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3 Product Challenges of an Entrepreneur
Half-day seminar for start-ups and new product owners
"The really successful start-ups are those that believe that they are half right, and half wrong, and quickly figure out which half is wrong." – Rich Mironov, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur a.k.a The 'Product Guy'
Successful products are not an accident, even if it looks like that from the outside. Product Success comes to start-ups that find and tackle their challenges early, and do it well.
Which is why, whether you are a start-up co-founder, just had a new business idea, or you're creating a business plan for a new product at a large company – you should grab this chance to listen to Rich. With deep experience of the product challenges that Silicon Valley start-ups have faced, Rich gives businesses valuable perspectives on moving from 'good idea' to 'market winner'.
Participating in the 3 Product Challenges of an Entrepreneur event gives you:
A recipe to anticipate the key challenges you will need to beat
A chance to connect with 150 fellow product warriors facing similar challenges and
A wave of fresh enthusiasm for the tough journey you're on!
Confianzys flew down veteran Silicon Valley product coach and expert Rich Mironov to interact with MNCs and technology firms, startups and management students under an event titled Secret Sauce at Bangalore
Highlights of the Workshop
The First Master Chef
Get The Secret Sauce with Rich Mironov In the first series of Secret Sauce events, learn from Rich Mironov, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur a.k.a The 'Product Guy'.Having been the 'Product Guy' at winning start-ups in the US, Rich Mironov knows all about the product challenges entrepreneurs will stumble upon, and what they can do to be prepared. Besides being a serial entrepreneur himself and coaching dozens of start-ups, he supported six start-ups at their make-or-break early stage by acting as their 'Product Guy'. Since 2001, Rich has been a consultant or adviser to dozens of early-stage companies and larger technology firms including Yahoo, Cisco, Wealthfront, WhiteHat Security, Varian and VeriSign.
Rich is the Author of the highly regarded book, 'The Art Of Product Management', about which one reader says "By the end of the book, you will feel you know more about being a Product Manager than any textbook or formulaic plan could ever give you."
He founded P-Camp, one of the largest gatherings of Product Managers in Silicon Valley as a source of inspiration for industry to tap into.
Rich was a former board member of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association, he has also chaired Agile Alliance, an association that supports those who explore and apply Agile principles and practices in the software industry.
The Secret Sauce Blogs
Kicking Tyres With Silicon Valley Product Guy Rich Mironov 
For most people working on tech products, Rich Mironov is a familiar name. A serial entrepreneur himself, he has been the "product guy" at six start-ups and coaches product management teams and executives in Silicon Valley on building what markets will value. He has been writing about tech product management since 2001.
In February 2015, Rich will be visiting India, sharing his insights and interacting with industry here as part of the 'Secret Sauce' series that Confianzys is creating.
- "Every 7-8 years, the financial markets kill off some of the biggest funding eaters and make room for another generation of smaller, faster-moving start-ups."
- "Agile engineering teams often build the wrong products twice as fast!"
- "The really successful start-ups are those that believe that they are half right, and half wrong, and quickly figure out which half is wrong"
- "A common problem is that product teams often create and ship a product that is not worth building."
- Rich Mironov
When Bangalore got a taste of Silicon Valley's Secret Sauce
Anyone who's embarked on a journey for building a product will tell you that it's hard!
There are many challenges: understanding customers, identifying the right markets, pricing, monetisation and more. Many of the startups looking to build products slip into 'services mode', often using terms like platforms instead of services.
Large firms have their own challenges. They grapple with launching new products and often struggle to get teams working well together. Many companies have switched to Agile development methodology, only to discover that it comes with its own set of challenges.
At Confianzys, we realised these challenges are not unique to India. Silicon Valley has been tackling these for ages. Why not learn from them on how they faced challenges?
Under an program titled Secret Sauce, Confianzys flew down veteran Silicon Valley product coach and expert Rich Mironov to interact with MNCs and technology firms, startups and management students.
A tale in tweets: Highlights of tips from Rich Mironov during the Secret Sauce event
A tale in tweets: Tips from a Silicon Valley Product Expert
Interactions on building great products out of India with Silicon Valley Product Expert Rich Mironov
Confianzys flew down veteran Silicon Valley product coach and expert Rich Mironov to interact with MNCs and technology firms, startups and management students under an event titled Secret Sauce at Bangalore.