Mike Belsito is a startup product and business developer who loves creating something from nothing. Mike is the Co-Founder of Product Collective which organizes INDUSTRY, one of the largest product management summits anywhere in the world. For his leadership at Product Collective, Mike was named one of the Top 40 influencers in the field of Product Management. Mike also serves as a Faculty member of Case Western Reserve University in the department of Design and Innovation, and is Co-Host of one of the top startup podcasts online, Rocketship.FM. Prior to Product Collective, Mike spent the past 12 years in startup companies as an early employee, Co-Founder, and Executive. Mike's businesses and products have been featured in national media outlets such as the New York Times, The Atlantic, CNN, NPR, and elsewhere. Mike is also the Author of Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of us, one of the top startup books on Amazon.
Just a few years ago, Software Product Managers were hard-pressed to find conferences that were designed specifically for them. Product people had to settle for more generic entrepreneurship or broadly-focused tech conferences and pull whatever useful analogs that they could…
It seems as if M&A within Tech is ending 2020 with a bang — with acquisitions and IPO announcements taking center stage in the headlines. Salesforce announced its definitive agreement to purchase Slack — an already-public company whose stock was already at…
The following insights were gleaned from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by Aurélie de Sainte Preuve of Seenit. Download Product Management TACTICS eBook for more. What happens when a company grows and the products expand? As a product leader, what are you…
In late 2014, my partner Paul and I realized something. We both considered ourselves to be “product people” — both of us working in product roles at two different companies in Northeast Ohio. But we both felt… a bit lost.…
As a Product Manager in the past, I had a love/hate relationship with feedback. On the surface, I loved it. After all, I’m no psychic. I don’t know exactly which new features or products that, when implemented, would change the…
Last year, my friend and now partner, Paul, and I did something that’s not exactly an easy feat. We launched a national summit for product managers (and other “product people”) essentially from scratch. In fact, it was about this time…
(This post originally appeared on the Mattermark Blog) “I think that the number one hiring criterion for a vice president of product management should be someone who’s done it before—who has executive-level product leadership experience—but I’m often outvoted.” — Rich…
The customer is always right. Ah, the age-old saying that many customer service-driven organizations try to live by. There certainly are a lot of companies that take this saying seriously. Some live by it, such as Nordstrom who famously allowed…
New Year’s Resolutions can be a bit cliche. It’s at the beginning of each year when everybody seemingly decides to get back into shape, learn a new language, or quit smoking. Despite the sometimes shallow aspirations that people take on…
Just about one year ago, my partner Paul and I made the decision that we were going to create a special environment for product people — particularly those between the coasts — where they can connect, collaborate, and ultimately be…
