Mark Stiving is a respected pricing expert with a Ph.D. in Marketing (Pricing) from U.C. Berkeley and more than 15 years of experience helping companies implement value- based pricing strategies to increase profits. A speaker, coach, and consultant, Stiving has worked with esteemed companies such as Cisco, Procter and Gamble, Grimes Aerospace, Rogers Corporation, as well as many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures.
He is the author of Impact Pricing: Your Blueprint for Driving Profits. Read more from Stiving on his blog, www.PragmaticPricing.com, and learn more about Stiving at www.markstiving.com. Listen to Mark on the Global Product Management Talk with Cindy F. Solomon and Roger Cauvin, PM expert: http://bit.ly/zim69l
Aug 22: Startup Product Pricing w/ Mark Stiving, Ph.D.
1. WELCOME!
Startup Product Pricing
with Mark Stiving, Ph.D.
or Pay As You Wish.
Hashtag #SFPT Aug 22, 2012
Cindy F. Solomon , CPM/CPMM cindy@prodmgmttalk.com @cindyfsolomon
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2. Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM
• Founder, The Global Product Management Talk
• Host, StartUP Talk Radio, Tools of the Trade, Pcamp
Radio
• Over 15 years experience in product management and
product marketing management of web, services and
software at Silicon Valley companies including Apple,
Vadem, NetObjects and startups. Previously with Fortune
500s including American Express and Radio Shack.
• Contributing author to 42 Rules of Product Marketing
• Product Management Coach, Startup Product Marketing
Strategist, Twitter Chat Expert
Cindy F. Solomon , CPM/CPMM cindy@prodmgmttalk.com @cindyfsolomon
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3. Thank you Sponsors
Hospitality and drinks
Pizza
The Association of International Product Marketing and
Management (AIPMM) http://www.aipmm.com
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4. ----->New to Startup Product Talks? Welcome!
Reports from previous meetings:
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contact Cindy cfsolomon@gmail.com
-->Startup Product Talks discussion on Skype!
Skype is a great medium for group chat! On Skype, search for "Startup Product Talks" or
"cindyfsolomon" to get in for open chat on all things startup and product. Ask questions,
vent, share resources.
Cindy F. Solomon , CPM/CPMM cindy@prodmgmttalk.com @cindyfsolomon
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5. Agenda
6:30 - 7:00 Arrive, Sign in: Pizza & Beers
---------Use White Board to Post Topics, Questions, Jobs & Seekers
7:00 - 7:15 Welcome from Nick & Cindy
7:15 - 7:30 Un-conference format: vote on white board suggestions
7:30 - 8:30 Mark will talk about how to grow revenue and profits through
pricing and why its important to price early and often. The goal of the
discussion is to enable participants to determine how to use pricing to
capture more value, and even decide what new products to develop to
capture the most value.
8:30 - 9:00 Open Discussion
9:15 - end Networking
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6. Product managers are responsible for creating
and sustaining value throughout the entire life
cycle of a product.
This product management life cycle model is the property of The Association
of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM)®.
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7. The focus on creating and
sustaining value is what is
essential and unique to
the discipline of product
management.
Cindy F. Solomon , CPM/CPMM cindy@prodmgmttalk.com @cindyfsolomon
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8. Next Startup Product Talk
How do you define product
management? What does it mean
to be a product manager?
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
6:30 PM
http://sfproducttalks.com
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9. Global Product Management
Talk
For Product Managers that don’t get a chance to leave their desk and participate in
Product Talks in person, we’ve brought Product Talks to you.
The Global Product Management TalkTM
Follow @ProdMgmtTalk
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prodmgmttalk
Join in using hashtag #ProdMgmtTalk weekly at Twebevent or Tweetchat
Global Product Management TalkTM is a weekly mini-product camp Socratic
discussion (on Twitter) of pre-posted questions with live audio of thought
leader and co-hosts commenting (on Blogtalkradio).
