The Making Value Podcast - Product Management, Marketing and Tech

In this episode I chat with Olivier Gremillon, former Managing Director EMEA at Airbnb, VP at Booking.com and CEO of Vivino. We discuss everything from how to manage and motivate a team, money and power, what it takes to be a successful leader and how to find the right company to work for. We talk about trust, role models, adaptation and of course wine and seduction. This is an episode you don't want to miss. Get comfy and listen until the end. 

This is one not to miss for everyone interested in how to kickstart a company and validate your MVP! Jannik takes us through the story of Luggage Hero from idea to international company starting from the first MVP trial - including the way in which he managed to convince complete strangers to hand him their luggage in front of Copenhagen Station. 

Link to Jannik's LinkedIn here -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/dklawaetz/

Luggage Hero -> https://luggagehero.com/

In this episode I am going to explore with the help of Valentina the challenges faced by companies transitioning from a "traditional" IT-based approach to a more product-led one. We are are going to talk about product vs project management, Agile, outputs and outcomes, how to gather good feedback and many other topics including cappuccinos and car servicing. Enjoy!

What does it take to launch Disney+ in over 30 Countries and countless others 0/1 product initiatives? Here this and many other amazing product-led growth stories from one of the smartest person I know. With a wealth of experience in Companies such Amazon, Booking.com, Morgan Stanley, Disney, Kry and Livi - currently working as Chief Product Office at Trustly Sagar has plenty of stories to tell!

Link to his LinkedIn profile here > https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarachanta/

Why are most people not fit? In this episode we continue the conversation with Ivo de Mas - Head of Strategy and Growth at Booking.com diving deeper into strategy and how to build successful teams. We discuss examples from books - such as Sapiens from Yuval Noah Harari and the excellent BBC podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon other than, of course, diving into our own experience. 

Quick note: at the end of the episode we mention there will be a Part III of this conversation. Due to some scheduling issues that is not recorded yet so it might come with some delay in this feed. Stay tuned for more guests coming soon!

Ivo's LikendIn page > https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivo-de-mas-0425a21/

The Sapiens book > https://www.amazon.it/Sapiens-brief-history-humankind-Harari/dp/0099590085/

The BBC podcast > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads

What do an exploding coffee machine and a (maybe not so) successful wake up light have in common? Join me to find out in the first of two episodes with Ivo de Mas - now Head of Strategy and Growth at Booking.com and formerly Head of Product Marketing at Booking.com and Philips. We discuss strategy, value proposition and the difference between Product Management and Marketing in physical and digital goods. 

Part II of this conversation coming next week.

Ivo's LikendIn page > https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivo-de-mas-0425a21/

What does a Data Scientist actually do? How to combine intuition, data, hardcore math and marketing insights to guide your decision making and successfully navigate your product in today's world? Join me in discussing this and other topics with Mike O'Connor - Senior Data Scientist at Spotify and genuinely one of the smartest people I know. 

This is an interesting one for all you geeks and data nerds out there! 

Here are some references:

Mike's LinkedIn profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtoconnor3/

He's French but nice! Join me in discussing Go To Market, marketing, measurements and perception with Thibault Masson - founder of Rental Scale-Up and former Senior Product Marketing Manager at Booking.com.

Thibault has a wealth of experience and knowledge both in Marketing, Content creation and Tech. He founded a network of fashion blogs, runs successful short term rental business, headed marketing in big corporations and now runs his own consulting firm.

This episode is more focused on the Short Term Rental industry but it contains a lot of interesting insights applicable for Companies of any size in almost any industry.

Here are the references for today's episode:

Thibault's LinkedIn profile > https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmasson/

Rentalscaleup.com > https://www.rentalscaleup.com/

In this intro episode me and my co-producer Valentina Lo Savio go over some of the most used terms in this show to set the scene on what's to come with the interviews.

We will be defining: what is a product, what are features, what is a value proposition, we'll talk about go to market and measuring success.

You can listen to this episode at any point as guide during the show or you can skip directly to Episode 1 if this all already sounds familiar to you.

Here are some references:

Ale's LinkedIn > https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandropacilio/

Vale's LinkedIn > https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentinalosavio/

Simon Sinek > https://simonsinek.com/

Mat Shore's value proposition framework > https://www.matshore.com/

Strategyzer > https://www.strategyzer.com/