5th of May 2021

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

They say that all good things must come to an end. Today we’re announcing that after six wonderful years, Jam is closing down.

To this day, we have thoroughly enjoyed everything we’ve done together. Our events were fun, different, and a pleasure to organise and run. You brought them to life and we couldn't be more grateful for all the great moments we enjoyed in your company.

In this announcement, we’d like to share the rationale behind this decision.

2020 has had a disastrous impact on society and the economy as a whole. From a business standpoint, companies operating in the events industry have been hit particularly hard.

Our revenues crashed, and we lost a considerable amount of money in deposits paid to venues – including Hawker House, who we were saddened to hear, are also in the process of closing down.

We successfully ran several online events throughout the year, but it quickly became clear to us that it was going to be impossible to recreate the experiences we'd created in the past, online.

But we didn't throw in the towel. At the end of the year, we attempted a pivot, and launched – Jam Club – an online community for our most committed members.

Our vision was to build a thriving space for growth-minded product leaders, offering intimate virtual workshops every month.

Pivoting from an in-person events company to an online community has proven significantly harder than we’d originally hoped, and the losses we accumulated in 2020 have proven too significant for us to overcome. And so now we’d rather stop here, celebrate the journey, and say a proper goodbye.

What now?

We’ll keep Jam Club open for the next six months. We won’t be moderating it or running any workshops, but you'll be able to access all workshop recordings, discussions, and member profiles. We hope you’ll be able to use it to reconnect with friends made at past events.

To claim your free invite just drop us a note at hello@makingjam.io.

You can also find all past talk videos on our YouTube channel.

Thank you

A huge thank you to our amazing team of staff and volunteers; Marta, Sunil, Jessie, Maria, Francesca, Stephen, Joan, Monica, Ecem, Steve, David, Michael, Mahtab, Eva, Gizem, Antoine, Jeff and all those that helped run our events every year. We’re deeply grateful for the friendship, shared memories, and support you’ve shown us over the years. We couldn’t have achieved everything we did without you.

Thank you to Doug and Chris at Intelligent People. You supported us from day one, and have always been a pleasure to work with.

Thank you to all our speakers and workshop instructors for all the brilliant content you’ve delivered over the years.

And thank you, for the good times we created together.

Seb & Mathilde

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Product Strategy for Platform Businesses

João Craveiro
Senior Product Manager

From Airbnb to Uber, platform businesses aren't new. Also called marketplaces or multi-sided platforms, these products share distinct business model characteristics. In this workshop, I'll use clear language and familiar examples to convey the key concepts of platform businesses. You’ll be encouraged to follow the examples by applying these concepts as we go, to either a well-known platform company or your own.

Who it's for

Any product manager or product leader jumping into a role in a platform product. They might be more or less experienced in product in general, but relatively new to multi-sided platform products. They might be either kickstarting the product, or taking an existing platform product to a new chapter. It is particularly aimed at people in pre-product-market fit products.


Key takeaways

By the end of the workshop, you will have:

  • learned the key concepts around platform business, and how they should be looked at differently from traditional (linear) businesses;

  • identified the core job of your platform business, and the gaps in that core job that make opportunities for your product;

  • crafted a basic vision and product strategy for your platform business to kickstart conversations with your team and stakeholders;

  • become better equipped to learn more advanced aspects from deeper references, as you execute and iterate your strategy and grow your platform.


Requirements

None! Whilst not a requirement, you will get the most from the workshop if you read “Yeah, but…”: The Litmus Test for Platform Businesses prior to the session.


About the instructor

João Craveiro
Senior Product Manager at Farfetch

João Craveiro has been a researcher, teacher, developer and product manager for over 12 years, having specialised in the past few years in product discovery and delivery for B2B products and platforms. He is currently a Senior Product Manager at Farfetch, the global technology platform for luxury fashion. Previous product management tenures include Onfido (helping build the platform for the new identity standard for the internet) and Premium Minds (discovering and delivering web, mobile and platform products for clients in multiple industries). He was also previously a Professor at Universidade Lusófona, a Software Engineer at Premium Minds, and a researcher/teaching assistant at Universidade de Lisboa.

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