I have taken this resources from notion doc (forgot the original link). I will try to keep this post updated:
Common Paths for breaking into PM Space:
Product Analyst/ Product Associate — → Associate Product Manager → Product Manager → Sr. Product Manager
Alternative ->
Effective business analyst/ engineer -> Associate Product Manager –> Product Manager → Sr. Product Manager
Others:
Be good at what you do, have high agency (read Shreyas Doshi’s definition of this), and keep hustling to learn & reaching out to folks proactively for opportunities. (Alex Banayan’s book — The Third Door talks about this)
- Easier to try and switch in your own org (You won’t get if you don’t ask)
- Build body of work (portfolio, case studies, your own products etc.) if trying to switch to other orgs. Display/Showcase your intent
Organizations to Apply for (India):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1WeeLcZEFAbkzt11_WuJiwHdHv218nqrxpEDUi_2DaGc/edit#gid=0
Resource List by other teams/ Individuals:
- https://zerotopm.info/
- https://learnpmwith.me/[PM resources site by The Product Folks]
- https://www.helpyourpeers.com/resources [PM resources site]
- https://www.sachinrekhi.com/top-resources-for-product-managers
- https://trello.com/b/ns4rSykg/producthoodcom-learning-resources-for-product-makers
- https://medium.com/product-popcorn/the-ultimate-list-of-free-online-classes-for-product-managers-for-2018-e89a03a6faf7
Also check out
- https://www.insurjo.club/
- http://apm.producttankpune.com/
- https://community.pmschool.io/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/theproductree/
- https://productleague.com
Product Hunt (to check what people are working on)
- Multiple creators creating awesome stuff — https://www.producthunt.com/
- Another one –https://yourstack.com/ (shows what popular products other professionals love to use)
- Owwly.com → Discover Products
PM Think Tanks/ Individuals
A. Mind The Product (https://www.mindtheproduct.com/)
B. Marty Cagan (https://svpg.com/articles/)
C. Stratecherry (https://stratechery.com/)
D. First Round (https://firstround.com/review/find-vet-and-close-the-best-product-managers-heres-how/)
E. Andrew Chen — https://andrewchen.co/
F. Ben Horowitz — a16z.com
G. Black Box of PM — https://blackboxofpm.com/mvpm-minimum-viable-product-manager-e1aeb8dd421
H. Shreyas Doshi — https://twitter.com/shreyas
I. Ravi Mehta — https://www.ravi-mehta.com/
People I know about and who write (list can be much longer, will keep adding, in no specific order) –
- Lenny Rachitsky — https://twitter.com/lennysan
- Karthi Subbaraman –
- Shreyas Doshi — https://twitter.com/shreyas
- Naval (Philosophy) — https://twitter.com/naval
Follow folks on Twitter https://productschool.com/blog/product-management-2/experience/leaders-in-product-management-follow-twitter/
PM Video/Audio Resources
A. ProductHood https://www.producthood.com/ (https://www.producthood.com/courses/) (https://www.producthood.com/pllconf/)
B. Product Folks — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnL1OWS0OXEUKAoFdaEFlQ
C. https://mastersofscale.com/
D. https://www.maharajasofscale.com/
E. NASSCOM: https://nasscom.in/skill-dev/ [Multiple webinars over Product]
PM Learning
A. Pragmatic Leaders (Youtube 9 part free virtual PM Course — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgagr76VNY&list=PLsWLOWjMiEPoJIasoaweRK6RQntJ98hSu)
B. https://pmdojo.teachable.com/courses/accelerated-product-learning [Organized course, Free to Access]
C. [Free access to audit course, pay for certificate] https://www.edx.org/course/product-management-fundamentals
D. [Free access to audit course, pay for certificate] https://www.edx.org/course/innovation-leadership-2
PM Case Study Practice
- https://pmschool.io/case-study-solutions-1 [Good for assignments]
- {FREE} https://www.producthood.com/courses/
- https://www.productmanagementexercises.com/
- https://dailyproductprep.com/
- https://thepminterview.com/?ref=producthunt
- http://hackingpm.com/
- https://medium.com/@sushantkr17/4-practice-case-studies-for-your-product-management-interview-f30e5adadbfe
- Behavior Interview: https://productcoalition.com/17-real-product-manager-interview-questions-and-answers-c5cf451a5c40
- https://www.kennorton.com/essays/productmanager.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8u5wURIVU [By Shreyas Doshi]
- https://uxhack.co/ (UX case studies)
Learning SQL
- https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/sql
- https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/sql
- https://mode.com/sql-tutorial/
Learning Google Analytics
A. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6367342?hl=en
Use Google Analytics’ demo account to play around
A. https://neliosoftware.com/blog/learn-google-analytics-a-real-example-from-google/
B. https://www.bounteous.com/insights/2016/08/03/experiment-and-learn-google-analytics-demo-account/
C. https://online-metrics.com/google-analytics-demo-account/
PM Case studies
A. https://bytes.swiggy.com/story-of-how-swiggy-pop-was-built-773e34d4ff87
B. https://bytes.swiggy.com/the-swiggy-delivery-challenge-part-one-6a2abb4f82f6
C. https://onezero.medium.com/how-google-earth-mapped-98-of-the-world-7cf0445690ae
D. https://onezero.medium.com/why-google-failed-4b9db05b973b
E. https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies
