Tag: Entrepreneurship

How to Decide Whether to Build, Buy, Partner, or Acquire presented by Grant W. Hunter, Co-Founder and COO, Product Growth Leaders

Building new products or new product features in-house may or may not be the right choice. There are other options, including buying the capabilities, partnering with another company, or even acquiring altogether. How do you decide? Which factors should you take into consideration beyond a pure cost comparison? In this session, we will define each…
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5 Essential Habits for Accelerating Your Product Development presented by John Sadler, Principal at TCGen and former VP/GM at Agilent Technologies

In this talk, we will explore five essential habits that can significantly accelerate product development cycles. Drawing from transformative prior work as a senior executive at Fortune 500 firm Agilent Technologies, John Sadler emphasizes the importance of continuous customer contact, prioritizing quality and cadence over scope, maintaining integration throughout the development process, fostering psychological safety…
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Product Prioritization the Correct Way presented by Saeed Khan, Founder of Transformation Labs

What do you do when everyone wants everything everywhere all at once?  How do you decide what enhancements and even bugs (since not all are deal breakers) to focus on and in what sequence?  Feature prioritization is a key activity in Product Management.  But when the topic of prioritization comes up, many people don’t actually…
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Product Planning for a v1.0 With Zero Existing Customers with Mahesh Ramachandran, VP, Product Management, OpsRamp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

It’s one thing to plan and launch new products for a market and customer base you know well and that is eagerly anticipating your new offering. What do we need to do differently when starting with a blank slate and no customers at all? Plenty, it turns out. And who better to educate us than…
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From Product Roadmap to a Scalable Marketplace with Vishal Kapoor, Shipt

This talk will walk through a real-world case study of how OKRs are used to create a product roadmap while tracking execution for a wildly successful marketplace like Shipt. Shipt is a retail tech company and independently operated subsidiary of Target Corp. Available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities, it received Newsweek’s America’s Best Customer…
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From Concept to Market Triumph: Navigating a Product’s Journey with Samir Bhatnagar, Associate Director of Product, Forge Global

Summary Join us to discover some of the latest approaches to end-to-end product, from concept to market, along with some of our speaker’s lessons learned in each phase. Focus on the problem, not the solution: Initiate the product journey by thoroughly understanding your target audience’s pain points and challenges. This problem-centric approach lays the foundation…
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Recruiter Panel: Product Management Careers in 2024 and Beyond

Moderator and Panelists Summary As busy product professionals, we sometimes struggle to focus on career development and manage the growth and progression of our own careers.  Career management during periods of upheaval also presents additional unique challenges.  The past few years have certainly presented more change and uncertainty than any period in recent memory. During…
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Unleashing the Power of ChatGPT in Product Management with Steve Johnson, CEO, Product Growth Leaders

Summary ChatGPT has exploded in popularity with the fastest consumer product adoption in history. But what is it and how can it be used in your job? Join us as Steve Johnson discusses using ChatGPT for product management tasks with a practical breakout to use the tool and techniques with your product. He will discuss:…
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Mastering a Product Management Mindset with Alex Gordy, Omnicell

Summary What do most product managers miss when approaching their role? What stifles product innovation and business outcomes? Experienced product leader and coach, Alex Gordy believes that it is a particular “product management mindset” that combines growth mindset, customer-centricity, collaboration, accountability, and risk-taking. In this engaging and interactive presentation, he will share key ingredients for…
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Product-Market Fit Secrets Revealed: Simple Steps to Market Selection with Theresa Lina, Silicon Valley Strategist and Author

Summary It’s well known that market focus is the key to early, strong product-market fit and traction, but how do you narrow your options and figure out what that market will be? When time is of the essence in demonstrating success and resources are tight, how do you know which market segments to concentrate on…
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