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Common transformation pitfalls by Marty Cagan

BY Ian Haynes on March 24, 2023

Product leader Marty Cagan talks about common transformation pitfalls and what product teams can do to avoid them. 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 »

SUNDAY REWIND: Behind every great product by Marty Cagan

BY Eira Hayward on August 7, 2022

In this Sunday Rewind we look back at Marty Cagan’s opening keynote from mtpcon London 2016, where he shares his thoughts on what makes a great product manager by looking at the people behind some great products. Behind every great product there is always someone who works hard to solve incredibly difficult problems. In this Read more »

SUNDAY REWIND: The root causes of product failure by Marty Cagan

BY Imogen Schels on December 5, 2021

This Sunday Rewind, we go back to 2015, a product great – Silicon Valley Product Group founder, Marty Cagan – and the topic of product failure. Read more »

Product Leadership is Hard by Marty Cagan

BY Lisa Radel on January 8, 2021

In this November 2020 #mtpcon Digital keynote, Marty Cagan, author of ”Inspired” and “Empowered”, explains the important role of product leadership in any great product company–and why it’s so hard to get right. Watch the video to see the talk in full or read on for an overview of Marty’s key points: Empower your teams by Read more »

Behind Every Great Product by Marty Cagan

BY Martin Eriksson on October 18, 2016

In the opening keynote at this year’s London #mtpcon, Silicon Valley Product Group’s Marty Cagan shared his latest thoughts on what makes a great product manager by looking at the people behind some great products. Through his time at eBay, Netscape, HP and elsewhere, Cagan has worked with lots of great product teams, and has Read more »

Announcing the #mtpcon London 2016 Speakers

BY Martin Eriksson on August 17, 2016

[UPDATED] We’re really excited about this year’s #mtpcon London conference on September 30, as it promises to be our best yet. Not only are we adding a ton of optional events before and after the conference, we are doubling the number of workshops, adding more networking opportunities at the conference, bringing back the hot lunch Read more »

Product Rockstars have Head, Hands, and Heart

BY Fred Esere on August 12, 2016

Every time you look behind a truly great product, you find people. The individuals who have created paradigm shifting, legacy leaving products are distinguished not merely by what they’ve done, but also by who they are. Take a famous example. Thomas Edison pioneered the lightbulb, one of the greatest products of all time. He wasn’t Read more »

Video: The Root Causes of Product Failure by Marty Cagan

BY Martin Eriksson on September 9, 2015

Let’s be honest, most products fail. Even in the best companies this happens – for every Google AdWords there’s a Google Wave. In this insightful talk at Mind the Product San Francisco, the inimitable Marty Cagan outlines what he sees as the root causes of these failures. Most teams today start with an idea, even Read more »

Marty Cagan, Kathy Sierra and Jon Kolko to speak at #mtpcon SF

BY Martin Eriksson on January 28, 2015

We know the key to an amazing conference experience is lining up amazing speakers, giving them plenty of stage time and then getting the hell out of the way. So for San Francisco we’re bringing back some old friends and introducing some fresh new voices as well, all of them among the best thinkers and Read more »