The Boston Product Playbook: Building in a City That Punches Above Its Weight - #BOSTechWeek
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Boston Product Management Association (BPMA)
Fireside + Panel Hybrid · #BOSTechWeek
Boston doesn't build product the way Silicon Valley does, and that's increasingly an advantage. From biotech platforms to vertical AI to deep tech and fintech, the city's product leaders are shipping in categories where domain expertise beats move fast and break things.
Join BPMA, a proud member of the Massachusetts AI Coalition, during a16z Tech Week for a candid conversation with the operators actually building Boston's most interesting companies: founders and early team members who've done it past seed stage startup to Series A and beyond, that started in Boston and stayed.
Speaker Panel:
-Ellen Rubin, Operating Partner @ Glasswing Ventures · Boston-based serial founder behind CloudSwitch (acquired by Verizon) and ClearSky Data (acquired by AWS), now investing in AI-native and frontier tech
- Vikas Enti, CEO & Co-Founder @ Reframe Systems · Building robotic microfactories for affordable, low-carbon housing. Previously led Systems & Products @ Amazon Robotics (500K+ robots deployed)
- Shea Coakley, Founder @ Back Bay Ventures · 5x Founder and Boston-native serial entrepreneur · Co-Founder of LeanBox (acquired by Garten), Grind Coffee, Back Bay Roasters, and HiTide
Moderated By:
- Yi-Min Chun, Board Member @ Boston Product Management Association · Product leader with 17+ years across health tech, medical devices, and digital health · Built and operated across Toronto, Taiwan, Silicon Valley, Texas, and now Boston
Sponsored by:
- NDT (New Dimensions in Technology-Tecnical and Tech-Business Recruiting)
- Lokalise (AI localization platform)
We'll dig into:
- Why the "Boston way" of building product is having a moment (and where it still holds us back)
- What changes, and what doesn't, as you move from 0 to 1, 1 to 10, and 10 to 100
- How founder, PM, and engineering instincts diverge (and when they need to converge) at each stage
- How to build a career that compounds in a city where people actually stay
- The honest answer to "should I take the SF offer?"
Who this event is for:
- Founders and CEOs building or thinking about their first product and technical hires, their org structure, or their own product instincts
- Aspiring product leaders considering their next move, whether that's joining a startup, scaling a team, or staying put
- Product managers at any stage of their career who want to understand how the role shifts across company sizes
- Engineering leaders and VPs of Engineering who partner closely with product and want a sharper view of the full building stack
- Designers, PMMs, and adjacent operators who shape how products get built
- Tech Week attendees looking for a signal over noise conversation with real operators, not just talking heads
Come for the conversation. Stay for the networking with Boston's sharpest product minds.
This event is a part of #BOSTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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