Last update: 02/2025
Explore my curated collection of expert product management resources, organized by key categories like Discovery, Growth, and Ideation. Whether you’re a seasoned leader or just starting out, these actionable guides provide practical strategies to navigate product development effectively.
| Article | Category | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Essential Meetings — (3) → Business Stakeholders Catch-up | Communication | Stakeholder Catch-up |
| How to Become a Good Storyteller | Communication | Quick summary how to tell a story |
| Content Moderation Double-Bind Theory | Strategy | UGC platforms face a content moderation double-bind, as edgy content attracts attention but risks negative outcomes. |
| “Just Say No” Is Bad Productivity Advice | Productivity | Time-box your schedule → rather say “when” than “no” |
| Ending the Tyranny of the Measurable | Framework, Prioritization, Strategy, Targets | Use Polarity Maps |
| Know Your Customers’ “Jobs-to-be-done” | Discovery | When we buy a product we hire it to get a job done |
| 5 Tricks for Writing Catchy Headlines that Lead to Viral Articles | Communication, Writing | Number or Trigger word + Adjective + Keyword + Promise |
| Why Meetings Suck and How to Fix Them (Transcript) | WorkLife | Podcasts | TED | Communication, Productivity | How to improve meetings |
| Porter’s 5 Forces for Product – by Aakash Gupta | Strategy | Supplier Power – New Entrants – Buyer Power – Substitues → Competitive Rivalry |
| 4 Ways to Control Your Emotions in Tense Moments | Communication | It’s all about the story |
| Effective communication with software engineers | Communication | 11 ways to improve your commucation with engineers |
| The ultimate growth toolbox: 50 growth hacking tools | Growth | Various tools for Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Referral |
| Opportunity Solution Tree: Go to strategy for decision-making as a PM! | Discovery, Strategy | How to for the OSTs |
| Netflix: Lessons in Experimentation – by Aakash Gupta | Experimentation | Overview of Netflix experiments |
| BOOK SUMMARY – Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard – Books In A Flash | Communication | How to debate |
| The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen – Book Summary | Discovery, Framework, Growth, Ideation | General overview of the accelerate innovation in a company |
| The one-question surveys from Figma, LinkedIn & Google | by Rosie Hoggmascall | UX Collective | UX, User Research | Overview of mini-surveys |
| What can you remove from your product? | Discovery, Growth | When can a feature remain? |
| The Focus to Say No | Communication, Decision Making | “I choose to say YES because…” take your time, never on the spot |
| When to Listen & When to Measure | Discovery | What = quantitive, Why = qualitative |
| #5 Working Bottom-up. Scan your project list to identify… | by Gibson Biddle | Roadmap, Strategy | Identifying projects first can lead to an implied strategy; alternatively, start with a high-level strategy and derive projects from it. |
| The One Sentence That Will Make You a More Effective Speaker | Communication, Presentation | Distill your message in a single sentence |
| User Story Mapping | Discovery, Execution, Framework | Overview of User Story Mapping |
| 4 Principles of Kanban | Agile | Simple overview of Kanban |
| How to Work with Designers | Communication, Leadership, UX | Details are key |
| How to Multiply Your Impact as a Product Leader | Leadership | Unblock your team, they should say no and be product teams (design – engineering – analytics) |
| How can the JTBD validate the requirements? | Agile, Discovery, Execution | Use JTBD to validate ideas |
| Why “Standups” are Useless and How to Run Great Product Team Meetings | Communication, Execution | Alternative to Standups |
| Rarely say yes to feature requests → How to evaluate feature requests (yes/no) | Communication, Execution, Product | Questions that needs to be answered |
| Push Notifications Best Practices: Using Emojis in Messages | Growth | Emojis in Messages |
| The Product Strategy Cycle | Strategy | The cycle summarized with roadmap, KPI analysis, etc. |
| 🧠 Behavioral Psychology You Should Know – by Aakash Gupta | Product | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PMs |
| 42 Email Subject Examples For Sales, Nurturing Cadences, and More | Communication, Writing | Advice regarding writing emails for leads |
| North Star Metric? | Strategy, Targets | Examples of North Star Metrics |
| What to do when product growth stalls at andrewchen | Growth | Growth loops and so on |
| The Best 8 Strategies For Customer Retention | Retention | Basic tactics to improve retention |
| Product Managers Struggle To Come Up With A Better Drink | Product | Product managers can struggle to create new products that stand out. Research, customer feedback, experimentation, and market testing can help. |
| The ultimate guide to A/B testing | Ronny Kohavi (Airbnb, Microsoft, Amazon) | Experimentation | A few A/B test insights |
| Design Thinking 101 | Discovery | 5 steps of Design Thinking |
| This 2 Minute Read Will Make You Write Better Forever | Communication | Easy tricks like no brackets |
| How to do a Product Critique | Product | Value Proposition → Ease of Use → Stickiness |
| How to Select the Next Best Test from the Experiment Library | Discovery, Experimentation, Growth | Overview of various experiment types |
| 3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions | Communication, Leadership | Labeling emotions |
| The Next Time You Want to Complain at Work, Do This Instead | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Complain directly to the source |
| Making sense of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) – and why I prefer Earliest Testable/Usable/Lovable | Discovery, Execution | MVP for learning, not to make the user happy |
| We’ve Analyzed 5,808 Funnels. Here are the Top 5 Mistakes You Should Avoid | Growth | Use the AASTL framework to optimize your funnels |
| The experimentation process has been overly simplified | Experimentation | A simplified Experimentation process |
| Working backwards to find an activation metric | Growth | Create a success path for your product → Work backwards |
| Playbook on writing effective PRDs- Product Requirement Documents | Agile | Extensive overview of writing a PRD |
| 5 Questions Every Manager Needs to Ask Their Direct Reports | Job Interview, Leadership | Good questions for one-on-one sessions |
| What makes a great product manager | Product | Building Products that solve your own problems |
| Making Good Decisions as a Product Manager | Decision Making, Prioritization | Framework to use the “Easy to Undo” (I) and “Hard to Undo” (II) feature classification |
| The New Toolset of Product Strategy | Strategy | Extensive strategy overview |
| Spotify-level execution – by Aakash Gupta – Product Growth | Execution | Being code-ready, increase well being of tech team, etc. |
| User Story Mapping — an easy way to explain | Agile, Discovery | Simple explanation of user story mapping (Mary’s daily routine) |
