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LaunchPod | Product Management Podcast

LogRocket
Product Management
Artificial Intelligence
Product Strategy
Customer Experience
User Experience
Typeform
User Research
TED
Product-Led Growth
Saas
Sales Enablement
Slack
E-Commerce
AI Workflows
AI Adoption
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Product Market Fit
Apartment List
Customer Interviews
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LaunchPod is a product management podcast hosted by LogRocket's CEO, Matt Arbesfeld, and VP of Marketing, Jeff Wharton, where they talk to product leaders about the issues they faced in their careers, how they found solutions to those issues, and how you can apply these solutions in your own day-to-day product role.

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A program manager told Sriram Iyer it would take 6 to 9 months to ship the first slice of their new product. Sriram challenged the team to do it in just five days.

At first, they laughed. Then he rolled his sleeves up, dug in with the team, and they... more

Long before “AI Agent” was the buzzword in every product discussion, Julia Dalton was already deep into solving the problems of coordinating thousands of worker agents, creating clear instruction prompts, and evaluating output quality.

Julia is SVP ... more

In this week's repeat episode, we’re joined by the undisputed queen of B2B positioning: April Dunford.

April is the best-selling author of the seminal book "Obviously Awesome" and the new hit "Sales Pitch." She has spent 25 years as a startup execut... more

Our guest today, Jen Wang, holds a PhD from Stanford in behavior sciences, judgment, and decision-making. She built her product career at ThredUp, and now serves as Chief Product Officer and go-to-market lead at Framework.

That combination — behavio... more

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Angela Clark
VP Digital at Patagonia
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Episode: How to Avoid AI FOMO like Patagonia | Angela Clark, VP Digital
David Cost
CDO, Rainbow Shops
Rainbow Shops
Episode: The Anti-Headcount Billion-Dollar eCom Playbook | David Cost, CDO (Rainbow Shops)
Chinmay Jain
Director of Product at Waymo
Waymo
Episode: The World’s Safest Driver Isn’t Human. Can Waymo Stop Traffic Deaths? | Chinmay Jain, Dir. Product
Melissa Douros
Chief Product Officer at Green Dot
Green Dot
Episode: The Cortisol UI: How We Fix FinServ’s Empathy Problem | Melissa Douros, CPO (Green Dot)
Rahul Chaudhari
Former Amazon product leader with experience across Kohl's, Airtel, Britannia, HSBC; focused on scaling product and leveraging technology in retail
Amazon (former), Kohl's (former), Airtel (former)
Episode: The $500M Lesson from Amazon’s Homepage Redesign | Rahul Chaudhari (ex-Amazon, Kohl’s)
Maryam Ashoori
VP PM/Engineering at IBM, Watsonx and AI expert
IBM
Episode: Smarter AI Models Won't Fix Your Deployment | Maryam Ashoori, VP PM/Eng (IBM, Watsonx)
Deepika Manglani
VP Product at the LA Times
Los Angeles Times
Episode: Using AI to Preserve 140 Years of History at the LA Times | Deepika Manglani, VP Product (LA Times)
Karthik Viswanathan
Founder of TalAiro and former Chief Digital Product Officer at Optum
TalAiro
Episode: How AI Can Eliminate the “Chaos Tax” in Enterprise Software | Karthik Viswanathan (TalAiro)
Berni Fisher
VP of Product at Appcues
Appcues
Episode: Lessons from the Launch that Became a Silicon Valley Punchline | Berni Fisher, VP Product (Appcues)

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Matt Arbesfeld
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The Anti-Headcount Billion-Dollar eCom Playbook | David Cost, CDO (Rainbow Shops)
Q: What is the speed and risk of integrating AI into workflow, and what cautions should other retailers heed?
There is a risk of moving too fast without reorganizing workflows to incorporate AI, but with careful input control and a clear division between automated tasks and human-driven decisions, AI can accelerate processes like image generation and product data creation without compromising quality.
The Anti-Headcount Billion-Dollar eCom Playbook | David Cost, CDO (Rainbow Shops)
Q: How long would it have taken to build this internally, and was it in or out of the scope of what Rainbow should own?
The team could not have built this in-house at the scale Rainbow operates; the appropriate path was to rely on external vendors and partnerships to deliver the needed capability, enabling rapid deployment without expanding the internal engineering headcount.
The Anti-Headcount Billion-Dollar eCom Playbook | David Cost, CDO (Rainbow Shops)
Q: What does this actually look like in practice? Can you give us an example of where this has worked really well for you guys?
Rainbow Shops partners with Layers to create custom sort orders for collection pages, allowing them to rank products by a seven-day sales metric. This mirrors more sophisticated enterprise capabilities they had on Salesforce and helps reduce bounce by showing relevant items early in the shopper's path.
The $500M Lesson from Amazon’s Homepage Redesign | Rahul Chaudhari (ex-Amazon, Kohl’s)
Q: What does it mean to be customer-backwards in practice, and why is it important for long-term success?
Customer-backwards means starting from the customer's problem and intent, not pushing a preconceived solution. It creates flexibility, reduces reeducation friction for users, and ties product decisions to real customer signals and sustainable business outcomes.
The $500M Lesson from Amazon’s Homepage Redesign | Rahul Chaudhari (ex-Amazon, Kohl’s)
Q: How did you approach building at-scale experiences on a homepage with multiple competing programs?
We aligned programs around a common customer-oriented goal, defined clear metrics across perception, habit formation, and economic impact, and instituted governance to ensure no single program hogged exposure. This allowed us to measure true customer engagement and drive substantial incremental business value.

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What is LaunchPod about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This show centers on practical product leadership at the intersection of technology, data, and customer experience. Episodes frequently explore how AI and automation reshape product strategy, from AI-driven personalization and risk/compliance in financial services to enterprise software and e-commerce platforms. Guests often bring hands-on lessons from large-scale deployments, platform migrations, and cross-functional collaboration, with a recurring emphasis on measurable impact, governance, and humane design (for example, reducing customer stress with thoughtful UI, or improving safety and trust in complex systems). A standout thread across episodes is the balance between innovation and practicality—working with vendors, building scalable ... more

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