PM Resources
Here's a list of resources that will help you be a better PM
Product Listings (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/
PM Video/Audio Resources
A. ProductHood https://www.producthood.com/ (https://www.producthood.com/courses/) (https://www.producthood.com/pllconf/)
B. Pragmatic Leaders (Youtube 9 part free virtual PM Course - youtu.be/7pgagr76VNY
C. Product Folks - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnL1OWS0OXEUKAoFdaEFlQ
D. https://mastersofscale.com/
E. https://www.maharajasofscale.com/
PM Readings
A. https://pmdojo.teachable.com/courses/accelerated-product-learning[Organized course, Free to Access]
B. People I know about and who write (list can be much longer, will keep adding, in no specific order) -
Deepak Singh:https://deepaksingh.substack.com/
Manas J Saloi:
https://manassaloi.comAnshumani Ruddra:https://anshumani.substack.com/people/2394984Karthi Subbaraman:https://designu.substack.com/people/2260881-karthi-subbaraman
PM Case Study Practice
https://pmschool.io/case-study-solutions-1 [Good for assignments]
Behavior Interview: https://productcoalition.com/17-real-product-manager-interview-questions-and-answers-c5cf451a5c40
https://uxhack.co/ (UX case studies)
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
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]
D. https://medium.com/@gibsonbiddle/intro-to-product-strategy-60bdf72b17e3
E. https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service
F. https://cxl.com/blog/economic-moats/
G. Value Chains - https://www.conordewey.com/blog/value-chains/
H. https://medium.com/swlh/product-strategy-a-guide-with-examples-and-best-practices-868ee0c2341f
I. 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/
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
About Problem Solving
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)
F. https://www.indiehackers.com/
Why Startups Failed
Recommendations received from Sr. 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.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)