Product Voyagers in 2024: Stories and Laughter on a Global Stage
Celebrating the first quarter: growth, connection, and the unstoppable spirit of Product Managers worldwide – with a gift at the end 🎁🎁🎁
What happens when you give product managers a platform to share their untold stories? Empowerment.
What happens when you hand product leaders a megaphone to amplify their learnings, mistakes, and triumphs? Connection.
When we launched Product Voyagers, we weren’t just creating a space - we were igniting a global hub where PMs could vent, learn, laugh, and celebrate the beautifully chaotic world of product management.
As 2024 wraps up, let’s celebrate the breakthroughs, share a few laughs, and preview the epic adventures awaiting us in 2025.
2024, a Year of Breakthroughs.
Ah sorry, a Quarter 🤙🏻 🌏
Across 37 countries and 19 U.S. states, Product Voyagers united product leaders, dreamers, and doers, creating a powerful community built on shared stories and bold ideas.
+9000 reads in just 2.5 months: That’s right. Imagine a stadium filled 10 times over with PMs nodding, laughing, and occasionally groaning in shared understanding. Every read wasn’t just a number—it was a spark of connection and inspiration.
To every reader, sharer, commenter, and silent nodder 👀: thank you.
You’ve built a community that finds humor in the chaos, learns from every stumble, and celebrates every win—big or small.
But enough looking back—let’s talk about what’s next.
2025
Buckle Up for the Best Yet
Next year, Product Voyagers are levelling up in a big way. We’re talking Product Casts with real, no-fluff conversations (and some crash courses sprinkled in), Trainings and Templates to help you tackle the chaos head-on, and yes—a big splash at global conferences and events to keep you inspired and in the loop.
As we step into 2025, let’s keep the momentum alive. The best stories are still waiting to be shared, and the biggest laughs are just around the corner. Thank you for being an essential part of this incredible journey.
With gratitude and excitement,
The Product Voyagers Team
Now, here’s your gift—enjoy it, share it, and spread the laughs! 😉🎁
Laugh Your Way Into 2025
The Ultimate PM Comedy Gold 😎🎁
There’s no end-of-year celebration without a gift, right?
So here’s ours to you: the ultimate toolkit to help you act as a pro and keep your cool in the wonderfully chaotic world of product management. Because, product management isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about navigating ambiguity, managing impossible expectations, and somehow keeping your sanity intact. And for that, you need one thing: strategic vagueness.
A full list of 40 hilariously real PM phrases that every product manager needs in their toolkit. Use them to dodge commitment, protect your team, and manage the chaos with style:
"It depends." The OG. If you haven’t said this three times today, are you even a PM?
"We’re in discovery mode." Translation: We’re discovering just how messy this is.
"That’s a great question." Translation: Thanks for putting me on the spot, Karen.
"Let’s prioritize." Translation: Let’s prioritize not doing this.
"Let’s circle back." Translation: Let’s never speak of this again.
"We’re gathering feedback." Translation: We’re admitting defeat, but slowly.
"We’ll revisit this in the next sprint." Translation: By then, you’ll forget this existed.
"Let’s explore that further." Translation: Let’s bury this idea politely.
"We’re aligning stakeholders." Translation: Everyone’s arguing, and I need coffee.
"We’re optimizing for outcomes." Translation: We’re winging it.
"It’s on the backlog." Translation: That’s where ideas go to die.
"We’re building a culture of experimentation." Translation: We’re experimenting with how much failure we can handle.
"Let’s MVP this." Translation: Let’s ship something before it sinks.
"That’s a stretch goal." Translation: Are you high?
"We’re taking a step back." Translation: We’re starting over.
"We’re calibrating expectations." Translation: Lower your hopes.
"We’re parking that for now." Translation: Into the dumpster.
"We need more data." Translation: We don’t like the data we have.
"That’s outside our scope." Translation: Not happening.
"We’re staying agile." Translation: We’re behind schedule.
"We’re fostering collaboration." Translation: Refereeing a team fight.
"Let’s table this." Translation: And forget it exists.
"We’re iterating on the plan." Translation: The plan exploded.
"We’re navigating complexities." Translation: Everything’s on fire.
"We’ll socialize this internally." Translation: I need to ask my boss.
"We’re conducting market research." Translation: Googling wildly.
"We’re validating assumptions." Translation: Realizing we were wrong.
"Let’s put a pin in that." Translation: Let’s never unpin it.
"We’re exploring best practices." Translation: We’re making it up.
"We’re looking for quick wins." Translation: Anything to stop the bleeding.
"We’re iterating on feedback." Translation: Starting over.
"Let’s think about scalability." Translation: Let’s stall for time.
"We’re finalizing the details." Translation: The details don’t exist.
"We’re deferring this for now." Translation: Forever.
"We’re in ideation." Translation: Nobody has a clue.
"We’re balancing trade-offs." Translation: Balancing above chaos.
"We’re in continuous improvement mode." Translation: Fixing it, again.
"It’s on the roadmap." Translation: Somewhere on some roadmap.
"We’re validating assumptions." Translation: Assuming we’re wrong.
"Let’s think about scalability." Translation: Let’s think about delaying.
And the list doesn’t stop there. Keep it handy, laugh often, and remember: when in doubt, just say, “It depends.”
See you on January 6th—rested, recharged, and surrounded by the love of those who matter most.
Let’s kick off the new year with fresh energy and big ambitions! 🌟