Podcast appearances and mentions of jim semick

Getting investors or bootstrapping? That's one of the hardest decisions founders have to make. On one hand, raising capital has many benefits - you have a longer runway, more resources, and more cash to hire people and pay them well. It provides enough cash to get through the competitive hurdles to bring your product to market.  But outside capital comes with strings attached and having to please others and conform your business to the expectations of investors. That's why many founders choose not to go down the path of raising money and deliberately decide to bootstrap instead.  While it means you're operating in a resource-constrained environment, you get to retain more control and flexibility in the long-run. Bootstrapping your business means you have to be scrappy and do things a little differently, but it can work.  What are the things you need to stay on top of when you're bootstrapping? Why is product validation so important? How do you determine which funding model works for you?  In this episode, I'm joined by speaker, angel investor and founder of Product Plan, Jim Semick. He shares why he chose to bootstrap instead of taking the venture capital route and how to self-fund successfully.  Topics Covered; How to stay on top of your finances in a bootstrapped business Why it's critical to validate your product first  How to hire and pay developers as a bootstrapped business  Low-cost marketing strategies that don't need a lot of capital The value of having co-founder with complementary skills The right time to bring on an outside CEO   Guest Bio Jim Semick is a Product Management Expert, speaker, leader, angel investor and founder of Product Plan. He has over 20 years of experience turning ideas into real products that customers love. Jim's passion is identifying and launching successful SaaS products using a proven market validation process. The products he has helped launch continue to generate over $1 billion of revenue annually. Today Jim writes, lectures, and coaches on entrepreneurship, product management, and career decisions. To learn more visit https://www.jimsemick.com/ and connect with him on LinkedIn.   About Your Host Jayla Siciliano, Shark Tank entrepreneur turned real estate investor, excels in building brands, teams, and products. CEO of a bi-coastal luxury short-term rental company, she also hosts the Seed Money Podcast where she's on a mission to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality!  Connect: Website: seedmoneypodcast.com Instagram: @jaylasiciliano Subscribe and watch on YouTube @seedmoneypodcast   Please rate, follow and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Hearing your comments and questions helps me come up with the best topics for the show!   The information in this podcast is educational and general in nature and does not take into consideration the listener's personal circumstances. Therefore, it is not intended to be a substitute for specific, individualized financial, legal, or tax advice.  

“The roadmap really should be a conversation” - Jim Semick, founder and chief strategist of Product Plan.  Are you curious what the best framework is to plan and prioritize a product roadmap? Are you a Product Manager that wonders how often to update this tool? Listen in as Rebecca Kalogeris is joined by Jim Semick to discuss Product Plan's annual survey results, his tried and true method of ‘value vs effort' and his advice on updating and maintaining roadmaps that work.  Jim explains that updating roadmaps often keeps the product conversation open, and that for how many hours product managers spend managing the roadmap each week that it's important to share them with their teams frequently so there's a level of transparency and understanding when something changes. Roadmaps are embodiment of strategy, building the roadmaps are a part of how you define and share that strategy across the organization.

On this episode on the Customer Discovercast we spoke to Jim Semick who is the Co Founder of Product Plan. Jim has a successful track record of transforming rough ideas into real products and bringing those products to market over his 15+ yr career so needless to say he is an industry leader in the product field.Tune in to learn about Jim's techniques for validating new products as well as how to use Product Led Growth and Design Thinking to scale your product most efficiently! You can watch  the Customer Discovercast on Youtube here! Jim is also the author of the book Essentialist Product Manager in which he teaches Product Professionals how to manage their time most efficiently to minimize waste and maximize product value!If you want to reach Jim you can do so by visiting the links belowLinkedin Twitter ProductPlan  Personal Website 

Jim Semick works for more than 20 years in Product Management. About 8 years ago he was looking for the next big challenge in his life. He quit his full-time job with two kids and no clear business idea. What he had back then was a great and motivated co-founder as well as the vision to make Product Managers' lives easier. In this episode, Jim talks about the importance of having a clear vision of how to build a company with your co-founder before you even have a business idea. Next to that, Jim shared what he did to identify a problem that was worth solving which later translated into his company ProductPlan. Table of content: 0:30 - Intro Jim Semick 3:40 - From Product Manager to founder 6:20 - Evaluating & entering markets 13:45 - Dealing with uncertainty as a founder & former PM 15:30 - 30 in-depth customer interviews 17:20 - Bootstrapping instead of raising money? 19:50 - Reducing uncertainty the lean way 25:50 - Making the first hire to build a new product 28:05 - Why you don't need to raise money 33:00 - Two things you should know when you're working on an idea Jim on the internet: Website: https://www.jimsemick.com/ Jim's books & articles: https://www.jimsemick.com/writing/ ProductPlan: https://www.productplan.com/ Linkedin: @jimsemick Twitter: @jimsemick ✩ Follow The Product Bakery Podcast ✩

