What Product Equity really means - Glenn Block (Founder and CEO, ProdSense)

The Product Experience

In our latest podcast episode on The Product Experience, Glenn Block, Founder and CEO of ProdSense, discusses the concept of product equity. He emphasizes the importance of creating fair and equitable products in the tech industry, especially amid advances in AI. He shares his journey from a software developer to a product leader and the motivations behind launching his own business focused on product equity.
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Lily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. She’s currently Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. She’s worked on a diverse range of products – leading the product teams through discovery, prototyping, testing and delivery. Lily also founded ProductTank Bristol and runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.

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Розділи

1. Building Fair and Equitable Products (00:00:00)

2. Product Equity (00:06:16)

3. Inclusive Product Design for Market Growth (00:20:37)

4. Empathy and Product Equity in Companies (00:26:09)

5. Advocating for Product Equity (00:29:37)

6. Importance of Writing Acceptance Criteria (00:36:25)