Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

What makes Business of Software Conference speakers so smart? In honor of the recent passing of Gerald Weinberg, I’ll choose my favorite of his: The Secrets of Consulting. Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. Rich Mironov, Mironov Consulting. Like most smart people, they read a lot. This year’s book list is here.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When we welcome new subscribers to the Business of Software newsletter, we point them towards our catalogue of talks from previous conferences. Q | How to move from being a consulting to product business. Read on… “Hi Mark, I am expecting to move into the role of CTO of a small start-up. Unsubscribe anytime.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

 And there’s no ongoing maintenance without a separate service contract.  If we train up an external consulting group on our API and architecture and implementation model, we can then toss that work to folks who want it.  And This post comes out of a March talk at the Business of Software conference.  My

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 23, 2020

This generally happens when the company is forced to reduce its workforce because they’ve run into financial problems or a contract got canceled or they are closing a branch office. I was placed into an office that I shared with the company’s CTO and their head engineer. One is that you get laid off. You get the point.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, product management is a new field with relatively few dedicated conferences and events. While there’s no doubt a number of industry-specific conferences for product teams, we’ve focused primarily on industry-agnostic ones for this list. Details on Code Conference 2016 will be announced later this year.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, product management is a new field with relatively few dedicated conferences and events. While there’s no doubt a number of industry-specific conferences for product teams, we’ve focused primarily on industry-agnostic ones for this list. Details on Code Conference 2016 will be announced later this year.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, product management is a new field with relatively few dedicated conferences and events. While there’s no doubt a number of industry-specific conferences for product teams, we’ve focused primarily on industry-agnostic ones for this list. Details on Code Conference 2016 will be announced later this year.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business of Software Conference USA 2018 is under 2 weeks away. Over 12 years of Conferences we’ve seen over 200 talks given by some brilliant speakers. Having worked across the IT, Real Estate, and Healthcare industries, Mikey is now the CTO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. This year at BoS USA there are 8 returning speakers.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Rich Mironov // Mironov Consulting. Upcoming talk releases include: Jason Fried (CEO/Founder, Basecamp & Hey) on launching Hey April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome) on why you should stop selling your product Dharmesh Shah (CTO/Founder, Hubspot) on facing fears as an entrepreneur. But it’s hard to hire a Head of Product.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 29, 2021

Four causes and fixes for Zoom Fatigue Sound advice, for regular meetings or online conferences. // 3 min read The End of Indie.vc A marketplace for institutions to bid on recurring revenue contracts. Here are ten of the most interesting stories we’ve sent out to our community over the past month.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

So after like kind of teaching myself a little bit of SEO at these 16 years, it took me a couple of years until basically after college to join a great consultancy that was focused on enterprise clients, where I really learned the craft hands on. And that did me a great favor, that gave me like a great kickstart into this career.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome) – Positioning Jujitsu from Business of Software Conference. Video and Slides below. Upcoming Events.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As an expert design agency, we offer digital product design, user experience research, UX consulting and training, customized solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. If you are looking for a web design company in Sacramento, contact us to book a free consultation. UX consulting and training to help you develop a user-centric mindset.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2019

Business of Software Conference Europe 2019, 11-12 April 2019, Cambridge UK. This April we’re running our 18th Business of Software Conference. CTO/Co-Founder of Mixcloud Mat Clayton seems like a perfect person to answer this question. How do you ensure your users value and pay for your product?

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2021

However, we do know something about the design of its fire alarm system… As the New York Times explained: “The fire warning system at Notre-Dame took dozens of experts six years to put together, and in the end involved thousands of pages of diagrams, maps, spreadsheets and contracts.” It was also badly designed.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

People just feel they can talk over me… Once at a conference, where I was with David, my life-partner, when everyone was introducing themselves, a guy just skipped me and approached David directly asking “What do you do?”. I think that happens a lot. Sometimes once, sometimes twice, sometimes three times. So one needs to be selective.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

[More About Michael Rosenzweig] Michael was a consultant for 3 years at Ernst & Young in Japan. He met BASE FOOD’s US CEO, Atsuya Takahashi, and BASE FOOD’s CTO, Takafumi Shimada, when he attended a conference hosted by TechCrunch in San Francisco. #####.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

Tom Adeyoola (Founder, Metail) – Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact from Business of Software Conference. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates.

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates. Mark Cohen (CTO): The first thing is to understand who else is actively doing something in the space, and try and get your head around how they’re doing it. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos. So what are your next steps?

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). Who was deciding on that output? We had a huge list of things that we wanted to do.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

attendee from Businesses of Software Conference, both US, Europe and online. I’d be that guy volunteering at the BoS Conferences there. The BoS number correlates to the number of conferences you’ve been to and you’re in the teens, which is pretty cool. What do you want to get out of the conference?

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

Mikey Trafton, CTO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. BoS USA 2018 Mikey Trafton Managing a Badass Team from Business of Software Conference. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? They don’t know what you want them to do. Upcoming Events.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

April Dunford BoS USA Online 2020 from Business of Software Conference. Upcoming talk releases include: Jason Fried (CEO/Founder, Basecamp & Hey) on launching Hey April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome) on why you should stop selling your product Dharmesh Shah (CTO/Founder, Hubspot) on facing fears as an entrepreneur.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

So there is discussion and other people involved in that discussion, we consult with other people and other people bring their ideas to us. Like it’s sometimes it can be months. Other times it can be days. Depends on the depth and the seriousness of the idea. But at some point a decision has to be made.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 9, 2021

Would you recommend that over and above the contract habits?” Upcoming talk releases include: Jason Fried (CEO/Founder, Basecamp & Hey) on launching Hey April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome) on why you should stop selling your product Dharmesh Shah (CTO/Founder, Hubspot) on facing fears as an entrepreneur.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

He also organizes ProductCon, a conference that takes place in San Francisco, New York, and London and attracts thousands of product professionals every year. Hiring expensive consultants or setting up innovation labs doesn’t fly anymore. Traditionally, the product function fell under Technology. There’s more.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 30, 2020

At every Business of Software Conference we record all the speakers’ presentations so that you can learn from the array of talks on offer to our attendees. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? 15 Talks / 5 FAQs / The BoS Podcast. Upcoming Events.

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