Founder Style Leadership: The Key to Empowered Product Teams

Marty Cagan opened the 2025 Product at Heart conference with a keynote on Founder Style Leadership – a leadership approach particularly effective for those leading product organizations. He emphasized its importance in today’s context. While a few years ago, his talks were often focussed on distinguishing the role of the Product Manager from that of the Product Owner, he now sees a different gap in Europe: a lack of strong product leadership.