ProductCamp Austin Resources
I’m at ProductCamp Austin today which both of the readers of my blog already know. If you’d like to follow along and join us virtually, there are a few ways you can do that…
I’ll be streaming some content live at http://www.qik.com/jasonbrett
Twitter hashtag #pca10
Occasional comments at http://life.jasonbrett.me
Sessions and schedule for the day are posted at http://pca10.getcs.com/SessionList.aspx
Feel free to comment with more resources!
5 Reasons Product Managers should be at Startup Weekend
This post originally appeared at the TAG Community blog on October 24, 2009
I can think of more than a dozen reasons why every serious product manager should go to Startup Weekend on November 13, 14 and 15. For starters, Startup Weekend is a chance to get out and do something that’s, well, different.
Startup Weekend is in its third year in Atlanta, and you can read all about it (and register) over here. But, in short, you can imagine about 100 (or so) entrepreneurs, technology enthusiasts, developers, marketers, and experts from a variety of fields gathering together with the express purpose of building something new, and doing it in a single weekend. The energy is unbelievable, the dynamics thrilling and the opportunities are unlimited.
But this is a product management blog, right? Most of the people reading this have “real jobs,” (or are looking for one), families and responsibilities. This is not the time in your life to be getting involved in some half-baked startup crusade, right?