mark tolmacs, product manager ustream inc. - how i stopped worrying and started to love the chaos...
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Mark Tolmacs, Ustream
How I stopped worrying
and started to love the
chaos
„Good product managers know the market, the
product, the product line and the competition
extremely well and operate from a strong basis of
knowledge and confidence. „
„A good product manager is the CEO
of the product.”
- Ben Horowitz
WHAT TO BUILD?
CREATIVE GENIUS
CUSTOMERS
TIMEZONE
DIFFERENCE
LANGUAGE
BARRIER
CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES
HOW TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN?
„A lot of people describe a product manager as a
CEO of the product or the “owner” of the spec, but I
think that over-ascribes influence and authority to
the product manager. The best teams operate in a
way where the team collectively feels ownership
over the spec and everyone has had input and been
able to suggest and promote ideas.”
- Josh Elman
FACILITATION
VISION
INFLUENCE
TRUST
UNDERSTANDING
TRUST
CO-OP
BLACKJACK
EGO
MICROMANAGING
MULTI-TABLE, CO-OP
BLACKJACK
EQUALLY SPLIT POT
MEET MANAGEMENT
CREEPS IN
CULTURE
DISCONNECTED
The dangers of becoming
„Don’t worry, we don’t
give them much money!”
COMMUNICATION
INITIATIVE
RESPONSIBILITY
Mark Tolmacs
@mtolmacs