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

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 excelle

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

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 e

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 manag

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 Innovativ

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. @mightyboba

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 Web

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 -----------------------------------

Carrie Nauyalis, NPD Solution Evangelist at Planview, discusses the upcoming PIPELINE The Virtual Conference and Hub for Innovative Product Development opening June 6. REGISTER http://bit.ly/1pdckLk The PIPELINE Virtual Conference and Hub is an online event platform and resource center bringing you: Actionable strategies that you can apply immediatelyBest practices to speed time to market, strengthen brand positioning, and stay ahead of the competitionThe ability to connect with peers to share insights and lessons learnedAccess to the year-round Product Development & Innovation resource center About Carrie Nauyalis, NPD Solution Evangelist at Planview  Carrie Nauyalis, NPD Solution Evangelist at Planview, is passionate about establishing customer partnerships, developing market positioning, defining field enablement strategies, providing market-based feedback into Planview product development, and being an overall evangelist and thought leader for the Product Development market. She is an active speaker

Angelo Firenze, VP BizDev,@ascendle Today’s high-tech businesses don’t really sell technology anymore. Rather, they use the high-tech innovations they create to disrupt existing mature markets. This means that every business out there, whether a barber shop or the next Facebook, needs to be constantly thinking about and working towards new products and services that positively impact their customers’ lives. This innovation is not optional. Today it is a business imperative as critical to long-term success as having sound finances and good people. Fortunately, High-Tech innovation isn’t as hard to do as you might think. It is rarely the product of an individual genius or a single moment of inspiration. Instead, like anything else worth doing, innovation simply requires a defined goal, and the willingness to pursue it. Brought to you by: Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM) Webinar Series http://aipmm.com/aipmm_webinars/ Pipeline Virtual Conference and Hub for Innovative Pro

Jim Semick is co-founder of ProductPlan, Web-based software for developing and communicating your strategic product roadmap. Jim speaks frequently about market validation and the new product development process. He was part of the founding team at AppFolio, a business SaaS company that has raised over $30M in venture funding. Jim previously led market validation and wrote the first product requirements for well-known software products including Citrix GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting.

Most commonly in the the start up environment we expend enormous energy birthing a vision to life. There is so much on a tactical level required to bring our ideas to fruition that culture tends to be viewed as something that we'll get to later on down the road. Yet, the single most powerful way to birth a vision with impact is to focus on culture from the very beginning. In Shift: Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change, author Glenn Geffcken offers a culturally based process and path to help move companies from stagnation to change, from mediocrity to innovation, and from disconnection to harmony. --------------------------- Subscribe to @webcastdigest Daily free online events for continuous learning http://bit.ly/1jwp5vn Show your love for this podcast! http://bit.ly/1jxkn08 #prodmgmttalk Review for free copy: Turning Ideas Into Market Winning Products http://bit.ly/1iq0y9H Become a Product Innovation Leader: AIPMM is offering Startup Product members full and half scholarships to Certified Inno

Scott Jackisch, Principal at Globalize Networks, Writer And Futurist, Discusses How Far Into The Cloud Businesses Can Expect To Go And Global Megatrends Cloud Computing enables organizations to consolidate and share computing resources, eliminates on-site physical hardware, replaces on-site equipment with virtual, non-dedicated machines, unlocks information behind firewalls to enable improved transparency and engagement with end-users. Cloud computing is dramatically accelerating the shift from IT-based products to business-oriented services, however, not all applications and services are well suited to cloud solutions and the cloud does not always provide immediate ROI or lower expenses. Scott says, "I am eager to share my views on the impact of cloud services on corporate IT with the Global Product Management community.  I look forward to hearing about challenges and opportunities people are seeing as they utilize more cloud based services." Scott will also address his insights on Global Megatrends and f

