Submit your nomination today!

TBPP recognizes 1 person each year, invites them to speak and share their knowledge and experience with the larger product community.  The nominations can be submitted by anyone.  And, if you are the first to submit the winning nominee, you too will be rewarded (see 2012′s prize). Over the course of the year, the various nominees are interviewed and the finalists narrowed down to 1: The Best Product Person of the year.

Submit your nomination today!

For more information about past winners (and nominators) visit:  http://tpgblog.com/tbpp

Thanks to all those who participate and spread the word of TBPP!

And, when you do nominate someone, let me know. (Click to TWEET)

Enjoy!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

Thank you to everyone who made it to our latest record breaking roundtable meet-up of The Product Group at MTV Networks / Viacom, as well as to our other sponsors, Balsamiq Studios, Sunshine Suites, and Ryma Technology Solutions.

Over the course of the night a few of the highlights were…

	On Product Management… http://www.proficientz.com/two-by-four-product-management.html Take a 2×4 to your product team.
	On Starting Up… http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2013/03/19/one-of-the-biggest-mistakes-enterprise-startups-make/ Service that professional business to start.
	On Modular Innovation… http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/18/dealangel-api/ Rest in knowing of the new complementary streams of modular innovation.
	On Design & Product Experience… http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672250/how-a-tiny-new-compose-window-could-reinvent-gmail Compose yourself with increased efficiency.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

Reblogged from The Product Peek:

Curious Generation Group's use of long, colorful layouts to capture much of the emotion of their product offering.

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Thank you to everyone who made it to our latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group at MTV Networks / Viacom, as well as to our other sponsors, Balsamiq Studios, Sunshine Suites, and Ryma Technology Solutions.

Over the course of the night a few of the highlights were…

On Product Management…

http://limi.net/checkboxes-that-kill
Welcome more and avoid the killer checkbox.

On Starting Up…

http://tech.co/ways-to-cross-promote-your-startup-2013-02
Join arms with your best complement.

On Modular Innovation…

http://alistapart.com/article/environmental-design-with-the-device-api
Embrace the chaos and plug those gaps with environmental Modular Innovation.

On Design & Product Experience…

http://uxmag.com/articles/evaluating-the-usability-of-web-photos
Picture them all satisfied with the incredibly effective.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

Reblogged from The Product Peek:

Elegantly simple weather information and forecasting at forecast.io.

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Product Community Improvements

Sharing advice and experiences amongst diverse and smart product people is the single largest reason I founded The Product Group; providing product people of all types a laid-back conversational place to go to network, learn, and talk.

With all the progress the community has made over the past several years, finding and connecting with a product management mentor, someone you can meet with one-on-one to do everything from sharing product insights to receiving career advice, still proves challenging for many.

The Product Mentor

That’s why, today, I am proud to announce the launching of this new community initiative, a mentorship program to connect product management mentors with those seeking mentorship.

http://TheProductMentor.com

It Takes 2

If you are interested in being a product management mentor or mentee click through The Product Mentor to sign-up today.

Enjoy & spread the word. (TWEET)

BTW, many have signed up earlier and can expect the screening / interview process of mentors and mentees to commence very shortly. We will always have more mentees than mentors, so if you know of someone looking to give back to the community, please forward along this information. (TWEET)

Thanks!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

Reblogged from The Product Peek:

Wonderfully, simple, retro-ish portfolio design.

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In this last installment from a Q&A session I had with Andres Glusman of Meetup.com — and shedding some light onto just exactly what makes Andres truly The Best Product Person of 2012.

Looking Forward…

> What trends do you see in product management? positive trends? any negative trends?

We are moving towards an environment with faster cycles and greater experimentation. I’m witnessing firsthand, how this leads to significantly better results. That is also adding a lot of rigor to product development and significantly increasing our chances in making a difference with all the time and energy we invest.

I’m also seeing greater collaboration and sharing of best practices (we’ve opensourced our blueprint for making your own usability lab).

> How do you see product management evolving over the next 5 years?

I see the role evolving to be the person who orchestrates effective experiments while maintaining a cohesive user narrative. .

Nominate TBPP 2013 Today!

Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Best Product Person of 2013 has begun! The individual who first nominates TBPP is also awarded! Nominate your pick for The Best Product Person right now!

http://tbpp.wufoo.com/forms/the-best-product-person-of-2013/

Stay Tuned

Subscribe now (click here) to make sure you don’t miss any part of other articles exploring The Best Product People, or any other of the upcoming product person interviews, as well as other insightful posts from The Product Guy.

And, don’t forget, take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2012: Andres Glusman. (tweet)

Enjoy!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy