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SUMMARY:Story of Building Something Bigger Than a Business
LOCATION:Heden Rossio
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 39% · why: lots of
  people going\n\nAbout the event:\nFor entrerpreneurs\, product managers\,
  designers\, frontend engineers\, founders\, and anyone interested.\nAnyon
 e interested in Product or trying to get into Product Management is welcom
 e.\n\nHow curiosity\, relationships\, and execution created a platform for
  urban innovation—and what's next.\nBuilding a successful business isn't j
 ust about having expertise—it's about solving real problems\, building mea
 ningful relationships\, and continuously evolving.\nIn this session\, you'
 ll hear the journey behind CitiesFirst: how a consulting practice grew int
 o a global platform connecting leaders across cities\, transportation\, te
 chnology\, and academia.\nOur speaker will share practical lessons from bu
 ilding a niche consultancy\, establishing credibility\, winning clients\, 
 launching a podcast that became a powerful networking engine\, and expandi
 ng into international partnerships and events.\nTogether\, we'll explore:\
 n\nHow to identify and build around a real market problem\nLessons learned
  from growing a consulting business\nWhy relationships consistently outper
 form traditional marketing\nHow content can become a strategic asset for b
 usiness growth\nThe evolution from consultancy to community and global pla
 tform\nWhat's next: AI-powered advisory services\, executive education\, d
 igital products\, and new ways to connect urban innovation leaders\n\nRath
 er than ending with a traditional Q&A\, we'll finish with an interactive d
 iscussion about the future of project management\, entrepreneurship\, and 
 urban innovation. Bring your ideas\, challenges\, and questions—we'll buil
 d the conversation together.\nWhether you're a project manager\, consultan
 t\, entrepreneur\, public sector leader\, or simply interested in building
  products and communities that create real impact\, this session will leav
 e you with practical insights and fresh perspectives on turning ideas into
  lasting value.\n\nAbout our speaker:\nScott Shepard is an award-winning u
 rban planner\, entrepreneur\, author\, educator\, and global thought leade
 r at the intersection of AI\, Urbanism\, Mobility\, and Decarbonization. H
 e coined the term CitiesFirst to describe a future-forward\, interdiscipli
 nary approach to urban innovation and climate resilience.\nAs Founder & CE
 O of CitiesFirst Advisors + Podcast and Author of CitiesFirst: Urbanism & 
 Mobility in the Post-COVID City\, Scott brings a unique\, systems-level vi
 ew to climate tech\, infratech and proptech ecosystems. He serves on the b
 oard of Green Mobility Magazine\, Lecturer at Istituto Europeo di Design (
 IED) and Founding Member & Advisor at Urban AI.\nScott is a sought-after s
 peaker at major global forums—Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress\, ITS World
  Congress\, IAA MOBILITY\, TRB\, MOVE\, and many more—sharing insights on 
 sustainable cities\, future mobility\, and digital infrastructure. He's de
 livered guest lectures at top institutions including Dartmouth\, UC San Di
 ego\, Coventry University\, and advised leading think tanks like Fraunhofe
 r and 2b AHEAD. His thought leadership has been widely featured and cited 
 by organizations such as the UN ILO\, European Investment Bank\, UITP\, NI
 H\, and Financial Times\, and published in Intelligent Transport\, SmartCi
 tiesWorld\, Planetizen\, Zag Daily\, and others.\n\nFollow us on Linkedin:
  https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-management-society/\n\nJoin our 
 Slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/product-mgmt-society/sharedinvite/
 zt-2t477uzhc-0RWKnexUEQLmjlymeZ3bg\n\nSubscribe to our blog: https://blog.
 productmanagementsociety.com/
URL:https://www.meetup.com/product-management-society/events/315713083/
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