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Product Management – Not just for Product Managers
Product Management – Not just for Product Managers Coming across a Product Leader in the true sense who has had an illustrious career filled with

The man behind the “Solopreneur”
The man behind the “Solopreneur” A product leader and technologist with 25+ years experience building B2B and B2C products, Tathagat Varma has played significant technical

Yodlee Hackathon
Yodlee Hackathon IPL conducted the Yodlee Hackathon on 26th July at the Yodlee campus. Yodlee gave us a problem to work on some days prior—which

Why Hackathons Matter
Why Hackathons Matter How many hours have you spent painstakingly formatting your resume? Discreetly fluffing it up, in the hope of getting noticed and scoring

The Spark of Passion
The Spark of Passion ..it ignites the fuel for innovation It takes a spark to light a fire. Likewise, it takes IPL’s EMBA program to

Know Your Faculty
Know Your Faculty Senior Faculty at IPL.. Adjunct Faculty at Maastricht School of Management, Kuwait… Coach at Negotiation Partners, Melbourne… Consultant at Focus MC, UAE…

Ask Me Anything (AMA): Rahul answers.
Ask Me Anything (AMA): Rahul answers. When we learn something new or venture into territories unknown, we are bound to have questions popping up in

“Seek Immortality”
“Seek Immortality” Interview with Nandini Vaidyanathan Move over stereotypical professors/trainers with straight faces and serious dispositions and brace yourself to meet an uber cool guru

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 ParthasarathyWhen it Rains, It Pours! Balaji RajagopalanGiving a Ted Kinda

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