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Why do most social networks never take off? Why are marketplaces such difficult businesses? Why do startups with the best technology fail so often? There are two broad business models: …
Continue reading “Why Business Models Fail: Pipes Vs. Platforms”
The foundation of a product company is in its IP. An idea is only as good as its implementation. Start-ups face twin pressures of building the right product and doing …
Last month, I promised to bring you stories of how Indian startups took their products to the world and got the inside scoop on how WebEngage used educational content and live …
Today the biggest challenge for any of us as entrepreneurs is not to build kickass products or services but to reach out to the relevant target audience. Many of products fail …
Continue reading “Top 10 things to look for a digital marketing roadmap.”
Share a beer with Ram Narayan (MD eBay India), Amit Phadnis (VP, Cisco), Srinivas (MD Alcatel Lucent), Alok Goel (VP Product Management redbus.in), Saran Chatterjee (VP Product Management Flipkart.com), leading …
Continue reading “Product Leaders of Now & Future. Graduation Ceremony for Class of Spring 2013”
Arrogance is a flaw, and for a marketer or salesperson, this assumes greater significance. Unfortunately, marketers tend to fall prey to the glamour of signing on a big name client, …
Share a conversation with Sanjeev Kumar (MD Informatica India), Pinkesh Shah (ex-VP Mcafee, IBM), Richard Gall (first MD Texas Instrument, India), Sridhar (ex SVP Products, InMobi) and others on
Product Leadership Career Path in India
Come engage with industry executives, Product Managers and several product professionals at the Industry Connect get together at the Institute.
Like most of our programs at the Institute of Product Leadership, networking session offers a
No theory, No Fluff, opportunity to learn about best practices & talk to real practitioners about real issues
Agenda
Rapid fire pointers from
“Product Leadership then & now” Richard Gall, 1st MD Texas Instruments India
“Product Management in Scaling Startups to Enterpreneurial Journey” Sridhar, ex SVP InMobi
“Product Management more than a role – its a mindset for all Product Professionals” Sanjeev Kumar, MD Informatica India
“Glimpses of the Indian 2nd Annual Product Management Research Baseline” Pinkesh Shah, Director of Institute of Product Leadership
Open Q&A
It’s here! The India Internet Day(a TiE event) celebration is beginning, and you’re all a part of it. You may be an outelier, an insider, a veteran, an investor, a trend …
Continue reading “Showcase of 8 Innovative companies for #IndiaInternetDay – A TiE event”
Ashok was perturbed. In Jan 2006, an eastern European company had taken his source code, made minor changes and started selling it under an alternate brand name at a reduced price. …
Andy is a personal robot enabled by the intelligence of an Android Smartphone or any Android device. Personal or hobby robots till date have been unaffordable due to the high costs …
Continue reading “Andy is a mobile robot platform that uses a Smartphone at its core.”
BSB is a start-up funded by Bharti & SoftBank building mobile products for the Indian market. Hike is a messaging app which allows instant messaging and group chat on your …
Continue reading “Hike Messaging App – 5M users since 12/12/12, and counting!”
When nearly two dozen product enthusiasts sit around a table passionately talking for 4-½ hours, expertly addressed by two product veterans – Amit Somani and Amit Ranjan, you can expect …
Discuss issues related to cross-border M&A, particularly the acquisition of innovative Indian startups by major US corporations. As a leader in your organization, we strongly believe that you could provide …
Continue reading “Brainstorming Session about cross-border M&A”
Avinash Raghava, who is doing a wonderful job of getting product start-ups together all over India, organized a product management roundtable with the help of Aneesh Reddy(CEO, Capillary). They invited Amit Ranjan (Cofounder, …
Continue reading “Notes on Product Management – insights from Slideshare / MMT / ex-Google PM”
A year back I was involved with a leading mobile apps company on an issue related to product pricing. The company developed customized mobile apps for business. At the time …