Global Product Management Talk

Hi Global Product Management Talk Audience. I am pleased to welcome you to the first episode of a new podcast for product managers, developers, and innovators by my friend Chad McAllister.  The podcast is all about helping people involved in developing and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. In this first episode, Chad shared five topics to introduce the  podcast: 1. How he became fascinated with product management, development, and innovation and why he teaches the topics now as an innovation management professor and product management trainer 2. Why he is conducting valuable interviews, including how he started interviewing during a 1-year RV trip 3. Highlights of some innovation lessons from past interviews 4. What to expect in the upcoming weekly interviews with professionals that can help product managers, developers, and innovators 5. A free gift for listening About the Host, Chad McAllister, PhD I was a boy who loved to take apart things to see what was inside – what made something work. Not too much of a stretch that I found a love for electrical engineering during college. After graduating, I worked with teams in In small, large, and global companies, including four start-ups, developing products. Sometimes the products made customers into raving fans and sometimes it was left to me to pick up the pieces and figure out what went wrong. In pursuit of best practices and proven methodologies, I found great value in earning certifications from several credible professional organizations, including PMI, PDMA, and AIPMM, as well a PhD in business (focusing on requirement issues in product development). Today, with 25+ years in hands-on product development, I provide training and education.

Kimberly Wiefling, Founder and President, Wiefling Consulting, Inc. and Author of Scrappy Project Management recently spoke and presented 2 workshops at The Product Summit in San Francisco. She helps organizations achieve what SEEMS impossible, but is merely difficult. How? By turning managers into leaders and groups into teams. A physicist by education, she realized long ago the limits of technology devoid of human skills – the so-called “touchy feely” aspects of working in teams so vital to success, and so frequently overlooked.  Kimberly says, "In spite of great advances in tools and business processes, many product development teams continue to fail for entirely predictable and avoidable reasons! I'm thrilled to be invited to share my insights and experience with effective product development teams with the Global Product Management Community!"

The Product Summit 2014 is right around the corner November 20-23, 2014 at General Assembly in San Francisco. We want to make sure you know about the fantastic opportunity for you to have a presence and reach a community of passionate product professionals representing the best product managers, developers, designers, marketers, holding titles including CEO, Founder, VP, and Director from all product categories, across industry, and size organization. The Product Summit is a unique event that originated in San Francisco, driven by a community of 10,000 passionate product professionals seeking the best tools, methodologies, solutions, and education. You know how challenging it is to innovate product technology, attract talented product professionals and build high performing product teams to forward and scale the product beyond its current market share.  If you are currently seeking individuals who have technical expertise and determination to build great products, and/or care about forwarding product excellence - then this event is not to be missed. http://productsummit.org

The Study of Product Team Performance identifies the key factors that differentiate high performing product teams from their less successful counterparts. Actuation Consulting conducted the third annual global study of product teams with the goal of continuously improving our understanding of why some product teams excel while others struggle. “We also sought to expand our knowledge of the factors that drive or influence the best outcomes,” states Greg Geracie, President of Actuation Consulting, that has conducted the study of Product Team Performance for the past 3 years. Greg will discuss the findings, including the use of industry best practices, return on investment (ROI) and its application, the product team’s relationship with the Sales and Marketing organizations and how well the product team understands and aligns its efforts to the sales cycle. Download the Findings on The Study of Product Team Performance 2014 http://bit.ly/1lHUmkh News Announcing The Product Summit San Francisco November 20-23, 2014; 4 days of immersion into product excellence with one track lightning talks by experts, visionaries and product management practitioners, Workshops, No Code Prototype Hackathon, and ProductCamp unconference. Early bird registration open: productsummit.org

Most technology startups never make it to the funding state, and only a small percent of those that are venture-backed generate positive returns for their investors. An even smaller number of startup founders enjoy a prosperous exit. A success story in tech entrepreneurship—Bernd Schoner is the cofounder of ThingMagic, a garage-grown RFID technology company led by a small group of MIT Media Lab graduates. An early innovator of the Internet of Things, Schoner led his company through the ups and downs of a startup, ultimately selling to Trimble Navigation, a multibillion-dollar, multinational tech company, where he currently works as the VP of Business Development for ThingMagic. In his new book, The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide: How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times, and Cash In for Success (McGraw-Hill, May 2014), Schoner brings aspiring entrepreneurs face-to-face with the harsh realities of a tech startup. He provides an all-encompassing look at entrepreneurship, from inception to exiting, highlighting both the glory and the pain.  Bernd explains the major phases in a technology company’s life cycle, helping entrepreneurs avoid common pitfalls and survive crises when they strike. He guides the reader from the initial bootstrapping process through venture-capital financing and provides valuable advice on how to sell a technology company profitably—even in a bad economic environment.

