Business of Software Conference

JUNE 18, 2020

This critique of ‘Spotify’s Failed Squad Model’ is interesting for two reasons: It’s a great way of adapting a planned conference talk into something else that may have impact. Of course, others argue different points, I particularly like this thread from Mikael Olenfalk who came up with the name ‘Squads’!

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

As startups, we are often competing against larger more established players that can outspend, out-market and out-sell us. take on a large competitor by literally naming them and then positioning them into a corner – using their own positioning against them. She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Also, Andrew Tokeley (AKA ‘Tokes’) who drives the Wellington community and is trying to support and impact the NZ startup community. Personally, it’s helped me to grow into a product leadership role (I’m currently Head of Product for an Enterprise SaaS org). How does ProductTank help product people?

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I can take reasonable risks, which makes it possible to launch new products or a startup. I believe that great products don’t happen by accident—it’s exceptional leadership and customer engagement that genuinely makes a difference. It’s frustrating to see new startups and products fail. Where did it come from?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 18, 2017

UPDATED Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with double the number of workshops , more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Jeff has worked in various roles and leadership positions at iXL, Fidelity, AOL, WebTrends, and TheLadders.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I can take reasonable risks, which makes it possible to launch new products or a startup. I believe that great products don’t happen by accident—it’s exceptional leadership and customer engagement that genuinely makes a difference. It’s frustrating to see new startups and products fail. Where did it come from?

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Amplitude

MAY 8, 2018

Name: Brent Tworetzky Current role: Senior Vice President of Product at InVision Location: New York City. I started as a software engineer, then tried my hand as a management consultant, account manager, venture capitalist, and startup founder before I found the right fit in product management. Scaling product leadership.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 16, 2017

UPDATED Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with double the number of workshops , more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Dave Wascha, CPO Photobox. So what are you waiting for? Get those tickets now!

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to delivering a keynote at the Product at Heart conference (in case you missed it, you can find the video and transcript of that presentation here ), conference co-organizer Petra Wille also invited me to participate in a fireside chat at the Leadership Forum event. The Lean Startup. Here’s why.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2022

Photo by cottonbro from Pexels In the last ProductX conference, the giveaway that the participants got at the end of the day was a potted plant. I named at least 3 such attempts, and the CEO then saw and agreed that each such attempt was a step in the right direction. I chose Mint and took a lovely red pot home.

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Sequent Learning

MAY 20, 2021

Amazing conference. For his leadership at Product Collective, Mike was named one of the top 40 influencers in the field of product management. He’s also a faculty member of Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Design and Innovation, and is co-host of one of the top startup podcasts online, Rocketship.FM.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

His fourth startup NumberFour is one of the most curiously awaited product launches in 2017. We want to live up to the name of our event and give various opportunities for attendees to engage. Get your MTP Engage Hamburg tickets today! Marco Börries. Making Ideas Work in a Complex World. The Side Events. The Workshops.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 8, 2019

Build up those knowledge reserves by attending these can’t-miss conferences of 2019. SaaStr is an annual conference that brings together the best & brightest minds in SaaS. IBM Think is a four-day conference that tech junkies dream about. A conference? Gartner Catalyst Conference | August 12-15, San Diego, CA.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

Numerous conferences later, talking with peers and reading many blogs like this only left with more questions than answers. McElroy influenced two entrepreneurs named, Bill Hewlett and David Packark?—?names names look familiar, anyone? As the name the “Brand Men” suggest the origins of Product Management was truely in marketing.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 12, 2021

Early in 2017, Dan joined the speech analytics startup TalkIQ, which would later be acquired by Dialpad, as their CEO. Prior to joining Dialpad, I was the CEO of a speech analytics startup called TalkIQ. Voice is this last offline dataset,” he tells us. We raised about 22 million in funding, backed by Salesforce ventures.

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Gainsight

APRIL 12, 2023

But what I learned, after years of procrastinating on tough moves for our leadership team, is that the leaders’ teams suffer greatly through that inaction. Over the years at Gainsight, we’ve had a few—our first Chief Financial Officer and our first Chief People Officer, to name two—that had a massive impact.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

And that’s why he co-wrote Play Bigger: How Rebels and Innovators Create New Categories and Dominate Markets with startup advisors Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, and Christopher Lochhead. The three of them had this firm called Play Bigger and were advising startups. and the Making of IBM , and The Two-Second Advantage.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 20, 2019

Tendayi Viki works with entrepreneurs in startups and large corporates who are looking to innovate. Tendayi Viki (Founder, Benneli Jacobs) – Clever Ideas Are Not Enough For Innovation from Business of Software Conference. My name is Tendayi. Tendayi Viki, Author. Innovation is hard. Upcoming Events. Tendayi Viki: OK.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

He says the idea of unlearning is beginning to take hold in the region and Asian business leaders are starting to understand that they may have to adapt their leadership: “There’s strong interest in how they can start to do that.”. Adapting to Changing Circumstances. Typically these coaching engagements run from three to 12 months.

