The Basics

First let’s understand the absolute starting points: What exactly is Product Management? Is Product Management really something you want to be in? If yes, what it takes to be a “good” PM? And what are the best ways to get into Product Management!

• What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager - Julia Austin
• Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager - B Horowitz

• The Past and the Future of Product Management - Matt LeMay

• Minimum viable product manager - Brandon Chu
• A product manager’s job (slides) - Josh Elman
• The Art of Product Management (video) - Sachin Rekhi

• Product Manager v/s Project Manager - Ron Yang
• Product Marketing v/s Product Management - Ritika Puri

• First 30 days as a PM - what should you do? - Ken Norton
• A day in the life of a PM (video) - Bhavna Muthangi

• Breakdown of Product Management skills by Seniority level - Brent Tworetzky
• What skills are needed to be an effective Product Manager? (Video)

• The 4 ways to break into Product Management - Jackie Bavaro
• Ryan Hoover’s advice on getting into Product Management (video) - Ryan Hoover

• First Principle thinking for PMs - Brandon Chu
• The 5 Personas of Product Management and How to Hire Them (video) - Jason Shen