Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s hard to be a product without a strong theory of distribution Here’s a common startup situation. 99% of startups are not differentiated on their underlying technology, and there is very little engineering risk involved. A few years ago you saw a trend were products would launch a huge conferences like SXSW.

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TurnKey Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Attending tech conferences can be a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest trends, network with industry peers, and learn from experts. The events listed in this article offer a range of experiences, from startup-specific events to larger conferences like Web Summit, SXSW, Viva Technology and London Tech Week.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Wondering what the best product conferences of 2021 are? February Product Conferences. We are already halfway through the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean you have missed your chance at some quality conferences. What: The largest online product management conference in the world with years of digital experience.

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Andrew Chen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We target startups at the very earliest stages of development, often teams without products or metrics. These are universal, but for our sector of Games x Tech, we noted a few concrete problems: There’s not really a startup community within Games x Tech. And also, founders are founders. Or wait for traction.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For a unique fast track to learning and inspiration, however, conferences cannot be beat. We’ve written about the best conferences for product managers here —today let’s review the can’t miss conferences for product leaders (executives, C-Suite, and the like). 14 Can’t Miss Conferences for Product Leaders. SaaStr Annual.

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Userpilot

MAY 13, 2020

Any other year this time product people, growth marketers and SaaS folks would be heading to various conferences to learn the latest trends, dust off their skills, and – probably most importantly – network with other people from the industry. See the best places to learn and network for product people in May and June 2020!

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 21, 2018

Brand marketing is mostly useless for consumer startups. Startups build a great brand by being successful, finding product market fit and scaling traction, etc. Early startups should opt out of all of this. Working on press mentions, conferences, etc can be a good way to get an initial hit of traffic. It’s great!

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Bain Public’s associate product managers, Abigail Ramirez Villarroel and Tudor Gafiuc , attended the INDUSTRY: The Product Conference in Cleveland on September 20-21st, 2022. As a trial run of a new segment we are experimenting with, we interviewed Abigail to get her reflections on some key points that were brought up at the conference.

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freshtrax

JULY 16, 2019

This makes it a hot spot for startups in Japan because of how much potential there is to grow there. These investments stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan causing the Japanese startup scene to be hotter than ever before. Curious to know which innovative startups are successful in Japan? Related article? Market Capitalization.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Answer: By carving out time in your crazy schedule to attend at least one of the following top-notch conferences. We’ve handpicked six conferences that are seriously worth that time in terms of quality content and people. First, this conference is essential for keeping a finger on the pulse of the mobile world.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup In my previous article , I reflected on a few things that I would tell myself if I could travel back in time and the concept of “three waves of changes.” In this post, I want to talk about the three most important lessons I have learned so far as a Product Manager at a startup.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Why I avoid conferences And in particular, I find writing to be much more powerful than going to conferences. One thing you’ll notice about the SF tech industry is that there are endless events and conferences. Whereas a secondary startup hub might have a major tech event once every month or two, SF has them every day.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 10, 2024

My favourite use case was using them as the prize for a team challenge at Business of Software Conference USA 2012 where we had pre-installed a startup disk on each device. Here’s Jack at Business of Software Conference Europe 2015 telling the story of Raspberry Pi. When the Pi booted, it Rick Rolled the user. Thanks Jack.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Join me at the annual PDMA conference, Chicago Nov 12-15. 12 lessons corporate innovators can learn from startups – aka, how to innovate like a startup. (1) Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. Learn more at [link].

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Mind the Product

JUNE 30, 2022

Hard on the heels of mtpcon Digital Americas in May, our mtpEngage conference in Hamburg returned in June after a two-year absence. This month we also aired podcasts with California’s Chief Technology Innovation Officer Rick Klau and Mark Tsirekas, VP of Product at nutritional science startup Zoe.

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NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 9, 2020

That means audio apps don’t compete with a vast array of startups; they compete with doing dishes, driving, etc. Today, “video” spans YouTube clips, Zoom conferences, Snapchat stories, Twitch streaming, TikTok dances, embedded collab tools, messaging apps, & more. . » The competitive landscape is akin to mobile 10y ago.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Business of Software Conference USA 2018 – Some Highlights. The 12th Annual Business of Software Conference USA took place in Boston, MA, last month – October 1-3. Matt Wensing – 1 Startup In 10 Years vs 1,000 Startups In 10 Minutes. What an incredible few days. Join the smart people who get BoS updates.

