#97: EOM & Secure Your Summer Bird Ticket for ProductLab Conference 2026!
This special edition is supported by Miro and mobile.de, who have partnered with us to host the main Community event on 24th June with Christian Idiodi (SVPG Partner)
The countdown to the ProductLab Conference 2026 has officially begun! From September 15th to 17th, we are bringing together the brightest minds in product management, both live in Berlin and online.
To celebrate the season, we’ve just launched our exclusive Summer Bird Tickets at just €349! This is your chance to grab full access to world-class keynotes, networking, and actionable insights at the best possible price.
Don’t wait until prices go up. Claim your spot today and get ready to elevate your product game this September.
Bringing ProductLab Closer to You: Satellite Events Across Europe
Can’t make it all the way to Berlin in September? Don’t worry, we are bringing the ProductLab experience directly to your local community!
We are excited to host a series of Satellite Events across various European cities, including Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon. To support local product communities, we are providing budget assistance and online tickets for local hackathons, workshops, and exclusive watch parties.
Stay tuned for more details on locations and schedules; we can’t wait to connect with you locally!
Wrap Up July with Our Exclusive EOM Events!
We have curated two fantastic events that we are hosting and organizing just for you. Whether you want to network in person or dive deep into honest product stories online, we've got you covered.
Here is what’s coming up in July:
🇩🇪 Lenny’s Newsletter Meetup in Berlin
Join the local Lenny’s Newsletter community for an energetic evening of conversations around product, growth, and everything in between. This informal meetup is a brilliant chance to meet fellow product people, exchange real-world ideas, and have deeper conversations with members of the European product community. Drinks are on us, courtesy of our friends at Matic!
🗓️ 24th of July, 18:30–22:30 CEST
📍 The Castle Berlin Mitte, Berlin
📺 F*ck Ups in Product: Your Stories w/ Ravi Mehta & Michelle Parsons
What if we talked less about perfect, shiny launches and more about what actually goes wrong behind the scenes? Join this raw and honest online conversation with senior product leaders Ravi Mehta (ex-CPO at Tinder, founder of Outpace) and Michelle Parsons (ex-CPO at Hinge, founder of Lora), together with the Dodane do Backlogu podcast crew. Expect real stories, lessons learned, actual product mistakes, and reflections on navigating the AI wave without the usual marketing hype.
🗓️ 29th of July, 18:00–19:30 CEST
📰 Product Leaders’ Wisdom
Brought to you weekly by Leila Montazeri
Grand promises of absolute AI automation are everywhere. But on the ground, the reality is different. This week, we explore the unsexy foundations of the AI era: sound product strategy, normalised data infrastructure, and rigorous, human-led documentation.
Ed Zitron tears into a recent report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), exposing how tech giants are bleeding cash on hardware for demand that is largely manufactured. It’s a sharp reminder that massive compute power means absolutely nothing without an actual, sustainable business model behind it.
Andrei Rebrov (Co-CEO, Finsi) shatters the illusion that AI is a magic bullet for B2B SaaS. His takeaway? AI doesn’t fix a broken product hypothesis; it just burns cash and pushes you to the wrong destination faster. He digs into the messy reality of data normalization and why human empathy still can’t be coded.
Fred Walton argues that without intentional human “Conversation Design” your AI agent will sound like every other boring, clinical LLM on the market. By treating tone, structure, and human-handoff logic as core product features, he shows how a simple change in humanized phrasing can immediately spike CSAT.
💪 Open Roles
Brought to you weekly by Alessia Marchi
Senior Product Manager - AI-Native, Product & Product Ops @ Eye-Able
Lead Product Manager - Home Connectivity @ Deutsche Telekom AG
🎶 Song of the Newsletter
From our DJ Marco D’Avila