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(Transitioning to a PM role)

I once ran an experimental PM course called Aristos: Aristos - PM Coaching

(Links you might find interesting)

• How I became a Product Manager
• How to run a product team
• Product management principles & frameworks
• Life, Learning and Productivity
• Mentoring early PMs
• How to think about your career
• Learn poker
• Learn personal finance and investing
• Learn business strategy
• Plan your personal OKRs
• Frameworks for your professional life
• Frameworks for your personal life
• How to write and communicate better

(People I learn from)

• Elad Gil. http://blog.eladgil.com/
  • fav: How To Win As Second Mover
• Jeol Spolsky. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/
  • fav: Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry’s vs. Amazon
• Ben Thompson. https://stratechery.com
  • fav: Google, Uber, and the Evolution of Transportation-as-a-Service
• Andrew Chen. https://andrewchen.co/
  • fav: The Power User Curve: The best way to understand your most engaged users
• Avichal Garg. https://avichal.com/
  • fav: Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers
• Michael Lopp. http://randsinrepose.com/
  • fav: Shields Down
• Marc Andreessen. https://pmarchive.com
  • fav: Part 1: Why not to do a startup
• Chamath. http://chamatharchive.com/
  • fav: Long term greedy
• Julie Zhuo. https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/
  • fav: 5 Hard Questions to Ask Yourself During a Conflict
• Benedict Evans. https://www.ben-evans.com/
  • fav: Tesla, software and disruption
• Steven Sinofsky. https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/
  • fav: Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency
• Tomasz Tunguz. http://tomtunguz.com/
  • fav: Lessons Learned from 20 Years at the Leading Edge of SaaS
• Steve Blank. https://steveblank.com/
  • fav: “Speed and Tempo” — Fearless Decision Making for Startups
• Derek Sivers. https://sivers.org/
  • fav: There’s no speed limit
• John Saito. https://medium.com/@jsaito
  • fav: Making up metaphors
• Fred Wilson. https://avc.com/
  • fav: Let Your Winners Run
• Mark Suster. https://bothsidesofthetable.com/
  • fav: Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?
• Seth Godin. https://www.sethgodin.com/
  • fav: The wrong bus
• Bill Gurley. http://abovethecrowd.com/
  • fav: The Dangerous Seduction of the Lifetime Value (LTV) Formula
• Michael Lopp. http://randsinrepose.com/about/
  • fav: The Rands Test
• Shreyas Doshi. https://twitter.com/shreyas
  • fav: Why Products Don’t Succeed: The 7 Biases of Product Teams
• Brian Balfour. hhttps://brianbalfour.com/
  • fav: Why Product Market Fit Isn’t Enough

(Blogs I read regularly)

• Signal v. Noise
  • fav: The curse of the last word
• Intercom
  • fav: When a cupcake becomes a wedding cake
• First Round
  • fav: Speed as a Habit
• GV Library
  • fav: GV Guide to Design Critique
• HBR
  • fav: Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans
• Facebook Design
  • fav: Evolving the Facebook News Feed to Serve You Better
• Go-Jek Engineering
  • fav: Introducing GO-JEK’s card personalization engine: Project shuffle
• Netflix Tech Blog
  • fav: It’s All A/Bout Testing: The Netflix Experimentation Platform
• YC

• fav: How Do You Measure Leadership?

• a16z

• fav: The ‘Oh, Shit!’ Moment When Growth Stops

• Slack Design
  • fav: Threads in Slack, a long design journey
• Airbnb Design
  • fav: Building a Visual Language

(Newsletters I have subscribed to)

• CBInsights

• Reforge

• Axios (Pro Rata and Login)

• Fortune Data Sheet

• The Ken

• Fortune Term Sheet

• Oversharing

• Circle of Competence

• 3-2-1 Thursday newsletter by James Clear

• StrictlyVC

• Drinking from the Firehose

• The Profile

• Stealing Signs

• Kenny Chen

• Not Boring

• Mario at The Generalist

• Circle of Competence

• The Skip

• The Flywheel

• Department of Product

• Finshots

• Hey Designer

• Minimum Viable Publication

(Podcasts I listen to)

• The Twenty Minute VC
  • fav: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/alirowghani/
• Origins by Notation Capital
  • fav: https://soundcloud.com/notation-capital/origins-episode-13-notation-capital-and-hunter-walk-homebrew
• The Knowledge Project
  • fav: https://fs.blog/2018/05/patrick-collison/
• Recode Decode
  • fav: https://www.recode.net/2016/8/29/12684872/bret-taylor-quip-salesforce-acquisition-friendfeed-twitter-facebok-failure
• The Tim Ferris Show
  • fav: https://tim.blog/2018/08/27/drew-houston/
• The Kevin Rose Show
  • fav: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/billmaris
• Product Hunt Radio
  • fav: https://overcast.fm/+SYJmMaA0U
• Below the Line with James Beshara
  • fav: https://anchor.fm/belowtheline/episodes/2–Mike-Maples–The-Original-e3ku2o
• Venture Stories Podcast by Village Global
  • fav: https://overcast.fm/+LDKfmOiHQ
• Animal Spirits Podcast
  • fav: https://animalspiritspod.libsyn.com/the-least-happy-age-ep109
• Invest Like the Best
  • fav: http://investorfieldguide.com/rabois/
• This Week In Startups
  • fav: https://overcast.fm/+JyEbVflY
• Starting Greatness
  • fav: https://greatness.floodgate.com/episodes/osman-rashid-how-did-chegg-find-a-way-through
• All-in
  • fav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e2-rebooting-economy-understanding-corporate-debt-steps/id1502871393?i=1000471138199
• In Depth
  • fav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/molly-grahams-management-lessons-from-google-facebook/id1535886300?i=1000496480468
• My First Million
  • fav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/97-andrew-wilkinson-warren-buffett-internet-returns/id1469759170?i=1000486692200
• The Look & Sound of Leadership
  • fav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/executive-presence-three-pillars/id280383574?i=1000427356340
• Operators & Delian’s Rambling‪s‬
  • fav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/operators-ep-18-chris-degnan-snowflake/id1490651125?i=1000505865245
• Not Overthinkin‪g‬
  • fav: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/should-we-be-trying-to-build-an-online-audience/id1456538451?i=1000507275520
• Coaching for Leader‪s‬
  • fav: https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/start-managing-up-tom-henschel/

(Books I recommend)

Exhaustive list on GoodReads