“Strategic Planning for More Effective Product Management” with Brian Lawley, CEO and Founder, 280 Group By Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM May 2012 Event As former president of the SVPMA, and the CEO and Founder of the 280 Group, Brian is a relentless evangelist for the product management profession, product manager excellence and purveyor of…
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By Jae Kim Product Management: Minimum Viable Product I was at 5th annual SVPCamp today. There were several hundreds of product managers, entrepreneurs, programmers and designers to share ideas and network. It was my second time at the event. It felt great to connect with fellow product managers in Silicon Valley. For those of you…
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“Starting from Scratch? Lessons Learned From Trying to Create Software as a Service at SAP” with Mike Tschudy, VP, Product Design Group, On Demand Applications at SAP By Tej Ravindra February 2012 Event In February’s SVPMA monthly meeting, Mike Tschudy shared his experience and insights on developing SAAS solutions from a scratch. Three key takeaways…
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“What Every Product Manager Needs to Know about UX” with Glen Lipka, Vice President of User Experience at Marketo By Cindy F. Solomon January 2012 Event Glen Lipka is the Vice President of User Experience at Marketo where he was the first non-founder employee that ran product management and UX for several years of the…
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Meeting Archives 2011 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 DecemberThe…
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“The Tyranny of Benchmarking” with Mike Harding, Vice President of Juniper Networks by Nate Zou December 2011 Event Mike Harding is an entrepreneur; mixing business and technology to solve hard problems. Over his 25-year career, Harding has founded seven startups and has had four successful exits. Two of these were dismal failures, for which Mike…
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“The Marketing Side of Agile: 10 Secrets for Success” with Ron Brown CEO of United Keys September 2011 Event Ron Brown, patent holder, corporate spokesperson and author of the book, Anticipate, The Architecture of Small Team Innovation and Product Success, on promoting creativity and innovation at the team level, presented at the September 7th meeting…
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“Understanding the Buyer – How Can You Drive Business with Digital Body Language?” with Steven Woods, Chief Technology Officer, Eloqua August 2011 Event by Dan Galatin Steven Woods, founder and Chief Technology Officer at Eloqua presented at the August 3rd meeting of the SVPMA. He discussed how the buying process has changed over the past…
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“Gamification: Why it’s important and what it means for your product” with Rajat Paharia, founder and Chief Product Officer of Bunchball July 2011 Event reviewed by Cindy Solomon Rajat Paharia,founder and Chief Product Officer of Bunchball, presented “Gamification” an emerging trend that is influencing product design and marketing programs. If you haven’t heard about it yet,…
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“Beyond Projects: Creating A Winning Product Portfolio” with Walter Sun, Principal, PRTM May 2011 Event by Dan Galatin Walter Sun, a Principal with the management consulting firm PRTM, presented at the May 4th meeting of the SVPMA. He discussed best practices for managing a portfolio of products to maximize its value to the business. Mr.…
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