Don't think Jay-Z would make a great Product Manager? Think again! In this talk, I look at those attributes which make Jay-Z a great product person and ask the question "What would Jay-Z do!?"
Slideshow featured from session 'The Rear View Mirror: Entrepreneurial success by Learning from Failure' delivered at Students Entrepreneurship Training Program of Delhi University, India on 21st June 2016.
Highlight: Do's and Don'ts for founders
There is no known shortcut on how to be a champion in life. Winning has very little to do with luck or chance but rather with the end result of all the work you put in. So, to have the heart of a winner, you need the dedication of one who knows what he wants and what he has to do to achieve it.
Slideshow featured from session 'The Rear View Mirror: Entrepreneurial success by Learning from Failure' delivered at Students Entrepreneurship Training Program of Delhi University, India on 21st June 2016.
Highlight: Do's and Don'ts for founders
There is no known shortcut on how to be a champion in life. Winning has very little to do with luck or chance but rather with the end result of all the work you put in. So, to have the heart of a winner, you need the dedication of one who knows what he wants and what he has to do to achieve it.
This is based on several success concepts discusses in the Greatness Guide by Robin Sharma, one of the world's top success coaches as well as one of my favorite. The concepts discussed in the Greatness Guide are believed to empower your personal and business lives. Those concepts brings you prosperity, happiness and also success. I found a greater transformation in my life after reading the Greatness Guide deeply and I believe you also will. That is why I want you to share something with. So, I hope you will find something invaluable in this. Thank you Robin-all the credits go to the genuine author of the Greatness Guide. Hope, you will enjoy!
http://www.zaggtime.com/overcoming-the-fear-of-failure-its-a-sign-of-moving-forward/ The first thing for anybody to achieve great success is that they must be able to abandon the fear of failure and recondition their brain as to what failure means. Successful entrepreneurs embrace failure because it’s a sign of moving forward.
Our money-making formula: We do 5 things: Generate Traffic (a lot of eye balls), Capture Leads (build a database so you can market to them long-term), Qualify prospects (eliminate tire kickers so people you talk to are ready, willing and able to buy), Convert Sales (money for you in your bank!) and Nurture (create long-term customers who give you raving review and generate a massive amount of referrals)
The founder and co-host, Josh Madrid, is one of them. Having been a dropout himself, he is a real example that one doesn’t have to limit himself. He became a serial entrepreneur, social media influencer and a cohost in dropout-degree podcast despite being a college drop out.
What do CEOs look for in employees? Here are some pieces of advice from very important companies' CEOS that will give you the guidelines to be the perfect candidate.
Jean-Guy (JG) Francoeur is the co-author of MESSY Manager, and three other books. Jean-Guy was featured on the Success Today TV Show and has written hundreds of articles for international business publications and also speaks to large groups and conventions with other bestselling authors and business experts. You can keep up with him through his website: http://www.jgfmarketing.com or http://www.facebook.com/jgfmarketing or http://www.twitter.com/jgfmarketing
Our money-making formula: We do 5 things: Generate Traffic (a lot of eye balls), Capture Leads (build a database so you can market to them long-term), Qualify prospects (eliminate tire kickers so people you talk to are ready, willing and able to buy), Convert Sales (money for you in your bank!) and Nurture (create long-term customers who give you raving review and generate a massive amount of referrals)
This is based on several success concepts discusses in the Greatness Guide by Robin Sharma, one of the world's top success coaches as well as one of my favorite. The concepts discussed in the Greatness Guide are believed to empower your personal and business lives. Those concepts brings you prosperity, happiness and also success. I found a greater transformation in my life after reading the Greatness Guide deeply and I believe you also will. That is why I want you to share something with. So, I hope you will find something invaluable in this. Thank you Robin-all the credits go to the genuine author of the Greatness Guide. Hope, you will enjoy!
http://www.zaggtime.com/overcoming-the-fear-of-failure-its-a-sign-of-moving-forward/ The first thing for anybody to achieve great success is that they must be able to abandon the fear of failure and recondition their brain as to what failure means. Successful entrepreneurs embrace failure because it’s a sign of moving forward.
