BoS Conference USA 2016 Provisional Agenda

BoS USA 2016 Provisional Program and Agenda

Please note, subject to change.

Day Zero – Sunday 11th September – Reception begins at 7PM

• Afternoon Photowalk
• Registration & Evening Drinks Welcome Reception

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Day One – Monday 12th September – 9AM Start

• Introduction
• Michael Pryor – CEO, Trello – How We Almost Messed Up Trello
• tba – SaaS Metrics
• Promise Phelon – CEO, TapInfluence – Perks vs Culture: The ping pong table fallacy
• Lunch – general networking or join a table for a focused discussion on topic of your choice.
• Dharmesh Shah –  Co-Founder/CTO, Hubspot – What I Learned in a Decade at Hubspot
• Lightning Talks – Applications Open Now! Apply here.
• Break
• Breakout sessions – practical group sessions
• Dave Collins – Founder, SoftwarePromotions – The Lost Art of Meaningful Content
• BoS Dinner and Drinks at Boston Laugh

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Day Two – Tuesday 13th September – 9AM Start

• Gail Goodman – Ex-CEO, Constant Contact – Lessons Learned in 17 years Building and Exiting a SaaS Business
• Break
• Steve Johnson – Principal, Under10 Consulting – Highly Effective Product Management
• David Cancel – Founder/CEO, Drift – How to Build a Customer-Driven Product Team
• Lunch – general networking or join a table for a focused discussion on topic of your choice.
• Laura Roeder – Founder/CEO, MeetEdgar – Don’t let your past limit your future – transitioning from consulting to product business.
• Lightning Talks. Application open now! Submit your talk here and get on stage at BoS.
• Break
• Patrick Campbell – Co-Founder/CEO, ProfitWell, PriceIntelligently – Why a SaaS pricing consultancy gives away free software
• Rob Castaneda – Founder/CEO, ServiceRocket – Some Things Great Software Companies Do That You Don’t Have To

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Day Three – Wednesday 14th September – 9AM Start, Workshops Finish at 4PM Latest

• Jason Fried – CEO, Basecamp – Your Company Should be Your Best Product
• Break
• tba – AI + Machine Learning
• David Cancel – Founder/CEO, Drift – How to Build a Customer-Driven Product Team
• Lunch & Main Conference Close
• Optional Afternoon Workshops 
  • Jeff Gothelf/Joshua Seiden – Sense and Respond: The Workshop
  • Dave Collins – Website Teardown Workshop
  • Poornima Vijayashanker – The Techie Guide to Public Speaking
  • Jeff Szczepanski – COO, Stack Exchange – Building an Agile Sales Team
  • Chris Lavigne, Trevor Holmes, Dan Mills, Wistia – Getting Started with Video Marketing
• By 16.00 – Workshops Close