Janna Bastow

Frustrated with the lack of product management tools, ProdPad was built by a couple product managers to solve an immediate problem.

With ProdPad, you can provide your team with an easy way to capture and build on ideas, validate them with key stakeholders, and prioritize them in line with your product strategy, and communicate your long-term plans with the product roadmap creation tool.

As co-founder, I am responsible for:
● Market research and validation
● Defining the product vision and strategy, from early prototype stages through to Beta launch and beyond
● Wireframing and interface design
● Front-end development, building with Symfony framework, jQuery UI, and having fun with CSS3
● Tracking and decoding of user actions via Google Analytics
● Copywriting and creation of product demos
● User testing, feedback gathering, and customer support (I'm here to help!)
● Sourcing and consuming large quantities of coffee

MindTheProduct is the hub for Europe's Product Management Community. MindTheProduct runs the two leading product management events in London, and has gathered over 400 members and average 100 attendees per event.

ProductCamp London (semi-annually) is a user-driven, collaborative unconference on topics related to Product Marketing and Management.

ProductTank (monthly) features talks from guest speakers on both technical and business related topics, networking opportunities, and good old-fashioned networking over a beer or two.

In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing topics. At ProductCamp there are no “attendees,” since everyone participates in some manner: This means you get to present, lead a roundtable discussion, share your experiences, help with logistics, help secure sponsorships, or volunteer. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development process! From ProductCamp experience, it is understood that everyone has something they can teach and everyone has something they can learn.

ProductCamp London is “the place” for active, novice and experienced Product Managers and Marketers to develop their craft, learn from each other, network in meaningful ways and have a lot of fun.

SimplyBastow provides personalized product and project management consultancy and support.
- Specialize in product strategy consulting for custom solutions and start to finish implementation of e-business solutions for small businesses and growing startups.
- Services include product specification documentation, custom website design and creation, web-content writing and optimization, and back-end CMS integration, as well as premium client training and support.

BraveNewTalent is Europe's leading Social Recruiting platform. The site acts as the bridge between social networks and employers – enabling employers to hire from a community of individuals that connect to them in a professional way.

The site has integrated to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogs, YouTube, News, Jobs and more to bring into one place the complete overview of an employer's social media footprint.

Webjam helps companies to connect with their customers by providing them with an easy, affordable solution for social publishing and engagement. Our clients manage their own branded and customisable social media environment in which content is created and shared easily, communities grow naturally and social media networks integrate seamlessly.

As the Product Manager, I am responsible for defining, implementing and communicating compelling product features.

Play a strategic role in the creation and refinement of the products on a Business-to-Business web platform in order to optimize and increase revenues, as well as enable operational efficiency by continually improving back-end management applications.

- Designed and developed a website, and acted as Webmaster for maintenance purposes.
- Developed a variety of brochures, flyers and posters.
- Sold advertising space to, and developed associations with, local businesses.
- Created and executed plans to gain publicity and widen the customer base.
- Collaborated on ideas and issues with the rest of the Board of Directors.