| “MVP” – the most misused term in tech – by Aakash Gupta | Product, Strategy | MVP → Test your most critical assumption |
| GrowthHacker.Zone | Growth, Tools | Various growth tools and tactics |
| From 0 to 1 Product | Discovery, Ideation | 4 simple stages until product |
| Step by step: Build a detailed growth model | Growth | Basic growth model mostly B2B |
| Why “market validation” is bad advice, and what to do instead | Decision Making, Discovery | If it’s not possible to teast easily then de-risk the feature/product |
| Roadmaps: Advanced Techniques – by Aakash Gupta | Roadmap | Different Kind of Roadmaps |
| The advantages of declarative user stories | Agile | User Stories examples |
| Marty Cagan on How to Move to the Product Model + The Ultimate Guide to Transformation | Product | Cagan’s transformation explained |
| Addition by Subtraction: The Art of Killing Features | Retention, Strategy | 7 reasons to sunset features (low usage, technical/actual costs, user paths changed, etc.) |
| The Best LinkedIn Content Retargeting Growth Hack to Start Generating Leads For 2022 | Growth | A guide how to scrape & target Linkedin LEads with Expandi |
| 4 content strategies (and tips) to increase lead generation | Growth | How to get more leads |
| Variable Rewards: Want to Hook Users? | Growth, Retention, UX | Rewards of the tribe, hunt and self |
| Google Design Sprint: Solving a big problem | Framework, Ideation | Solving critical business problems in 5 days |
| The Daily Struggle of Product Managers: Backlog Prioritization | Prioritization | Rice method to prioritize |
| Top Tips for Negotiating With Stakeholders | Communication, Decision Making | Open questions in meetings |
| Cognitive bias cheat sheet. Because thinking is hard. | Communication, Decision Making | Overview of cognitive bias |
| The Philosophy Of Personalization — Part 1 | Growth, Ideation | Personalization vs. Customization |
| No No No | Decision Making, Execution, Stakeholder Management | When & How to say No |
| # 6 A Strategy for Each Swimlane. How to define the strategies, proxy… | by Gibson Biddle | Strategy | A successful product strategy is tailored and specific to each product leader’s area, using proxy metrics as signals of success. |
| Some UI/UX Design Terminologies | UX | Overview of standard UX terms (Wireframes, Moodboards, etc.) |
| Embracing Agile | Agile | A very detailed look at agile |
| Six Steps to Superior Product Prototyping: Lessons from an Apple and Oculus Engineer | Execution, Tech | Make seriously ugly prototypes |
| Product Roadmaps – Silicon Valley Product Group | Roadmap | General roadmap advice |
| 7 Funnel Optimization Strategies That Work in 2021 | Growth | Various good ways to improve your Funnel optimization |
| The Product Copy Playbook – by Aakash Gupta | UX | 6 principles of copy |
| 🎮 The Gaming Playbook for Growth – by Aakash Gupta | Growth | Gamification and more for growth |
| Sustainable Product Growth | Growth | 4 growth scenarios |
| DAU/MAU is an important metric to measure engagement, but here’s where it fails | Analytics, Growth | DAU/MAU doesn’t work for all situations/products |
| TBM 49/52: Your Calendar = Your Priorities | Productivity | Schedule your priorities based on importance and urgency, set realistic expectations, create a routine, schedule self-care, seek accountability. |
| How to give better advice to yourself | Communication | Give advice to others + give advice to yourself as you would to others |
| SHIPPING SOFTWARE SHOULD NOT BE SCARY | Execution, Tech | Great engineer should have ownership |
| Why Impact/Effort Prioritization Doesn’t Work | Prioritization | Add Confidence to Impact + Effort |
| The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers | Job Interview, Leadership, Product, Stakeholder Management | Habits overview (Do 1×1 with all team members, be a team captain, etc.) |
| Running Marketing Experiments with Purpose | Discovery, Framework | Testing new (Marketing) Features → Lean Canvas style |
| 5 Essential Meetings — (2) → Team Sync-up | Communication | Team Sync-Up |
| What is a good payback period | Growth | Payback period for different scenarios |
| Growth Marketing Product Messaging | Growth | Creating the Value Proposition based on the MECLab Conversion Formula |
| How to create a user persona—Free template to help you get started | Agile, Discovery, Execution | User Persona Template & Overview |
| Less but Better: Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles | UX | Purity is king |
| The Feature Results Writeup: An Advanced Guide | Analytics, Execution | Feature Results → Extension to PRD |
| If they don’t ask about the price it’s absolute bunk | Discovery, User Research | “revealed preferences” vs. “stated preferences” |
| How to evaluate a startup job offer | Job Interview, Product | 6 parameters to check when choosing a new employer |
| PRODUCT OWNER — 7 GOLDEN RULES | Execution, Learning, Product | Basic tips |
| Your Job is Not to Make Every Possible Customer Happy | Discovery, User Research | Which customers do make sense? |
| The first question to ask of any strategy | Strategy | Is the opposite of the strategy stupid? → We offer great service. |
| Argue with your customers | Discovery, User Research | Challenge customers → challgenge their replies |
| What, why and how OKRs? | Strategy, Targets | Summary of OKR |
| 10 Reasons Your Landing Page Isn’t Converting | Growth | Optimize your landing pages with the right website builder, mobile optimization, fast loading times, effective CTAs, A/B testing, and high-quality links. |
| Marketing: Lead Generation | Growth | Attract customers by creating valuable content, engaging on social media, building an email list, and following up through email marketing. Track and adjust strategy. |
| Notes and Takeaways from The First 90 Days — Rick Lindquist | Communication | First 90 days in a job |
| Continuous Discovery Habits: Book Summary | by Reshuka Jain | Medium | Discovery | How to add Continuous Discovery |
| The 4 Identities of a Teacher | Communication, Leadership, Learning | 4 Stages of a teacher: Reporter, Expert, Mentor, Role Model |
| The forces at work when choosing a product | Growth, User Research | The forces that will stop people from going to your product |
| Lean Startup’s New Tool – Innovation Accounting – is a Game Changing Template for Start-Ups & Corporate Ventures | Agile, Discovery | Setup dashboards in lean startup mode |
| How to Give Feedback in an Affirmative Way? | Communication, Leadership | 9 Tips regarding giving Feedback |
| Why you should stop using product roadmaps and try GIST Planning | Growth, Strategy, Targets | Goals → Ideas → Step Projects → Tasks |
| Pitching a product idea | Communication, Presentation | Problem, users and the experience |
| 5 fun ways to test words | Execution, Ideation | nan |
| Managing and Developing Product Managers | by Brandon Chu | The Black Box of Product Management | Leadership, People Management | The investor-entrepreneur model empowers Product Managers with autonomy and ownership, evaluating them on judgement, product taste, execution, and leadership. |
| Book Summary: Inspired by Marty Cagan | Product | Summary of the book |
