Startup - 2017

Brian Lawley is the CEO and Founder of the 280 Group, a Product Management and Product Marketing company that provides consulting, contractors, training, certification, books and templates. He is also the former President of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association.

• Overcoming Challenges is Product Management
• Product Management for Dummies

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Michel is the Co-Founder and CEO of usermind, responsible for company vision, strategic direction, planning and execution. Michel’s enterprise software career spans almost 20 years with roles in sales, products, strategic marketing and general management.

• Conquering a Category is Product Management
• Michel Feaster of Usermind on How to Unlock Employee Potential
• Creating an Enterprise Software Category — and Owning It

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Tristan is a Lean Startup Coach & Advisor at Kromatic where he helps startups and intrapreneurs improve their product and business models. He has worked with teams all over the world and regularly shares his advice based on his experiences on his blog.

• User Experience is Not a Feature
• The Risk of Building the Wrong Stuff
• Three Lean Startup Principles to Live By

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Jeff is the Product Lead at Airbnb where he focuses on leading data visualization, experimentation, and machine learning infrastructure.

• Democratizing Data is Product Management
• How Airbnb Democratizes Data Science With Data University
• Superset: Scaling Data Access and Visual Insights at Airbnb

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Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup. He is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, which is practiced by individuals and companies around the world. This methodology was the inspiration behind his founding of the LTSE and his books The Leader's Guide and The Startup Way.

• Continuous Transformation is Product Management

• The Prototype Mindset

• Eric Ries on 4 Common Misconceptions About Lean Startup

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Jeremy, aka The Product Guy, is the Founder of tafifi. He is also the founder of The Product Mentor program and The Product Group Meetup in New York and London.

• The Product Group Meetup New York

• The Product Group Meetup London

• Training is Product Management

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Vivek is the Head of Product at LearnVest and Head of Consumer Experience Products at Northwestern Mutual.

• Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers

• The Art of Building Relationships - Podcast

• Why Consultants make great Product Managers!

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Jason is the Founder of SaaStr. He is a recognized community builder for SaaS founders and executives.

• What Makes for a Truly Great SaaS Company?

• When Should You Add a Second Product Line?

• What Are Signs Your Company is About To Be Acquired?

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Mike is the Co-Founder of Product Collective which organizes INDUSTRY, one of the largest product management summits anywhere in the world. Mike also serves as 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. 

• Attending Events is Product Management

• What Product VP’s at High Growth Startups Have in Common

• The First 30 Days: What Every Product Manager Should Do

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Kevin is the founder of Product Manager HQ, one of the first and largest Slack communities for product people. He also curates a weekly newsletter with more than 18,000 subscribers. Kevin also serves as the Principal at Pear VC.

• Do Product Managers Need a Technical Background?

• Venture Capital is Product Management

• Interviews with Product Leaders

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Paul is a Managing Director at Castle and frequently writes about the discipline of product management on Medium and in his newsletter, Pivot Product Hits.

• Why Product Engagement is the most powerful salesperson in SaaS

• What every Product Developer needs to know about new Product Adoption

• On Product Value (and your Business Model)

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Richard is the CEO of Fresh Tilled Soil, a leading user interface design firm. He is also an active advisor and mentor to startups.

• A Radical, And Simple, Approach To Product Prioritization

• Product Management Advice for Startup Leaders I Wish Someone Had Told Me/

• “Design Thinking is BS”, is BS

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Chris is the Director of Product Strategy at Philosophie where he helps organizations like Google and PwC with product strategy and management. He’s previously held roles at Waze, Microsoft, and Kayak.

• Real competitive analysis is about learning to love your competitor

• Product people KPIs aren’t about the product

• Robots need love too — Empathy Mapping for AI

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John is the Chief Product Officer at Varo Money where he builds mobile banking products. He has held various product roles in the past and often writes about product management on Medium.

• Yin and Yang is Product Management

• The Manifesto of Ruthless Prioritization

• Please Don’t Ask, “Are the Engineers Working Hard Enough?”

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Thor is the CEO of Alpha, the platform management teams use to generate insights about users, products, and markets.

• Cutting Through Red Tape is Product Management

• Product Hero Podcast

• From Farmville To Pharma: How Alpha’s Thor Ernstsson Studies Small User Tests for Better Results

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Josh is a longtime product manager and a partner at Greylock Ventures where he invests in new consumer products and services. Greylock has invested in companies like AirBnB, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

• The Only Metric That Matters — Now With Fancy Slides!

• Thinking About Home IT Budgets

• Intuitive Design vs. Shareable Design

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Bob is the President of Sequent Learning Networks and the Author of Creative Strategy Generation. He previously led Thomas & Betts’ Global Product Management and Technology teams, where he had oversight for over 50 brands and over 100 product lines.

• Creative Strategy Generation is Product Management

• Creative Strategy Generation: Using Passion and Creativity to Compose Business Strategies That Inspire Action and Growth

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Martin is the Co-Founder of the world’s largest product management community, Mind the Product. He has over 20 years experience building leading online products in both corporate and start-up environments across the US, UK, and Sweden. He also recently co-authored the book, Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams.

• Product Managers — You are Not the CEO

• Why Product Management is More Important Than Ever

• What we Learned at Mind the Product London 2017

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Marty is a Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group where, he helps companies develop better product strategy, product design, user experience, and more. He also formerly held executive product positions at eBay, AOL, and HP.

• Customer Inspired; Technology Enabled

• My Favorite PM Interview Question

• Process vs. Model

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Melissa consults on product strategy, UX design, and process through her agency, ProdUX Labs. She is also a frequent speaker at conferences focused on product management and design. She also started Product Institute, a 10-week online school in Product Management open to both public and private clients.

• The Build Trap is Product Management

• What Everyone Gets Wrong About Stakeholders

• Product Manager vs Product Owner

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Holly is the Founder of H2R Product Science, where she is a product management trainer and consultant for companies looking to scale their companies. Before that, she was a Group Product Owner at Shutterstock.

• How to Use Product Discovery Skills to Build Alignment, At Work or At Home

• Product leaders, educate your stakeholders by adding this one thing to your sprints

• High-Impact Experimentation is Product Management

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Tami is a product leader with over 10 years of experience in tech. She is currently Product Lead at Justworks and was previously a product consultant.  

• Consulting is Product Management

• Assumption / Validation Flowchart

• Always be getting Feedback

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