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Consulting to Product Management - How to Make a Successful Transition Aug 14, 2017

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In this talk the Senior Product Manager at MongoDB, Jordan Sumerlus, talks about the transition from Consulting to Product Management. He walks through the key consulting skills that transfer across and those that don't.

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Product Development with Spotify's Product Manager Aug 09, 2017

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Companies treat the role of product management differently. Miles Lennon, Product Manager at Spotify, shares how they articulate the product development process at Spotify and the role of a PM.

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Over Engineering - Its Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them with NPR's Product Manager Aug 07, 2017

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Ben Schein, Product Manager at NPR Product, discusses the main points that arise from over engineering, and how to effectively avoid them.

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Enterprise Product Management with Dropbox's Product Manager Aug 02, 2017

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In this talk Ketan Nayak, a Product Manager at Dropbox, discusses why and how the function of product management is different in important ways in enterprise software as compared to the consumer web, and why it’s not the drag that everyone thinks.

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"Ask Me Anything" with Senior Product Manager at TaskRabbit Jul 31, 2017

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This talk is an "ask me anything" session with the Senior Product Manager at TaskRabbit, Derya Rose. He talks about how he got into product management and answers questions about what it's like to work as a Product Manager at TaskRabbit.

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Inside Product Management w/ Docusign's Senior Product Manager Jul 26, 2017

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Ever wondered what it’s like to work as a Product Manager? What about as a Product Manager at cool companies like Lyft, Amazon or Docusign? Kevin Zhu, Senior Product Manager at Docusign, discusses what it’s like to work in this dynamic role and what it takes to get your foot in the door. He also gives the inside scoop on the day-to-day work as a PM, challenges of the job and personal insight from his experience at all three awesome companies.

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How to Become a Great Product Manager w/ Product School's CEO Jul 24, 2017

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The Product Book: How to Become a Great Product Manager has just launched, and we are excited to share all the insights with you from the one who co-authored it! In this talk CEO of Product School, Carlos González de Villaumbrosia, talks about what you'll find in the book and answers questions about the book, and how to break into product management. If you want to grab the book in advance, it's on sale for just $2.99 for a limited time only.

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Intro to Front End Frameworks Jul 19, 2017

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In this talk Daniel Tunon, a software engineer at OSIsoft, talks about how to go from no prior coding knowledge to crafting your own websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He discusses the basics of how web browsers work and the basics of programming which apply in language. Coding is the ability to take the abstract and make it concrete.

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Building a New Product vs. Iterating on the Old Jul 17, 2017

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An important skill for a Product Manager is the ability to parachute into an existing product and land on your feet. In this talk the Director of Product for Animoto, Paul Yokota, discusses how to immerse yourself in your new company and how to do as much as you can as quickly as you can. He also talks about how you can understand your products problem domain, how to collect good qualitative data, how to set expectations with an new team and how to become the product diplomat.

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Lessons Learned in 10+ Years w/ Amazon Head of Product Jul 12, 2017

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As Product Managers and aspiring product managers, learning is all part of the process. That doesn't change if you've been a PM for one day or ten years. This talk focuses on the lessons Neha Monga, Head of Product for global marketplace pricing at Amazon has learned from launching products over her 10+ years long career as a product manager. Key Takeaways 1. Launch a lot - get better at product launches by doing it often and developing pattern matching. 2. Short term vs. long term - have an idea of what the North Star looks like, but launch intermediate stages that create value for customers and still allows you to validate hypotheses. 3. One-way door vs. two-way door - maximize your optionality. Some launches are a one way door and can never be reversed. Others are two-way doors. Try to create more two-way doors. 4. Have a plan - pivot, double down, abandon. Know what you are looking for from the launch - what decisions and what are the next steps. 5. What are you doing to make the launch a success - releasing a product isn’t good enough. What are you trying to do to actually get - adoption, awareness? Have a strong GTM plan.

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