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Jim Semick "We interviewed more than 30 product managers before we wrote a single line of code. I recommend startups begin by interviewing at least 10 prospective customers to understand the problems their specific market is facing. In those interviews, you may not even talk about your product. In fact, you shouldn't. You're not pitching a product at this stage. You're simply trying to understand a day in the life of your customer." Jim Semick is the co-founder and Chief Strategist of ProductPlan. Previously, Jim was part of the founding team at AppFolio. He also helped launch GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, and GoToWebinar. Jim is a sought-after speaker, and writes about product management, business models, and entrepreneurship. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theindustryshow/support

“The roadmap really should be a conversation” - Jim Semick, founder and chief strategist of Product Plan.  Are you curious what the best framework is to plan and prioritize a product roadmap? Are you a Product Manager that wonders how often to update this tool? Listen in as Rebecca Kalogeris is joined by Jim Semick to discuss Product Plan’s annual survey results, his tried and true method of ‘value vs effort’ and his advice on updating and maintaining roadmaps that work.  Jim explains that updating roadmaps often keeps the product conversation open, and that for how many hours product managers spend managing the roadmap each week that it’s important to share them with their teams frequently so there’s a level of transparency and understanding when something changes. Roadmaps are embodiment of strategy, building the roadmaps are a part of how you define and share that strategy across the organization.

Recently the ProductPlan team released their eBook From Product Manager to Product Leader - Lessons from today's product experts and I really enjoyed it. One of the things I speak a lot about on the Product Coach podcast is how to be a Product Leader and this book really dives into a lot of detail about it and on this podcast Jim Semick from ProductPlan helps us dissect the lessons from the book. As the book says: "While there are many reasons products might succeed, it's the direction of great product leadership that truly makes a difference." I couldn't agree more. Enjoy the episode and The Product Leadership book can be downloaded from: https://www.productplan.com/lp/product-leadership-book/Enjoy it and feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you think. All the best on your product journey, Ross Webb, The Product Coach

Bootstrapping instead of raising capital. On one hand, you can retain control and can set your own course. On the other, the luxury of capital gives you the resources to add features, hire more engineers and grow quicker. But maybe capital limitations can actually help you create a more focused product. This week on Product Love, I sat down and talked to Jim Semick, founder of Product Plan, about bootstrapping a startup, key metrics for product managers and how to approach pricing.

Guest Jim Semick, Founder & Chief Strategist of ProductPlan https://www.productplan.com/ Santa Barbara is becoming more and more known for its budding tech community because of the amazing software companies that reside here. ProductPlan is one of them and acts as the world’s leading product roadmap software. They are trusted by thousands of companies, some of which include Nike, PBS, Microsoft, Coca Cola and more. In this interview, I chat with the founder Jim Semick about where he gets his motivation, his experience in helping grow other successful companies in Santa Barbara like Appfolio, and how that enabled him to take smart risks by validating his ideas with customers before building anything at all. Enjoy this Chapter One conversation with Jim! Theme Music Rising All Along by David Segall www.davidsegall.com Feedback? email: prakash@togethersb.com

Discover solutions to the top challenges of creating efficient product roadmaps from Jim Semick, co-founder of ProductPlan, a cloud-based roadmap software for product and marketing teams. Jim shares tips and techniques for communicating an effective product strategy through your roadmap and the best way to plan and prioritize product features. He also discusses how to create a simple roadmap that can be easily changed and widely communicated across your organization, including how to make a convincing case to your executive team about the importance of specific roadmap features. Find out why it’s important to create strategic goals and then to align those goals with a compelling product roadmap in this episode of Pragmatic Live. Read Jim’s Pragmatic Marketer article, Howto Price Saas Products.  Watch Jim’s webinar, Delight Your Customers While You Turn a Profit.  Learn the 7 Strategies to Choose the Best Features for Your Product.  Download ProductPlan’s guide to product roadmaps.

Welcome to episode #18 of IoT Product Leadership, a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with product leaders on what it takes to build great IoT products. I’m your host, Daniel Elizalde.    I have a very insightful show for you today. My guest is Jim Semick, Co-Founder and Strategy Officer at ProductPlan.   Jim is a seasoned Product Leader with experience in startups and large corporations alike. He is recognized as a Product Management Thought Leader, not only because he is the co-founder of ProductPlan, one of the most prominent Product Roadmap software companies out there, but also because he is passionate about sharing best practices and pushing the Product profession forward.   In this episode, Jim shares valuable advice on how to manage the innovation process. We discuss his approach for validating your hypothesis, defining business models, and gaining support within your organization.      I learned a lot by talking to Jim in this episode, so if you are launching a new product within a startup or even within a large organization, I’m sure you’ll find Jim’s advice to be very valuable and actionable.      About Jim Semick:    Jim is passionate about software product management and designing successful business models. For over 15 years he has helped validate and launch innovative software products that are used today by millions of people. Prior to founding ProductPlan, Jim was part of the founding team at AppFolio, a vertical SaaS company (IPO 2015), helping develop multiple products. Prior to AppFolio, he validated and launched GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, and GoToWebinar (acquired by Citrix).     About ProductPlan:   ProductPlan makes it easy for teams of all sizes to build beautiful roadmaps. Thousands of product managers worldwide–including teams from Nike, Microsoft and Spotify–trust ProductPlan to help them visualize and share their strategies across their entire organization. With our intuitive features, product managers spend less time building roadmaps and more time shipping products.     Topics we discuss in this episode:   Jim shares his background and about ProductPlan. ProductPlan’s approach to IoT solutions. How to approach market validation. The dos and don’ts of interviewing customers. How to develop the monetization strategy for a new product. Why companies should create a separate team to validate and build a new product idea. How to get internal buy-in within your organization. Advice for Product Leaders who are new at developing IoT solutions.   To learn more about Jim and ProductPlan:   ProductPlan Jim on LinkedIn On Twitter @jimsemick ProductPlan Blog  

