#85: Last 10 Tickets for UserTesting event on how to validate fast and Parloa's secret sauce on building scalable agents + Milan event [with slides]
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Whether you work in health tech, want to find out how to prototype fast and validate even faster, or want to learn what it means to build infrastructure for teams at scale — this event is for you.
Thanks to Astrid for making this event possible, and thanks to our speakers for joining us! Ronja Quester (PM at Bayer) and Csaba Tamas (CTPO at Parloa)
Come for the insights, stay for the people.
🗓️ 22nd of April
📍 Berlin
🇮🇹 Milan event was a blast, here is why
I am an expat. Like many of you, product was my second life — a career I moved into, not grew up in.
That’s why I’ve always built Productlab as a crossroads. Think of a train station like the Hauptbahnhof: dozens of stories passing through, intersecting for a minute or an hour, each one shaping the others before moving on.
Milan at WeRoad was exactly that.
Three speakers. Three very different journeys:
Matteo Risso — the senior PM stepping into leadership, showing us how to prototype fast and validate even faster.
Giovanni Ravone — the expat who left the US and came back home to lead a payments company, now rebuilding his org around flat hierarchies and speed.
Luca Mastella — the founder disrupting his own learning platform, taking cues from companies like Intercom and Netflix to rethink how learning works at scale.
We had the slides. But slides are never the point.
The point was the room. The Italian community showed up with warmth, energy, and curiosity that no deck can capture. And none of it would have been possible without the incredible support of Product Heroes, who hosted the event alongside us.
This is what the crossroads looks like. See you at the next one.
See you in a few months or so, Matteo Risso is joining the team to organize once a quarter in Milan <3
Organizational note! We implemented live Speaker’s feedback and is amazing how a room of PM’s are so active to share and support the hard work of the people on stage! Well done Ahmed!
📰 Product Leaders’ Wisdom
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This week, we explored a set of new AI tools that are quietly changing how product teams actually work.
Claude Code – Content audit as a real workflow
Using Anthropic’s Claude Code, a full content audit (keywords, SEO gaps, rankings, new topics) can be done in minutes. The key insight: with the right context (files, APIs, structured inputs), AI moves beyond chat and becomes a true research operator that can analyze and recommend at depth.
By Teresa TorresGemini ; Turning ideas into visual models
Google Gemini can now turn complex product concepts into interactive visualizations directly in chat. From pricing models and cohort retention to roadmap dependencies, you can simulate and iterate in real time. It shifts communication from explaining to showing, making it much easier to align stakeholders on complex ideas.Claude Code ; Simulating high-stakes meetings
With Claude Code, you can simulate meetings before they happen. Define participants, agenda, and context, and run a realistic scenario. It helps surface objections, weak arguments, and blind spots, turning stakeholder management into something you can actually rehearse.
By Rich HolmesInternal AI tools ; The new product advantage
More teams are building their own AI tools instead of relying on SaaS. From memory systems to automation and internal “skills,” companies like Ramp are creating custom workflows tailored to how they operate. Internal tooling is no longer secondary, it’s becoming a real competitive advantage in the AI era.
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