Welcome, Background and Orientation to the movement for product excellence and community driving The Product Summit:Future of Product, Productivity and Product Management Grab your early bird tickets for the product event of the year in San Francisco November 20-23! Check out who's speaking and what's happening that will forward your future of product, productivity and product management at http://productsummit.org

1. Welcome To
The Movement For Product
Excellence!
September 29, 2014
Volunteer Meeting for
The Product Summit
at
ECO-SYSTM San Francisco
"Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

2. Welcome
To Startup Product!
Use hashtags for pics & tweets:
#startupproduct
#prodmgmt
Community pics
https://www.flickr.com/photos/startupproduct/sets/
Startup Product Meetup communities
http://www.startupproduct.com/meetups
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

3. Thanks ECO-SYSTM for hosting!
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

4. Agenda
6:30 pm
Meet, Greet, Networking
7:00 pm – Intros
Who’s here
7:15 pm
Cindy discusses the foundation of the movement for product
excellence, community and 2 previous summits
8:00 pm
Julia presents details of The Product Summit and how to become
a team leader
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5. Early Bird Tickets Available Now! http://productsummit.org

6. What is Startup Product?
The orange logo is in the
shape of a “hockey stick”
graph, which describes
Growth across time
Movement For Product Excellence
"Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

7. 3-infinity.Goal
1. Find
product/market fit
"Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM
2. Scale
beyond
the startup
phase
horizontal
diagonal
Startup Growth

8. All Stages of 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
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

9. All Kinds of Products
“Product” definition includes
• the result of a team effort,
• a service, solution, event, content, project…
• revenue generating transaction
• All industries, verticals, growth & maturity
-------All things necessary for business success
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

10. Leader, Speaker, Founder
Write your own ticket to career growth
Domain knowledge &
Technical expertise
"Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM
Expanding Expertise:
Product, Market
Competitive space
Customer experience
Cross-functional collaboration
Communication skills
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diagonal
Professional Growth

11. Professional Growth
Product professionals must be
continuously learning
•To increase skill set
•To expand tool chest
•To contribute value
•To enhance leadership
•To remain relevant
"Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

12. Who Are Passionate Product People?
• Developers, programmers, coders
• Makers, shakers, DIYers
• Product managers, product marketers, program managers
• Designers, UX, UI
• Founders, CEOs, Creators
• Process people, systems people, programs people
• Product owners, Project managers, Scrum masters
• Visionaries, strategic, tactical, implementers
• Hands-on, geeks, sales, service, community managers
• All sizes, shapes, ages, genders, mastery levels
• All industries, type products, size organizations
• Curious & open to learn, share, network, listen, contribute value & participate
• Focused on producing results over obstacles
All Disciplines & Functions
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

13. What is Product Excellence?
It depends on
• context and
• perspective
Decide For Yourself…
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

14. Startup Product priorities:
1. People
2. Education
3. Process
4. Tools
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

15. People First
Startup Product Academy creates
communities that are open,
inclusive and supportive of
growing, learning &
experimenting
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

16. Product Focus
Startup Product movement
takes a holistic view of product,
with a bias on action & cross-functional
collaboration
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

17. Product People
Startup Product
• Promotes the people behind the product
• Encourages diverse teams and cultures
• The stronger the team, the better the
product results
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

18. Education
• Grounded in product management
best practices and thought
leadership
• ProdBOK
Collaboration of
60 contributors
Startup Product Academy
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

19. Startup Product, Movement For Product Excellence
@startupproduct #startupproduct
• Blog http://startupproduct.com
• Postions: jobs.startupproduct.com
• Meetups: http://startupproduct.com/meetups
• Trainings: http://startupproduct.com/academy
Global Product Management Talk
weekly live broadcast & twitter chat
@prodmgmttalk #prodmgmttalk
Webcast Digest daily online educational events
@WebcastDigest
http://webcastdigest.com
A product of Startup Product Sandbox
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

20. Join us & Get involved!
http://sfproducttalks.com/
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM
There are 20 Startup Product
communities worldwide
http://startupproduct.com/meetups/

21. About The Product Summits
This is the third all day conference that has come out of a growing
community of regular meetup events, weekly broadcast and digital
events, showcasing practitioners and experts, grounded in the
"emerging" profession of product management and startup product
teams.
The intention of the conference is to bring together a diverse audience of
people passionate about product excellence from various professional
backgrounds and orientations, expose them to different perspectives,
and provide tools and new ways of thinking that they might implement
immediately to expand their perspective on what is required to bring
products from inception through an entire lifecycle, widen their view on
the full gamut of products, product development and product
professional options.
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

22. The First Startup Product Summit
The first Startup Product Summit in Feb, 2013 showcased startup
product founders and practitioners giving 20 minute lightning talks from
their direct experience across various phases in the startup product
effort from design thinking and rapid prototyping, to roadmapping and
execution, to marketing and getting traction.
It was billed as the "first product conference not just for product
managers."
http://bit.ly/1qMpZoM
Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/StartupProduct
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

23. The Startup Product Summit SF2
The second Startup Product
Summit in Oct, 2013 was
about "learning from the
past to create the future"
which was reflected in the
conference location at
Broadway Studios which
has a punk history.
People came from all over
the world for the first one, so
we added a workshop day
and ProductCamp San
Francisco unconference to
the line up.
http://bit.ly/XWmrK1
Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM

24. Early Bird Tickets Available Now! http://productsummit.org