Silicon Valley Product Camp 2012 is this coming weekend! March 24th at eBay’s office at 2161 N. First Street. You went to all the trouble to register and vote for sessions, so [ … ]
Category: Ethan
Book Review: Beyond the Obvious
Beyond the Obvious Phil McKinney Hyperion, 2012 250 pages Subtitled “Killer questions that spark game-changing innovation”, McKinney’s new book (released last week) is combination of personal experience in building new [ … ]
Worth Repeating: The Benefits of Focus
Back in 2008, Ethan wrote this post of focus and targeting a specific niche. It’s a great little piece because it demonstrates that you can be successful without trying to [ … ]
PcampSF is tomorrow!
As part of the wave of Pcamps bringing product managers together everywhere, ProductCamp San Francisco is tomorrow, October 22, 2011. They’re all full unfortunately, but I’ll be there. Say [ … ]
There is no such thing as bad press
OR: Misery loves company, especially company that can go onto your Twitter stream. So assuming you’ve read the Interwebs lately you’ve hard the tale of how an Apple employee lost [ … ]
Feedback from Sales
A comment left over at the Inside Sales Experts Blog provides a rebuttal to the common view of sales people by Product Managers: Son, we live in the world of [ … ]
On measuring product/market fit
There’s an interesting interview on measuring product/market fit at Venturehacks: http://venturehacks.com/articles/measure-fit. Apparently it’s easier to launch products that have a great fit with their target markets. Thankfully the interview goes into somewhat [ … ]
Our Presentation at PMEC Battle of the Bloggers
Last week I participated in the 1st Annual PMEC Battle of the Bloggers. Out of a field of about 10 contestants, I placed second in the competition. Curse you April [ … ]
Battlin’ Bloggers
On behalf of Saeed, Alan and myself, I’ll be speaking on November 17th at the 2009 AIPMM Product Management Educational Conference in the Battle of the Bloggers. Come and see [ … ]
Stupid Marketer… or Enlightened Stupid Marketer?
“It’s a myth that marketers chose their occupation because they got C’s in school” (hat tip to Church of the Customer)