From Raising Right to that Minimal Site

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

01_money

On Starting Up…

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/07/how-much-money-to-raise.html
Raise it just right.

02_minimal

On Design & Product Experience…

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/20-new-examples-of-minimal-websites
Minimize that optimal site.

03_india

On Modular Innovation…

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/07/04/indias-individual-identification-project-adds-api/
View Modular Innovation in India taking flight.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

The Product Group : Gettin’ Zesty!

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This Thursday, join us back at Dogpatch Labs at 7PM for a very zesty meetup! We will be discussing Product Management for Scale (team growth, hierarchy, …) and exploring the Featured Product, Journey Bar.

RSVP Now!

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WHEN
7 PM, Thursday, July 7

WHERE
Dogpatch Labs
36 East 12th Street, NYC

RSVP Now!

AGENDA
Product Management for Scale
(team growth, hierarchy, …)

Featured Product
Journey Bar
(exploring the product, its challenges and successes, and basically dissecting and understanding the Product with the Product People behind it)

From Marguarette Dau, Journey Bar’s Product Person…
“I’m the co-founder and CMO of a new nutrition bar company called Journey Bar (www.journeybar.com). Journey Bar specializes in savory (not sweet) flavors inspired by cuisines from around the world. Our bars are made with organic whole grains and real food ingredients you’d find in your neighborhood grocery store. The current flavors on the market are Parmesan Romano and Coconut Curry. Around the time the this Product Group meetup takes place, we’ll be debuting 2 new flavors! I’ll be sure to bring samples for everyone to try!

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…and more…

SPONSORS
Balsamiq Studios
(makers of the very cool Balsamiq Mockups wireframing and storyboarding product)

Sunshine Suites
(providers of very cool and hip office space locations all over the City)

Ryma Technology Solutions
(providers of Product Management services and software, including FeaturePlan & IdeaScope)

COST
Attending is FREE
(and so is the food)

MEETUP WEBPAGE
The Product Group July 2011

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The Product Group meet-ups are an opportunity for Product People (managers, strategists, marketers, etc.) to come together to meet, interact, and network in a roundtable setting. It’s awesome to meet fellow Product People in a laid-back, conversational gathering.

If you are a Product Person and are interested in having your product featured or participating as a featured guest expert at an upcoming meetup of The Product Group, contact me.

Thanks & I am looking forward to seeing everyone this Thursday!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

P.S. Interested in becoming a sponsor or host of The Product Group? contact me.

From Being Super Awesome to Integrating with Those You Love

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

01_bezos

On Starting Up…

http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-on-failure-2011-6
Be super awesome this weekend with a hefty dose of failure.

02_eyetracking

On Design & Product Experience…

http://designbeep.com/2011/06/06/great-examples-of-eye-tracking-studies-for-blogs-and-websites/
Gaze deep into the eyes of those you seek to guide.

03_customerservice

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/06/customer-service-api.php
Integrate with those you love.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Memorializing the Day to Driving Success

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

01_pricing

On Starting Up…

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219690
Drive your product to success with just a few monetary tweaks.

02_days

On Design & Product Experience…

http://inspirationfeed.com/2011/05/60-user-interface-calendar-inspirations-and-downloads/
Enjoy the extra days; soak in these designs.

03_api

On Modular Innovation…

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/05/23/attracting-developers-to-your-api/
Honor those with the right API.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Dispersed Creativity to Monetizing with Modular Innovation

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

02_food

On Design & Product Experience…

http://designm.ag/inspiration/26-web-designs-for-the-food-industry
Taste the latest in online food.

03_monetize

On Modular Innovation…

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/05/16/how-canadas-yellowapi-is-helping-developers-monetize-their-applications/
Breath life into those smaller apps with a little bit of monetizing Modular Innovation.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

New Learning, Novel Visions & Now June!

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Thank you to everyone who made it to our latest, maxed-out, roundtable meet-up of The Product Group at Dogpatch Labs, as well as to our sponsors, Balsamiq Studios, Sunshine Suites, and Ryma Technology Solutions.

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

Featured Product: TouchGraph
exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from visualizing connections to reaching new customers
(thanks to TouchGraph Product Person: Alex Shapiro)

Product Management Learning
from great books to moderating success

The Product Group meet-ups are an opportunity for Product People (managers, strategists, marketers, etc.) to come together to meet, interact, and network in a roundtable setting. It’s awesome to meet fellow Product People in a laid-back, conversational gathering.

If you are a Product Person and are interested in having your product featured or participating as a featured guest expert at an upcoming meetup of The Product Group, contact me.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our next meetup …

Thursday, June 2nd @ 7PM
RSVP Now!

And, stay tuned for more announcements about June’s Featured Product.

If you would like to attend our next meet-up, RSVP today or visit our group webpage at…

http://meetup.com/TheProductGroup

Enjoy!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

P.S. Interested in becoming a sponsor or host of The Product Group? contact me.

From Crazy Purple to Statups and People Afar

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

01_remote

On Starting Up…

http://mashable.com/2011/04/25/communicate-remote-employees/
Trick out your startup with the increasingly popular remote employee.

02_purple

On Design & Product Experience…

http://designm.ag/inspiration/examples-of-purple-in-web-design
Royally brave designers tapping the noble power of purple.

03_api

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/04/why-the-api-startup-is-here-to.php
Hub of the modern startup is now Modular Innovation.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Poking the Bubble to the Price of Modular Innovation

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

01_bubble

On Starting Up…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/04/what-will-this-bubbles-legacy.php
Poking the startup tech bubble that has made many great Modular Innovation contributions.

02_typography

On Design & Product Experience…

http://webdesignledger.com/tips/practicing-the-basics-of-web-typography
Get in touch with the family to do fonts right.

03_social-currency

On Modular Innovation…

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2011/04/currency.html
The price of Modular Innovation is…

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Startup Color to Hitting the Right Visitors with a 4×4

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights. What are you reading this weekend?

01_rocketwatcher

On Starting Up…

http://www.rocketwatcher.com/blog/2011/04/startup-launch-lessons-from-color.html
Color your understanding of launching a startup right.

02_4by4

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.inspiredm.com/winning-knowledge-content/
Target your visitors with a 4×4 to achieve greater engagement.

03_nike

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/14/review-nike-sportwatch-gps/
Hone your knowledge of a new device of Modular Innovation.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

Killing Products, Finding Product People & May Visions!

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

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

Featured Product: NearSay
exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from the scaling the product to guiding technical decisions
(thanks to NearSay Product People: Trevor Sumner, Joshua Mack)

To Kill a Product
from the challenges of pulling the trigger to inside Google

The Product Group meet-ups are an opportunity for Product People (managers, strategists, marketers, etc.) to come together to meet, interact, and network in a roundtable setting. It’s awesome to meet fellow Product People in a laid-back, conversational gathering.

If you are a Product Person and are interested in having your product featured or participating as a featured guest expert at an upcoming meetup of The Product Group, contact me.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our next meetup …

Thursday, May 5th @ 7PM
RSVP Now!

And, stay tuned for more announcements about May’s Featured Product, TouchGraph.

If you would like to attend our next meet-up, RSVP today or visit our group webpage at…

http://meetup.com/TheProductGroup

Enjoy!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

P.S. Interested in becoming a sponsor or host of The Product Group? contact me.