Make Things That Matter
What if our products and companies gave more life to everything they touched? Making this a reality is our quest, through impactful product leadership, strategy, and culture.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Sahil Lavingia: Independent Thinking + Pricing Changes at Gumroad
Sahil Lavingia has had an epic journey as an entrepreneur: he dropped out of college to become employee #2 at Pinterest and then went on to found Gumroad, one of the largest platforms for creators to…
5 Takeaways from a week with some of the world's best product coaches
Five things I (re)learned from spending a week with SVPG + some of the best product coaches in the world.
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DJ DiDonna: Navigating sabbaticals and career breaks
DJ DiDonna helps us approach taking REAL time off and evolving our identity along with our career.
Whether you’re feeling like you need to take time off, or if you’re curious about what sabbaticals ar…
#59 Kenny Borg: Identity transformation + embodying fulfillment
Kenny Borg helps us explore the ongoing evolution of our identity, deal with imposter syndrome, and embody fulfillment throughout the journey instead of putting it off to the end. He cofounded Ethr, …
#58 Scott Young: Learning for Real Life
Scott Young is an expert on rapid, effective learning. This ep will help you learn new skills effectively and quickly amidst the chaos of real life.
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How do I do continuous discovery for a new product, pre-PMF?
How to apply continuous discovery techniques to a nascent, early stage product that doesn't yet have product-market fit.
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#53: Turning over a tough year
Some short thoughts on how to review and close out a tough year, and set ourselves up for a powerful, generative new year.
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#52 How to get more creative flow in your work day
Flow is defined as an optimal state of consciousness, where you feel and perform at your best. This episode will help you get more of it in your day.
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#51 Two years in: Making things that matter
Wow: two years of making things that matter! Andrew checks in with lessons learned in year two, impactful episodes and show updates.
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#50 Bo Burlingham: Small Giants & the roots of great businesses
Best known for his books Small Giants and The Great Game of Business, Bo is an editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and the author of five books which have profoundly impacted values-led business creatio…
#49: Thoughts on entrepreneurship and philanthropy
This episode flips the script and makes Andrew the guest, exploring his views on entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
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#48 ARM redux: 4 nuances of fulfilling work
This episode explores four nuances of creative and fulfilling work. It share lessons from follow-on conversations to ep42 about ARM, a mental model for fulfilling work.
#47 Matt Kressy: Love as creative fuel
Matt Kressy is the founding director of the Integrated Design & Management (IDM) program at MIT. This conversation is a heartfelt exploration about art, design, and the inner drives that fuel our cre…
#46 The Infinite Game, by Simon Sinek: Book summary
This episode reviews the key ideas from "The Infinite Game," a massively transformative book by Simon Sinek, and explores how to apply them to your work.
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#45: The Timeless Way of Leading
This adapts the core ideas from "The Timeless Way of Building," a classic of architectural theory, to creative and personal leadership.
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#44 Teresa Torres: Habits for clear thinking and better product bets
Teresa Torres teaches an approach to product creation and creative work that will help you think more clearly, make better decisions, and raise the odds your bets will pay off. She's the author of th…
#43 Courtney Bigony: Life above neutral with Positive Product Design
Courtney Bigony is on a mission to align tech products with the latest science of human thriving. She's the creator of Positive Product Design and the Director of People Science at 15Five.
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