lessons learned in silicon valley

LESSONS LEARNED

IN SILICON VALLEYPETR NEUGEBAUER

Y SOFT

PM CONFERENCE 201526.05.2015, UTB ZLÍN

SILICON

VALLEY

SILICON VALLEY🌄

HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONS

& STARTUP COMPANIES

VENTURE CAPITAL

RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

TALENTS

45%

Product managementTechnology and EngineeringExcellence in Team and Product

SILICON VALLEYSAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA

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SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES

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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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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

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

University of California Berkeley

“The test for you is not whether you fail or

succeed, but your resilience.”

Robert Reich, professor of public policy

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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