Mind the Product

JANUARY 9, 2019

Following a talk at ProductTank Bristol, he joined us to chat about the advice he gives both to aspiring product managers and to those angling for leadership positions. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Quote of the episode.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jimena Almendares has held senior product roles and leadership positions at Zynga and Meetup , and now runs the Global Expansion efforts for Intuit. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 29, 2019

Read on for details of the events and to get your hands on tickets. April is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. April is an executive consultant, speaker, and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. Upcoming Events.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Tying analytics to business goals in a product-led startup. You might be at a startup, but it’s not the Wild West; you still need to tie your metrics back to bigger business goals. Retention is a key metric for any startup: Here’s a quick example for how to predict it. The sooner you start having these conversations, the better.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

These are people, he points out, whose entire career has led them to a position of responsibility and reward – so it naturally follows that the behaviours that got them to this point are the same ones that should ensure continued success. You can learn more at Barry’s site – check out the Unlearn podcast and events sections.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 21, 2023

April Dunford April is an executive consultant, speaker, and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. Join our friendly list for event updates, ideas & inspiration. Unsubscribe any time. We will never sell your email address. It is yours.

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 7, 2020

Mobile marketers and product managers can immediately take action on events in Apptentive by simply flipping a switch. Apptentive also offers “codeless integration” through mParticle, without requiring customers to create a new series of events within their apps. This saves companies valuable time and resources. Apptentive.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 25, 2022

UXDX is a global product-focused conference that hosts various conferences throughout the year, as well as community events for designers (UX), developers (DX), and other product-specific roles. Register for the FREE event here ! About UXDX. Session Information. Discover the Tools You Need to Drive Product Decisions.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. She’s currently a consultant, speaker, and teacher in product management. Follow her for a good dose of career advice combined with a neverending supply of positive energy. CEO of Product Labs. Author of “The Build Trap”.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 29, 2019

Read on for details of the events and to get your hands on tickets. April is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. April is an executive consultant, speaker, and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 30, 2020

Currently based in Amsterdam John-Simon spends the majority of his time with various stage startups throughout AsiaPac, consulting as an expert-in-residence, supporting product strategy and execution. In the AsiaPac region, it’s best-known for being the largest investor in Chinese giant Tencent. ” In-House Versus Agency.

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freshtrax

JANUARY 26, 2024

Start with a Positive First Impression: Welcome Gift As btrax team members from Tokyo and San Francisco gathered in Hawaii, a positive tone was set with a thoughtful welcome gift. This activity served as a meaningful way for team members to reflect on each other’s positive traits and express appreciation!

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Michael soon found a job at a management consulting firm as a Business Analyst working with different technology companies from startups to large enterprises. Six months later Michael became a Project & Accounts Lead, acting as a process design consultant for clients undergoing large-scale business changes.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

That is until BASE FOOD , a nutritionally balanced food Japan-based startup, successfully created a product that popularized the industries. Their mission is to positively impact one’s health and lifespan. It’s not very common for startups in Japan to pursue the global market. Make it easier to eat nutrient-rich foods.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 13, 2018

Previously, Ivy has held executive positions spanning from head of product design and development to CMO and presidencies with several companies, including Calvin Klein, Swatch, Coach, Mattel, Art.com, Bausch & Lomb, and Gap. Joe Leech, Product Strategy Consultant. Kim Goodwin, VP Product & UX at Patients Like Me.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

Both positions involve being the keeper of a vision, and both also have to be decision makers by curating ideas from many different sources. In smaller companies and startups, both need to have a clear and firm understanding of the product strategy. But there are numerous differences that keep these two roles separate.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

We took the decision to bring MTP Engage to Manchester a couple of years ago, based on the huge popularity of the ProductTank events we run in the city. Nilan also advises a number of early-stage startups. Nicholas also plays a role in evolving tech, as an advisor to a number of promising startups.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 30, 2020

