All Blogs

EMBA 2017 B- Immersion
EMBA 2017 B- Immersion And suddenly you know…It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” The rain gods had been active

IPL and California-based Accelerator Spinta join hands to support budding entrepreneurs!
IPL and California-based Accelerator Spinta join hands to support budding entrepreneurs! The Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) is delighted to partner as the education and

An Award Well Deserved!
An Award Well Deserved! Kishan Malur (EMBA 2015-B) was recently awarded the Cisco Product Leadership Scholarship. Cisco’s Enterprise Networking Group has instituted the scholarship as

Give Wings to the Fire Within!
Give Wings to the Fire Within! 29th April, 2017 was a day that started off as being bright and sunny in Bengaluru, Karnataka, but the

IPL 2016-B Cohorts Blog List
IPL 2016-B Cohorts Blog List Abhinandan Sandur Dayanand What next? Amit Arora “We follow Agile!” Balaji Parthasarathy When it Rains, It Pours! Balaji Rajagopalan

The Secret to Winning with Great Ideas
The Secret to Winning with Great Ideas IPL Faculty Naveen Lakkur is an Innovation Coach and a Strategic Consultant. In a tete-a-tete, Prof. Naveen shared

Be culture savvy to work effectively in the global office
Be culture savvy to work effectively in the global office Ever dealt with opaque Japanese customers who won’t make eye contact? Or Israelis who will

Product Management is a right brain activity
Product Management is a right brain activity A report on the second Career Day in April 2017 Following the success of the first Career Day

First 100 days after product launch
First 100 days after product launch It doesn’t matter if you are an entrepreneur or a product manager in a large organization. If you are

Deploying Technology To Save Lives
Deploying Technology To Save Lives “IPL gave me the right set of people and skills to fuel my entrepreneurial interest”, says product innovator and entrepreneur

How Do I Find A Mentor ?
How Do I Find A Mentor ? In this blogpost, we continue with the series on Mentors and Mentorship. Mentors are those whose experience and

Book Review: A Craftsman Mindset is Critical for Achievement
Book Review: A Craftsman Mindset is Critical for Achievement Kaushik Balasubramanian, EMBA 2016, Server Power Performance Architect at Intel Corporation, Portland, OR. Have you wondered

Dilemmas in Scaling Up
Dilemmas in Scaling Up Q&A With Ben Foster, VP of Product Management at OPower Harvard Business School’s “Product Development at OPower” case study elaborates on

IS “WORD OF MOUTH” LOSING SHEEN IN PRODUCT MARKETING?
IS “WORD OF MOUTH” LOSING SHEEN IN PRODUCT MARKETING? As Watts says, “Influentials don’t govern person-to-person communication. We all do.” With the decreasing influence of

BUILDING BLOCKS OF CUSTOMER INSIGHT
BUILDING BLOCKS OF CUSTOMER INSIGHT Many companies begin and many continue without a clear sense of their target customer. Some resist clarifying the target; they

SO…YOU READ ABOUT “MVP”, “BUILD-MEASURE-LEARN”, “PIVOT” – NOW WHAT?
SO…YOU READ ABOUT “MVP”, “BUILD-MEASURE-LEARN”, “PIVOT” – NOW WHAT? Lean principles are pretty hot these days and it makes so much sense. So…you read about

Reversing the Indian Brain Drain
Reversing the Indian Brain Drain Ambarish Kenghe, Alok Goel, Rich Miranov and other Industry Leaders at your service There is good news for the Indian

10 COMMANDMENTS TO REDUCE PUSH NOTIFICATION OPT-OUTS
10 COMMANDMENTS TO REDUCE PUSH NOTIFICATION OPT-OUTS To summarize, Report from Kahuna suggest 60% users opt out of Push Notifications, and the opt out rate

INTERVIEWING LIKE A PRODUCT MANAGER
Interviewing Like A Product Manager I’ve interviewed dozens of product management candidates recently, and many didn’t leave much of an impression. Here are some biased

5 Critical Checkpoints on the Product Roadmap
5 Critical Checkpoints on the Product Roadmap On any road, there are the usual sign markers showing useful information, locations for services, and sometimes, checkpoints

5 CRITICAL WAYS TO DEVELOP PRODUCT INNOVATION MINDSET
5 CRITICAL WAYS TO DEVELOP PRODUCT INNOVATION MINDSET Innovation is one of the most overused words in the business world these days. Companies that are