112. Tami Reiss: Melissa Perri, CPO at VC firm and coaching Product leaders

In this episode, our co-host João Moita discusses with Tami Reiss how you can create impact through a side project, translate product experience into product sense, and how Tami has helped companies improve their product craft. She also discusses how a product coach can help individuals and companies. Tami strongly believes that working on a Product can be a way to deliver value and create an impact in people's lives and companies. Throughout her career, Tami has focused on providing value as a product manager, CPO at a VC firm, and, more recently, as a product leader coach. [00:00] Introduction [01:00] About Tami and growing up [01:56] Physiology to Product [07:39] PM-ing without Technical Background [09:00] From PM as an individual contributor to PM as a consultant [13:26] Old school companies to Product mindset companies and roles [17:15] Creating impact with a side project that turned into a product [23:20] Delivering value through Product [25:20] Everything can be a product [29:33] Kaizen: continuous improvement [30:54] Melissa Perri and Produx Labs [33:10] CPO at a VC firm: helping companies to do Product better [37:35] Product experience converts into product sense [38:50] Being a Product Coach [46:40] Helping Product Leaders through coaching [49:30] Explaining Product Management to Kids [54:55] Tami’s favourite App [56:40] Tami’s most hated innovation [58:23] I would take a coffee with… [01:02:00] Great books [01:06:36] Favourite cities in the world [01:10:25] Favourite Blogs [01:12:20] Learning a bit of everything [01:13:17] Connect with Tami