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TBPP2012: Andres Glusman of Meetup.com on “Getting to Here” | The Product Guy

It’s January, so it must be time to kick-off our annual series diving-in and learning all about what makes The Best Product Person of 2012 tick. Over the coming weeks I will be sharing segments of a Q&A session I had with Andres Glusman of Meetup.com — and shedding some light onto just exactly what makes Andres truly The Best Product Person of 2012.

Getting to here…

> What key people helped shape you into the product manager you are today?

Everyone I’ve worked with at MU over the years. In particular Matt Trush, Scott Heiferman, Gary Burns, Greg Whalin, Peter Kamali, Matt Meeker, Chris Keane, & Dervala Hanley. Plus remarkable people in the Lean community including Giff Constable, Kareem Kouddous, Steve Blank and Eric Ries.

> How did you decide to become a product manager?

At my core, I’m really a social scientist (my background is in Economics & Psychology). I’m fascinated by people and what makes them tick. Working in product gives me the opportunity to understand and shape people’s behavior at scale. Since almost everything we do at Meetup is viewed as an experiment, we have an opportunity to try lots of approaches, see surprising results and double down. That’s a pretty awesome laboratory. Plus, for me getting into product at Meetup meant that I’d get to build a team with people who really inspire me.

> What inspires you in your day-to-day work?

The challenge of shaping the behavior of millions of people. What I do this week will impact millions of people next week.

Nominate TBPP 2013 Today!

Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Best Product Person of 2013 has begun!  The individual who first nominates TBPP is also awarded!   Nominate your pick for The Best Product Person right now!

http://tbpp.wufoo.com/forms/the-best-product-person-of-2013/

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Over the next few weeks I will share more of my interview with Andres Gusman, The Best Product Person of 2012!

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And, don’t forget, take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2012: Andres Glusman. (tweet)

Enjoy!

Jeremy Horn 
The Product Guy

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Even The Best Need an Advocate #TBPP | The Product Guy

On Thursday, January 3rd, the 3rd annual winner of The Best Product Person (TBPP) was announced at The Product Group!

And, the winner of The Best Product Person (TBPP) of 2012 was Andres Glusman of Meetup.com!

It should be remembered, and now fully recognized, that there could be no winner without someone nominating him or her.

The individual who first nominates The Best Product Person of the year is also a winner!

This year, we extend a special Thank You and congratulations to Giff Constable, the first of many, who nominated Andres Glusman. Giff won a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com!

Thank you to everyone who participated, nominated, interviewed, AND passed on the word! The nomination period for The Best Product Person of 2013 has begun!  The individual who first nominates TBPP is also awarded!   Nominate your pick for The Best Product Person right now!

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Key to many a product manager’s pursuits is excellence in user experience and design. And, so too, is this true for Giff. With his prize, he purchased the very cool book, from one of the most influential product designers of the 20th century, "Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible". An excellent read for any product manager, Dieter’s ideas can probably best be summed up in his 10 principles of good design:

• Good design is innovative, useful, and aesthetic.
• Good design should be make a product easily understood.
• Good design is unobtrusive, honest, durable, thorough, and concerned with the environment.
• Most of all, good design is as little design as possible.

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