Introduction to Startup Product Movement for Product Excellence Christopher Cummings, Speaker Welcome To The Team, Product Manager. Hope You Survive The Experience!

1. Welcome To The Team,
Product Manager. Hope You
Survive The Experience!
"Startup Product" is a trademark owned by Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM
July 23, 2014
Startup Product Boston
Meetup at Leaf
With Christopher Cummings

2. Welcome
To Startup Product Boston!
Use hashtags for pics & tweets:
#startupproduct
#spboston
Please take pics & vide to be posted to
https://www.flickr.com/photos/startupproduct/sets/
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3. 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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4. 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

5. 3-infinity.Goal
1. Find
product/market fit
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2. Scale
beyond
the startup
phase
horizontal
Startup Growth

6. “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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7. “Product” definition includes
• the result of a team effort,
• a service, solution, event, content, project…
• revenue generating transaction
• All industries, verticals, growth & majurity
-------All things necessary for business success
All Kinds of Products
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8. 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
horizontal
Professional Growth

9. 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
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10. 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
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11. What is Product Excellence?
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It depends on
•context and
•perspective
Decide For Yourself…

12. Startup Product priorities:
1.People
2. Education
3. Process
4. Tools
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13. People First
Startup Product Academy creates
communities that are open,
inclusive and supportive of
growing, learning &
experimenting
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14. Product Focus
Startup Product movement
takes a holistic view of product,
with a bias on action & cross-
functional collaboration
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15. Product People
Startup Product
• Promotes the people behind the product
• Encourages diverse teams and cultures
• The stronger the team, the better the
product results
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16. Education
• Grounded in product management
best practices and thought
leadership
• ProdBOK
Collaboration of
60 contributors
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Startup Product Academy

17. Join us & Get involved!
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http://www.meetup.com/StartupProductTalksBoston/
There are 20
Startup
Product
communities
worldwide
http://startupproduct.c
om/meetups/

18. Thanks to Leaf for hosting!
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Please thank Melissa and Vanessa who made tonight happen!

19. Welcome Christopher
Cummings
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Happy
National Batman Day!

20. 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://startupproduct/webcasts
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