PPG Newsletter - 10/11/2022
Professional Event #1 Recap, welcome our new board, new PM internships, and more!!!
Hello everyone! We hope you had a wonderful Fall break and were able to recover a little bit from the stress of the first few weeks of classes!
As per usual, we’ll start things off with a TL;DR for this week:
Event Recap: Professional Event #1 - Job Panel
Overview:
We heard from current PMs and PM interns who have worked at firms like Microsoft, Uber, Paypal, and more! They shared about their experiences as PMs, the recruiting process, and how to be a successful PM.
You can find the slides here
Other Key Club Information
Most events will be held Mon @ 7PM ET and/or Weds @ 7:30PM ET
If you have recurring conflicts, please let us know
Please make sure to join our Club GroupMe for more impromptu events and updates!
New Board
Interviews for board positions complete!
We’ll do some fun spotlights in the coming weeks
Club Social
Moved to post Fall break due to Midterm season and general fun fall things. More coming soon.
Send us your photos! We’ll include them in the newsletter after fall break :D
Venture Lab Lecture on Product Market Fit
Venture Lab Workshop on Product-Market Fit this Friday, October 14th @ 4:00 pm with Jeffrey Babin
Will be in Tangen Hall, Room 706 or Virtual
Professional Resources
New Jobs/Internships listed below - Jane Street, Roblox, Cisco, etc. PM roles
Workshops, Career Fairs/Networking Events, and Hackathons as well!
Internship and Job Database (not ours but it’s from a reputable company) - Has over 40 different internships related to Product Management or tech that you can check out!!!
Exponent - This is a PM interview prep website (with 1:1 coaching as well as lots of recorded interviews and articles) that Penn has provided for free through the Career Center
Now let’s jump in!
Event Recap: PPG Professional Event #1 - Career Panel
Our first event went off without a hitch! We were able to bring in some awesome PMs who shared some fantastic advice!
If you weren’t able to make it, you can check out the slides here which contain an overview of our speakers and the resources they recommend.
Regular Event Timing
Closing out our when2meet, it seems most members are available on Mondays @ 7PM ET and/or Wednesdays @ 7:30PM ET. We’ll aim to keep most of our events at these times but may need to deviate for certain occasions. We’ll make sure to let you know well in advance though.
If you have a recurring conflict, please let us know and we’ll aim to accommodate as best as possible :D
Also, make sure to sign up for our club wide group chat here!
Penn Product Group Executive Board
With leadership interviews officially completed, we’ve now assembled our team! Our leadership is as follows:
President - Frank Lapinski (‘23)
VP of Exec - Jessey Yang (‘24)
VP of Projects - Vish Dar (‘23)
VPs of Consulting - Amanda Zheng (‘24), Hillary Lim (‘26),
VP of Events - Natsu Ozawa (‘24), [AVP] Nancy McSwain (‘25)
VP of Professionalism - Marcos Ruiz (‘26)
VPs of Marketing - Xandro Xu (‘25), [AVP] Faye Zhang (‘25)
VPs of Technology - Matt Fu (‘25), [AVP] Caroline Chen (‘26)
Other Board Members - Christine Kang (‘26)
Expect to see some board member spotlights soon as well :D
PPG Social Event #1 - Club Social
As we said before, we’ve decided to push this after Fall Break due to how busy things get around then! We’ll be meeting this week to determine when we want to hold it so stay tuned!
Additionally, please send us fall break photos as well (email us at pennproductgroup@gmail.com) and we’ll include them in our newsletter!
External Event - Venture Lab Workshop: Product-Market Fit
WHEN: Friday, October 14th, 4:00 pm
WHERE: Tangen Hall, Room 706 or Virtual
(An active Penn ID card is required for entry.)
Product-Market Fit explores the principles of lean startup and business model canvas with a focus on product-market fit: market segment, invention (product/service) vs. complete product, the value of business model, business model canvas. Problem & solution, design thinking/human-centric approach.
Presented by Jeffrey Babin, Engineering Faculty Director at Venture Lab, Professor and Associate Director, Engineering Entrepreneurship.
Questions? Contact Valentina Goutorova, Director, Venture Lab
Professional Things
Internships/Jobs from Handshake
Internships
Jobs
Internship and Job Database (not ours but it’s from a reputable company) - Has over 40 different internships related to Product Management or tech that you can check out!!!
Our job database - We’ve consolidated a bunch of links as well as deeper information on different PM jobs that may be helpful
Workshops
Showcase Your Projects with a Wix Portfolio - UPenn - a one-year FREE Wix premium plan to all attendees! - Oct 11th, 2022 @ 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Career Fairs
VIRTUAL Fall Job and Internship Fair 2022 - Biotech, Science and Healthcare Careers - Oct 13th, 2022 @ 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Black and Brown Students in Tech: Virtual Job and Internship Fair - Oct 19th, 2022 @ 3:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
2022 Virtual BioLink/DataLink Interviewing Day - Nov 10th, 2022 @ 9:00am - 4:30pm EST
Professional Networking Events/Info Sessions
Adobe Digital Strategy & Solutions Webinar-UPenn - Oct 12th, 2022 @ 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Yahoo - Inside Track: Product & APM/DAP - Oct 20th, 2022 @ 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Google Presents: Mi Camino a Google - Oct 20th, 2022 @ 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
No Limits Leadership Women in Tech Experience - Oct 21st, 2022 @ 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Hackathons/Code-à-thons
DTCC Code-A-Thon - Oct 14th, 2022 @ 7:30am - 12:00am EDT
Bloomberg Bpuzzled! - Oct 18th, 2022 @ 5:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Good Resources
Coaching Services
Exponent - This is a PM interview prep website (with 1:1 coaching as well as lots of recorded interviews and articles) that Penn has provided for free through the Career Center
Newsletters
Books
Cracking the PM Interview (THIS IS YOUR BIBLE!!!!)
All the best,
PPG Exec
PS - Feel free to reach out to us at pennproductgroup@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, thoughts, or other stuff!
