Given the key role Product Managers play in creating the environment for their teams… what must they do to avoid the bell curve of mediocre products that unfortunately are the norm? I shared my perspective as the guest speaker at the SVPMA (Sept 3, 2014) based on my own experiences and other authors/speakers that I…
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Running an Innovation Center at a Fortune 500 Company
I recently spoke on how to run an innovation center within a large company at both the Lean Startup conference in SF and the Strategic Planning Innovation Summit in NYC. As part of the leadership team running the Comcast Silicon Valley Innovation Center, I’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t especially within a BIG company….
A fun new way to pick a flick, together
Today I’m demoing at the NCTA Cable Show in Washington DC a slick new “app” we built to help groups of people pick a movie to watch at home, called Movie Night. Tony Werner, Comcast’s CTO, invites me and my team to demo on stage. If you’re like me, you’ve been on the couch trying…
Play by your own rules
Listen to your users more than the press. Don’t get sucked into the gravity hole between you and your competition. Ruthlessly run your own path, not someone else’s. – Josh Williams An excerpt from an insightful piece by Gowalla’s co-founder on how he let the competition and the press shape his startup’s priorities. A must read for anyone building…
1000 channels but what should you watch?
This week my team here at Comcast Silicon Valley put out a new iOS app aimed at solving the age-old problem of finding something on TV but in a fresh new way. What’s On by Comcast Labs shows XFINITY TV customers, in a visual way, what’s on right now sorted by a proprietary algorithm that puts…
What was missing in the 1st iPhone? (5 years later)
This week Apple will share their latest innovations at WWDC. However, I think its time we reflect back on what Steve Job’s announced 5 1/2 years ago at Macworld 2007: the 1st iPhone (worth another watch). Steve Jobs pitched it under the backdrop other historic Apple products: Macintosh (1984) – which changed the computer industry iPod…
My First Lean Startup – In Brief
At last night’s Lean Startup meetup (video), Eric Ries inspired us to share stories of how we’re applying various techniques, so here goes… In January, I had the the idea to build a new app which would enable us to make more meaningful birthday wishes to our friends in the form of something called a BirthdayGram. However I was…
How to use a Bullet Graph to show your lean-startup metrics (AARRR) in a more accessible way than the typical funnel chart.