Tag: productmanagement

December 2024 Holiday Networking Social

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 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 11th 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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August 2024 After-Work Social

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 5:30pm PST (in-person) Looking for a little after-work “therapy” with your product management friends?  Look no further than the in-person SVPMA After-Work Social! If you haven’t already made plans to come, be sure to join us on Wednesday, August 28th at 5:30pm in Santa Clara at Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina…
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June 2024 After-Work Social

Thank You! Thank you to all of the Product Managers, Product Marketers, Entrepreneurs, Product Designers, and other Product Professionals who joined us June 12th. We greatly enjoyed the wide-ranging conversations and networking session! Please keep an eye on the SVPMA Calendar – we will definitely do more of these further into the summer.

March After-Work Social

When Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm PT Where Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina3935 Freedom CircleSanta Clara, CA 95054 Summary Join us Wednesday, March 8th as we return to Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina in Santa Clara, CA (yes, in-person!) for a casual, after-work social. Catch up with each other on trends, ideas, and some…
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November After-Work Social

When Thursday, November 10, 2022 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm PT Where Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina3935 Freedom CircleSanta Clara, CA 95054 Summary Join us Thursday, Nov. 10th as we return to Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina in Santa Clara, CA (yes, in-person!) for a casual, after-work social. Catch up with each other on trends, ideas, and some…
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Take Charge of Your Career: Trends for 2023

When Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm PT Where Everywhere! (Online via Zoom) Agenda 6:30pm – Networking7pm – Presentation8pm – Q&A and Conversation8:30pm – Wrap-up Topic Take Charge of Your Career: Trends for 2023 Summary As busy product professionals, we sometimes struggle to focus on career development and manage the growth and progression…
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Silicon Valley’s Growing Identity Crisis with Mehran Sahami and Mike Trigg

Speakers Summary Join Stanford professor, early Google engineer, and co-author of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot, Mehran Sahami, and author of the upcoming satirical corporate thriller, Bit Flip, and Silicon Valley tech veteran, Mike Trigg, in a conversation about the growing identity crisis many tech workers feel. With…
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What’s Your Shape? A Product Manager’s Guide to Growing Yourself and Your Team with Ravi Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO of Scale Higher

Topic What’s Your Shape? A Product Manager’s Guide to Growing Yourself and Your Team Speaker Ravi Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO of Scale Higher Summary Product Management is a highly demanding role that requires PMs to master a diverse range of competencies. In this talk, we will discuss the 12 competencies that define the role of…
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Aligning the Stars: How to Create a Product Roadmap that Aligns with a Startup’s Funding Cycles with Igino Cafiero, CEO, Bear Flag Robotics

Summary Startups are brutal. For many startups, the most grueling part is fundraising. The consequences of under or overestimating this challenge can be fatal. Teams that don’t account for creating fundable milestones will die, while those that over rotate on one-off demos, risk losing time and burning out their teams. The most skilled founders and…
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How Teams and Leaders Can Unleash the Power of Agile with Ron Lichty and Tom Evans

During our session, Ron and Tom will explore what being truly “Agile” looks like, for your product development as well as your business teams. They will cover what is in it for products, customers, and your organization as a whole, and what we as leaders can do to spark the best outcomes from our teams.…
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