December Event Review: “Branding for Builders” with Gibson Biddle, former Netflix/Chegg VP/CPO By Geoff Anderson Gibson started with a question: If you had a $50 gift certificate for either Uber or Lyft, which would you choose? The audience clearly had a preference for Lyft, and a short discussion about the companies’ respective reputations followed. This was…
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October 2017SVPMA Job Fair (No archived content is available from this meeting) #Career #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Project_Mgmt #Marketing #Development #Design #Org
September Event Review: “Recruiter Panel – How do recruiters really evaluate product managers?” with Tom Brouchoud, Director of Talent Acquisition at Visa; Britt Thomas, HR Operations at Synopsis; Amanda Hippe, Recruiting Strategist of Design and Product Management at Intuit; and Pramod Shintri, Talent Acquisition Lead at Phantom By Jackie Holland At the Silicon Valley Product…
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August 2017Monetizing Innovation – How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the PriceMadhavan Ramanujam, Partner & Board Member at Simon-Kucher & Partners #Finance #Design #Roadmap #Startups #Entrepreneurship #CX #UX #Sales #Marketing #Market_Analysis #Performance #Metrics #Programs #Initiatives #Tools #Ideation
July Event Review: “An Inside Look at the Customer Discovery and Product Development Process” with Kayla Matheus, Founder and CEO of MOTI.io By Dan Galatin How do you become an entrepreneur without an MBA or software development background? Kayla Matheus addressed this and many other provocative questions at the July 12th meeting of the SVPMA.
May Event Review: “Product Management for the Internet of Things (IoT)” with Daniel Elizalde, Founder of TechProductManagement By Dan Galatin Daniel Elizalde presented a fascinating talk on what it takes to manage products for the Internet of Things at the May 3rd meeting of the SVPMA. There is a tremendous amount of hype surrounding IoT,…
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March Event Review: “Storytelling for Maximum Influence: How to Tell Great Stories That Will Enroll Stakeholders in Your Product Vision” with Dan Kimble, CEO of Resonance Executive Coaching By Geoff Anderson The session began with an exercise: first turn to your neighbor and articulate something you are passionate about (it could be anything). The second step…
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Meeting Archives 2016 Please click on the link below to see the meetings for that year. 2021 | 2020 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000…
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December Event Review: “Minimum Lovable Products” with Glen Lipka, Head of Magic (PM/UX) at Engagio By Vinesh Thakur At the December 7th session of SVPMA, Glen Lipka, Head of Magic (PM/UX) at Engagio talked about what it means to make a product “Lovable.” Glen has had the opportunity to build a product from scratch multiple times,…
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Annual SVPMA Product Management Job Fair November 2016(slides not available)