| Wie geht es Ihrer inneren Familie? – Psychotherapie Simon Gautschy | Communication | The different inner brains of a person |
| Your 4 Main Responsibilities as PM | Product | Vision → Strategy → Tactics → Reviews |
| Learn Startup Summary | Agile, Discovery, Growth | Book Notes for the Lean Startup |
| Addressing executive swoop-ins | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Be proactive, find common ground |
| Key learnings from my Product Management career so far | Job Interview, Product | 9 Traits of a Product Manager |
| TBM 11/52: From Research to Outcomes | Discovery | How to do research to come to better outcomes (not outputs!) |
| Delivery, Feature, and Product Teams – by Aakash Gupta | Leadership | Pure Delivery vs. Crossfunction vs. Crossfunctional + Outcome based |
| The Data-Informed Product Cycle | Execution | Simple overview from metrics to execution |
| My 7-point cheatsheet on how to give Product feedback | Communication, Job Interview | How to give feature feedback |
| Inspired by Marty Cagan — Summary, Notes, and Takeaways | Coleman McCormick | Strategy | Small overview about validation and holistic view (functionality, UX, monetization, etc.) |
| 16 Startup Metrics | Analytics, Growth | Slight Ecommerce focus |
| Writing Better Specs as a PM – by Aakash Gupta | Agile, Execution | Less is more, add mocks |
| Program Increment (PI) Planning With Miro | Agile | Scrum/PI Planing with Mario |
| My Philosophy of Product Building | Product | Philosophy for product building that prioritizes problem-solving, user experience, data-driven decision-making, simplicity, experimentation, and staying true to the product’s core mission and values |
| The Art of Writing One-Sentence Product Descriptions | Communication | Find your lead feature |
| AB testing button colours — is it even worth the effort? | Analytics, Experimentation | Test smaller or bigger changes? |
| People Love Playing Games. Use These 4 Psychological Hacks to Keep Customers Coming Back for More. | Discovery, Strategy | Gamification = Rewards + Accomplishment + Competition + Community |
| The most common mistake when forecasting growth for new products (and how to fix it) | Growth | Show the steps leading to the grwoth |
| How bad Ideas get on the Roadmap | Prioritization, Strategy | Effort , cost and fit into prioritisation/architecture |
| A Three-Step Framework For Solving Problems 👌 | Discovery | Focus on the problem with stakeholders and team |
| Storyworthy (Matthew Dicks) – Book Summary, Notes & Highlights – Ali Abdaal | Communication, Presentation | Summary of the book |
| How We Gain — or Give Away — Authority While Speaking | Communication | Fake it til you make it |
| Kanban – A brief introduction | Agile | Overview of Kanban by Atlassian |
| Position, Position, Postion | Strategy | Blue Ocean → trade-offs to be different |
| You’re Missing Out If You Don’t Write Weekly Digest | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Simple, rough weekly digest set up and ready for the company |
| The Craft of Game Design: 3 Components that Can Make Your Apps Addicting | Retention | Goal → Action → Reward |
| Product Templates: Feature ROI Calculator | Prioritization, Tools | Simplified RICE Method: Feasibility + Importance |
| PRD Example | Discovery, Execution | Product Requirement Document |
| Inputs First. Bets Next | Agile, Execution, Prioritization | Start with a big idea (→ roadmapping) |
| What Is Servant Leadership and How Does It Relate to Agile? | Leadership | Adapt your leadership style to the team (very active or just facilitator) |
| The Product Growth Story of Product Growth | Growth | Overview of the Produt Newsletter Growth |
| How to Manage Your Anger at Work | Communication | Manage work anger by acknowledging it, addressing underlying needs, and channeling it strategically. |
| Discovery Workbook — Hands-on Product Discovery! | Discovery | Discovery Overview |
| How to Assess Your MarTech Stack | Framework, Tech, Tools | Guide to assess your MarTech stack |
| Implement Kanban Principles to Improve Your Workflow and Productivity | Agile | Basic Kanban Overview |
| User Research: what’s tomato ketchup got to do with it? | Discovery | Observing people is better than asking |
| How continuous feedback loops help build better products | Analytics, Discovery, User Research | Lean startup method used with NPS, CES, Interviews. |
| Product Roadmaps. As a Product Manager it is important to have updated Roadmaps | Execution, Prioritization | Simple example for a roadmap. Objective → Key Deliverables → Epics → User Stories → Task |
| Spotify Engineering Culture | Agile, Tech | Engineering at Spotify |
| Exit Intent Pop Up Examples and What Makes them Effective | Execution, Growth | Decent overview of Exit Intent Popups |
| TBM 17/52: The Problem With Problems | Discovery | Problem-solving is complex; embrace interconnectedness and opportunity framing. |
| 9 techniques to test your assumption as a Product Manager | Analytics, Decision Making, Discovery | Analytics, Wireframes, A/B Testing, etc. |
| The Kano Model for Prioritization | Prioritization | Intro to the Kano Model |
| The Best Teams Hold Themselves Accountable | Leadership | Ground rules for managing a team |
| How to set up your product team – by Aakash Gupta | Leadership, People Management | Build a Product Team (Outcome Owner, Outcome Contributor, etc.) |
| Counter-intuitive PM moves – by Aakash Gupta | Product | Source ideas, help QA, communicate timelines, etc. |
| How to spend your first 90 days on a new job | Communication, Execution | 3 Phases in the new job |
| Infrastructure at speed: 5 lessons learned from building Intercom in Europe | Execution | 5 Lessons to build a venture in a different region |
| #7 The Product Roadmap. A roadmap is an expression of your… | by Gibson Biddle | Roadmap | Roadmaps articulate the product strategy, showcasing the key projects, and their estimated timeline, providing direction but with flexibility for change. |
| 5 Mistakes Employees Make When Challenging the Status Quo | Communication | Priotize your ideas |
| Use These 4 tips To Communicate Effectively With Developers | Communication | 5 Whys and more |
| 5 Essential Meetings — (4) → Retro Meetings | Agile, Communication | Retros |
| Do you really need a North Star Metric? – by Aakash Gupta | Strategy | NSM-OMTM framework. |
| Indistractable Tools | Productivity | How to get rid of distractions |
| The Condensed Guide to Running Meetings | Communication, Stakeholder Management | A few rules for meetings |
| The Real Benefits of User Stories | Agile | Overview of User Stories |
| The Art of Specification | Agile, Execution, Leadership | The art of specing/creating stories |
| Humor for Growth: The Strategy You’re Missing | Communication | How to implement humor into product |
| 4 Keys to Being an Inspirational Leader | Leadership | Group focus, walk your talk, trustworthy |
| The Four Kinds of Churn | Growth | Onboarding, Product, Credit Card, Champion |
| 5 Funnel Optimization Techniques To Max Out Your Conversions | Growth | Focus on your brand, audience and landing pages |
