Links
(Transitioning to a PM role)
Resources I found helpful while transitioning to a PM role from Dev (back in 2014). These are as relevant today as it was 4 years back.
I also wrote a retrospective blog post recently about my first half-decade since passing out of college: How I became a Product Manager
+ 19 lessons I learned during my first year as a Product Manager (which was a look back at my first year as a PM)
The Art of Product Management with Sachin Rekhi
In this presentation Rekhi shares his lessons learned over the last decade as a product manager in Silicon Valley on the art behind each of these dimensions of product management
The classic essay on the role of product management and what makes a good PM by Ken Norton
Find, Vet and Close the Best Product Managers
In this post, Todd Jackson, ex VP of Product and Design at Dropbox explains how startups can define the type of PMs they need, source candidates, ask the right interview questions — and, perhaps most importantly, convince them to come work for you
Top 75+ Resources for Product Managers
A set of resources for managing a career in product management. Helpful for interviews too
How I got my first Valley-based Product Management job in 5 Weeks
How Nitin Julka got a Product Manager role at a rapidly growing venture-backed startup in the Valley
Interview Question Prep for PM Interviews
By Rafi Lurie, PM @ Uber
Google’s Official Note to Product Management Candidates
Google’s official note to product management candidates
36-Day Amazon PM Interview Study Guide
Book excerpt from PM Interview Questions
Interview Prep (Please go through all of these)
Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology
Product School San Francisco Youtube videos
The PM Interview Website to practice interview questions
Books + Courses I recommend to people interested in transitioning to a PM role
Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works
Talking to Humans: Success starts with understanding your customers
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster
Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
Human-Centered Design: an Introduction
(People)
1/ Elad Gil. http://blog.eladgil.com/
fav: How To Win As Second Mover
2/ Jeol Spolsky. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/
fav: Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry’s vs. Amazon
3/ Ben Thompson. https://stratechery.com
fav: Google, Uber, and the Evolution of Transportation-as-a-Service
4/ Andrew Chen. https://andrewchen.co/
fav: The Power User Curve: The best way to understand your most engaged users
5/ Avichal Garg. https://avichal.com/
fav: Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers
6/ Michael Lopp. http://randsinrepose.com/
fav: Shields Down
7/ Marc Andreessen. https://pmarchive.com
fav: Part 1: Why not to do a startup
8/ Chamath. http://chamatharchive.com/
fav: Long term greedy
9/ Julie Zhuo. https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/
fav: 5 Hard Questions to Ask Yourself During a Conflict
10/ Benedict Evans. https://www.ben-evans.com/
fav: Tesla, software and disruption
11/ Steven Sinofsky. https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/
fav: Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency
12/ Tomasz Tunguz. http://tomtunguz.com/
fav: Lessons Learned from 20 Years at the Leading Edge of SaaS
13/ Steve Blank. https://steveblank.com/
fav: “Speed and Tempo” — Fearless Decision Making for Startups
14/ Derek Sivers. https://sivers.org/
15/ John Saito. https://medium.com/@jsaito
fav: Making up metaphors
16/ Fred Wilson. https://avc.com/
fav: Let Your Winners Run
17/ Mark Suster. https://bothsidesofthetable.com/
fav: Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?
18/ Seth Godin. https://www.sethgodin.com/
fav: The wrong bus
19/ Bill Gurley. http://abovethecrowd.com/
fav: The Dangerous Seduction of the Lifetime Value (LTV) Formula
20/ Michael Lopp. http://randsinrepose.com/about/
fav: The Rands Test
(Blogs)
fav: The curse of the last word
2/ Intercom
fav: When a cupcake becomes a wedding cake
3/ First Round
fav: Speed as a Habit
4/ GV Library
fav: GV Guide to Design Critique
5/ HBR
fav: Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans
fav: Evolving the Facebook News Feed to Serve You Better
fav: Introducing GO-JEK’s card personalization engine: Project shuffle
fav: It’s All A/Bout Testing: The Netflix Experimentation Platform
9/ Slack Design
fav: Threads in Slack, a long design journey
10/ Airbnb Design
fav: Building a Visual Language
11/ YC
fav: How Do You Measure Leadership?
12/ a16z
fav: The ‘Oh, Shit!’ Moment When Growth Stops
(Newsletters)
1/ CBInsights
2/ Reforge
3/ Axios (Pro Rata and Login)
5/ The Ken
9/ Data Elixir
10/ Oversharing
11/ Prioritised by Mind the Product
14/ Morning Brew
15/ 3-2-1 Thursday newsletter by James Clear
16/ StrictlyVC
(Podcasts)
fav: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/alirowghani/
2/ Origins by Notation Capital
fav: https://soundcloud.com/notation-capital/origins-episode-13-notation-capital-and-hunter-walk-homebrew
fav: https://fs.blog/2018/05/patrick-collison/
fav: https://tim.blog/2018/08/27/drew-houston/
fav: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/billmaris
fav: https://overcast.fm/+SYJmMaA0U
8/ Below the Line with James Beshara
fav: https://anchor.fm/belowtheline/episodes/2–Mike-Maples–The-Original-e3ku2o
9/ Venture Stories Podcast by Village Global
fav: https://overcast.fm/+LDKfmOiHQ
fav: https://animalspiritspod.libsyn.com/the-least-happy-age-ep109
fav: http://investorfieldguide.com/rabois/
fav: https://overcast.fm/+JyEbVflY
fav: [https://greatness.floodgate.com/episodes/osman-rashid-how-did-chegg-find-a-way-through)