ProductTank

How can an API for payments, admittedly not the most alluring of products, still garner so much love from its users? Andy Young (@andyy) asked the same question at ProductTank January. Andy works on UK things at Stripe, a company in the payments space that just yesterday got funded with a valuation of $1.75B, talked Read more »

We kicked off 2014 with January’s ProductTank London on product management in online payments.  An eager crowd mixing first-timers and regular attendees awaited our two guest speakers, Andy Young (@andyy) from Stripe and Yuval Samet (@yuvalsamet) from Klarna. Product as a Competitive Advantage First up was Andy Young (@andyy), who is responsible for “UK things” Read more »

Running a multivariate test or even a simple AB test can be daunting. With each variation, there are additional tests to be run and measured, and it can all get overwhelming very quickly.  At ProductTank October, Alex Smith, the Site Development Manager at Charles Tyrwhitt, showed us what he measured and why, and talked about Read more »

Taking an idea from crazy pub conversations to launch can be a daunting and difficult process. At ProductTank October, Jo Binding, the former General Manager of Strategy & Product Development at BT Sport made a case for using analytics effectively every step of the way. Jo covered off the analytics that were involved in the Read more »

ProductTank July was all about making those tough trade-off decisions in Product Management. We heard from Harry Jones, co-founder and CPO, at Top10.com and Azmat Yusuf, founder and CEO of Citymapper, before witnessing a mock debate between Mixcloud co-founder, Nico Perez and Moonpig.com, product director, James Henson . First up was Top10.com’s Harry Jones,  who Read more »

In our E-Commerce and M-Commerce themed ProductTank, Aziz Musa (@azizmusa), the digital director at Pegasus, talked about his own experience in e-commerce, pulling all-nighters with his team to get the mobile experience at Photobox up to scratch. He explored what compromising on beauty does to your customers, partners, organisation and even your soul. Aziz Musa Read more »

ProductTank June focused on Product Management In M-Commerce and E-Commerce, looking at what product managers need to consider when building online and mobile shopping experiences. We learned a lot from insightful talks by Tara Etherington (Ribot), Aziz Musa (Pegasus) and Dave Martin (Pocket Recruit), who drew from their own experiences. The event was curated by Read more »

Presenting at ProductTank May London, Catharina Lavers Mallet (@catharinamallet), head of studio at King, told us all how product management in games is different – it’s about fun, not necessarily about solving problems. Read more »

Presenting at May 2013 ProductTank in London, Paul Croft (@Bouncinglemon), production director at Mediatonic, who showed us how a data-driven approach complements the quest for fun, particularly in the world of gaming-as-a-service (GaaS). Read more »

Presenting at May 2013 ProductTank in London, Martyn Jones (@ElvisBacon), product manager and game designer at Mind Candy, who spoke to us about validation and iteration during product discovery.  Using the ‘double diamond‘ design process as his guiding theme, Martyn entertained us with his unique combination of hand-crafted slides and visual puns to draw out Read more »