Fortune’s Path: the Blog
Our collection of ideas and tools for building great products and leading a life founded on love. Because the best way to get rich is to help others.
Eve Eden on Designing for Accessibility, Anticipating Technological Development and The Keys to Product Led Growth
Eve Eden, found of Eve UX, believes proper product design is the key to product-led-growth. In this episode of the Fortune's Path Podcast we chat with Eve about her expertise in design and thoughts on the slow shift from physical to digital technologies, designing products for every degree of ability and the natural kindness, thoughtfulness and patience she finds in Nashville. She also shares invaluable must-hear hints for UX design best practices.
How to Keep Product Managers from Going Extinct: Thoughts on Marty Cagan’s Transformed
In his recent book “Transformed” Marty Cagan believes that product management can be at the center of business transformation, which here means the process of becoming a better, more innovative, and therefore more successful company. I agree, but not for the reasons Marty outlines. Successful business transformations are when principle drives behavior, not processes or checklists. While his thesis is spot-on, there are more practical, workable ways to bring about business transformation.
Eric Satz: The Case for Alternative Assets
Eric Satz, founder of Alto, an investment platform that allows individuals to invest their retirement accounts in alternative assets discusses his journey of building Alto from scratch and the challenges he faced along the way. He also talks about the fun and not-so-fun aspects of starting a business. Satz emphasizes the importance of building a strong team and having the support of family and loved ones when embarking on an entrepreneurial venture. Finally, Satz shares his thoughts on the financial industry, the value of alternative assets, and the role of luck in business success.
The Ethics and Risks of Artificial Intelligence, and How to Hire the Right People
Data product advisor Sharon Chou and Fortune’s Path President Tom Noser discuss the ethics and risks of artificial intelligence, and how to hire the right people, with some lighter topics like quantum computing thrown in, on this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.
The 90 Day Product Management Roadmap: Days 61-90
Previous posts examined building a successful first 30, then 60 days in a new product management role. Now that you’ve reached the end of the beginning, focus on team communication, the PM punch list, and curious conversations.
Chris Boyd: How Incentives Can Help Address Construction Industry Labor Shortages
Tom talks with Chris Boyd, formerly of Built Technologies and now at Trunk Tools, a construction fintech startup. Chris wants to help solve the skilled labor shortage by aligning incentives from top to bottom.
Ray Guzman: AI and the Paper Ceiling
Tom talks with Ray Guzman, Army veteran, advisor, board member, strategist, and CEO of Switchpoint Ventures, an innovation enabler making AI investments in organizations that seek transformation through machine learning.
Andrew Kerr: Building Software is Like Making a Movie
Tom talks with Andrew Kerr, CEO and Managing Partner at FortyAU, a technology consultancy in Nashville that builds innovative software for some of the world's largest companies. Andrew talks about balancing quality and speed in the software development process, why many software projects fail, and how a bad rollout can kill the best software, on this episode of the Fortune's Path podcast.
Luther Cale— Working to make healthcare safer, remote from Ecuador
What's it like raising a daughter in Ecuador? What's a good way to work remotely from another country? How do you build a new product in healthcare? These are some of the questions we ask Luther Cale, Vice President of Clinical Programs at Healthstream.
Five Questions to Ask to Create a Product People Will Love: A Product Framework
What five questions should you ask yourself before creating a new product? And how can you answer these questions with a high degree of authority? Watch this video to learn more about the Fortune's Path Product Framework.