Build Further, the Claap podcast.
Seven conversations with the people building products and teams at Pitch, Maze, Revolut, Slite and Process Street, hosted by Max Gayler.
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Cutting through the noise and busting product myths
Inside our first ever episode, Leah Tharin takes us through her career, the pitfalls to look out for when building products you want people to fall in love with, and how her approach to distributed work has redefined the way she builds motivated teams.
OpenBuilding remote, reliable, and remarkable
Jonathan Widawski talks Max Gayler through products with meaning, the pitfalls of letting processes win, and the amazing things that happen when you start really listening to your customers. After founding Maze four years ago, he's committed himself to going deeper, finding new ways to leverage community, and doing it all as a remote team. From protecting focus time, to rallying motivation, Jonathan shows us how he's made a global company with team members all around the world.
OpenCracking the collaboration code
In this episode, Diego Sanchez takes Max Gayler through the trials and tribulations of the fast-paced product world that makes some companies, and break others. An adaptive mindset, fearless innovation, and attention to detail are essential when building a product that stands the test of time, and throughout his time as a founder, engineer, and product manager, Diego has amassed an incredible mindset that helps lead products to dominate categories and keep growing.
OpenSquashing unrealistic product dreams
In this episode of Build Further, Max Gayler speak to Jackie Newnam, a Senior Product Manager at Process Street. Navigating the pitfalls of remote work and how to avoid drowning in a sea of processes, Jackie's experience at some of the most exciting young tech companies has enabled her to flex her adaptability in building efficient product systems that keep users sticky and growth moving.
OpenDisrupting the market with an unmatchable product
Revolut launched in 2015 and started out as a platform to make transfers and exchange various currencies solely in the UK. They quickly expanded to a global market after a funding round of $800 million, becoming a full fledged unicorn. After years of being categorised as an e-bank, in 2022 they became a full-fledged bank, launching in even more countries and partnering with thousands of businesses around the world to provide faster, simpler options to people in a market that seemed impenetrable only years before. Pierre takes us inside this organisation and explains how he keeps their business product competitive and unmatchable.
OpenA masterclass in unblurring your product vision
In this episode we get to speak to Ignasi Buch Mundo, the Head of Product Growth over at Pitch. Pitch launched only five years ago in 2018 and now has nearly 200 employees and $140 million in funding. The team of eight co-founders behind pitch put together a remote team just a year or so before the pandemic and have now become trailblazers for a new movement of productivity products that are reinventing and inspiring the ways we work. Pitch allows people to make stunning presentations with ease. Their strong branding and constantly evolving product have established them as an essential tool for teams that need to communicate at scale. Ignasi’s role here is to keep things moving. If the product doesn’t keep evolving, their audience isn’t going to grow. In our conversation, Ignasi goes into detail exactly how he approaches a product that’s already so versatile, how his global team communicates with each other, and what other product teams need to do to emulate this kind of growth. I learned a lot from this one and I hope you do too.
OpenThe subtle art of quick decisions
In our conversation, Christophe explains exactly what those early investment days looked like, the struggles of chasing your dream without millions of dollars to lean on, and being thrown into competition with one of the most popular wiki products in the world. We also get to hear what went into creating Ask, Slite’s built-in AI assistant trying to help every team find information faster. Christopher’s enthusiasm and excitement when it comes to what the future of work might look like is so inspiring and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Outro script
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- Cutting through the noise and busting product mythsListen on Spotify
- Building remote, reliable, and remarkableListen on Spotify
- Cracking the collaboration codeListen on Spotify
- Squashing unrealistic product dreamsListen on Spotify
- Disrupting the market with an unmatchable productListen on Spotify
- A masterclass in unblurring your product visionListen on Spotify
- The subtle art of quick decisionsListen on Spotify