UI/UX case studies
A. https://growth.design/case-studies/
B. https://uxdesign.cc/when-to-use-user-flows-guide-8b26ca9aa36a
D. https://uxdesign.cc/developing-the-zomato-design-system-438357188904
E. Zomato Gold –https://uxdesign.cc/building-zomato-gold-design-process-challenges-learnings-from-designing-a-subscription-fcf7cdf5ae17
F. https://blog.uxfol.io/ux-portfolio-template/
G. https://www.casestudy.club/journal/ux-designer-portfolio
J. Don Norman’s Design of everyday things (Also on Udacity for free)
K. Product Design exercises by Artiom Dashinsky
L. https://uxhack.co/ (UX case studies) [Also listed above]
Product Growth (Scaling users)
A. hackinggrowth.com (https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies)
B. Book by Sean Ellis (Hacking Growth)
C. Growth Catalyst by Deepak Singh https://deepaksingh.substack.com/
D. Elad Gil (High Growth Handbook)
E. https://www.damansoni.com/blog/categories/growth
F. https://openviewpartners.com/blog/the-ultimate-product-led-growth-resources-guide/#.X3kyR2gzbIU
G. https://www.reforge.com/blog
H. https://www.trychameleon.com/blog/product-led-growth
J. https://www.growthengblog.com/
I. Readings compiled by Anshul Khandelwal (Head of marketing, Ola and prev. UpGrad) https://bit.ly/32JrnVt
J. Growth without ads — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrKPlo3yMSw
K. https://marketingexamples.com/
Product Strategy
A. https://sriramk.com/strategy [Collection of resources]
B. https://notboring.substack.com/
C. https://manassaloi.com/2019/08/27/learn-business-strategy.html [Collection of resources]
E. https://medium.com/@gibsonbiddle/intro-to-product-strategy-60bdf72b17e3
F. https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service
G. https://cxl.com/blog/economic-moats/
H. https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/business-moats-competitive-advantage/
I. Value Chains — https://www.conordewey.com/blog/value-chains/
J. https://medium.com/swlh/product-strategy-a-guide-with-examples-and-best-practices-868ee0c2341f
J. Books — Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt, Understanding Michael Porter by Joan Magretta
For Tech Understanding (reqd., after you know the basics of above):
B. https://www.departmentofproduct.com/blog/technology-skills-product-managers/
C. https://www.pmtechlessons.com/
About People and You!
A.https://medium.com/@ashokbania/hang-in-there-little-product-manager-57640054ce3
C. Book — Product Management in practice by Matt Lemay
D. High Agency PM — https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276956836856393728.html
E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8u5wURIVU [By Shreyas Doshi]
G. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/theoryofchange
H. https://producthabits.com/my-billion-dollar-mistake/
About Problem Solving
- https://medium.com/swlh/product-management-is-the-art-of-problems-not-solving-fda73549adc3
- https://hbr.org/2017/01/are-you-solving-the-right-problems
- https://neilkakkar.com/A-framework-for-First-Principles-Thinking.html
- https://fs.blog/2018/04/first-principles/
- Resources for First principles thinking — https://fpt.guide/
Business & tech Readings:
- The-Ken, Inc42
- Medium Articles
- Follow folks on Twitter https://productschool.com/blog/product-management-2/experience/leaders-in-product-management-follow-twitter/
Product websites to Follow to keep updated with latest trends:
A. Product Hunt (multiple creators creating awesome stuff) (https://www.producthunt.com/)
B. Tech Crunch http://techcrunch.com/
C. Dribbble (for design inspirations) https://dribbble.com/
D. https://yourstack.com/ (shows what popular products other professionals use and love)
E. https://www.indiehackers.com/
Why Startups Failed
On Experimentation:
https://hbr.org/2017/06/a-refresher-on-ab-testing
https://thesnippet.substack.com/p/a-tiny-experiment
User Research
https://writingisthinking.in/the-mom-test-notes/
https://www.intercom.com/blog/3-rules-for-customer-feedback/
https://cxl.com/blog/customer-interviews/
https://www.hotjar.com/blog/user-feedback/
Usability Testing
- https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/
- https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/running-usability-tests.html
- https://www.userreport.com/blog/usability-testing/
- https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-with-5-users/
PM Frameworks
https://www.product-frameworks.com/
Resources for founders: https://www.occasionallyuseful.com/
Recommendations received from folks:
Checkout libgen.is if not in a position to purchase the below:
A. Lean Startup Book (PMing works similar to establishing a startup)
B. Lean Analytics Book — Shares what metrics you could look into
C. Y Combinator videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVJ9ovLxrKM&list=PLQ-uHSnFig5PjfCy7mE77XMGhgky9HV3o)
Also — https://www.ycombinator.com/library
D. Marty Cagan’s Book — Inspired, Nir Eyal’s — Hooked, Yuvah Noah Harari’s Sapiens (for understanding humans)
E. Product Management in practice by Matt Lemay (Day to day challenges of the role and, managing yourself as a PM)
F. Interview Prep: Cracking the PM Interview (Jackie Bavaro, Gayle), The Product Manager Interview (Lewis C Lin), Decode and Conquer (Lewis C Lin), Secrets of a PM Interview (Lewis C Lin)