This is a redacted transcript of a talk I gave last April at JAM’s Product Leaders weekend (a stellar, one-of-a-kind, intimate unconference in the Welsh countryside) Leaders and Managers The term Product Leader has become increasingly trendy as of late. I get why Product Managers can also be called Product Leaders, as they…

Product research is a double-edged sword. When done wrong, it misleads and corrupt decisions. When done right, it opens your eyes to reality and make you aware of unsuspected opportunities. Product research is about understanding how people use your product. …

This is a story about a GV style design sprint. If you’ve never heard of that, you can learn more here or read the book. We’re big fans of the Google Ventures Design Sprint process here at busuu. In the past 9 months, we’ve run a few design sprints with…

At busuu, we think of ourselves as being not only a language learning app, but also part of a broader self-actualization category. So we think we’re cousins of brain training apps, for instance. Fitness apps too. Whether our apps teach people a new language, keep their brains active or their…

How we redesigned busuu’s navigation from the ground up — More often than not, the architecture of educational content is very deep. Just think back to how your high-school textbooks were organized. They had volumes, nesting chapters, nesting lessons, nesting sections, nesting exercises. And so on. As textbook creators attempted to organize the sheer volume of content they produced, they…

Implementing Lean product development and Agile project management methodologies in a nascent startup — In November and December 2013, I had the pleasure to consult for a French web agency, Cadet Créations. After a year spent developing the first version of their new flagship mobile app —Squeez’me (now renamed “Quiz Run”)— and a few months before its initial release, Cadet Créations sought my advice…

Implementing Scrum by-the-book in a 30+ people company — In May and June 2014, I had the pleasure to consult for one of Mexico’s top real-estate listing website, Propiedades.com. While being one of the leaders in their market, they had recognized their vital and crucial need for a sharp project management methodology to boost their team’s productivity and succeed…