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July 14, 2017
Building Products AI-First by Aparna Chennapragada
Over the last 5-10 years our computer’s ability to understand our voice commands and pictures have made dramatic leaps forward – from barely being able to understand simple commands (or different accents) to comprehending complex commands or questions, the way we interact with computers is changing dramatically. And it’s all down to machine learning. Machine learning has been around for a while but over the last 5-10 years three things have come together to provide a breakthrough in their abi...
June 21, 2017
#mtpcon SF 2017 : Product is People
Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 gathered 1,500 passionate product people from 20 countries and 36 states across the US to the stunning Davies Symphony Hall for another amazing day of learning and sharing.
From my opening remarks through most of the talks, one theme emerged – product management has almost nothing to do with product, and everything to do with people. Whether we’re talking about our customers, the people in our teams, or our community of product people, we can’t build produc...
May 31, 2017
Why Diversity Isn’t Just Right, but Smart
As a Swede, the importance and value of diversity seems self-evident, yet the business world and the tech industry especially continue to struggle to embrace it. As I mentioned in my product management experience article, and as should be clear from the effort we put into the curation of our product management conferences, diversity is incredibly important to me and Mind the Product.
We’re not perfect. While we do well on gender diversity in our line-ups we need to do more to cover all the ot...
April 18, 2017
All the Awesome Speakers for #mtpcon SF 2017
UPDATED Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with double the number of workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. But most importantly, we are thrilled to bring you some of the best minds in product and design from around the world to share some truly world-class insights, which is why I’m excited to announce our first three amazing speakers!
Tickets are on sale now – the early birds sold out i...
What it Takes to Speak at Mind the Product
As the curator of the world’s two largest product conferences, I get approached all the time about getting on the #mtpcon stage. We only have so many speaking slots each year, and we review hundreds – if not thousands – of talks in the course of making our selection. In the interest of transparency, I thought it was time to give you some insight on what it takes to speak at Mind the Product.
No Pay to PlayThis is rule number one. No one gets on our stage by paying for their slot. We have a C...
April 11, 2017
Even More Amazing Speakers for #mtpcon London 2017
Mind the Product London 2017 on September 8 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. But most importantly #mtpcon will, as usual, bring you the best minds in product from around the world for a day full of thought-provoking insight, inspiration, and learning. We’re delighted to announce our first six speakers, who will share their unique insights with us in September:
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss out…
Jake KnappDesign Partner, GV & Author...
March 15, 2017
Product Managers – You Are Not the CEO of Anything
When Ben Horowitz wrote his groundbreaking memo good product manager, bad product manager nearly 20 years ago he described a product manager as the CEO of the product. While this has gotten a lot of people excited about the job I couldn’t disagree more – unless you’re the founder and the product manager at the same time, you are not the CEO of anything.
While you could argue that a product manager is ultimately responsible for the success or failure of a product in much the same way the CEO i...
January 25, 2017
10 Ways to Use Feature Flags
Take back control of your products with Edith Harbaugh, CEO and Co-Founder at Launch Darkly. Edith shares her expertise with 10 things to do with Feature Flags. She explains why feature flags are beneficial to Product Managers and shows you how to use them to manage risk, keep different groups of users happy, and make your job less stressful.
The tidal wave effectWith personal storytelling from her experience as Product Director at TripIt.com, Edith reminds us of those really really bad laun...
January 9, 2017
Become a Better Product Manager in Just One Weekend
It’s a new year and time to think about how to achieve all those crazy new years resolutions we’ve set ourselves. We can’t help with a healthier lifestyle but we can help you level up your product management career!
We’re excited to announce that the next ProductCamp London will be on Saturday March 4, 2017. ProductCamp is a great opportunity to learn from, teach to, and share with other passionate product managers. It is a free, full day “unconference” for product managers...
January 3, 2017
10 Product Insights You Should Have Read in 2016
Every week we curate the best product content from across the web into our weekly product management newsletter Prioritised. As a great way to catch up and start 2017 full of great new insights, here are the top 10 most read pieces from the past year of newsletter curation.
Rich Mironov highlights some mistakes most first-time product managers make – even after coursework, certificates, and online tutorials.
The trick is to only do them once…
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