Mind the Product

JULY 6, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Mitchell Gillespie (Director of Product Management at Wave HQ) shares some thoughts on what he calls “qualitative intelligence” As product managers are constantly striving to understand why their customers and stakeholders behave in certain ways, they are often in dire need of high-impact qualitative understanding. (..)

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Mind the Product

JULY 23, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Rob Hayes, Founder of Foundation PM, provides a framework to help companies [.]. The Business Model Canvas, Bootstrap or Atomic Design – it seems like everyone from MBAs to developers to designers seems to have a framework to structure their strategy, except for product managers.

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Mind the Product

JULY 21, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Anthony Ilukwe, then Director of Product at PathFactory, shares with us his views and experiences about the role of a Technical Product Manager (TPM).

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 21, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Marc De Pape, Director of Strategic Design at Rangle.io, dissects the product manager role from its early beginnings to the current role and a potential future. The acronym “PM” and also the role of a product manager means something different everywhere. Watch the video to see Marc’s talk in full.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 17, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Ninon Laforce, then of Bluecat, provides us with some of the key skills and techniques needed to become a product owner. Her key points include: What is a product owner Becoming a great product owner The responsibilities and challenges of a product owner What is a Product Owner A product owner addresses [.].

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Mind the Product

JUNE 1, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Jeremy Bailey, now Head of Experience at Freshbooks, shares with us a story of how we can strive to make our products more inclusive. [.]. Bubbles are the enemy of a good product. They form the boundaries that limit our perception of reality and limits the ability to come to conclusions.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 24, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Nate Archer, now Senior Product Manager at Ada shares with us a systematic approach to validating an idea by breaking it down into testable hypotheses. His key points include: Origins. Purpose and Value. Case Study. Watch the video to see his talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Some go well and others are painful – sometimes they’re even monsters, as Saeed Khan of Transformation Labs explains in this Product Tank Toronto talk. In order to bring harmony and clarity to product release planning, Saeed shared a few tips (and an awesome Release Planning Canvas) with the ProductTank Toronto community.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. FITC Winnipeg 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2005, Canada Flash Forward 2005, New York, U.S. FITC Toronto 2004, Canada Flash Forward 2004, San Francisco, U.S. Flash Forward 2008, San Francisco, U.S.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 21, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Sylvia Ng shares her eight-step framework for product growth developed from being part of teams at Google, eBay, and 500px to show you how to meaningfully scale your company.

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Product Culture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Jobs Our sports gambling friends at Covers are looking for a Senior Product Manager in Halifax, Toronto or remote. Same product improvements, but the new words resonated with the stakeholders. How’s your narrative? Got good stories? Bad stories? Tell a story. A bet: Is it you?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In this Toronto ProductTank talk he illustrates the power of experience mapping, answers the questions of what it is, why we do it and the value of doing it by exploring: The types of experience maps. Gerard Dolan is a Customer/User Experience and Product Design Consultant. The experience mapping process.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Jonathan Nightingale, Co-Founder of Raw Signal Group, gives us three reasons why PMs face what he calls a “ career chasm ”. Watch the video to see his talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points: Career challenges to expect.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 10, 2024

Talking about the geographic breakdown, Toronto, ON, and Sherwood Park, AB, are the two highest-paying cities, with annual salaries of $65,040 and $61,852 respectively. The average onboarding manager salary in Canada is $52,401 per year. Overall, the annual salaries range from $44,000 to a high of $62,000.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Mitchell Gillespie, Director of Product Management at Wave speaks about: The product manager identity crisis. Product people have a ton of different responsibilities – a number of stakeholders to answer to and a number of different problems to solve. Motivating others.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 10, 2023

In light of the seemingly challenging quest to find common ground that can benefit the product development practice as a whole — product specialist and founder of the Toronto-based firm, Transformation Labs, Saeed Khan has decided to shed light on this debate.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 4, 2020

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Jeremy Bell , VP of Design at Connected Lab, gives us a three-step guide explaining how we, as product people, can build better products. Products are not just a collection of features. Watch the video to see Jeremy’s talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points: What customers want.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Lindsay Rothman – Lead Product Manager at FreshBooks at the time, helps us to answer that question. What’s next after you find product-market fit? She provides us with a guide on what to do in this situation by: Staying innovative. Creating a framework for success.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Mitchell Gillespie, Director of Product Management at Wave speaks about: The product manager identity crisis. Product people have a ton of different responsibilities – a number of stakeholders to answer to and a number of different problems to solve. Motivating others.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is the question that Alan Smith, co-founder of Strategyzer , helps to answer in this ProductTank Toronto talk. How well do you know validation? He shows us: The new way to create a business plan. How to use tools and frameworks. Watch the video to see Alan’s talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points.

