EP 109 - Startups ‘24: Lodestone with Dennis Chow

This year we are changing a bit how we publish episodes about startups that build innovative products for product people. Instead of creating a series with several episodes in a row like we did in previous years, we are going to release one-of episodes, as we find and get to interview the founders of the startups.The first Startup of 2024 is Lodestone. We have met with Dennis Chow, seasoned Product Executive, with rich experience in product management at major Canadian telecom companies Rogers and Telus, Sears, Pivotal Payments, Intuit, TouchBistro and more. An instructor at Product Faculty and advisor to startups, Dennis always looked for ways to help communicate complex product decisions into simple ways that are easily and transparently shared up and across the organization.This was the first problem he set out to solve as founder and CEO of Lodestone, but his vision is much larger than that!Join Matt and Moshe as we chat with Dennis and learn:- His path to Product Management, working in chunks of 5 years (10K hours) to get great at what he does and move his career forward- The vision of Lodestone, a Product Management toolkit that help PMs move faster and get more things done- The sunburst roadmap, a visual roadmap tool that one one hand, helps connecting epics and stories with the strategy, and on the other hand, helps product managers tell a better story - Other features such as feature repository, documentation generator with the help of AI - to help PMs start from something rather than a blank page- The difference between roadmaps and release plans- His vision for the next 5 years of Lodestone, including more value to product leaders and early stage startup founders- How does Lodestone works with research and discovery data- And much more!* You can connect with Dennis at:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ch.../ - Twitter: @lodestonepm- Lodestone: http://lodestone.pm/ You can find the podcast’s page, and connect with Matt and Moshe on Linkedin:- http://linkedin.com/company/pr... linkedin.com/company/product-for-product-podcast- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ma... - linkedin.com/in/mattgreenanalytics/- http://www.linkedin.com/in/mik... - linkedin.com/in/mikanovsky/Note: any views mentioned in the podcast are the sole views of our hosts and guests,  and do not represent the products mentioned in any way.Please leave us a review and feedback ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️