Josh Himwich

VP Product
XO Group Inc.

Josh Himwich was Employee #4 at Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com, Soap.com, and Wag.com. He led the Product team that built out their family of sites, which were bought by Amazon in late 2010 for $550MM.He's now the VP of Product for XO Group, the home to The Knot, The Bump and The Nest, where he manages both the Registry business and The Bump baby website.

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Main Conference Day 1

Monday, December 8th, 2014

14:40 NEW: Interactive Workshop: How to Beat Amazon Now

The cover story of the October 17, 2010 issue of Business Week magazine explored “What Amazon Fears Most?” The answer: Diapers.com. A few months later Diapers.com, along with its parent company Quidsi, were an Amazon-owned company. Josh Himwich, currently VP of Product at XO Group (home to The Knot, The Bump and The Nest), was Employee #4 at Quidsi and led the Product team that built their family of eCommerce sites. In an interactive session that will be equal parts strategic and tactical, hear for the first time how Diapers.com competed so effectively against Amazon, what lessons you can learn and apply from their success, and, most importantly, what he sees as the single most compelling strategy for challenging not only Bezos’ empire but also the rivals in your own verticals. Bring plenty of questions and insights from your personal experience to get the most out of this session!