Startup Product Academy

05/17/2017

A free and open internet is vital for our democracy and for our daily lives. But the Federal Communications Commission is considering a proposal that threatens net neutrality – and therefore threatens the internet as we know it. Former Verizon lawyer and FCC Chairman Pai wants to reverse hard-won rules that protect millions of internet users’ access to a free and open web. [ 256 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/keep-the-internet-free/

05/04/2017

Lawrence Lessig speaking at Chicago: Keynote at the ABA-Tech conference What regulates behavior? Law, Norms, Market, Architecture How does the Law affect these things that regulate? Restrictions, restraints, reality of physical space What is the mix of modalities that works best? There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. [ 207 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/code-is-law-lawrence-lessig/

05/02/2017

You're probably confused about your media usage rights, and media companies are ok with that This is a reposting of work submitted by Zak Rogoff on April 27, 2017 - 12:23pm Read the full post: Even if groups like Defective by Design currently have an uphill battle to fight, the free software and free culture movements are as strong as ever, and our activism, entrepreneurship and creativity may yet shift the political winds towards a more just, participatory media future. [ 1,970 more word ]

https://startupproduct.com/defective-by-design/

05/01/2017

Two webcasts worth viewing about Product/Market Fit from Ash Maurya, still relevant today, 10 Steps to Product/Market Fit In this webcast presented by Ash Maurya, author of Running Lean, 2nd Edition, he discusses the 10 steps you need to know to get your product/market fit. By following the Running Lean techniques, you will learn to eliminate waste—whether it's time, money, effort, or all of the above—and get your product to market quickly. [ 226 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/ash-maurya-on-productmarket-fit/

Ash has rigorously applyed Customer Development and Lean Startup techniques to his products, which he frequently writes about on his blog and which turned into 2 books: Running Lean and Scaling Le…

04/18/2017

Powered by Eventbrite Join a Panel of Experts to hear first hand experience of successes AND failures across a broad spectrum of startups and products to achieving product/market fit. AGENDA 6:00pm - 6:45pm Networking 6:45am - 8:15pm Panel Speakers, Interactive Q&A 8:15pm - 8:30pm Job notifications, other announcements Questions to ponder: How exactly do you go about getting to product/market fit if you don't hit it right out of the gate? [ 400 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/getting-to-productmarket-fit-a-panel-discussion-on-apr-27-in-san-francisco/

04/18/2017

People come before money. Listen to Simon Sinek speaking at Baruch College Read the Transcript: Simon Sinek says: "I'm an idealist. I sort of imagine a world that's different from the world we live in now. I imagine a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired to go to work, feel safe when they're there, and return home at the end of the day fulfilled by the work that they do. [ 1,242 more word ]

https://startupproduct.com/people-first-product-excellence-by-design-principle-one/

04/13/2017

Good Design Is Innovative : The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself. Good Design Makes a Product Useful : A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional but also psychological and aesthetic. [ 380 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/dieter-rams-ten-principles-of-good-design/

04/11/2017

We are at risk of The End Of A Free And Open Internet As We have come to Know, Expect and Depend on it: Reuters and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that the new chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, is speeding up his plan to slash FCC net neutrality rules. [1] If net neutrality is repealed, the Internet will never be the same. [ 329 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/action-guide-to-the-open-internet/

03/15/2017

SUPA Product Academy in conjunction with Aconex would like to present an evening of UX POWER TALKS on March 30 in San Francisco! AGENDA 6pm - 6:45am Networking with Alcohol, soft drinks and delicious pizza 6:45am - 7:30pm The Benevolent Dictatorship of Collaborative Design with Marcin Treder, CEO of UXPin 7:30pm - 8:15pm Does my app look fat? with Kirsten Mann, GM Global Design & Experience at Aconex… [ 530 more words ]

https://startupproduct.com/ux-mini-workshop-on-march-30-in-san-francisco/

12/10/2016

Join us at the December 20, 2016 Women in Product NYC Meetup! Lean startup, user-centered design, and agile development have inspired a new wave of digital product experiences and development practices. However, for many Product Managers that are challenged with legacy products, technologies and development approaches there are many questions, including: • How do we make the right decisions to move forward? [ 289 more words ]

12/08/2016

Join in on the discussion! Cindy F. Solomon of SUPA Product Academy chats with Malcolm Knapp of the Engineer Accelerator to figure out how to apply the process that Malcolm teaches for creating the vision for a product prior to building it. The "lean spec" is a product specification requirements process that Malcolm has developed and implemented over many years of building hardware products and uses to arrive at the product definition prior to building. [ 384 more words ]

Join in on the discussion! Cindy F. Solomon of SUPA Product Academy chats with Malcolm Knapp of the Engineer Accelerator to figure out how to apply the process that Malcolm teaches for creating the…

10/31/2016

By Caroline Hane-Weijman I was lucky enough to snag a free ticket to the second day of S.H.E summit 2016 from one of our client's at Pivotal Labs. After being underwhelmed by previous women's conferences I've attended in the past, I was blown away by the quality of speakers, the content that emerged, and the overall atmosphere of the summit. [ 1,060 more word ]

http://startupproduct.com/s-h-e-summit-2016-a-refreshingly-authentic-and-inspiring-womens-conference/