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What Are Product Optimization Tactics by Bills.com Senior PM Aug 08, 2018

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Your optimization and testing strategy can potentially determine the success or failure of your product. A/B testing is the most common approach used to validate optimization hypothesis. This approach while powerful has many limitations and does not always result in the highest ROI. Personalization is an alternative approach which can maximize value for specific audiences but can be costly to implement at scale. Some questions that will be answered include: What are the strengths and limitations of A/B testing? When to use A/B testing vs. personalization? What is predictive personalization and where it can offer value?

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Intro to Product Management by Visa Senior Product Manager Aug 06, 2018

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Ever wondered what it’s like to work as a Product Manager? What about as a Product Manager at Visa? In this talk, Rory discusses what it’s like to work in this dynamic role and what it takes to get your foot in the door. You’ll also get the inside scoop on the day-to-day work as a Product Manager, the challenges of the job and personal insight from Rory's experience at Visa.

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How to Become a Product Manager by Hulu Senior Product Manager Aug 01, 2018

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How does one become a Product Manager? What does it even mean to be a Product Manager? What skills and experiences make a good Product Manager?

In this conversation, Cav takes a look at how different disciplines can add value to a product organization, and what steps you can take to stand out as a leader and a listener. The goal is to get a few action items on how to get where you want to be, drive a product vision and how to navigate the often turbulent waters of agile product development.

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What Is the Product Manager Life Like by former Microsoft PM Jul 30, 2018

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In this talk, former Microsoft Senior Product Manager, Richa Rai and Boeing Product Manager, Dan Weiss give their insight on Product Management by answering the audience's various questions.

Some questions that will be answered include: What is the best part of being a Product Manager? What is the worst part of being a Product Manager? What do you look for in a Product Management resume and/or candidate? What was a difficult Product Manager interview question you’ve had? And how did you answer it? Have you ever felt like you didn’t understand the technology on a product? What did you do to compensate?

Moderated by Chris Madison, Sr. Product Manager for POSSIBLE.

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Intro to Blockchain and ICO's by Blockstate Co-Founder Jul 25, 2018

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You’ve no doubt seen the headlines about how blockchain startups have taken in more capital from token sales/initial coin offerings, ICOs, / token generating events, TGEs, in 2017 than traditional VC/equity financing, CB Insights says 5x more,. You might also have heard about the $2-billion Telegram token sale. What is the difference between token sales versus traditional equity fundraising? What factors contribute to success or failure of token sales? What are the different types of token sale advisors and what do they do? In this talk, Chris Chan, principal and co-founder of Blockstate, walks through the landscape of token sales and explains where the rules are different or the same between token sales versus equity financing.

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Intro to Product Management by BlueJeans Senior Product Manager Jul 23, 2018

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Would you like to get a job as a Product Manager? Pashmeen gave an overview of what it's like to work as a Product Manager, and answered the audience's questions about what it takes to become a Product Manager. He also shared how he got into product management and why he's passionate about it.

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How to Utilize Product Design Sprints by Blue Bottle Coffee PM Jul 18, 2018

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If you're resource-strapped or if you're not quite sure the Minimum Viable Product is going to be impactful, try the Google Design Sprint process. Over the course of 5 days, you work in a cross-functional team to solve for a core problem together. The best part? You build a high-fidelity prototype and validate the experience with your target audience. Out of one of these Design Sprints, a team at Blue Bottle developed the Welcome Kit experience, which increased their new customer lifetime value by 11x! In this talk, Oriana walks through the experience using the Design Sprint process, how you can facilitate one with your team, and why you might want to consider running a Design Sprint yourself!

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How to Drive Prioritization and Planning by Microsoft Product Manager Jul 16, 2018

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Engineering teams rely on the Product Manager to drive prioritization and planning. They expect the Product Manager to know exactly what the customer wants and to have a pulse on the market and competitors.In this talk, Salah talks about how to be deliberate about the investments your team makes and the features you build. You can learn the importance of defining goals and getting buy-in from key stakeholders, how to use those goals to prioritize your features, how to keep the team motivated to deliver on those features and how to track success. Roadmap planning is a key aspect of a Product Managers job and becomes more important as you advance in your career.

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How to Shift into Product Management by Google Product Manager Jul 11, 2018

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Growing as an Engineer and wondering what the next step should be in your career? Are you thinking of transitioning from an engineering role to product management? Unsure whether going back to school for an MBA would be the right option for you? This talk will help you understand whether a change to product management is the right step for you. Manjot will also talk about how to actually make that transition happen while learning the required business skills for succeeding on the job and finding sponsors in your career.

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How to Launch Mobile Apps by Oracle Director of Product Manager Jul 09, 2018

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In the era of Google, Facebook, Uber and Amazon, enterprise users expect deeper interactions and usable interfaces with mobile apps. Suresh will take you through his experience of the mobile app launch from concept to mature state. Should it be a single mobile app or multiple apps? Should you first launch on iOS or on Android? Should we release every 3 months, 2 month or every week? Should you market the mobile app separately? How do we get the user feedback? Should it be free or should you price it? Let's get to heart of these questions during planning, execution, release and post-release stages.

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