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LESSONS LEARNED IN SILICON VALLEY PETR NEUGEBAUER Y SOFT PM CONFERENCE 2015 26.05.2015, UTB ZLÍN

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Page 1: Lessons Learned in Silicon Valley

LESSONS LEARNED

IN SILICON VALLEYPETR NEUGEBAUER

Y SOFT

PM CONFERENCE 201526.05.2015, UTB ZLÍN

Page 2: Lessons Learned in Silicon Valley

SILICON

VALLEY

SILICON VALLEY🌄

HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONS

& STARTUP COMPANIES

VENTURE CAPITAL

RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

TALENTS

45%

Page 3: Lessons Learned in Silicon Valley

Product managementTechnology and EngineeringExcellence in Team and Product

SILICON VALLEYSAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA

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PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 4

SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES

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PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 5

Silicon Valley has its own ecosystem and its own

rules of operation that founders (and would-be

founders) need to follow.

Think bigger: scale faster.

Make your employees rich.

Deliver results!

SILICON VALLEY IS

A MINDSET, NOT

A LOCATION.

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PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 6

CULTURAL

ARTIFACTS

🌄

👥

SEEK FAIRNESSAll of us will benefit from the

deal.

👥

DIVERSITYMeet people,

create networks.

👥

BELIEVE IN WHAT

YOU ARE DOING

👥

STORY TELLINGTell the story,

describe yourself.

👥PAY IT FORWARD

Giving back to our

community.

👥FRIEND OR FOE

Learn to trust other by

expecting nothing to return.

👥PLAN TO FAIL

EARLY AND FAST

👥BE A ROLE MODEL

Guard your reputation with

your life.

👥GOOD ENOUGHPerfection is the enemy of

good, but good enough is

perfect.

👥

COLLABORATIONIndividual vs team.

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Objectives

Strategy must be explicit.

Strategy is not a plan, strategy

is outlining objectives, goals.

Rules and exceptions

There are also rules for an

exception.

STRATEGY TACTIC EXECUTION

Purpose of a failure

If something is not working, you

have to evaluate if the problem is

strategy, tactic or execution.

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Google the most execution based company in the world.

GOOGLEGOOGLE MOUNTAIN VIEW

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No punishment, take risk, fail fast.

Celebrate success.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

BE EXPLICIT

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VOICE OF THE CUSTOMERS

KEY TAKEAWAYS

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Being critical is critical.

Almost always brings new ideas, solutions, moving things forward.

CONFLICT IS GOOD!

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COMMUNICATION

You must over communicate.

Say -> Listen to -> Act

MEETING CULTURE

Meetings are your enemy.

Meeting is always a cost.

TALENT MANAGEMENT

People hate emails from recruiters, but they love them.

Recruiters send random messages via linkedin because it works.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

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University of California Berkeley

“The test for you is not whether you fail or

succeed, but your resilience.”

Robert Reich, professor of public policy

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UC BERKELEY

THE FACTS

40,000 STUDENTS

27,000+ UNDERGRADUATE

11,000+ GRADUATE

No. 1 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

No. 3 GLOBAL UNIVERSITY

7 NOBEL PRIZES

29 Nobel Prizes held by alumni

University of California was

founded in 1868.

170 academic departments and

programs.

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Am I the only qualified person to do this job?

Or am I the most qualified person to do the job?

Hardest lesson learned in Silicon Valley

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I CHECK THE SECURITY OF YOUR PRINT JOB. I AM Y SOFT!STORY TELLING: Everybody is responsible for promotion.

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