Our money-making formula: We do 5 things: Generate Traffic (a lot of eye balls), Capture Leads (build a database so you can market to them long-term), Qualify prospects (eliminate tire kickers so people you talk to are ready, willing and able to buy), Convert Sales (money for you in your bank!) and Nurture (create long-term customers who give you raving review and generate a massive amount of referrals)
The founder and co-host, Josh Madrid, is one of them. Having been a dropout himself, he is a real example that one doesn’t have to limit himself. He became a serial entrepreneur, social media influencer and a cohost in dropout-degree podcast despite being a college drop out.
What do CEOs look for in employees? Here are some pieces of advice from very important companies' CEOS that will give you the guidelines to be the perfect candidate.
Jean-Guy (JG) Francoeur is the co-author of MESSY Manager, and three other books. Jean-Guy was featured on the Success Today TV Show and has written hundreds of articles for international business publications and also speaks to large groups and conventions with other bestselling authors and business experts. You can keep up with him through his website: http://www.jgfmarketing.com or http://www.facebook.com/jgfmarketing or http://www.twitter.com/jgfmarketing
Our money-making formula: We do 5 things: Generate Traffic (a lot of eye balls), Capture Leads (build a database so you can market to them long-term), Qualify prospects (eliminate tire kickers so people you talk to are ready, willing and able to buy), Convert Sales (money for you in your bank!) and Nurture (create long-term customers who give you raving review and generate a massive amount of referrals)
The Planet D Keynote TBU Porto: Pursue your passion and the money will come Dave & Deb The Planet D
Our Keynote Speech at Travel Bloggers Unite in Porto. Follow Your Passion and the Money will come: Debunking the Myth. A look at what you need to become a successful Travel blogger and how you can implement these strategies.
The reality is that products and features will fail. How do we make sure they don't fail in vain?
The F.A.I.L. framework helps us make sure that products won't fail in vain. F.A.I.L. provides the tools and techniques which unlock valuable information and learnings that we need to make sure that even if our products do fail, they don’t fail in vain.
What can we learn from the facts and fictions in product management books?! In this presentation, Marc talks about how we can distill valuable learnings from product management books, whilst creating our own story and toolkit.
What can we learn from the facts and fictions in product management books?! In this presentation, Marc talks about how we can distill valuable learnings from product management books, whilst creating our own story and toolkit.
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This talk provides practical tips to both product manager candidates and hiring managers. Covering both perspectives, I outline common challenges and offer ways to feel more confident - both with respect to hiring and getting hired.
In this talk, I cover the product mindset that great product managers have and keep expanding. However, you don't need to be a product manager to develop a product mindset!
Collaboration isn't just a case of assembling a team or a squad and expecting people to just get on with it. Effective collaboration doesn't work like that and in this talk, we look at both the challenging aspects of collaboration and ways to overcome them.
Managing Frustrations = Product DevelopmentMarc Abraham
At Digitale Leute '19, I shared some of my learnings - the hard way - and tips with respect to managing the frustrations and tensions involved in developing products.
Can you predict and plan your career in product management? In this talk I explain why you can't plan your product management career, whilst offering you tips on how to nevertheless maintain control over your career.
Minimum Viable Product - 9 June at Makers Academy, LondonMarc Abraham
"MVP" has rapidly become a common phrase for anyone working in technology. However, the term and what MVP stands for get misused often. In this interactive talk, I delve into what makes a true MVP.
Daniel Szuc - Make meaningful products (ProductTank Hong Kong 2017)Marc Abraham
In this talk at ProductTank Hong Kong, Daniel Szuc focuses on how to create meaningful work, making sure that as product managers we create meaningful products.
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This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
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Charlie Greenberg, Host
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
6. What makes a great Product Manager?
★ Jay-Z’s traits that make him a great PM
What would Jay-Z do?