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Product Culture

JUNE 29, 2022

Numerous product jobs at Covers in Halifax/Toronto/Remote. You can see other stakeholder tips in Chapter 8 of my book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. Ever done this? Tell me a story. Jobs Like sports betting?

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, Richard Reiner , Executive Chairman at dfuse , takes us through various case studies and lessons learned from his experience building and marketing products in the cybersecurity space. His key points include: Creating a category at Assurent. Surviving in a maturing market at Enomaly.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Scaling requires reinvention and in this ProductTank Toronto talk, senior product manager at Flipp , Mladen Rangelov, tells us how product managers can scale effective teams. He takes us through: How a product manager can help. Team operating modes. Watch the video to see Mladen’s talk in full. Or read on for an overview of his key points.

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Bain Public

JULY 22, 2021

T hese online workshops hosted startup founders from the Toronto, New York, and San Francisco cohorts! Forum Ventures (formerly known as Acceleprise) is a B2B SaaS Accelerator and Seed fund based in Toronto, New York and San Francisco, that backs exceptional founders building the future of work.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Streaming from the heart of downtown Toronto, PM Hub is hosted by Cyrus Eslamian and is your go-to show to level up your Product skills and gateway to top minds in the tech world. PM Hub Podcast began with the pandemic in 2020 and aims to bring its viewers fresh and unique perspectives of leaders in product management and entrepreneurship.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Vice President of Product Management, Survey Products @ Research Now (Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Toronto) Keywords: Market Research , Survey [link]. Vice President, Product Management Advertising Solutions @ Research Now (Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Toronto) Keywords: Advertising , cross-platform, Market Research [link].

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2021

These online workshops will host startup founders from the Toronto, New York, and San Francisco cohorts! Acceleprise is a B2B SaaS Accelerator and Seed fund based in New York, San Francisco and Toronto, that backs exceptional founders building the future of work.

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Bain Public

AUGUST 13, 2020

This online event will host a select 8 early stage SaaS companies from it’s Toronto hub! Where: Online Workshop (available to 2020 cohort only) Acceleprise is a B2B SaaS Accelerator and Seed fund based in New York, San Francisco and Toronto, that backs exceptional founders building the future of work. Date: August 21st.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The DMZ is Toronto Metropolitan University's business incubator for early-stage technology startups. (Montreal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian , President/CEO and Founder of Bain Public , will be leading an expert product workshop for the DMZ bootcamp program on November 15, 2022.

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Bain Public

JULY 1, 2022

NEXT AI currently operates in Toronto and in Montreal in collaboration with HEC Montréal. They identify talented ideas or early-stage teams with ambitious solutions and leverage Canada’s leadership position in AI to provide them with the capital, mentorship, education and network to disrupt industries.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If they asked questions like “What’s the weather in Toronto?” By looking at the data, we saw that a lot of people were inputting searches that indicated they really didn’t understand our product. or “Best analytics platforms for startups” we knew they didn’t understand that it’s for finding scholarly research.

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Roadmunk

JULY 14, 2017

Such a packed + #crowd tonight at #productpizza Learning about all the #mistakes of some of the best #productmanager in #toronto. Super excited to hear from these Toronto PM legends about their greatest mistakes ‍♂️ @LatifNanji @seemalakhani @BrandonMChu @atawfiq pic.twitter.com/gTcGpDucK7. Alexandru G (@AlexG0G) June 28, 2017.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Product Manager @ Maropost (Toronto, ON) Keywords: Automation, Email , Marketing [link] Filed under: product jobs Tagged: product management. Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Check out this week’s newest, below….

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In this ProductTank Toronto talk, two members from the team at Points , Mihnea Galeteanu – Head of Product and Jane Helman – Head of Scrum, explain their coping strategy. What do you do if your engineering capacity is reduced by 30% each year?

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Gainsight

MARCH 21, 2023

This 14-stop tour spans from Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Austin to New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Raleigh, and Toronto—and now, London and Berlin. Tour brings together the best and brightest voices in Customer, Product, and Community across North America and Europe.

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Userpilot

MARCH 29, 2024

They opened a pop-up store in Toronto, which they labeled as a "Sparkle Shop." Starbucks leveraged influencer marketing to promote its “Sparkle Shop” One way to harness the power of social media is through influencer marketing. Starbucks used this excellently when promoting their new line of Teavana teas.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 4, 2023

I want to go to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Instead of filling the extra space with more work projects, I want to learn more about how economists model complex problems. I want to eat, drink, and be merry in New Orleans. I want to mountain bike in Kelowna. And most of all, I want to be bored for a little while. Wish me luck!

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