| If your product is Great, it doesn’t need to be Good. | Strategy | 3 core features |
| The Languages of Product Management – by Aakash Gupta | Product | MRR, ARR, Payback period, etc. |
| Every Product Needs a North Star Metric: Here’s How to Find Yours | Strategy | The “North Star Metric” is a key success measure, aligning customer value with revenue, and driving product strategy. |
| If you want results, give me some actions | by javier godoy | Analytics Vidhya | Medium | Growth | Combining traditional sales data with customer behavior data can lead to better business results; use north star metric to track progress. |
| Boost Creativity: 7 Unusual Psychological Techniques | Discovery, Ideation | General ways to think i new ways to come up with ideas |
| Product Reviews are at the core of every effective product organization | Agile, Execution | Review products/features at 25% & 75% |
| Killer products are opinionated | Growth | Celebrate User Milestones (e.g. 100,000 visitor on your website), Friction can be positive |
| Idea Prioritization With ICE and The Confidence Meter | Prioritization | ICE with more complex confidence calculation |
| Warren Buffett’s “2 List” Strategy: How to Maximize Your Focus and Master Your Priorities | Decision Making, Prioritization | Complete a task or kill it → Create two lists of priorities: The lesser priotized items need to be killed |
| 5 Essential Meetings — (1) → Daily Standup | Communication | Standups Summary |
| JTBD: How to find the opportunity for innovation | Discovery, User Research | User Interviews → Problem Statements/JTBD → Survey → Product Strategy |
| “How We Roll” Team Activity / Ice Breaker | People Management, Presentation | Simple Ice Breaker |
| How to Use Design Thinking in Your Projects | Decision Making, Discovery, Execution, Framework | Empathize → Define the Problem → Ideate → Prototype → Test |
| Growth marketing expert Ramli John on why you’re getting user onboarding wrong | Growth | First impressions in user onboarding are critical. Ensure consistency in the journey and treat onboarding as a key part of sales & marketing |
| How to Shape a Story, According to Famous Writers | Communication, Writing | How to tell a story → Hero’s Journey |
| Product Templates: Competitive Feature Market Analysis | Analytics, Discovery, Ideation | Overview of a features of the competition (+ templates) |
| 6 ways to improve customer engagement | Growth, UX | Average tipps for engagement improvements |
| Have you a method for taking a product strategy and translating it into an OKR set? What are the best practices and things to avoid from your experience? | Roadmap, Strategy | OKRs provide alignment but can impose false precision. Instead, focus on flexible strategy, metrics, and tactics (SMT). |
| The Ultimate Guide: Interview Homework – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | How to do Interview Homework |
| Advanced Techniques: Continuous Discovery – by Aakash Gupta | Discovery | 10 techniques for Contiuonus Discovery |
| “Measure What Matters” 40 e-Commerce and Marketplace Product Metrics | Analytics | Overview of various important KPIs |
| Fractional Product Leadership: Your Step-By-Step Guide | Job Hunting, Leadership | Becoming a part time CPO |
| Timeboxing: The Absolute Best Time Management System | Productivity | Create timeboxed schedule for the week (15 minutes planning/slot per week) |
| #12: A Startup Case Study: Chegg. Applying the product strategy tools and… | | Roadmap, Strategy | Chegg’s initial ‘GLEe’ model (Get big, Lead, Expand) and flexible strategic pivots were key to its success |
| How to Say No as a PM: Advanced Tips – by Aakash Gupta | Communication | Use the Confidence Meter (0-10) and the VALUE framework |
| How to Analyze Open-ended Questions in 5 Steps [+Template Included] | Hotjar Blog | Discovery | Way to analyze open-ended questions from a survey |
| Writing Cold Emails to Get Referrals, Interviews, and Jobs | Job Hunting | Writing Cold Emails to get job (interviews) |
| The Ultimate Guide: Design Systems – by Aakash Gupta | UX | Overview of design systems |
| Psych’d: A new user psychology framework for increasing funnel conversion | Analytics, Framework, Growth | How to improve onboarding with the Psych’d framework |
| How to Win at Remote Interviews – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | How to prepare and present yourself |
| LNO Framework for Product Managers – by Aakash Gupta | Framework | L(everage), N(eutral), O(verhead) |
| How to Scale a Product Team from 0 to 15 – by Aakash Gupta | Leadership | Build a team |
| Tools for Product Managers. Any work we do, if we get it automated… | Tools | Tools for Market Research, Competitor Analysis, Customer Analysis, Prioritisation, Strategy, etc. |
| #10 How to Run A Quarterly Product Strategy Meeting | Planning, Stakeholder Management, Strategy | nan |
| Making your product a habit: The Hook Framework | Framework, Growth | 4 components for the hook |
| Book Summary: The Mom Test | Job Interview, User Research | How to ask questions in a good way & setup interviews |
| Is NPS Helpful? Making a metric | Analytics, User Research | NPS & Contect Quality |
| How to customize your resume to actually get PM interviews | Job Hunting | Improve CV |
| Coinbase cognitive test | Finance Career – Blind | Interviews | Overview how to tackle the Coinbase test |
| Interview Tips: “What Questions Do You Have For me?” | Job Interview | Questions for the interviewer |
| UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet | Discovery, UX, User Research | Empathy maps + customer journey maps + experience maps + service blue prints |
| How to Build a Strong Relationship with a New Boss | Stakeholder Management | Be proactive, look for easy wins, ask for communication style |
| Sean McVay’s Leadership Lessons for PMs – by Aakash Gupta | Leadership, People Management | Lead by example, high standards, principles |
| 6 Technical Concepts For The Non-Technical Product Manager | Tech | APIs, databases, etc. |
| Crack the Technical Interview for PM – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | From tech questions to How to work with developers |
| Scrum and XP from the Trenches | Agile, Execution | Extensive Scrum summary |
| Design Thinking Method Card | Discovery, UX | Overview of a Design Thinking Process |
| Demystifying the Agile Product Spec | Agile, Execution | Complex summary of specs |
| Random Observations: A/B testing scale cheat sheet | Analytics | Various tipps for A/B testing |
| An Intuitive (and Short) Explanation of Bayes’ Theorem | Analytics | Example of a test |
| Go from 4/10 to 10/10 on ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ | Job Interview | 1. Weakness into strenghts 2. Line to new job 3. Max 2 minutes |
| The Art of the OKR, Redux | Execution, Targets | OKR explained |
| Exploratory research: how to use it to drive product development | Discovery, User Research | 3 types of qualitative research |
| Make data-driven decisions by turning your vision into a math equation — Product Discovery Group | Strategy | Use KPIs/metrics tree for creating a vision |