Bootstrapping instead of raising capital. On one hand, you can retain control and can set your own course. On the other, the luxury of capital gives you the resources to add features, hire more engineers and grow quicker. But maybe capital limitations can actually help you create a more focused product. This week on Product Love, I sat down and talked to Jim Semick, founder of Product Plan, about bootstrapping a startup, key metrics for product managers and how to approach pricing.

In December, Jim Semick, founder and chief strategist at ProductPlan, was our guest for a webinar on 5 Ways to Nail Your Strategic Product Roadmap. In this follow up discussion, Jim tackles questions from the over 700 attendees of that webinar on topics ranging from hot to prioritize, share and update your roadmap, to the relationship between your roadmap and your backlog. Listen now and be sure to download their free book on planning and selling your strategy through roadmaps. Have an idea for a future episode? Send us an email at experts@pragmaticmarketing.com.

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode:  I’ve had some requests from listeners to explore product roadmaps, so I had a discussion with Jim Semick. He is co-founder of ProductPlan, which creates roadmap software for product teams. Jim has helped launch new products generating hundreds of millions in revenue, including being part of the founding team at AppFolio for property management, responsible for the requirements and launch of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting (acquired by Citrix), as well as spending time at Microsoft. In the interview we discuss: The purpose of a product roadmap,Various ways roadmaps look,How roadmaps help product teams and organizations, andThe best practices for constructing product roadmaps.

Listen to the Interview I’ve had some requests from listeners to explore product roadmaps, so I had a discussion with Jim Semick. He is co-founder of ProductPlan, which creates roadmap software for product teams. Jim has helped launch new products generating hundreds of millions in revenue, including being part of the founding team at AppFolio […]

Listen to the Interview I've had some requests from listeners to explore product roadmaps, so I had a discussion with Jim Semick. He is co-founder of ProductPlan, which creates roadmap software for product teams. Jim has helped launch new products generating hundreds of millions in revenue, including being part of the founding team at AppFolio […]

"Sometimes getting it 80% done gives you 1000% satisfaction" Jim has a philosophy about work and 'just do it', is a big part of it. Entrepreneur Jim Semick, co-founder of ProductPlan talked with Mark about how they're rethinking how you communicate a product vision. He's been involved in a ton of companies in the region, originally coming down from Seattle and the tech scene up there. His background in Product Management gave him and his partners the idea to create this new company. This wide-ranging conversation covered a lot of ground including: -At 12 he knew he'd be running a business - but wasn't clear how that would turn out. -Going from one big company (AETNA) to another bigger one (Microsoft) and eventually leaving for smaller pastures -His background? A Technical Writer -What Product Plan does and why it's important for key clients like NIKE, Alaska Air and IBM's Watson team -The role of Market Validation, with a shout out to local pioneer in this area, Frank Robinson (Note: Frank coined the term MVP) -What's a Product Roadmap? How does it integrate into the overall corporate strategy -The KANO model for product design: focusing on, Customer delight, Performance related and "excitement" excitement features (There's more to this, listen to learn.) -How vital it is that a product, service or new idea has a Vision - that can be easily communicated to stakeholders

Discover solutions to the top challenges of creating efficient product roadmaps from Jim Semick, co-founder of ProductPlan, a cloud-based roadmap software for product and marketing teams. Jim shares tips and techniques for communicating an effective product strategy through your roadmap and the best way to plan and prioritize product features. He also discusses how to create a simple roadmap that can be easily changed and widely communicated across your organization, including how to make a convincing case to your executive team about the importance of specific roadmap features. Find out why it’s important to create strategic goals and then to align those goals with a compelling product roadmap in this episode of Pragmatic Live. Read Jim’s Pragmatic Marketer article, Howto Price Saas Products.  Watch Jim’s webinar, Delight Your Customers While You Turn a Profit.  Learn the 7 Strategies to Choose the Best Features for Your Product.  Download ProductPlan’s guide to product roadmaps.  

Jim Semick is co-founder of ProductPlan, Web-based software for developing and communicating your strategic product roadmap. Jim speaks frequently about market validation and the new product development process. He was part of the founding team at AppFolio, a business SaaS company that has raised over $30M in venture funding. Jim previously led market validation and wrote the first product requirements for well-known software products including Citrix GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting.