With 10+ years of experience, Mike Davey has learned the lessons that separate good PMs from great and what it takes to climb from PM 0 to product leadership.

In this episode, he talks about challenges of product development, product discovery and how to become a product leader.

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We're covering:

Preview - 00:00:00

Golden Age of Feature Factory - 00:03:55

How a PM Can Reclaim Authority in This Age - 00:07:10

The Ideal Leader - 00:10:58

Conducting Good Field Research - 00:15:58

Using Opportunity Solution Trees - 00:18:39

Cost of Conducting Field Research - 00:21:45

Impact of AI on Climate - 00:26:10

Strategizing Career Growth - 00:29:02

Job Search in Small Market - 00:35:45

Coming into Role as First PM - 00:38:15

Being a Startup PM - 00:44:19

Tools in Use - 00:47:40

Dealing with Founders - 00:49:27

Recruiting Good Talent - 00:54:31

Interview Process - 00:57:08

Product Management in Niche Industries - 01:00:28

Moving Up the PM Career Ladder - 01:02:43

Job Search Strategy - 01:07:27

Where to find Mike:

Email productgrowthppp at gmail.com to discuss advertising or guest opportunities.

We have some great podcasts coming from Marily Nika (AI PM at Google, Former Meta), and Abhishek Viswanathan (2x Former CPO: Qualtrics, Apollo.io), and Shardul Mehta (Fmr VP PM at Amwell, Director at Capital One).

I’m so excited to share them with all of you.

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