| Technique to Get Interviews – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | Email with Hiring Managers with cold mail and follow up steps |
| How to Optimize Your Information Architecture | UX | Setup Information Architecture |
| A/B/n and Multivariate testing. “The difference between theory and… | Analytics | Multivariate testing explained |
| What I learned from Udacity’s course on A/B testing | Analytics | Decent Overview of A/B testing |
| 9 Ways to Use Psychology in Your App Onboarding | Growth, UX | Gamification for onboarding |
| 6W: Product Strategy | Discovery, Strategy | The W-Questions to Product Strategy |
| Active Listening: The Master Key to Effective Communication | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Complex overview |
| Templates Suck, Here’s Our Lean Startup Template | Discovery, Framework | Hypothesis and validation framework |
| Deep-diving into A/B testing. A/B testing as a concept is quite… | Analytics | Simple A/B test setup |
| How to build work products to get jobs – Product Growth | Job Hunting, Presentation | Create a case study (work product) to attach for a application |
| The 1-hour/ 7-hour/ 40-hour per week job search | Job Hunting | Job search |
| The One Cost Engineers and Product Managers Don’t Consider | Product, Tech | Complexity costs |
| How Notion Grows – by Aakash Gupta and Kartik Arora | Growth, Strategy | Notion growth story |
| How to become an AI PM – by Aakash Gupta and Marily Nika | AI | AI PM Job hacks |
| All Artifacts – Work Artifacts by Reforge | Collection, Templates, Tools | All kinds of templates by Reforge |
| A/B Testing fully explained, with best practices and examples. | Analytics | Easy tutorial how to do A/B tests |
| Finding the right Significance Level for an AB-Test | Analytics | Significane & Power Level based on risk & reward |
| Web3 for product managers | Product | Overview of web3 and its users |
| 6 Tips for Better User Interviews | User Research | nan |
| Facebook’s Aha moment | Growth | An action that’s taken by most people who retain and isn’t taken by most people who are lost |
| Why You Are Probably Interviewing the Wrong People (And How to Fix It) | Discovery, User Research | Have variety, focus on extreme users and when you have enough |
| What do you think about project-based roadmaps versus outcome-based (metric-based) roadmaps? | Roadmap, Strategy | Outcome-based Roadmaps = Problem + Leading Indicator + NOW + NEXT + CONSIDER |
| Guide to Multi-Armed Bandit: When to Do Bandit Tests | Analytics | Explanation of Multi-armed Bandit vs. A/B testing |
| The conversational habits that build better connections | Communication, Leadership | Ask questions (empathy), stay in familiar lanes and be honest |
| A Straight-Forward Guide to Funnel Optimization | Growth | Good guide for Funnel optimization |
| Product Backlog Grooming, what is it | Agile | Good guide on backlog grooming (SCRUM) |
| The Small Market Recruiting Strategy – by Aakash Gupta | Job Hunting | Find jobs in small markets |
| A 5-Step Process For Conducting User Research | User Research | Overview of different kinds (from interviews to witness people at home) |
| Measuring the User Experience on a Large Scale using HEART | Analytics, Targets, User Research | More about the HEART framework |
| The Art of Being Compelling as a Product Manager | Communication, Leadership | 6 Elements to a compelling argument |
| 8 Things to do before you start working on that Product Job | Product, Stakeholder Management | Get to know stakeholders, users, goals, etcs. + document |
| How to Improve Your Experiment Design (And Build Trust in Your Product Experiments) – Product Talk | Discovery, Experimentation | Effective experimentation hinges on testing multiple underlying assumptions simultaneously to rapidly discern and discard non-viable idea |
| Top 11 Frameworks Every Product Manager Should Know | Collection, Framework, Growth, Prioritization | From AARRR to Porter’s 5 Forces |
| 🔥 Hyper-Growth Framework. A 4 step framework for growing your… | Experimentation, Framework, Growth | Growth Framework |
| Why This Industry Leader’s Simple Diagram Is The Best Way To Manage Your OKR-Driven Agile Team You’re Not Using | Agile, Framework, Leadership | 4sq model to plan your team’s week |
| How to Write a Product Strategy in 1 Day / 1 Week / 1 Month | Strategy | How to create a strategy |
| #1 The DHM Model. Delighting customers in hard-to-copy… | by Gibson Biddle | Medium | Strategy | “Customer Delight+Creating Hard-to-Copy Advantages+Business Model Experiments |
| Technology for Product Managers: How does Spotify recommend music to you? | Tech | Collaborative Filtering & Content Filtering |
| Output vs. Outcome & Impact on Vimeo | Planning, Strategy | Output vs Outcome explained |
| The wrong ways to be data driven | Analytics, Execution | New angle to work data-driven |
| Five Questions to Ask in a Job Interview to Land the Role | Job Interview | A few questions for the job intervie |
| Master the Product Sense Interview – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | Product Sense Interview Guide → CUPS-PDM |
| Crack the Product Execution Interview – by Aakash Gupta | Execution, Interviews | Product Execution Interview |
| The Ultimate Guide to Homepages – by Anthony Pierri | Growth | Writing a home page for products |
| Struggling to Solve a Problem? Try Reframing It. | Decision Making, Discovery, Mental Models, Planning | Try a new angle. For instance, shift focus from ‘improving sales’ to ‘increasing customer satisfaction’ for fresh solutions. |
| What is a Story Map? | EdrawMax | Discovery | Great overview of story mapping |
| My product management toolkit (4) — Problem statements | Discovery, User Research | Why of a specific problem |
| Google Ventures’ 6-step design process: How we revamped our entire product in less than a week | Discovery, Ideation | Design Sprint in a nutshell |
| Four Tips for Your Mid-Year Performance Review | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Address your Performance + Shortcoming, prepare questions and demands |
| 🚩 Red Flags To Look Out For in Product Management Job Postings | Job Interview | Various red flags in job postings |
| Engagement Drives Stickiness Drives Retention Drives Growth | Growth, Retention | Engagement → Stickiness → Retention → Growth |
| What is assumption mapping? Complete guide with examples – LogRocket Blog | Discovery, UX | How to Assumption mapping |
| How Inflation Works: An Illustrated Guide for the Rest of Us | Tech | Proper intro inflation |
| Lightning Decision Jam: A Workshop to Solve Any Problem | Decision Making, Execution, Tools | Tutorial how to do a Lightning Decision Jam |
| Product Leadership Interviews (GPM, Director, VP): How to Succeed | Job Interview | Product Leadership interviews |
| Ultimate Guide: Growth Loops – by Aakash Gupta | Growth | Growth loops like Reforge |
| How to make a product manager portfolio (to actually land your dream job) | Job Hunting | Create a portfolio for product |
| Product Management 101: Market Research and Competitive Intelligence | User Research | How to do market research + setup Google Alerts for your competition |