Cindy F. Solomon , CPM/CPMM cindy@prodmgmttalk.com @cindyfsolomon
Founder, Global Product Management Talk http://www.prodmgmttalk.com @prodmgmttalk
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10. Online Product Events
Global Product Management Talk:
Monday, Aug 27 How Product Management Can Make or Break Your Company w/
David Fradin 4:00 PM
Monday, Sept 10 Building products with the Gestalt Mind w/ Prabhakar Gopalan
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prodmgmttalk
AIPMM Webinars
Aug 29
How To Prepare For The AIPMM Certified Product Manager (CPM) Certification Exam
For upcoming weekly webcasts: http://aipmm.com/aipmm_webinars/
Subscribe to AIPMM Product Management News & Views
http://www.aipmm.com/subscibe
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11. About Mark Stiving, Ph.D.
Mark Stiving is a respected pricing expert with a Ph.D.
in Marketing (Pricing) from U.C. Berkeley and more
than 15 years of experience helping companies
implement value- based pricing strategies to increase
profits. A speaker, coach, and consultant, Stiving has
worked with esteemed companies such as Cisco,
Procter and Gamble, Grimes Aerospace, Rogers
Corporation, as well as many small businesses and
entrepreneurial ventures.
He is the author of Impact Pricing: Your Blueprint for
Driving Profits. Read more from Stiving on his
blog, www.PragmaticPricing.com, and learn more
about Stiving at www.markstiving.com.
Listen to Mark on the Global Product Management
Talk with host, Cindy & co-host Roger Cauvin
http://bit.ly/zim69l
Cindy F. Solomon , CPM/CPMM cindy@prodmgmttalk.com @cindyfsolomon
Founder, Global Product Management Talk http://www.prodmgmttalk.com @prodmgmttalk
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Notas do Editor
Everyone is throwing information at you today and online. Without intention, without a goal and a strategy to achieve it, you’re wasting valuable resources – the most valuable is your time. What is the most valuable information you want to take away from spending time together? Always be asking the markets, the customers, the competition, the stakeholders, the PRODUCT! Every interaction is an opportunity to learn, to give, to sell!
The "Global Product Management Talk" was initially conceived as a virtual forum where people who manage products situated globally could interact in real time with product management thought leaders. The Global Product Management Talk raises the bar for what is possible to accomplish in a real time, open platform event on Twitter by encouraging participants to expand their knowledge base with each event, utilize new products in real time as we introduce and beta test various products for participating, enable participants to showcase their knowledge and share resources, and crowdsource educational content for product people to stay apprised of new developments, thinkers, and events in the practice of managing products from inception to market and innovation. Mission: Engage Product people in regularly scheduled, real-time discussion Showcase Product Management experts, speakers, bloggers, thought leaders and practitioners Evangelize Product related job titles as exciting, challenging & rewarding career endeavors Raise important issues that all Product Management professionals confront Extend shared resources across industries and borders Facilitate on-going dialogue, networking, mentoring & support beyond weekly events Enable global community around product management knowledge Educate & defend the value of the product professional
The "Global Product Management Talk" was initially conceived as a virtual forum where people who manage products situated globally could interact in real time with product management thought leaders. The Global Product Management Talk raises the bar for what is possible to accomplish in a real time, open platform event on Twitter by encouraging participants to expand their knowledge base with each event, utilize new products in real time as we introduce and beta test various products for participating, enable participants to showcase their knowledge and share resources, and crowdsource educational content for product people to stay apprised of new developments, thinkers, and events in the practice of managing products from inception to market and innovation. Mission: Engage Product people in regularly scheduled, real-time discussion Showcase Product Management experts, speakers, bloggers, thought leaders and practitioners Evangelize Product related job titles as exciting, challenging & rewarding career endeavors Raise important issues that all Product Management professionals confront Extend shared resources across industries and borders Facilitate on-going dialogue, networking, mentoring & support beyond weekly events Enable global community around product management knowledge Educate & defend the value of the product professional