People Driven Products

As the Senior Director of Product Management at Wealthfront, Dan Slate oversees teams that are building products to create a financial system that favors people over institutions. To do this, he employs a rigorous product development process.

Show Notes

As the Senior Director of Product Management at Wealthfront, Dan Slate oversees teams that are building products to create a financial system that favors people over institutions.  

Wealthfront's CEO, Andy Rachleff, is famous for saying you can't iterate your way to product market fit, "Either the dog eats the food or they don't." 

This rings true in everything Dan does throughout his product development process. From delighting early adopters to utilizing data from his consumer insights team, Dan aims to build a loyal, trusting consumer base. 

To build successful products, Dan believes the top skill all product managers need to have is curiosity. Being a product manager is all about assumptions, so you need to be able to ask great questions, investigate the world around you, and always find ways to learn new things. 

On the premiere episode of People Driven Products, Dan breaks down his rigorous product development process, how he tests what customers think of a product, his go-to consumer insight methods, and the essential trait every great product manager needs.

What is People Driven Products?

As a PM, your job is to make products and features your users love. But we all know that’s easier said than done.

That’s why we made People Driven Products. You’ll learn how to make products people love and get insights from the PM leaders behind some of the fastest growing and most successful tech companies in the world.

The show is hosted by Ryan Glasgow, who has over a decade of experience managing products at companies like Weebly and Vurb (acquired by Snapchat) and is now the Founder and CEO of Sprig (formerly UserLeap).

In each episode, he’ll be talking with PM leaders at companies that are masters of gaining customer insights, and making customer-centric products.

You’ll learn from some of the best PMs in the world and get practical advice on how to create a customer-centric product team, build a customer-focused culture (and get your company on board), get user feedback quickly, make decisions from those insights, craft a compelling story from the data you gather, help your company make the right product decisions, and most importantly, make products people love.

We can’t wait to share these insights with you, and truly hope that each one helps you and your company, create people-driven products.

Subscribe to be notified when new episodes are released, or submit your question to Ryan at ryan@sprig.com.