| Product metrics that matter. | Analytics, Discovery, Framework | Decent overview of Metrics combining AARRR & HEART & NORTH STAR frameworks |
| Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products — Book Notes | Discovery, Growth, Ideation | The book summarized and with To Do’s |
| The Art of Negotiation in a Downturn – by Aakash Gupta | Communication, Job Interview | Negotiation for salary |
| What to do when metrics dip | Analytics | Step-by-step when metrics dip → Setup an equation |
| A PM’s Guide to Wireframes – by Aakash Gupta | Discovery, Problems | Wireframing by PMs + Figma Templates |
| Ultimate Guide: Expansion – by Aakash Gupta | Growth, Monetization | Product Levers to increase LTV |
| How to Acquire Customers: 19 “Traction” Channels to Start Testing Today | Framework, Growth | Using the Bullseye Framework on 19 Marketing Channels |
| 20 Product Prioritization Techniques: A Map and Guided Tour | Collection, Decision Making, Discovery, Framework, Prioritization | Extensive (!) overview of prioritization techniques |
| Customer Interviews: How to Recruit, What to Ask, and How to Synthesize What You Learn | Discovery, Interviews, Job Interview | Use tailored incentives, focus on past behavior, and share concise ‘interview snapshots’ for effective customer interviews |
| Inversion: The Crucial Thinking Skill Nobody Ever Taught You | Mental Models | Inversion = considering the opposite of what you want |
| 12 basic rules of a customer interview | Job Interview | Improve your interview skills (The Mom Test) |
| Timely Lessons On How To Speak By MIT Professor Patrick Winsto | Communication, Presentation | How to give proper presentation (MIT) |
| Conquer Behavioral Interviews (Forever) – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | “Tell me about yourself”, “Why do you want to work here”, etc. |
| How to get the most value out of your product roadmap | Planning | Prioritize features based on value, manage dependencies, and communicate effectively to maximize your product roadmap’s impact. 🚀 |
| Pick your favorite app, now give me a 2 year roadmap of how we can increase revenue of the product | Job Interview | Complex Roadmap Case for Interviews |
| Please, please don’t A/B test that | Analytics | Checklist if an A/B test is the way to go |
| Crack the Product Strategy Interview – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview, Monetization, Strategy | Great Primer on Strategy Questions (”Should Google do this…how to monetize better….”) |
| Big 3 PM Interview Guide: Google, Microsoft, & Apple | Interviews | Interview guide for big tech |
| 5 Small Changes to Improve Your Presentations Forever! – YouTube | Presentation | Pyramid Principle & SCQA for Presentations |
| How to Remember What You Read | Learning | Write down what you read and make mental notes |
| GTD in 15 minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done | Learning, Productivity | Get Things Done Tutorial |
| The First 45 Days in a New PM Job | Job Interview, Leadership, Productivity | Go for easy wins |
| Product people KPIs aren’t about the product | Analytics | How to create a good KPI/metric |
| 🧠Psychology of Design: 101 Cognitive Biases & Principles That Affect Your UX | UX | Principles to help improve UX |
| How to Build an AI Startup | Venture | Build a startup |
| Why Pareto Analysis is Important for Product Manager | Analytics | 80/20 rule → create tiers for the most important users |
| One year after launching a16z Games Fund One – here’s the deck at andrewchen | Presentation | Deck for fund launch |
| What are your top tips for a Product Leader resume/CV? | Job Interview | CV Updates |
| Innovation Methods: What Type of Lean Startup Experiment Should I Run | Discovery, Growth, Ideation | How to analyze users |
| How to Build a Flywheel: From Amazon to Zomato | Growth | How to build a flywheel/growth loop |
| When to A/B Test – by Aakash Gupta – Product Growth | Analytics, Execution, Experimentation | Various best practices & myths for A/B testing |
| Why Key Results Need to Be Results | Analytics, Execution, Framework, Targets | Explanation of OKRs |
| Crucial Conversations for PMs and Product Leaders: Advanced Techniques | Communication, Leadership, People Management, Stakeholder Management | How to handle difficult conversations |
| How Cohort Analysis Improves Retention [Through Visualization] | Analytics | How analyze cohort retention visually |
| Everything you need to know about AI (for PMs and builders) | AI | AI overview/primer |
| 2 Day Design Sprint | Execution, Framework, Ideation | A shorter version of Google’s Design sprint. |
| How to Make Time for Customer Interviews and Validation | User Research | Get help to setup interviews |
| The 4 Scrum Ceremonies Made Simple | Agile | Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review + Retrospective explained |
| Ultimate Guide: Activation – by Aakash Gupta | Activation, Growth | From Setup – AHA Moment – Habit |
| 23 Tips on How to A/B Test Like a Badass | Analytics | Extensive A/B test tips |
| Build a theme-based Roadmap | Prioritization, Strategy | How to build a proper roadmap |
| How the Dan Harmon Story Circle Can Make Your Story Better | Presentation, Writing | Writing better stories with the Harmon circle → From Comfort zone to change |
| Stay the f*ck away from growth tactics | Framework, Growth | Growth Framework/System by growth hackers |
| Reflecting on 100+ user testing sessions over the past 18 months | User Research | How to do a proper user interview over Zoom |
| Product Requirements Documents (PRDs): A Modern Guide | Discovery, Execution, Problems, Product | How to create a PRD |
| #3 The Strategy/Metric/Tactic Lockup | by Gibson Biddle | Medium | Experimentation, Strategy | Implement and test product strategies using key metrics to pivot and optimize, ultimately enhancing customer retention. |
| The Ultimate Guide to Onboarding – by Aakash Gupta | Experimentation, Growth | Various onboarding/activation tactics |
| Evidence scores — the acid test of your ideas | Execution, Ideation | How to score the confidence level (e.g. RICE method) |
| #13 TLDR: A Summary of all the Product Strategy Frameworks | by Gibson Biddle | Strategy | Summary: DHM + GLEe + GEM |
| Indispensable Growth Frameworks from My Years at Facebook, Twitter and Wealthfront | Framework, Growth | Top of Funnel x Magic Moment x Core Product Value = Sustainable Growth |
| Mockaroo – Random Data Generator and API Mocking Tool | JSON / CSV / SQL / Excel | Analytics, Tools | Generate mock data and APIs. |
| How To Decide What To Build | Decision Making | Launch fast and simplify |
| The Art of the User Interview | User Research | Many tipps for the interview |
| Meclabs Conversion Formula | Growth | C = 4m + 3v + 2(i-f) – 2a → how to calculate conversion |
| NPS Considered Harmful (and What UX Professionals Can Do About It) | UX, User Research | Question with 3 answers + how can we improve? |
| Opportunity Mapping: An Essential Skill for Driving Product Outcomes – Product Talk | Discovery, Framework, Prioritization | Use opportunity solution trees to effectively manage and prioritize customer opportunities in product development, focusing on those that drive desired outcomes and allow for incremental delivery of value. |
