Events

Elevating From Consumer To Mission Critical Value

“Elevating From Consumer To Mission Critical Value” with Brian Cox, Senior Director of Marketing for Enterprise Solutions, SanDisk By Clara Kuo March 2014 Event High tech companies – just like people – are often are trying to reinvent themselves, and often the change is seen as necessary to stay relevant in the marketplace.

Innovation Investment Strategy And Product Portfolio Optimization

“Innovation Investment Strategy And Product Portfolio Optimization” with Jeff Lash, Research Director/Product Management, Sirius Decisions By Helene Eichler February 2014 Event Jeff kicked-off an insightful discussion highlighting that many companies struggle with funding new product innovation and often lack a “structured strategy” for selecting investments that fuel successful business. Two astounding findings he shared: 34%…
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The Most Commonly Cited Reasons for a Failed Product Launch

By Greg Geracie, President, Actuation Consulting  Since 2012 we have been investigating the various aspects that enable product teams to achieve high performance. Each year product launch is consistently cited as a problem area. There are several reasons why this area is so problematic

Charting A Career Path To Your Dream Product Management Job

“Charting A Career Path To Your Dream Product Management Job” with Muffi Ghadiali, VP Product Management, OUYA Inc., Advisor and Lecturer at Stanford CSP. By Kishore Elimineti January 2014 Event Muffi started off talking about three important perspectives that every Product Manager should know to build a successful career in Product Management. WHO IS A…
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Meeting Archives 2013

Meeting Archives 2013 Please click on the link below to see the meetings for that year. 2021 | 20202019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 DecemberCareer…
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Where should Product Management report in the organization?

By Kishore Elimineti Product Managers collaborate and work with Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Support teams. They drive strategy and bring products to market. Product managers report into different departments, often depending on the size, focus and culture of the organization. It is very difficult to say a specific department is the right home for Product Managers…
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How to Get In, Move Up, and Excel in Product Management

“How to Get In, Move Up, and Excel in Product Management” with Panel – John Cook, Disruptive Products Guy, Nokia; Rashmi Menon, Product and Strategy Consultant; Sandy Cook, Senior Director of Product Management, Minted By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah December 2013 Event The panel moderated by Gal Josefsberg, VP Products at Social Chorus, provided a great mixture…
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Why “Solutions Approach” Wins as most effective for Product Development and Product Management?

Part 3: While growing (crossing the Chasm) and continuing to be the market leader By Anna Pasupathy You have won the first customer now. Your approach to the second set of customers is also a solution approach, and not a product approach. The customer buys your product for the value it delivers – be it…
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Why “Solutions Approach” Wins as most effective for Product Development and Product Management?

Part 2: During Product Creation By Anna Pasupathy With razor-sharp focus on core product value and ample infrastructure built around it to win the customer’s heart, Voila! The expert team has constructed a skeletal product. Staging the product at this time requires utmost care since missing any major element poses a risk to the product’s…
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Building Great Products the Lean Startup Way

Building Great Products the Lean Startup Way with Dan Olsen, Interim VP Product Management, Product Management Consultant, Olsen Solutions by Tejaswini Ravindra November 2013 Event Dan Olsen did a very informative presentation on how to apply Lean Startup principles and cover best practices in understanding customer needs, prioritization, UX design, user testing, and analytics that can…
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