About Product Counsel
Built for the people building Australia's next great products. A small, trusted room for hard questions, and a wider community to share what we learn.
Why we exist
Australia has world-class product leaders. Too often, their best conversations happen by accident: a hallway at a conference, a message after a talk, a dinner that never repeats.
Product Counsel makes that conversation deliberate. A small core works through the difficult calls together, and a wider community carries the lessons further. The name means an advisory council of product people.
Built by Rampersand, the Australian venture firm, for the people building the country's next great product-led companies. We share a belief that the craft matters.
What we hold to
Every room runs under the Chatham House Rule. No recordings. Slides optional. The conditions for an honest conversation are part of the work.
Keep the Counsel small enough for people to know one another and speak honestly. Let Field Notes carry the useful lessons to the wider community.
Members bring work they shipped in the last ninety days: the pricing they got wrong, the bets that paid off and the problems that kept them up.
The bar is the work, whatever your title. People building Australia’s next great product-led companies belong alongside the people who already have.
Who runs the room
Program Lead
Venture Partner, Rampersand
Co-founder and former CPO of Culture Amp, with two decades building product-led companies. Rod chairs the Counsel personally, setting topics, bringing in presenters and sitting in on the hard sessions.
Operations Lead
Product Counsel
Phil has built products at startups across Sydney and New York. He turns a topic into a Working Session, brings together the right fifteen people, and helps turn the lessons into Field Notes.
Built by Rampersand
Rampersand backs early-stage Australian and New Zealand founders. Product Counsel brings together the leaders shaping the next generation of product companies and helps share what they learn.
Visit RampersandThere is a way in
Apply to the Counsel with a referral from someone already in the room, or start by reading Field Notes.
