Marty Cagan was ten years into his engineering career when he began questioning the purpose of his work. Frustrated with the products he was building, he wondered why they were necessary—but soon, he realized that asking "why" was the job of the product manager, not the engineer. So, he became one. Not just any product

Marty Cagan joins me for real talk about what it takes to transform into a strong product company. You can read the episode transcript here. — Topics discussed: (00:00) The process and challenges in writing a book (12:27) Real world products need tech for results (17:28) Deciding on investments, solving problems, and c

What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation?   Most people think it’s because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. But the real advantage these c

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On this weeks" podcast episode, we welcomed the man who needs no introduction...Marty Cagan, Founder and Party of SVPG , and Author of ”Inspired” and “Empowered” delved into a plethora of topics including  strategy, vision, ethics, and ways of working. We struggled to fit so much product wisdom into one episode, so we

This conversation was with Marty Cagan, author of EMPOWERED. Marty Cagan is a Silicon Valley-based product executive with more than 20 years of experience with industry leaders including eBay, AOL, Netscape Communications and Hewlett-Packard. Marty is the author of the book “Inspired: How to Create Products Customers L