“….smart-creative product managers need to find the technical insights that make products better. These derive from knowing how people use the products (and how those patterns will change as technology progresses), from understanding and analyzing data, and from looking at technology trends and anticipating how they will affect their industry.”
“They don’t take all the product team minutes, they don’t project manage the various functions, they are not gophers for engineering. Good product managers don’t give direction informally. Good product managers gather information informally. Good product managers create leveragable collateral, FAQs, presentations, white papers. Bad product managers complain that they spend all day answering questions for the sales force and are swamped.”
PRODUCT CANON
Arguing from First Principles — “A first principle is a basic, foundational, self-evident proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.”
how to be a good PM
saas startup 101
power of wandering
75 years of US advertising
why figma wins product and cloud strategy
Navigate Disruption
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
GENERATING IDEAS
Wave hunting
tailwinds of silicon valley
This is a compelling story about a model that seems to reflect what actually happens.
unbundling reddit, social
generating ideas
At Apple – https://medium.com/self-starter/generating-ideas-at-apple-71e575a1e2e3
PRODUCT STRATEGY
Commoditizing complements
Distribution – Channel as a function of product and target audience
Product can’t build a thoughtful product strategy without an overall company strategy to hang it on
How to miss by a mile and Uber valuation, TAM
Bundling and pricing
art of business
arbitrage
Business of AI vs traditional software
Platform strategy
competitive strategy
signaling as a service
A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from John Malone
lots of things happening at once
growth strategies
Product Work Beyond Product-Market Fit — Reforge
marketplaces
employee handbook
pricing faang
Platform strategy
a16z Podcast: Building Products for Power Users
The Ultimate Guide to SaaS Product Management
PRODUCT THINKING
Product management mental models – Brandon Chu
First Principles of Product Management – Brandon Chu
Product market fit – Tren Griffin
EXECUTION
The time value of shipping by Brandon chu : link
Deadlines by Brandon chu : link
PRODUCT LEADERSHIP AND MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS
Navigation success for your startup by Sam Altman : link
How to work with engineers by Julie Zhou : link
How to work with designers by Julie Zhou : link
Why leaders eat last by Simon sinek : Video
First 30 days as PM – Ken Norton
Vetting and hiring the best product managers – by Todd Jackson
How to hire Product Managers – Ken Norton and Others
Medium – Get smarter about what matters to you.
Crossing the Canyon: Product Manager to Product Leader
How To Become a Peak Product Manager
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS
What is an OKR? Please define it for me.
RICE: Simple prioritization for product managers
Growth Loops are the New Funnels — Reforge
What is Jobs to be Done (JTBD)?
The Road to $100M — Reforge
How To Get The Most Out Of Customer Interviews
PRODUCT DESIGN
Laws of UX
Critiquing designs
TECHNOLOGY
Making netflix data cost effective
Ecosystems as major drivers of software development
PRODUCT ANALYTICS
Mix panel guide to product analytics
PRODUCT GENERAL
Marc
Cracking the Google (PM) Interview
TikTok and the sorting hat
Seeing like an Algorithm
Making netflix data cost effective
Who backs your company
Bill gates memo
Shein the tiktok of commerce: link
GROWTH
Do things that dont scale by Paul Graham : https://paulgraham.com/ds.html
What we look in founders by Paul Graham : link
How to Achieve a Product-Led Growth Strategy
9 Proven Product Growth Strategies to Scale in 2025
10 GTM Strategies for Massive Product Growth & Transformation
4 Product Expansion Strategies For Global Business Growth
Product Growth Strategies Guide | Scale Your Startup
The Most Powerful Product Growth Strategies
4 Product Growth Strategies + A Framework Teams Can Follow
7 Effective Growth Strategies and How to Apply Them
10 Growth Strategies Every Business Owner Should Know
How Top Performers Use Innovation to Grow Within and Beyond the Core
How to Achieve a Product-Led Growth Strategy
9 Proven Product Growth Strategies to Scale in 2025 10 GTM Strategies for Massive Product Growth & Transformation 4 Product Expansion Strategies For Global Business Growth Product Growth Strategies Guide | Scale Your Startup The Most Powerful Product Growth Strategies 4 Product Growth Strategies + A Framework Teams Can Follow 7 Effective Growth Strategies and How to Apply Them 10 Growth Strategies Every Business Owner Should Know How Top Performers Use Innovation to Grow Within and Beyond the Core
PM Interviews
PM product sense GPT – link
PM product analytics GPT – link
Product Alliance – Meta PM course
Exponent PM interview – questions
Engineering blogs
Doordash engineering blog – link
Netflix engineering blog – link
Spotify engineering – link
Growth
Duolingo – blog
Zendesk – blog
Figma – blog