Product Managers - How To Create Products Customers Love

Product Managers - How To Create Products Customers Love - Good lessons from Marty Cagan

I attended a 2 day workshop on Product Management last week. Led by Marty Cagan, it was a great refresher, and gave some great insights into creating great products. Mr Cagan worked at HP, Netscape, AOL, and eBay in various positions. I did not know him directly at Netscape or AOL though. I'd met with several CEOs at startups in the past few weeks who all mentioned Marty Cagan and the product help he has given to the companies, so thought I'd attend this workshop.

The 2 day workshop was very good and inspiring. I'd recommend it for companies too, and send my Product, Engineering and UI teams to it. The cost is $1500 per person, and is a good investment.

Marty has a book that covers much of the content of the workshop - it's on Amazon.com. It's an easy read, so check it out.

Review the book on Amazon.com.

Silicon Valley Product Group

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