Welcome To The Team, Product Manager. Hope You Survive The Experience!

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July 23, 2014

Startup Product Boston Meetup at Leaf

With Christopher Cummings

Welcome

To Startup Product Boston!

Use hashtags for pics & tweets:

#startupproduct

#spboston

Please take pics & vide to be posted to

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Agenda

6:30 - 7:15

Meet, Greet, Networking.

Post your open positions, availability, product dilemmas & questions to white board

7:15-7:20

Welcome & Introductions

7:25-8:25

Chris Cummings Preso & Q&A

8:30-8:40

Product pitches - Open Positions/Job Seekers - Debrief next?

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What is Startup Product?

The orange logo is in the shape of a hockey stick graph, which describes Growth across time

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Movement For Product Excellence

3-infinity.Goal

1. Find product/market fit

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2. Scale beyond the startup phase

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Startup Growth

Startup thinking implies

fresh thinking,design thinking, human centered approach,creativity, responsiveness focus on market opportunities & competitive intelligence,agility

----------All things required for innovation

All Stages of Growth

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Product definition includes

the result of a team effort, a service, solution, event, content, projectrevenue generating transactionAll industries, verticals, growth & majurity

-------All things necessary for business success

All Kinds of Products

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Leader, Speaker, Founder
Write your own ticket to career growth

Domain knowledge &

Technical expertise

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Expanding Expertise:

Product, Market

Competitive space

Customer experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

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Professional Growth

Professional Growth

Product professionals must be continuously learning

To increase skill setTo expand tool chestTo contribute valueTo enhance leadershipTo remain relevant

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Who Are Passionate Product People?

Developers, programmers, codersMakers, shakers, DIYersProduct managers, product marketers, program managersDesigners, UX, UIFounders, CEOs, CreatorsProcess people, systems people, programs peopleProduct owners, Project managers, Scrum mastersVisionaries, strategic, tactical, implementersHands-on, geeks, sales, service, community managersAll sizes, shapes, ages, genders, mastery levelsAll industries, type products, size organizationsCurious & open to learn, share, network, listen, contribute value & participateFocused on producing results over obstacles

All Disciplines & Functions

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What is Product Excellence?

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It depends on

context and perspective

Decide For Yourself

Startup Product priorities:

People

Education

Process

Tools

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People First

Startup Product Academy creates communities that are open, inclusive and supportive of growing, learning & experimenting

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Product Focus

Startup Product movement

takes a holistic view of product, with a bias on action & cross-functional collaboration

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Product People

Startup Product

Promotes the people behind the productEncourages diverse teams and culturesThe stronger the team, the better the product results

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Education

Grounded in product management best practices and thought leadershipProdBOK

Collaboration of

60 contributors

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Startup Product Academy

Join us & Get involved!

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http://www.meetup.com/StartupProductTalksBoston/

There are 20 Startup Product communities worldwide

http://startupproduct.com/meetups/

Thanks to Leaf for hosting!

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Please thank Melissa and Vanessa who made tonight happen!

Welcome Christopher Cummings

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Happy

National Batman Day!

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