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Gainsight

APRIL 17, 2019

Yet for many cloud CEOs, the only part of their business that they are the most blind about is the aspect that’s most existential to being a software company—namely the product. I fully believe in the concept of servant leadership. A good CEO is close to their teams. But what does a CEO need? How Gainsight PX made me better at my job.

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Amplitude

AUGUST 31, 2018

At Amplify this October, we’re proud to host the leading authorities on growth—familiar names who have launched products and tailored customer experiences for some of the biggest players in tech today. Here are just a few of the impressive voices you can expect to hear from at our product conference , Amplify. More to come!

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Gainsight

AUGUST 31, 2020

It is a genuinely worthy lesson about willingness to learn, the ability to adapt successfully, the power of motivating team leadership, the benefits of making data-driven decisions from product usage insights, and the results produced from commitment. “I had to think about leadership differently,” Amy stated.

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Oren Steinberg

MARCH 7, 2017

How can startups work with large corporations? B2B and B2B2C startups trying to sell into large corporations know this all too well: big companies like to work with other big companies. If you’re a startup or even a growth stage company trying to sell into large corporation, you lag behind larger players by sheer DNA.

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Pragmatic Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Yes, my name is Marcus. So I moved into that in Google when this startup had acquired and then four years ago, I joined HubSpot, to really, really focus on that. I've seen some startups and some companies do a launch every week, for instance. I'm a principal product marketer here at HubSpot.

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Pragmatic Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Yes, my name is Marcus. So I moved into that in Google when this startup had acquired and then four years ago, I joined HubSpot, to really, really focus on that. I've seen some startups and some companies do a launch every week, for instance. I'm a principal product marketer here at HubSpot.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 30, 2021

So I go to some conferences and teach myself. And he looked around, and there were lots of conferences for coders. And there were lots of conferences for startups and lots of conferences for people that were raising funds and IPO going and all sorts of crazy old things. I like to learn. Mark Littlewood.

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People-First Product Leadership

AUGUST 13, 2023

I love speaking at conferences even though it makes me nervous. I’ve forgotten my notes and said the wrong name. of hits in major league baseball games are home runs - which is high given 5% of new products succeed and 10% of startup companies make it ( link ). That’s like saying Brooklyn is Manhattan.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 18, 2019

A lot of these businesses are 100 years old or 50 years old, and they’re really having to transition these old processes and old pieces of software into cloud products that are very, very large-scale in comparison to what even some of the largest startups have built. So you’ve got to be ready to put your name in a hat.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you’re setting out on your roadmap journey it’s important that it reflect the point of the journey that you’re on – having everyone in a startup of 5 or 6 sharing daily tasks each morning makes sense as they work together to build a feature but in a larger company it’s a recipe for chaos.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you’re setting out on your roadmap journey it’s important that it reflect the point of the journey that you’re on – having everyone in a startup of 5 or 6 sharing daily tasks each morning makes sense as they work together to build a feature but in a larger company it’s a recipe for chaos.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

You also need to name KPIs for product people. You might not agree with all of Rosenberg’s points on leadership. He also was the CEO of his own Android startup, Cover which has now been acquired by Twitter. Jon Lax presented at a Design & Content Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Author: Chris Butler. Author: Jon Lax.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 11, 2021

We’ve gathered a list of articles, videos, and podcasts you can check out: LaterCon 2020 , a free social media conference by Later co-hosted by Farhan. And from there, I joined a startup, and that was the next inflection point in my career. Farhan: I would say joining my first startup. Caught your interest?

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2020

Currently, he’s co-founder and CEO of Drift, a startup that’s making it easier for businesses to talk to their customers. But I joined a startup – which I didn’t know what a startup was either – in 1996 and then started to build something and that got me really interested in what I do now. ML : Fantastic.

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UX Studio: Product Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

HBO and T-mobile count among UX studio’s best-known clients, but we have also worked with dozens of fast-growing startups. The name Work & Co comes from the two things that matter most in professional life: the work you do and the company you surround yourself with. Leadership role in the design community. Fjord website.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Rick : Guru was born out of a pain I personally lived at my last startup, Boomi, which I started back in 2000. Kaitlyn : As you mentioned, this is your second startup journey. There were 68 different systems that they were using, from notepads to wikis to Google Drive folders to a SharePoint site, to you name it.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Ada shares her insights on the contrasting skill sets needed when working at a big company versus a small startup, after having herself gone from a small startup to a huge organization like LinkedIn back to a two-person startup with her husband. Big companies versus small ones. Personal life OKRs. Some quotes from the episode.

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