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Bain Public

JUNE 14, 2021

(Montréal, Canada) – Paul Ortchanian, Founder, CEO, Head of Product of Bain Public joins Cédric Tawil, Director at Startup Grind Montreal , in a fireside chat discussing what the future of product management holds and how businesses can prepare for it. This fireside event is hosted by Cédric Tawil from Startup Grind Montreal.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Ken has also been a keynote speaker, giving inspiring talks at Mind the Product conferences in both London ( 10x not 10% , 2015) and San Francisco ( Please Make Yourself Uncomfortable , 2016). When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Startups don’t starve, they drown. It was 2010 when I watched the online stream of the Startup Lessons Learned conference, initiated by Eric Ries. I went with the cofounder of my first startup, which we used as our own “industry project” for our masters, and a couple of other students to Birmingham.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 13, 2021

DeVaris talked about Using Playbooks to Drive Innovation at the Shift Dev 2019 Conference. * Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. . * Empower your data team at Meroxa. * The People Of Color In Tech article, Networking For Introverts.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2018

We know many industry conferences can get old. There are product management conferences that shake things up, and we’ve compiled a list of our top picks. Not only will you be sure to meet new faces, you’ll learn–who doesn’t want to learn something new every day, and at every conference? On the contrary!

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Claire’s presentation on this topic at the Business of Software conference. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 21, 2024

— Emilie Gerber is the founder and CEO of Six Eastern , a top PR agency that’s worked with over 100 tech companies, from stealth startups to publicly traded companies. Also offers opportunities for inclusion in lists of top startups or professionals in various fields. Simplify security. VentureBeat: AI.

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Gainsight

JUNE 3, 2019

We created the Pulse Customer Success Community in May of 2013 with our first Pulse conference. Pulse grew up not as a “user conference” or a “product event” but as some mix of reunion / revival / therapy session for all of the people in customer success who could, once a year, finally have someone to sit with. The Pulse Community.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 14, 2020

Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. and at conferences across the US and Europe. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 21, 2022

What can we say about Business of Software’s 2022 Europe In-Person conference? Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here’s a recap of Business of Software Conference Europe 2022 in photos: After two years of Zooming, Mark felt a little more comfortable broadcasting from the safety of a small window.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

One of the co-organisers of the MtP Engage conference in Hamburg (and a featured speaker at the Leadership Forum this year), she gave a talk a while back on Egoless Product Development. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 6, 2023

Raleigh, North Carolina is home to a thriving technology industry, making it an excellent location for the Business of Software USA Conference. Supportive ecosystem: Raleigh has a vibrant startup ecosystem, with several accelerators, co-working spaces, and mentorship programs available to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.

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Mind the Product

MAY 8, 2019

I see a lot of product managers from an enterprise company go, ‘Hey, I’m gonna work at a startup, it’s gonna be awesome’ And then they get in there and they go ‘Holy crap, what happened? Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

He is also the mastermind behind two major tech conferences each year—one in the Bay Area, drawing in over 15,000 people, and another in Europe, with a crowd of more than 3,000 SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. vice president of NeoPhotonics, and a senior director at BabyCenter.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

After four and a half years at Xing Petra felt the company had grown too big for her to be able to make the impact she wanted, so she then spent a couple of years at tech startup Tolingo, first as head of product, and then as CPO/COO. “I It’s where I gained a lot of the knowledge I use these days if I’m consulting in startups,” she says.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 8, 2021

Innovation-thinking banks and fintech startups use natural language processing to augment intelligent chatbots into the customer experience. This fintech startup from San Francisco used conversational AI and NLP technologies to develop a financial assistant that allows users to manage personal finances by simple text or voice commands.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 3, 2020

As Head of Product at Founders Factory , a corporate-backed accelerator and incubator for early-stage startups based in London, Seb Sabouné works with founders and teams to become more product led. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. and at conferences across the US and Europe. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

We are starting to pull together our 2018 conference list. If you know of a product conference that is not on the list and you think it should be, please feel free to recommend it in the comments or send an email to conferences@producttalk.org. Are you looking for the 2017 Product Conference list? The UX Conference 2018.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2018

Get comfortable traveling to your audience rather than expecting them to come to you, whether that’s conferences related to your product or meetups organised by like-minded people. The most obvious carrot in many cases is a tech conference that fits your target customer audience. It’s not a conference’s job to do a good job for you.

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