Tag: Entrepreneurship

December 2025 Holiday Networking Social

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 6pm PST (in-person) ‘Tis the season to celebrate with your fellow product management professionals! Join us for the SVPMA In-Person Holiday Networking Social on Wednesday, December 10th at 6pm at Indian Sizzler in Santa Clara. Come unwind at a casual happy hour and make meaningful connections with like-minded individuals in…
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The Age of Agentic AI with Vikash Rungta, Rise 2 AI Labs & Stanford Instructor

We’re entering The Age of Agentic AI—where products don’t just respond, they reason and act. This shift is redefining the role of the product manager. In this talk, Vikash Rungta, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Rise 2 AI Labs, introduces the new paradigm of Agentic AI—intelligent systems that can sense their environment, make decisions,…
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Inspire and Motivate Your Team to Deliver Exceptional User Experience! with Ron Lichty, Consultant & Author

We leaders don’t do nearly enough to inspire and motivate our teams to deliver software that delights our customers; here’s what’s missing. Inspire and Motivate Your Teams to Deliver Exceptional User Experience! Want your developers coding tickets or creating outstanding customer delight? Achieving outstanding user experiences requires connecting the dots – over and over –…
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What AI and Body Language Can Reveal About What Customers Want in a Product with David M. Schneer, Ph.D. / CEO, Merrill Research

What AI and Body Language Can Reveal About What Customers Want in a Product with David M. Schneer, Ph.D. / CEO, Merrill Research Join us for an eye-opening talk and discover how nonverbal and artificial intelligence are transforming qualitative research for smarter product development. You don’t want to miss this! In face-to-face interactions, sometimes what…
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Be the Product Go-To: How to Build a Personal Reputation for Distinctive Value with Theresa Lina, Author, Be the Go-To

This one is all about you – how to build and protect your product career. And how to make more while doing less. As product professionals, it’s too easy to become an interchangeable part of the pack and easily replaced. Though never good, this is especially dangerous when cost-cutting, M&A, and new technologies like AI…
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Mastering Discovery for Product Success: Beyond the Requirements List

Mastering Discovery for Product Success: Beyond the Requirements List Successful technology offerings don’t fail due to lack of effort—they fail, in part, to incomplete discovery. This session will equip product managers and their teams with a structured approach to uncovering the true business needs behind stakeholder requests. Using the 7 Levels of Highly Effective Discovery,…
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How to Tell a Product Story That Sticks, Featuring Author Donna Griffit

Storytelling is all the buzz – and for good reason. It’s an essential skill for inspiring teams, aligning stakeholders, and connecting with customers on a deeper level. A compelling product story not only showcases the value and vision of a product but also fosters trust, drives buy-in, and creates lasting emotional connections—key ingredients for successful…
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Harnessing Generative AI for Next-Gen Product Design with David Beach, Senior Customer Success Manager, Global Gen AI Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Founder at Cognittex

Harnessing Generative AI for Next-Gen Product Design with David Beach, Senior Customer Success Manager, Global Gen AI Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Founder at Cognittex Summary: Generative AI is transforming product design by enhancing ideation, accelerating prototyping, and optimizing user experience testing to align innovations with customer needs. Description: Generative AI is transforming the…
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In-Person Fireside Chat, Networking & Social Co-Hosted by Nium

In-Person Fireside Chat, Networking, and Social, Co-Hosted by Nium NOTE: Video is still being processed. (Not available yet). Join us for an evening of hors d’oeuvres, networking, and insights on AI trends and other topics in San Francisco for a fireside chat featuring three esteemed product leaders:  Abhijit Thosar: Head of Research and Design for…
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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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