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Learnings from London: Mastering the art of the big bet by Alice Newton Rex

BY Eira Hayward on October 11, 2022

This final look back at some of the stand-out talks from #mtpcon London takes us back to last year and a talk from WhatsApp Product Director Alice Newton Rex on the common trends adopted by those who’ve found success making big product bets. Read more »

Learnings from London: Tech and the new normal by Benedict Evans

BY Eira Hayward on October 7, 2022

This week’s Learnings from London takes us back a couple of years to an online talk from Benedict Evans, an analyst and former partner at Andreessen Horowitz, which fittingly looks at the impact of Covid on tech and at how it’s been the catalyst for explosive acceleration and experimentation. Read more »

Learnings from London: The secret sauce to hiring great product people by Kate Leto

BY Louron Pratt on September 30, 2022

Today, we look back to the not-so-distant past of pre-pandemic times at #mtpcon London 2019. Kate Leto examines the importance of emotional intelligence in individuals and teams and asks how it can be used to make better hiring decisions. Read more »

Learnings from London: What is it like to hold Google in your hand?

BY Louron Pratt on September 23, 2022

This week, we look back to #mtpcon London 2018. Google at the time just moved to making hardware such as Google Home. In this talk, Ivy Ross, Google’s VP of Design for Hardware at the time, led a keynote talk on working out what it felt like when you held Google in your hand. Read more »

Learnings from London: Critical thinking for product teams by Teresa Torres

BY Louron Pratt on September 16, 2022

This week on our Learnings from London series, we go back to #mtpcon London 2017 to this illuminating talk by Teresa Torres. She shares a visual aid to help you focus your team’s energies and improve critical thinking. Read more »

Learnings from #mtpcon: Donna Lichaw on crafting products that engage

BY Eira Hayward on September 9, 2022

This look at what we’ve learned from years past at #mtpcon London takes us back to 2016 and a talk from Donna Lichaw on the importance of storytelling in product management: Crafting products that engage. Donna is a film-school graduate turned product specialist, and she uses her experience in film to develop and advocate a Read more »

Learnings from London: Going from Meh to Awesome by Shiva Rajaraman

BY Louron Pratt on September 2, 2022

This week on our Learnings from London series, we turn our attention to #mtpcon London 2015 where Shiva Rajaraman, currently VP of Product at OpenSea, led an engaging session on how to be awesome in product management. Read more »

Learnings from London: Dave Wascha - Inside the mind of a product manager

BY Eira Hayward on August 26, 2022

In this week’s Learnings from London, we look back at the high spots from #mtpcon London in years past we bring you Dave Wascha’s talk from 2014, Inside the mind of a product manager. Read more »

Learnings from London: How to build a billion dollar app

BY Louron Pratt on August 19, 2022

This week in our Learnings from London series, we turn our attention to #mtpcon London 2013 where George Berkowski, former Head of Product at hit startup Hailo, led a session on the main stage to inspire us on how feasible it is to build a billion-dollar app! Read more »

Learnings from London: Marty Cagan on making products customers love

BY Louron Pratt on August 12, 2022

Our London stage has played host to an exceptional group of product speakers over the past decade, so each week in the run-up to this year’s event, we’ll bring you the most exciting moments from #mtpcon London in years gone by. We start with the year it all began. At the 2012 #mtpcon London, Marty Cagan led an incredible session on building products that customers love. Watch the video in full or read on for Marty’s top tips! Read more »