< Speaker / Facilitator >

Rich Mironov

Mironov Consulting, Suddenly Social, Enthiosys, AirMagnet, iPass, Sybase, Tandem Computers, HP

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Rich has led product teams for 40 years, including six B2B software startups (3 exits) and 15 interim CPO roles. Today, he coaches product leaders and helps design product/engineering organizations. Rich is the author of "Money Stories: Communicating the Value of Product Work" and "The Art of Product Management." He is a relentless blogger, speaker, teacher and mentor on software strategy, product management, and aligning “what-we-can-build” with “what-markets-will-pay-for.” Rich also launched the first Product Camps.

ROI, Product Value, and Managing Business Demands

16.09

The Social Hub

< About >

This workshop is for product managers and leaders who need to connect product work with what company leaders really care about: revenue... translating what we are building into how it will make money and why that work is essential to the company. We will address the real-world challenge of getting buy-in from executives for strategic investments, and keeping focused while revenue groups shift priorities and interrupt roadmaps.

Best for

  • Senior Product Managers and Product Leaders who need to influence executive decisions

  • Product professionals who want to translate features and releases into company outcomes using financial language

  • PMs looking to get important work funded and supported by leadership

  • Product leaders who need to operate at the intersection of product strategy and business outcomes

  • Anyone responsible for making the business case for customer-focused work

Morning session

This session lays the economic foundation for products, which is how our companies actually measure us.

As product managers, we like to talk about features and releases and product operating models... but executives mostly talk about revenue. How do software products make money, how do product managers actually add value, and what team/organizational models help us build great products?

< Key learnings >

  • Product managers extract more value out of engineering by investing in the right things, instead making teams work harder

  • Product teams are not professional services teams. Product companies are not professional services companies.

  • Backlogs and spreadsheets are not how we convince executives to make good trade-offs

Morning session

This session lays the economic foundation for products, which is how our companies actually measure us.

As product managers, we like to talk about features and releases and product operating models... but executives mostly talk about revenue. How do software products make money, how do product managers actually add value, and what team/organizational models help us build great products?

< Key learnings >

  • Product managers extract more value out of engineering by investing in the right things, instead making teams work harder

  • Product teams are not professional services teams. Product companies are not professional services companies.

  • Backlogs and spreadsheets are not how we convince executives to make good trade-offs

Afternoon session

In this session, we look at solutions to the morning's challenges of infinite demand, rapidly shifting priorities, and building for long-term success.

We will learn how Money Stories frame choices for executives, how our organizations actually behave, and ways to merchandize the great work of our product teams.

< Key learnings >

  • Products have to earn their keep

  • We use the language of money to help executives make good product choices

  • We must constantly market to executives how our teams drive business outcomes

Afternoon session

In this session, we look at solutions to the morning's challenges of infinite demand, rapidly shifting priorities, and building for long-term success.

We will learn how Money Stories frame choices for executives, how our organizations actually behave, and ways to merchandize the great work of our product teams.

< Key learnings >

  • Products have to earn their keep

  • We use the language of money to help executives make good product choices

  • We must constantly market to executives how our teams drive business outcomes

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Main stage talks, 2 Deep Dive rooms, roundtables & networking on: → How top companies are building agentic products → Adopting AI in the product operating model → Tackle new challenges in craft, strategy & alignment

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1st Sept → Late Bird

€599

€449

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Conference Day (Sept 17) + 1 day between: → Craft & AI Day (Sept 16, 6x20seats parallel workshop tracks on: building AI products, judgment, strategy, product marketing & personal AI OS) or → Leaders Day (Sept 15, AI strategy & building AI-native teams, for 60 people managers)

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Sept 17

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Main stage talks, 2 Deep Dive rooms, roundtables & networking on: → How top companies are building agentic products → Adopting AI in the product operating model → Tackle new challenges in craft, strategy & alignment

Get your Pass

1st Sept → Late Bird

€599

€449

+VAT

Show perks

Sept 15/16 + 17

Bundle 2 Day

Conference Day (Sept 17) + 1 day between: → Craft & AI Day (Sept 16, 6x20seats parallel workshop tracks on: building AI products, judgment, strategy, product marketing & personal AI OS) or → Leaders Day (Sept 15, AI strategy & building AI-native teams, for 60 people managers)

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Sept 15-17

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The complete Productlab Conference 2026: ✓ Leaders Day (Sept 15) ✓ AI/Craft Day (Sept 16) ✓ Conference Day (Sept 17)

Save €349

All three days

€1,399

+VAT

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Top Tickets

Online

Sept 17

Conference Pass

Main stage talks, 2 Deep Dive rooms, roundtables & networking on: → How top companies are building agentic products → Adopting AI in the product operating model → Tackle new challenges in craft, strategy & alignment

Get your Pass

1st Sept → Late Bird

€599

€449

+VAT

Show perks

Sept 15/16 + 17

Bundle 2 Day

Conference Day (Sept 17) + 1 day between: → Craft & AI Day (Sept 16, 6x20seats parallel workshop tracks on: building AI products, judgment, strategy, product marketing & personal AI OS) or → Leaders Day (Sept 15, AI strategy & building AI-native teams, for 60 people managers)

Save €149

Get your Bundle

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from

€899

+VAT

Show perks

Sept 15-17

Bundle 3 Day

The complete Productlab Conference 2026: ✓ Leaders Day (Sept 15) ✓ AI/Craft Day (Sept 16) ✓ Conference Day (Sept 17)

Save €349

All three days

€1,399

+VAT

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