The Product Breakfast Club

All-time favorite guest Mona Patel—Founder & CEO of Motivate Design—is back to chat with Jonathan in another AMAZING episode! This is a really fun episode that’s also PACKED with great advice. Some of the topics discussed in this episode: What matters to Mona in building a company? How does Mona deals with people problem at Motivate Design? The difference between a President and a CEO The importance of self awareness in a founder  New Island vs Old Island metaphor & managing big change in a company The importance of R&D & Thinking Time Jonathan’s _Temperature Checks _at AJ&Smart Loneliness in entrepreneurship & how to avoid it Relationship banks & Canvas Strategy Why you should do your research before asking someone for help And last but not least, HOW TO INTIMIDATE MEN!

How often do you get the chance to listen to the VP of Facebook, Julie Zhuo, talk about her work..?!? (Crickets) Yeah, we thought so. That’s why we think you’ll LOVE this episode! Jake & Jonathan (well mostly Jake), ask Julie a lot of questions you would want to ask to someone who’s as successful & amazing as Julie. Here’s a sneak peek of the topics covered: Joining Facebook Managing hundreds of people Imposter syndrome Writing & how it’s related to clear thinking What does VP of design at Facebook do Where do new ideas come from? Links: juliezhuo.com Book: The Making Of A Manager Read Julie’s writing on The Year of the Looking Glass Subscribe to Julie’s Mailing List Subscribe to Jake’s newsletter Book: Super intelligence—Nick Bostrom Book: Buy Sprint!

Jake & Jonathan go into deep topics in this one!

Jonathan and Tim sit down to discuss the top 10 most innovative companies of 2019! Who’s Tim, you ask? Good question. They go through the top 10 one by one and discuss what they think of these companies and their innovations.

Another week, another Jake-less episode. In this one, Jonathan interviews Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief at Entrepreneur Magazine. Jason also has 2 great podcasts: Pessimist Archive, Problem Solvers. And he's written for a bunch of famous publications. Aaaand he's also written a novel, Mr. Nice Guy. Jonathan and Jason discuss entrepreneurship, striving for perfectionism (as in you shouldn't!), and some great advice! Links jasonfeifer.com Jason on Twitter Jason on Instagram Jason's writing on Entrepreneur Mag Pessimist Archive Podcast Problem Solvers Podcast Mr. Nice Guy Tim Ferriss  Huge Inc 4 Hour Workweek on Amazon The New Yorker This American Life Serial podcast Descript Andrew Mason on Twitter Buy Sprint!

For those of you poor souls who subscribed to this podcast hoping to hear intelligent discussions about the product world, you’ve probably noticed that such discussions are a rare treat… BUT TODAT IS ONE SUCH TREAT! Jake & Jonathan discuss the acquisitions Spotify made as part of its strategy to OWN the podcasting space. Jake actually prepared for this one! You’re in for a good episode… Links: Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M for more deals Anchor—The best way to make your podcast Gimlet Media StartUp podcast Homecoming podcast Apple Takes Podcasting Mainstream (2005) Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play—Stratechery Midroll—Podcast Advertising Network ODEO—Wikipedia This American Life NPR Planet Money Gimlet 13: Fake It Til You Make It—StartUp Sign up to Jake’s newsletter Product Breakfast Club #62: Product Business Models of the Future Why Can’t We Have Decent Toilet Stalls?—Slate The LEGO Movie 2—IMDb Buy Sprint!

People. Naked people. Naked people running in the street. Naked people in the sauna. Jonathan naked in a sauna. 16 minutes of that. Then awards. 2018 awards. But not necessarily for stuff that came out in It’s a fun one. Enjoy!

This is a big one! This might just be the BEST EPISODE YET!! Why, you ask..? Because Jake & Jonathan are joined by none other than the legendary Kevin Rose. Jonathan doesn’t even bother talking for most of the episode because he just wants Kevin and Jake to keep talking! Here’s some of the stuff they cover: 4:30 Getting into products 9:00 dealing with failure and trying crazy things 15:00 being too early to a market 18:25 gut feeling vs market research and talking to users 23:00 ideas vs execution and getting started 27:00 VR 31:00 the entrepreneur eyes 36:00 school & daydreaming 42:45 Kevin’s favorite digital & physical products 49:00 finding balance Links: Kevin Rose — Wikipedia @kevinrose on Twitter @kevinrose on Instagram The Kevin Rose Show Kevin’s investments (Angel.co) Digg Revision3 Milk Zero — Fasting Tracker Oak — Meditation & Breathing Google Ventures (GV) True Ventures Blue Bottle Coffee Nextdoor—The private social network for your neighborhood community The Random Show Podcast Tii

Fish burning.

Jake & Jonathan kick-off the first episode of the new year by diving straight into prod… no, they start by rambling for a good long while. But it’s good rambling: new year goals, journaling, setting OKRs, and Jonathan’s mom meets a random Irish guy that knows Jake.

Strap in for the end of the year extravaganza! The episode, appropriately, starts off with favorite breakfast sandwiches of

Jake & Jonathan are back together in this one. Amdist all the interviews this year, it’s like a special episode when Jake & Jonathan actually talk to each other! In this one, they read listener email… Everyone loves the show. Boring. JK. Thank you everyone!

Baby popped out!

Jonathan has moved on. Jakes interviews tara wike, Senior Design Manager at LEGO, the wooden toys company, and manages LEGO Ideas. Jakes asks Tara about her move to Denmark. Learning Danish. æ ø å. Eating a hot dog & drinking chocolate milk. Applying for jobs. Odd jobs. Designing minifigs. And some sage advice at the end! Links: Microsoft Encarta (Wikipedia) LEGO LEGO Ideas LEGO Idea (formerly Cuusoo) (Wikipedia) LEGO minifigure (Wikipedia) Rhino LEGO Voltron LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V DK LEGO Books LEGO Women of NASA AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass:ajsmart.com/masterclass

Happy podbirthday!

Jake & Jonathan finally reveal that the Design Sprint has been one gigantic SCAM! It’s crazy how the book sold so much and how much money Jonathan has been able to get from selling it to clients! Also in today’s episode: Design sprints aren’t for every problem. They won’t help you with your constipation.

First things first: PRODUCT BREAKFAST CLUB TEESHIRTS ARE HERE!!!

Jonathan interviews Andy Budd, co-founder of Clearleft and the man behind popular design conferences like UX London and Leading Design. Jonathan asks lots of questions and but doesn’t even get close to asking everything he wants to ask. Some of the topics Jonathan and Andy touch on: How Andy is pathological! It’s true!

Jonathan starts with a rambly 4-minute intro that leads into a solocast since Jake’s not here. Jake’s in London doing more important stuff than talking to Jonathan.

This episode starts off with a very subtle ad, that’s not at all in-your-face. Also, it’s not sponsored by Squarespace or Zip Recruiter. It’s important that you know that. Some of the things Jake & Jon talk about in this episode: How AJ&Smart went from