Tom talks with Chris Boyd, head of product for Built Technologies, start-up advisor, mentor, and one of the wisest people we know working in product management. Built Technologies recently announced a series C round worth $88M.

Tom and Chris talk about Chris's transition from project manager to product manager and play a game of "spontaneous product development" to create a product to disrupt the U.S. education market.

Thanks to the good folks at nContracts for joining Tom’s talk about customer interviews. Check out highlights in the video.

Thanks to the good folks at nContracts for joining Tom’s talk about customer interviews. Here are the highlights.

Mohit Purbey is a long time leader and entrepreneur in food production. His deeply thoughtful and informed ideas about food, governance, and corporate success will open your eyes to the food crisis and what we can do about it. Mohit talks about why we need to get food production closer to the point of consumption to improve security and transparency in our food supply. See if you agree with him on this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.

Tom explains how he wrote his book Fortune's Path: How to Use the Principles of Recovery to Find Fortune and Happiness, why he wrote it, and how he feels now that it's done. Tom also reads the 12 Steps of Product Management (we all have to manage the products that are our lives), the Forward (written by his son Joe Noser, 23) and the Introduction.

Dan Hogan, successful founder, investor, and former entrepreneur in residence at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee talks about what it takes to start a business, why he's an entrepreneur, and his new venture of creating investment products that allow enthusiasts to invest in Kentucky bourbon. Dan also talks about what he wants to share with his daughter about his entrepreneurial journey despite her desire to go into public service instead of business, and how he makes himself rich by controlling how he spends his time.

Jonas Fridrichsen, music lover, long-time sales leader, and Chief Revenue Officer for VerityStream, a healthcare credentialing and verification Software-as-a-Service platform, talks about leading sales teams, rising above the noise in healthcare, and why the challenger sales model appeals to him. Jonas and his teams have grown revenue 250% for VerityStream in the last four years. Hear how on this episode.

What is performance marketing, and how do you incorporate data into your marketing? What are the jobs of marketing and sales? What’s it like to enter the workforce during an economic downturn? These are some of the questions we ask Joshua Oakes, Creator and Founder of the Who First Framework, an audience understanding, product development, and customer acquisition process for executives, investors and entrepreneurs.

In the spirit of renewal, we share favorite inspirations from our two mentors, Michel de Montaigne of 16th century France and Margret the 16 years old pug of Central Avenue. We hope these words of wisdom help you improve your business.

The 12 Steps of Product Management is a professional development program that helps you get more of what you want by helping others get what they want. Inspired by the recovery movement, the 12 steps will work for anyone who wants to understand how to use virtue to get ahead.