PS2: Gal has an amazing history in Product Management. He originally started at Blue Pumpkin Software as a Systems Engineer before moving up to a Product Marketing Manager role. From there he became a Sr. Product Manager at Witness Systems when they acquired Blue Pumpkin. Then became a Director of Product Management for several years at Model N, then another couple years were spent as a Sr. Director of Product Management at Baynote. From there he acted as a Co-Founder for Diamonds or Dogs before moving back into a Sr. Director of Product Management role at Tealeaf. He now acts as the VP of Product Management at SocialChorus, a unique platform for building brand advocacy. @gjosefsberg https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gal-josefsberg/0/730/728# Product Superheroes Podcast with Bob Schoenthal, syndicated on the Global Product Management Talk channel, is a fast paced sixty minutes of discussion focused on the people behind the products and the techniques they use to build better products. Bob chats with product managers, product designers, product developers and other passionate product people. http://startupproduct.com/product-superheroes/ --------------------------------------

There should be no internal barriers to the broad opportunities that are opened by the internet. Online strategies should be as straightforward to implement as sending an email. Tech Liminal, in Oakland, California, was founded by Anca Mosoiu to help achieve this new level of productivity and creativity by bringing business professionals, community leaders and technology experts together. Anca Mosoiu, Tech Liminal’s founder and CEO, is a software engineer and consultant with decades of experience building web sites and applications for organizations of all sizes. A graduate of MIT, Anca uses her technical education and practical knowledge to create an accessible, technology-focused community in Oakland where diverse minds meet and learn to apply the right tools to solve the right problems. Subscribe to @webcastdigest Daily free online events for continuous learning http://bit.ly/1jwp5vn Thanks to our sponsor @AIPMM great webinar series http://bit.ly/IOlw1O Pipeline Virtual Conference and Hub for Innovative Product Development http://bit.ly/1rzKdTu Special Discount: Mastering Product Positioning: Udemy Course http://bit.ly/1hF18Fe Get a free audio book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audiblepodcast.com/prodmgmttalk

Episode 1: Product Superheroes with Bob Schoenthal.  Bob talks with product development, design and management superheroes in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area. About Case Case Sandberg started off his development and design career by turning frequent freelancing into a full time web agency.  When he moved to the Bay Area he started working for one of his longest running clients and eventually the company was acquired by Shutterfly.  He is currently still with Shutterfly working as a front end engineer,  as well as frequently hosting hack-a-thons and working on an innovative startup idea. @casesandberg Host, Bob Schoenthal is an experienced product manager, tech and passionate product enthusiast. His focus is on mid-sized companies in the Hawaii real estate sector and Bay Area B2B and B2C startups and early stage companies. He's an avid tech conference and winning hackathon participant. Bob organizes Startup Product Talks Silicon Valley and is heading up the Product Camp San Francisco team. @mightybobarian ---------------------- Get a free audio book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audiblepodcast.com/prodmgmttalk AIPMM Webinar Series: http://aipmm.com/aipmm_webinars Daily, curated educational free online events for your continuous learning. @webcastdigest http://bit.ly/1arEtJg Startup Product movement for product excellence. Career board: http://jobs.startupproduct.com Mastering Product Positioning Online Course 50% discount http://bit.ly/1hF18Fe

Heidi says, "Human development is an integral part of understanding how we engage with ourselves, people and products. Developing products that can help us achieve our personal bests is a huge step in the right direction.  Understanding what it is that initiates that change in achievement can help us create even better products." Heidi Forbes Öste, PhD Researcher, Global Social Strategist and Visual Practitioner recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Sweden to be closer to research and development in wearables.  Special Offers this week: Audiobook of your choice free with a 30-day trial: audiblepodcast.com/prodmgmttalk Mastering Product Positioning 50% off http://bit.ly/1hF18Fe Free online educational events for continuous learning. http://bit.ly/1arEtJg Pipeline Virtual Conference: Innovative Product Development  http://bit.ly/1pdckLk Sales Enablement for Product Managers: White Paper http://startupproduct.com/contondo Product Management Fundamentals 101: http://bit.ly/1px3N3r  AIPMM Webinar Series http://bit.ly/1boswhu

What are some of the best practices when it comes to managing internal politics for product managers and marketers? Hear tales from the trenches including the best (and worst) advice he ever received as a product marketer, how to work effectively with people who don't report to you, how to best manage your boss, and how to smooth the road between product management, marketing, and sales. @MikeGospe is the author of B2B guidebook, The Marketing High Ground. His teachings and best practices have been put to use by product managers and marketers around the world. His newest online course, Mastering Product Positioning, was just released on Udemy.com and includes special discount for listeners!  BONUS RESOURCES: http://bit.ly/1q0wKaN Product Management Fundamentals 101: 4 week Intensive, Oakland, CA: http://bit.ly/1px3N3r  -------------------------------------- Daily, curated educational free online events for your continuous learning. @webcastdigest http://bit.ly/1arEtJg -------------------------------------- Pipeline Virtual Conference for Innovative Product Development http://bit.ly/1pdckLk