I presented the new product strategy for ALOT.com. I feel like the group got it and immediately jumped into productive conversation and advice. The conversation varied, but a lot of time was spent on increasing our knowledge of the customer to better make store content and feature decisions. I was really expecting a list of must have features for the product, but it was more about demographic strategy. Here's some of the suggestions: • Customer surveys • Don't limit scope to "lower end" apps • Get Facebook Connect on there to get some more data • Check out Appular • Harvest our search data better • Share all of this customer research with developers I have many more gems in my notes. I tried to keep the presentation informal and conversational, but I may have rambled. Next time, I would be informal, but still have some sort of outline or SWOT. I found presenting to be very beneficial. I would recommend the opportunity to any product manager. Thanks, all!

Productive conversation. Next time, I wouldn't mind if the discussion was more focused on concepts instead of individual experiences. Wouldn't mind if it was a bit more guided too, i.e. "ok so now does any one have a pricing success story to share... or a pricing failure story"... maybe helpful reference sites or books... Overall, a great meetup, I'll be back next month. -Greg Takayama Gawker Product Manager Sproutvideo.com Founder

excellent discussion.

Another high quality evening hosted smartly by Jeremy and Janey.

Was a great free flowing discussion with many knowledgeable attendees. Really enjoyed it, and learned alot. One comment- Would recommend that more visual participations are facilitated, i.e. easy access to projectors for non-presenters. Would really help for people to be able to illustrate their points, and probably would facilitate people being prepared. The idea would be for audience (i.e. non-presenters) to be allowed/encouraged to project a slideshow in advance of their question. I think it would really bump the discussion up a notch and help the entire discussion to get more specific. The non-presenters could get their projection set up while other people are discussing things...

I liked how there was a roundtable discussion feel to it, instead of the usual presentation followed by a Q&A. This facilitates much more open discussion and allows lots of ideas to fly around. I'll be looking forward to the next meetup!

GREAT discussion!! Really enjoyed hearing everyone's challenges and the myriad ideas for solution. What a pleasure!