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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
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 4
SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES
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.
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.
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 7
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.
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 8
Google the most execution based company in the world.
GOOGLEGOOGLE MOUNTAIN VIEW
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 9
No punishment, take risk, fail fast.
Celebrate success.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BE EXPLICIT
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 11
VOICE OF THE CUSTOMERS
KEY TAKEAWAYS
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 12
Being critical is critical.
Almost always brings new ideas, solutions, moving things forward.
CONFLICT IS GOOD!
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 14
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.
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 18
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
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 19
I CHECK THE SECURITY OF YOUR PRINT JOB. I AM Y SOFT!STORY TELLING: Everybody is responsible for promotion.
PETR NEUGEBAUER, 2015 | 20
Y Soft Corporation, a.s.
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