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Embrace Your Imposter Syndrome

BY Martin Eriksson on November 2, 2018

Martin Eriksson opened #mtpcon London 2018 – the world’s largest conference for passionate product people – by telling us that despite all he’s achieved, he feels like a fraud. This Imposter Syndrome is a deep fear of being exposed as someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing, despite their position in the world. Imposter Syndrome Read more »

Mind the Product Conferences

BY Martin Eriksson on October 31, 2018

Mind the Product is the world’s largest product management conference with annual flagship conferences (#mtpcon) in San Francisco, Singapore, and London attracting thousands of attendees each from all over the world, and regional conferences (#mtpengage) in Hamburg, Manchester, and more… 2019 Product Conferences #mtpEngage Manchester Feb 7-8 #mtpcon Singapore Mar 25-26 #mtpEngage Hamburg May 22-24 Read more »

Insights from the #mtpcon London Product Leadership Forum

BY James Gadsby Peet on October 30, 2018

The Product Leadership Forum is a chance for senior product professionals to discuss the challenges they face in a safe environment. The product manager role is evolving at pace and this means that there are a range of conversations that are hard to have in public. Here’s some insight into what was discussed at this Read more »

Thank You for Helping Hone our Craft at #mtpcon London 2018

BY Martin Eriksson on October 26, 2018

On October 18-19, 2018 we gathered passionate product people from over 50 countries around the world in London for two days of learning, sharing, and honing our craft. Thank you for joining us and making it another incredible and memorable conference! It started with a day of workshops and product leadership discussions before the main Read more »

What we Learned at #mtpcon London 2018

BY James Gadsby Peet on October 22, 2018

On Friday, we gathered with 1,700 of our closest friends from over 50 countries to spend a day sharing with each other, hearing from amazing speakers, and taking time out to focus on our craft. Following a day of focused workshops and leadership discussions, we came together at London’s Barbican Centre to talk product. Here’s Read more »

How to Find the Product by Tom Coates

BY Emily Tate on October 5, 2018

Making stuff is awesome. Developing new product ideas with smart people is genuinely rewarding. And while the outcome of putting a finished product into the world is fun, technologist Tom Coates says the experience of making things can be even more enjoyable. In his closing keynote from #mtpcon San Francisco, Tom takes us through where ideas Read more »

The Hierarchy of Engagement by Sarah Tavel

BY Emily Tate on September 28, 2018

How do you maximize your chances of building an enduring, consumer product? This is the big question for consumer companies, and in her #mtpcon San Francisco talk, Sarah Tavel, General Partner at Benchmark, says it comes down to understanding how to maximize engagement. Tavel’s Hierarchy of Engagement Throughout her career, Sarah has spent a lot Read more »

#mtpcon comes to Singapore in 2019!

BY Martin Eriksson on September 19, 2018

Mind the Product started with a simple premise – that by coming together as a community we can all learn from each other, become better product managers, and improve our craft. We started with just 25 people in the back room of a London pub, but have quickly grown that product community to over 155 Read more »

Roadmaps are dead! Long live roadmaps! by C. Todd Lombardo

BY Emily Tate on August 31, 2018

Do you ever feel like breaking up with your roadmap? In his talk from #mtpcon San Francisco, C. Todd Lombardo takes on a topic that is emotional to most of us as product managers – the product roadmap. Read more »

Mastering the Problem Space for Product/Market Fit by Dan Olsen

BY Martin Eriksson on August 24, 2018

The term Product/Market Fit was coined by Marc Andreessen back in 2007 and it’s been a key goal for any new product or startup ever since. But like any buzzword, it is often oversimplified and misunderstood. In this talk from Mind the Product San Francisco, Dan Olsen, the author of The Lean Product Playbook, tackles the key components of product/market fit and how to achieve it. Read more »