| How to Choose a Prioritization Framework | Prioritization | Good summary of various Prioritization techniques and when to use them |
| How to Measure Anything — LessWrong | Analytics, Roadmap, Strategy | 5 Steps process to measure anything |
| Lean Validation Cheat Sheet | Discovery, Framework, Growth, Ideation | Overview of the Lean Startup Method |
| OKPS: My favorite product visualization – Companion to OKRs | Decision Making, Prioritization, Strategy | OKPS → objectives, results, user problems, and solutions |
| Your Team Is Brainstorming All Wrong | Communication, Ideation | Individual work techniques are key |
| How to Test New Pricing & Packaging – by Aakash Gupta | Monetization, Pricing | Test pricing |
| 10 lessons I learned from running a bunch of poorly defined A/B tests in the past | Analytics | 10 A/B testing insights |
| 100 Little Ideas | Learning, Mental Models | All kinds of models, theories: Pareto Principle, Sturgeon’s Law, etc. |
| Why OKRs Work (to Drive Product Innovation & Growth) | Planning | General OKR talk → Outcome over Output |
| How to Use ChatGPT as a PM or Product Leader in 2024 | AI, Tools | Various prompt for ChatGPT (PRD, Impact Sizing, etc.) |
| What is good Product Strategy? | Strategy | Strategy Formula |
| An Advanced Guide to Impact Sizing – by Aakash Gupta | Planning | How determine the IMPACT of features: Estimate usage → calculate impact → improve weakest parts → takeaways for next steps |
| The Kano model in a nutshell | Analytics, Discovery, Prioritization | Kano prioritization explained |
| 6 NLP Techniques You Can Use Right Now | Tools | Dissociate from negative experiences and associate to positive ones |
| Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey? | Leadership | Managers can increase their discretionary time by transferring problem-solving initiative back to their subordinates, thus avoiding becoming overburdened by subordinate-imposed time. |
| Product Discovery Basics: Everything You Need to Know – Product Talk | Discovery | Interviews + Assumption Testing |
| Four Questions Towards Understanding User Adoption of Your Product | Discovery, Growth, Strategy, User Research | Questions for bounceback users |
| What The Psychology of Video Games Can Teach You About Product Engagement | Discovery, Growth | Various things to try in gamification |
| Real Competitive Analysis is About Learning to Love Your Competitor | Discovery, Growth, Strategy | Use their products & read about them |
| How to Pair With Design for Success as a PM or Product Leader | Leadership, People Management, Stakeholder Management | How to work with design |
| How you can get more feedback from your team | Communication | Be specific & be a good example |
| The Humanizing Work Guide to Splitting User Stories | Agile | Complex guide to setup/split user stories |
| The Art of Managing Stakeholders Through Product Discovery | Stakeholder Management | Ways to convince stakeholders |
| Experience Map – Your Guide to Experience Mapping | Discovery, UX | How to do Experience Mapping |
| Proxy Metrics | Analytics, Discovery | Proxy Metric: % (of users/new users/returning users) who do at least (minimum threshold for user action) by (X period in time) |
| Ask Teresa: What Are the Best Customer Interview Questions? – Product Talk | Discovery, Interviews | Various hints for interview setups + questions (not “What did you watch on Netflix” but rather “Tell us about the last time you used Netflix”) |
| The Spotlight Effect: Why No One Else Remembers What You Did | Decision Making | Take some risks. |
| OKPS: My favorite product visualization – by Aakash Gupta | Planning, Strategy | Objectives – Key Results – Problems – Solutions |
| Leading Cross-functional Teams | Leadership | How to work with engineers, sales, executives and customers + Estimate Formula |
| Cost of Delay – BLACK SWAN FARMING | Prioritization | Basic cost of delay explanation |
| 8 Toughest Interview Questions | Job Interview | nan |
| How to succeed as a PM in a feature factory | Product, Stakeholder Management | How to survive in a feature factory |
| 3 steps to run a remote UX workshop with Miro | Communication, Tools | Brainstorming/UX workshop with Miro |
| The Product Review Bible: How to crush the scariest meeting in product | Communication, Discovery, People Management, Presentation | How to do the product review, e.g. brief, design and ship review |
| 🗺️ How to Prioritize a Roadmap – A Guide for Product Teams | Prioritization, Roadmap | 3 steps to prioritize a roadmap: Ideation – Prioritization – Communcation |
| 5 Steps to Create Good User Interview Questions | Communication, User Research | How to do a User Interview |
| User Story Mapping (by Jeff Patton) | Discovery | User Story Mapping based on the book (Jeff Patton) |
| Assumption Mapping. What to do when your product has too… | by Mahima Pushkarna | Digital Dialects | Medium | Discovery, Ideation | How to do assumption mapping |
| In Defense of Strategy | Strategy | Diagnosis + Guiding Policy + Coherent Actions |
| OKR vs KPIs, What is the Difference? | Analytics, Targets | OKR Overview |
| Two Mindsets: Growth vs. Fixed | Framework, Growth, Ideation | Tough problems: You can’t solve NOT YET but with hard work you will be able to |
| The PM Case Interviewer Guide – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | Overview of interview questions |
| WTF is strategy? | Execution, Strategy | Guide from Mission to Execution |
| You and Your Grieving Parts: Internal Family Systems — Dr. Laura L. Walsh | Communication | CORE → Manager + Firefighter + Exile |
| The Ultimate List of Growth hacker resources for Entrepreneurs [some of the best collection : Entrepreneur | Growth | Various growth hacking ideas |
| My favorite PM interview question…for managers | Job Interview | Strength of a PM in 4 categories |
| The best sales deck ever | Presentation | Sales Deck |
| Data fallacies | Analytics | Cherry Picking, Data Dreding, etc. |
| The Two Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Improve Your Writing Forever | Writing | Shorter & remove filler words |
| 5 Essential Meetings — (5) → User Meetings | Communication | User Meetings |
| Master the PM Product Design Interview – by Aakash Gupta | Job Interview | Double-Diamond → Design the right thing, design the thing right → CUPS-PDM |
| My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates | Analytics | 7 good rules for running A/B tests |
| How to find the email address of specific roles at targeted companies | Growth, Tools | Find specific leads with TextAu |
| From Power Calculations to P-Values: A/B Testing at Stack Overflow | Analytics | About power + significant change, when not to do an A/B test |
| Personas vs. Jobs-to-Be-Done | Discovery | Combine user needs (JTBD) with personas |
| Estimate the number of Cats in USA? | Job Interview | Classic case that could be asked in a Job Interview |
| User experience mapping for dummies | by Alice Emma Walker | UX Collective | Discovery, UX | How to do user experience mapping |