★ Putting Jay-Z’s PM skills to the test
How you can be more like Jay-Z?
★ Key takeaways from Jay-Z’s approach
WHY JAY-Z WOULD MAKE A GREAT PM?
13. 7. COMMUNICATOR
“Look, I apologize, often womanize
Took for my child to be born, to see through a
woman’s eyes
Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles
Took me too long for this song, I don’t deserve you”
17. WHAT MAKES A GREAT PRODUCT MANAGER?
★ Customer centric
★ Curious
★ Try and learn
★ Creative
★ Problem solver
★ Entrepreneurial
★ Communicator
★ Decision maker
★ Risk taker
18. When you need to improve an existing product?
★ Test Jay-Z’s customer centricity
When there’s plenty of ‘unknowns’
★ Test Jay-Z’s curiosity
When you’re starting from scratch?
★ Test Jay-Z’s ability to try and learn and be creative
WHAT WOULD JAY-Z DO?
34. When things aren’t going to plan?
★ Test Jay-Z’s problem solving ability
When it’s down to you to lead?
★ Test Jay-Z’s entrepreneurialism
When you have a tricky stakeholder chat?
★ Test Jay-Z’s ability to communicate
WHAT WOULD JAY-Z DO?
36. JAY-Z WOULD PAUSE, LISTEN AND GO AGAIN
“You plannin’ to bang, I’m plannin’ to bang too
You sayin’ my name, inter — —-[messes up]
HOLD ON [pauses]
You plannin’ to bang, I’m plannin’ to bang too
You sayin’ my name, entertain your crew
I ain’t playin’ no games ———“
37. Don’t be afraid to mess up:
★ Listen
★ Observe
★ Adapt
★ Improvise
★ Correct
★ Try
★ Discover
And again, again and again!
43. JAY-Z WOULD LISTEN AND PAUSE
Listen for reasoning (inner thinking):
★ What’s going through Ye’s mind?
Listen for reactions (emotions):
★ How does Ye respond?
Listen for guiding principles:
★ What’s the underlying belief or philosophy that drives Ye?
45. When you need to influence lots of others?
★ Test Jay-Z’s collaboration skills
When a difficult decision is required?
★ Test Jay-Z’s decision making ability
When you need to take some serious risks?
★ Test Jay-Z’s approach to risk taking
WHAT WOULD JAY-Z DO?
50. JAY-Z WOULD ASSESS THINGS
Exactly what problem will this shoe solve?
★ People’s need for trendy footwear
How big is the opportunity?
★ It’s a $1bn industry and we could grab 20% market share
What alternatives are out there?
★ We could go with Nike and Adidas, or go it alone!
51. Reach:
★ At least 1m customers in the US alone
Impact:
★ If the shoe is successful, I can then branch out
Confidence:
★ Reebok know what they’re doing!
Effort:
★ Low effort to design and manufacture my first shoe
55. JAY-Z WOULD FOCUS ON ‘UNKNOWNS’
What’s my riskiest assumption and why?
★ People pay for my streaming service
What’s my biggest unknown?
★ Can I put together a meaningful catalogue to stream?
What’s my next biggest unknown?
★ Can I get streaming rights for multiple regions?
58. WHAT WOULD JAY-Z DO?
★ Listen to customers
★ Explore and understand
★ Try and learn
★ Start small
★ Listen and pause
★ Focus on currencies
★ Assess things
★ Focus on ‘unknowns’
59. Improvise, top off the dome:
★ Listen, pause and build on what you’ve heard
★ Start with a sketch, improvise as you go
Take the plunge, go where others don’t go:
★ You can memorise key lines beforehand
★ Start small, measure, learn and act
Acknowledge the mess and go again:
★ Be honest about messing up
★ Pause to regroup, learn and try again
HOW YOU CAN BE MORE LIKE JAY-Z?
60. … AND FINALLY
“You learn more in failure than from success.”
“Don’t ever go with the flow. Be the flow.”