5 reasons to attend The Product Lounge—our 2-day event for product leaders

To help product management leaders learn new skills, expand their networks, and take a break from Dreamforce, we’ve decided to organize our first-ever Product Lounge!

Our 2-day event (9/17-9/18) will be just a few blocks from Dreamforce and open from 8am–2:30pm PST each day.

Here’s more on what you can expect and why you should join us!

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Get practical insights from leading PMs

Our product lounge features 5 sessions (with more to come!) that cover a wide range of topics.

  • Stephen Hsu, the CPO of Calendly, and Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, the CEO of Product School, will chat through what it takes to become a world-class product leader
  • Connor Hayes, the VP of Product (Generative AI) at Meta, and Brian Elmi, the SVP of Product at Drata, will sit down with Abraham Chen, one of our PMs, to talk through the types of activities that can help you become an elite PM
  • Frank te Pas, the Head of Enterprise Product at Perplexity, and Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia will share their AI predictions in 2025 and how PMs can adapt to them successfully
  • Cristina Cordova, the COO at Linear, and Shensi Ding, our co-founder and CEO, will share practical tips to boost your product team’s productivity
  • Karishma Irani, the Head of Product at LaunchDarkly, Sachi Shah, the Head of Product at Semgrep, and Clemens Mewald, the Head of Product at Instabase, will provide guidance on how you can build AI features in your product successfully
The speakers at Product Lounge
Learn from several product and business leaders

Receive a signed copy of “The Product Book: How to become a great Product Manager”

Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, a co-author of “The Product Book: How to become a great Product Manager”, will be signing copies of his #1 Amazon bestselling book to everyone at the Product Lounge for free.

The cover of "The Product Book: How to become a great Product Manager"

The book can prove invaluable no matter where you are in your PM career—from upleveling your skills across the board to brushing up on certain areas (e.g., creating an opportunity hypothesis).

Relax with a complimentary massage

We’ll have professional masseuses on-site and available on both days to help you relax and break down your lingering muscle knots.

Network with your peers 

As you enjoy our free, catered breakfasts and lunches, you’ll have the opportunity to sit down and learn from other product managers who work in a variety of industries, at companies of all sizes, and have varying levels of expertise.

Who knows—you may also make meaningful and lasting personal connections!

Win an exciting prize from one of our FIVE RAFFLES

Anyone who attends The Product Lounge will automatically get entered into our 5 raffles for a chance to win an Airbnb gift card, an Away Weekender duffle bag, a Classpass gift card, a Hatch Sunrise Alarm, and a Therabody Theragun Relief.

You have a chance to take home Therabody's Theragun Relief

Bonus: The entire product lounge experience is FREE

There are no costs associated with attending The Product Lounge, so we hope that you can take advantage of all the learning and networking opportunities over the course of the two days!

If you’re interested in attending the Product Lounge, you can simply request access here.

We hope to see you there!

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5 reasons to attend The Product Lounge—our 2-day event for product leaders

Jon Gitlin
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To help product management leaders learn new skills, expand their networks, and take a break from Dreamforce, we’ve decided to organize our first-ever Product Lounge!

Our 2-day event (9/17-9/18) will be just a few blocks from Dreamforce and open from 8am–2:30pm PST each day.

Here’s more on what you can expect and why you should join us!

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Get practical insights from leading PMs

Our product lounge features 5 sessions (with more to come!) that cover a wide range of topics.

  • Stephen Hsu, the CPO of Calendly, and Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, the CEO of Product School, will chat through what it takes to become a world-class product leader
  • Connor Hayes, the VP of Product (Generative AI) at Meta, and Brian Elmi, the SVP of Product at Drata, will sit down with Abraham Chen, one of our PMs, to talk through the types of activities that can help you become an elite PM
  • Frank te Pas, the Head of Enterprise Product at Perplexity, and Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia will share their AI predictions in 2025 and how PMs can adapt to them successfully
  • Cristina Cordova, the COO at Linear, and Shensi Ding, our co-founder and CEO, will share practical tips to boost your product team’s productivity
  • Karishma Irani, the Head of Product at LaunchDarkly, Sachi Shah, the Head of Product at Semgrep, and Clemens Mewald, the Head of Product at Instabase, will provide guidance on how you can build AI features in your product successfully
The speakers at Product Lounge
Learn from several product and business leaders

Receive a signed copy of “The Product Book: How to become a great Product Manager”

Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, a co-author of “The Product Book: How to become a great Product Manager”, will be signing copies of his #1 Amazon bestselling book to everyone at the Product Lounge for free.

The cover of "The Product Book: How to become a great Product Manager"

The book can prove invaluable no matter where you are in your PM career—from upleveling your skills across the board to brushing up on certain areas (e.g., creating an opportunity hypothesis).

Relax with a complimentary massage

We’ll have professional masseuses on-site and available on both days to help you relax and break down your lingering muscle knots.

Network with your peers 

As you enjoy our free, catered breakfasts and lunches, you’ll have the opportunity to sit down and learn from other product managers who work in a variety of industries, at companies of all sizes, and have varying levels of expertise.

Who knows—you may also make meaningful and lasting personal connections!

Win an exciting prize from one of our FIVE RAFFLES

Anyone who attends The Product Lounge will automatically get entered into our 5 raffles for a chance to win an Airbnb gift card, an Away Weekender duffle bag, a Classpass gift card, a Hatch Sunrise Alarm, and a Therabody Theragun Relief.

You have a chance to take home Therabody's Theragun Relief

Bonus: The entire product lounge experience is FREE

There are no costs associated with attending The Product Lounge, so we hope that you can take advantage of all the learning and networking opportunities over the course of the two days!

If you’re interested in attending the Product Lounge, you can simply request access here.

We hope to see you there!

“It was the same process, go talk to their team, figure out their API. It was taking a lot of time. And then before we knew it, there was a laundry list of HR integrations being requested for our prospects and customers.”

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Jon Gitlin
Senior Content Marketing Manager
@Merge

Jon Gitlin is the Managing Editor of Merge's blog. He has several years of experience in the integration and automation space; before Merge, he worked at Workato, an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) solution, where he also managed the company's blog. In his free time he loves to watch soccer matches, go on long runs in parks, and explore local restaurants.

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