Lessons Learned in Silicon Valley
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Konference PM 2015 (Kvalita x kvantita), Zlín, CZ (Speech by Petr Neugebauer)
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- 1. LESSONS LEARNED IN SILICON VALLEY PETR NEUGEBAUER Y SOFT PM CONFERENCE 2015 26.05.2015, UTB ZLÍN
- 2. SILICON VALLEY SILICON VALLEY 🌄 HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONS & STARTUP COMPANIES VENTURE CAPITAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES TALENTS 45%
- 3. Product management Technology and Engineering Excellence in Team and Product SILICON VALLEY SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
- 4. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 4 SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES
- 5. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 5 Silicon Valley has its own ecosystem and its own rules of operation that founders (and would-be founders) need to follow. Think bigger: scale faster. Make your employees rich. Deliver results! SILICON VALLEY IS A MINDSET, NOT A LOCATION.
- 6. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 6 CULTURAL ARTIFACTS 🌄 👥 SEEK FAIRNESS All of us will benefit from the deal. 👥 DIVERSITY Meet people, create networks. 👥 BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING 👥 STORY TELLING Tell the story, describe yourself. 👥 PAY IT FORWARD Giving back to our community. 👥 FRIEND OR FOE Learn to trust other by expecting nothing to return. 👥 PLAN TO FAIL EARLY AND FAST 👥 BE A ROLE MODEL Guard your reputation with your life. 👥 GOOD ENOUGH Perfection is the enemy of good, but good enough is perfect. 👥 COLLABORATION Individual vs team.
- 7. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 7 Objectives Strategy must be explicit. Strategy is not a plan, strategy is outlining objectives, goals. Rules and exceptions There are also rules for an exception. STRATEGY TACTIC EXECUTION Purpose of a failure If something is not working, you have to evaluate if the problem is strategy, tactic or execution.
- 8. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 8 Google the most execution based company in the world. GOOGLE GOOGLE MOUNTAIN VIEW
- 9. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 9 No punishment, take risk, fail fast. Celebrate success. KEY TAKEAWAYS FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN
- 11. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 11 VOICE OF THE CUSTOMERS KEY TAKEAWAYS
- 12. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 12 Being critical is critical. Almost always brings new ideas, solutions, moving things forward. CONFLICT IS GOOD!
- 13. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 14 COMMUNICATION You must over communicate. Say -> Listen to -> Act MEETING CULTURE Meetings are your enemy. Meeting is always a cost. TALENT MANAGEMENT People hate emails from recruiters, but they love them. Recruiters send random messages via linkedin because it works. KEY TAKEAWAYS
- 14. University of California Berkeley “The test for you is not whether you fail or succeed, but your resilience.” Robert Reich, professor of public policy
- 15. UC BERKELEY THE FACTS 40,000 STUDENTS 27,000+ UNDERGRADUATE 11,000+ GRADUATE No. 1 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY No. 3 GLOBAL UNIVERSITY 7 NOBEL PRIZES 29 Nobel Prizes held by alumni University of California was founded in 1868. 170 academic departments and programs.
- 16. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 18 Am I the only qualified person to do this job? Or am I the most qualified person to do the job? Hardest lesson learned in Silicon Valley
- 17. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 19 I CHECK THE SECURITY OF YOUR PRINT JOB. I AM Y SOFT! STORY TELLING: Everybody is responsible for promotion.
- 18. PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 20 Y Soft Corporation, a.s. BRNO PETR NEUGEBAUER Czech and Slovak Testing Board (ISTQB®) [pro]Test! Morava BRNO www.linkedin.com/in/petrneugebauer