Summer Startup Academy Session 4 with Nick Park from Autotrader.com
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Lessons Learned Nick Park, AutoTrader.com
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Session 4 of the Summer Startup Academy has come and gone – but not without some great insight and conversation. In this presentation, Nick Park, director of product innovation at Autotrader.com, offered his top 10 pieces of advice on how to be a team player and a leader at the same time. Biggest takeaway: Ditch the powerpoints and find the common ground with your potential buyer.
Transcript of Summer Startup Academy Session 4 with Nick Park from Autotrader.com
Lessons LearnedNick Park, AutoTrader.com
part 1(MIS)adventures in
product management
1: ThE value of project managementIn which we realize that we can’t manage ourselves
as well as we thought
2: the value of designIn which a cliché turns out to be really true
3: The uninstallable appIn which we spend 8 hours at a client site and get
nowhere
4: The disagreement on terms
In which you can’t see each other’s perspective
5: the reality distortion fieldIn which a product leader perceives the world a
little differently
part 2How to win
customers and influence people
6: the listener and the expertIn which you successfully master both
7: the avoidance of a deckIn which you respect the intelligence of your
customer
8: THE INDUSTRY guruIn which the government says
“Oh! That’s what our regulation means!”
9: data, data, dataIn which inflexible minds flex
10: Try, try and try againIn which an idea finally finds its time
Thank [email protected]
