JJRR Ep38 Software product management - Building an INDUSTRY conference and community - with Mike Belsito

Mike Belsito is a product guy who's passionate about building the Product Collective community, and is co-founder of INDUSTRY the product conference where product managers from around the world can learn to build, launch and scale world-class software products.  Now a top influencer, listen to Ep38 as Mike describes how his early career in sports management and entrepreneurship unknowingly prepared him with the multi-faceted skills required for product and now conference management. http://productcollective.com/ http://industryconference.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Seed-Funding-Rest-Us-ebook/dp/B00UC7OU2A http://rocketship.fm/ https://findaway.com/ http://www.techpint.org/ www.blocklandcleveland.com 04:04s Mike's definition of product management 6:14s Product management vs. project management 8:55s Going to school for sports management 11:15s Pursuing an MBA and initiating a corporate sponsorship program 14:06s Diving into entrepreneurship and becoming a "Findawayer" 16:15s Leaving Findaway to start eFuneral.com 19:00s Selling eFuneral and finding Product Management 21:30s Finding an opportunity in product management and self educating 22:28s Writing "Startup seed funding for the rest of us" 23:15s Finding the right angle / focus on product 24:58s Product Collective, a community for product people 27:02s Niching down on software product managers 31:30s The importance of product management for high growth software companies 33:50s Building the conference from the ground up - build it and make them come 40:35s Product management responsibilities and customer focus 43:04s First impressions of Blockland Cleveland organization and conference 50:12s The challenge of keeping up with technology 51:50s Never setting a strong 3 to 5 year roadmap 56:04s Discovering how quickly you become an influencer in your industry "We created Industry for software product managers. 90% of the people that come to our conference, they have product in their title one way or the other." "I was so deep into eFuneral, what does a failed founder due next?" Enjoy this episode? Share it with friends! Click Subscribe in iTunes!