio/ Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Jennifer Liu is a product executive with over 20+ years of experience in small and large companies. She worked at Google for over 17 years, starting as an associate product manager and working her way to a senior director managing multiple teams. Also previously SVP and General Manager at Lattice, a multi-product B2B platform supporting people management for thousands of organizations. Today she’s here to talk about what being a people-first leader means, and what the key principles to building great products look like. *Please do enjoy!* *----------------------* To follow future episodes, please subscribe! Jennifer Liu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferliulow/ Tools I use for this podcast: Descript Transistor.fm Youtube Zoom

Join me as we delve into the world of Product Management and discover the strategies that drive success in a PLG world! In this introduction episode, I'm here to say hi (who I am), why did I even start this podcast, talk about what excites me about product, and discuss what is a PM's biggest downfall. I'm also sharing some resources on what I've been reading in Product so far. Please do enjoy! ---------------------- For future episodes, please go to https://producttoolbox.transistor.fm/ For transcript of this episode, please go to https://share.descript.com/view/Rs2Zjf1U6rx. Other mentions: The Build Trap by Melissa Perri Lenny's Newsletter