Latest studies note that only 35% of product manager roles are filled by women, and most of those roles are entry-level positions, meaning they are often removed from influential decision making. Coursera, which has raised over $300 million in startup funding and has over 20 million users, is at the forefront of education tech.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 16, 2022

 I don’t know how long it will last, or how deep it will go, but over the last few weeks many companies announced staff cuts or closed startups. COVID, global supply chain issues, war in Ukraine, inflation, energy supply disruptions, virtual currency meltdown… pick your precipitating event.  A  To help.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The reports are typically visual and can help you measure a string of events at a time. By tracking user events over time, you can identify how users are interacting with your app, which features are getting more engagement than others, and spikes or dips in usage over time. Userpilot dashboard for features and events tracking.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We’re proud to say that we’ve given over 1000 hours of pro bono work since 2018 for young up and coming startups and entrepreneurs; we take corporate responsibility very seriously. As a business, we want to achieve success in ways that honour our ethical values as well as respect startups and accelerator communities.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

While this is true for some more technical positions, many successful product leaders have absolutely no background in Computer Science.) It could be a blog, your own consultancy business, an online community, or even your own digital product. If you’ve just started a new position, it’s entirely natural to feel nervous.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In the world of startups, there’s a truism that 9 out of 10 companies fail. How do we build and position a product that is nearly irresistible for the people we want to serve? And going beyond features , we might be missing out on what feelings, positive or negative, are really driving the decision. Why does this happen?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

As a result, a lot of promising candidates are being lost to more traditional graduate careers that require similar skills, such as consultancy. Many graduates are keen to work in a startup or technology company, but are not aware of the existence of the Product Manager role, and that it is ideally suited to them. Affordability.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

We’ve collected the best events for product folks that you can attend online or in-person. for access to all the post-event recordings + slides, £299.00 The three main events for this month will be held by the Product-Led Alliance, Her Product Lab, and UXDX APAC. Wondering what the best product conferences of 2021 are?

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Nulab

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In January, NuSpace played venue host for Data Science & AI Night – a wonderful night of talks and networking session jointly organized by Nulab and Xaltius , a Singapore startup in data science and professional training. The four invited speakers were: Gajendra Krishna – Managing Consultant and Data Evangelist.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

Author Jeff Gothelf sees this all the time in his work as a consultant for medium- and large-sized companies, and it inevitably leads to a culture clash where designers feel unvalued. I started consulting and teaching and training and speaking about this. Focus on outcomes over output. On a bad day, a lot more of it got thrown away.

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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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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 11, 2019

That’s why I was surprised when I got fired after two weeks on the job at my new product manager position. I had been working for a startup that had run into some financial problems. It turns out that in this startup, back in the early days the CEO would walk around. Blue Elephant Consulting –.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MAY 23, 2022

a controversial startup whose sleek, nicotine-packed vaporizers have fueled a surge in the e-cigarette market. Back in 2017, three events stepped up pressure on product managers at the market leader. The startup has said it never targeted teens and that its marketing now only features adult cigarette smokers who have switched to Juul.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 12, 2019

For those companies that do this well it has a positive impact on their overall business success – through enhancing their brand (and hence sales) and through a greater ability to attract and retain talented staff. As a social entrepreneur with Full Time Lives and in my Product Management consulting work for Brainmates.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Startups often struggle to communicate the value of their products, particularly in sales meetings. Upcoming Events. This is a talk about positioning, but a little bit more about how you communicate your positioning or share your positioning. Now I’m a startup. April Dunford // Ambient Strategy.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

UserGuiding's biggest selling point is its $99/month Basic plan but that doesn’t come with all the elements you’ll need to build a positive onboarding experience. You can jump on a free consultation call with us ! Your development team will need to do a bit more setup if you'll be using custom events.

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Userpilot

JULY 26, 2021

At the heart of it, buyers are aware vendors want to position their product in the best way possible. Then pick two or three activation events for each user segment. And build interactive walkthrough experiences to guide users to the activation event. Sample interactive walkthrough to an activation event. Great news!

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