Este será el inicio de una serie de eventos Online via Google Hangout donde compartiremos experiencias de Emprendedores, Intraemprendedores y Gestores de Innovación sobre como ponen en práctica las metodologías y procesos de innovación. En este primer evento tendremos demo del producto que lanzará la startup MiGuia.co, Hablaremos con Mike Betancur sobre su experiencia como emprendedor y lo que ha vivido en cada una de las fases de su Startup: formación del equipo, identificación del problema, desarrollo del producto y estrategia comercial. Acerca de MiGuia.co Está cansado de llamar a toda la lista de proveedores del directorio telefónico y no lograr concretar ningún servicio, en ocasiones se siente cargado de desconfianza y en otras simplemente nunca lo atienden. Para aminorar este problema nace MiGuia.co,  es una plataforma Web/Mobile que permite a los usuarios de servicios especiales (plomeria, pintura, cerrajería, construcción, etc.), conectar con uno o varios proveedores que cumplan con los requisitos

Anna Valenzuela is an Entrepreneur and Digital strategist. She was responsible for the first Brazilian Political Social Game, providing gamefication of the Brazilian Presidential Campaign in 2010. She is the founder of Migux, Brazil's largest online network for children with over 3M users.  Anna says, "It's really amazing to talk about this huge and always growing digital audience and how such complimentary markets as Bay Area and Brazil can enjoy the benefits of this moment." ------------------------- Subscribe to @webcastdigest Daily free online events for continuous learning http://bit.ly/1jwp5vn Show your love for this podcast! http://bit.ly/1jxkn08 #prodmgmttalk Review for free copy: Turning Ideas Into Market Winning Products http://bit.ly/1iq0y9H *********************************************************  Become a Certified Product Innovation Leader! AIPMM is offering Startup Product members full and half scholarships for the Certified Innovation Leader training May 12 and 13 in Bellevue, Washi

Dr. Koene will discuss the state of science and technology for neural prostheses and whole brain emulation. How to tackle and accomplish a complex long-term project to achieve human whole brain emulation. Dr. Randal A. Koene has been focusing on the functional reconstruction of neural tissue since 1994. He introduced the multi-disciplinary field of whole brain emulation and is lead curator of the scientific roadmap with which its technological development is promoted. Dr. Koene is CEO and Founder of the science foundation Carboncopies.org and neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. He is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and advises several neurotechnology companies and organizations. In previous roles, Dr. Koene was Director of Analysis at Silicon Valley nanotechnology company Halcyon Molecular (2010-12) and Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at Tecnalia, the third largest private research organization in Europe (2008-10). Dr. Koene was a research professor at Boston University's Center fo

Competitive Intelligence Podcast with Sean Campbell and Scott Wigart of Cascade Insights This is a pre-recorded replay of the Competitive Intel podcast discussing the practicality of "now what" type of work into competitive intelligence analysis to presenting findings.  How to get to "Now What?" Thank you todays sponsors @AIPMM @WebcastDigest @StartupProduct  Take the survey of Product Team Performance & Get free whitepaper #prodmgmttalk http://bit.ly/1gijNCu Free Whitepaper: Increase effectiveness of Sales tools #prodmgmt http://bit.ly/1g17Svc @Contondomedia Subscribe to @webcastdigest Daily free online events for continuous learning http://bit.ly/1jwp5vn Show your love for this podcast! http://bit.ly/1jxkn08 #prodmgmttalk

How do ideas become market-winning products?  That is the question Chad McAllister, PhD, has explored throughout his 25 year career in product development, management, and innovation. Now, with the economy showing signs of improving, organizations are committing more resources to innovation. This is creating a need for people to move into product roles, but many employees, even those who have been product developers and managers, lack a clear understanding and the frameworks for being successful with innovation. Chad's new book, "Turning Ideas into Market-Winning Products," is for employees moving into product roles and for existing product professionals who want to excel.  From the book's description… "Looking for a simple overview of product development and management? Look no further. With this book, new product team members, managers, and innovation professionals will quickly access a concise, easy-to-follow guide that shows how successful teams develop new products that consumers love." --------------