| How to split the traffic in an A/B Test | Analytics, Experimentation, Growth | Do the split right before the conversion event (e.g. checkout) |
| How to Avoid Rushing to Solutions When Problem-Solving | Discovery, Problems | Use the Fishbone Diagram for to research probable causes for problems |
| “Hook Model” to improve product engagement and build habit-forming products | Framework, Growth | Trigger → Action → Reward → Investment |
| How to Run 4-day or 3-day Design Sprints | Decision Making, Discovery, Ideation | Solution creation within the team in 3d |
| Ultimate Guide: The PM Resume [Examples + Templates] | Job Hunting | Improve your CV/Resume |
| Ace the Cover Letter – by Aakash Gupta – Product Growth | Job Hunting | Improve cover letter |
| 38 Smart Questions to Ask in a Job Interview | Job Interview | Personalize + build off the conversation |
| Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained) | Framework, Ideation | Entry in mental models |
| Customer Interviews: Advanced Techniques – by Aakash Gupta | Discovery, Interviews | How to for Customer Interviews |
| #4 Proxy Metrics. How to define a metric to prove or… | by Gibson Biddle | Medium | Analytics, Discovery | Proxy Metric: % (of users/new users/returning users) who do at least (minimum threshold for user action) by (X period in time) |
| Why This Opportunity Solution Tree is Changing the Way Product Teams Work | Decision Making, Discovery, Prioritization | Opportunity Solution Tree to guide product discovery |
| Making Decisions Under Uncertainty | Decision Making | Framework by McKinsey |
| Product Discovery using the 3W3 Framework | Discovery, Framework | Why, Who, & What of the Problem Space, 3 levels deep |
| The Feynman Technique: The Best Way to Learn Anything | Learning | Explain complex topics to a 12 year old |
| Training your product intuition | Product | Product hierarchy pyramid |
| A Beginner’s Guide to Cohort Analysis: the Most Actionable (and Underrated) Report on Google Analytics | Analytics | Relevant for Google Analytics |
| How do you Deal With Tech Debt as a PM? – by Aakash Gupta | Tech | How to prioritize Tech Debt |
| Growth Loops are the New Funnels | Growth | Growth Loops instead of Funnels |
| “We Don’t Run AB-Tests Any more.” | Analytics | Take risks if the changes are not significant |
| What is the Cost of Delay and How to Optimize Your Process | Prioritization | Cost of Delay process explained |
| WhatsApp Events | Discovery, Execution, Framework, User Research | Detailed overview from problem to development |
| The Product Growth Course Pack – by Aakash Gupta | Growth | Overview of various growth guides by Aakash Gupta |
| A step-by-step guide to getting the most of user stories with a concrete example | Agile, Execution | Good overview of user stories |
| Conservation of Intent: The hidden reason why A/B tests aren’t as effective as they look | Analytics | Be cautious of 10% results because of your intent in running the A/B test |
| Why You Should Switch to Bayesian A/B Testing | Analytics | Alternative way to do A/B testing (instead of P-Value) |
| The PM Career Ladder: Your Unofficial Guide | Job Hunting | Carreer Overview for PMs |
| #9 The GEM Model. Prioritization of growth, engagement… | by Gibson Biddle | Strategy | Growth (YoY) + Engagement (retention – production quality) + Monetization (LTV) |
| What’s your favourite product? | Job Interview | Spotify Case |
| The Falsification Mindset | Mental Models | Falsification refers to the act of testing a hypothesis by attempting to prove it wrong. |
| TARS: A product metric game changer | Execution, Framework, Roadmap, Strategy, Templates | Overview: Target Group → Adoption → Retention → Satisfaction |
| ICE Prioritizaton done right | Growth, Prioritization | ICE Prio recommended by Itamar Gilad |
| Your Pricing Problem is a Positioning Problem | Pricing | Pricing Primer |
| Understanding API-Based Platforms: A Guide For Product Managers | Tech | High level API explanation |
| Prioritizing to Minimize Cost of Delay | LeadingAgile Field Notes | Prioritization, Strategy | Step-by-step for Cost of Delay |
| Can We Predict Rotten Tomatoes Ratings? | Analytics | Ways to compare the audience vs the tomatometer, including python code |
| Tech for PMs — what are commits, branches and pull requests? | Tech | Github, version control, pull requests, etc. |
| That’s Not a Hypothesis | Analytics, User Research | It’s about what you believe is true about the thing itself |
| How to Prepare for Your Mid-Year Review | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Prepare the entire year for the feedback talk |
| How to prepare for a one-on-one meeting as an employee | Communication, Stakeholder Management | 7 questions/statements |
| Observations on Data, Metrics & Goals | Analytics, Targets | Goals are three things: a metric, a value, a moment in time |
| Facebook: How to improve stories | Job Interview | Answer to a product improvement question |
| Real Answers to Real PM Interview Questions | Job Interview | Answers to the Job Interview Questions |
| How Canva Grows – by Aakash Gupta – Product Growth | Growth | Canva’s growth principles |
| Avoid Leading Questions to Get Better Insights from Participants | User Research | nan |
| Website Credibility: A 39-Point Checklist | CXL | Analytics, Framework | Checklist to verify Website quality |
| Practical tips for applying the growth mindset to product | Learning, Stakeholder Management | How to grow and manage yourself |
| Writing well | Writing | Tipps from famous writers |
| How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Inbound Jobs | Job Hunting | How to improve your Linkedin profile |
| Getting to “technical enough” as a product manage | Tech | Check bug reports, variables, dev feedback and data storage |
| Leading vs Lagging Indicators: What’s The Difference? | Analytics | Leading indicators predict future performance, while lagging indicators measure past performance. Both are important for effective performance management. |
| Deploy != Release (Part 1) | Execution, Tech | Ship, Deploy, Release |
| Empathy Mapping: The First Step in Design Thinking | Discovery, Interviews | Understand users by using empathy mapping |
| The Product Leadership Job Search | Job Hunting | Leadership job search |
| The Ultimate Guide to B2B SaaS Pricing & Packaging | Pricing | B2B Pricing |
| CSD Matrix: A Tool To Boost Your Project | Decision Making, Discovery, Framework | CSD: Certainties, Suppositions, and Doubts during discovery → W |
| Mental models | Collection, Framework, Ideation | Various mental models for decision making, hypothesis evaluation, product design, etc. |
| A to Z of API’s for Product Managers | Tech | Overview of APIs |
| The Power User Curve: The best way to understand your most engaged users | Analytics, User Research | Good alternative to DAU/MAU |
| Anticonversions – Your Ultimate Guide to Cancelation | Activation, Retention | Canacelation as a Product Lever – 6 Cancellation flows checked |
| Why Onboarding is the Most Crucial Part of Your Growth Strategy | Growth, Strategy | Key Actions & Frequencies |
| Discarding Features is Important Product Work | Discovery, Product | Hidden Door → User will complain if they miss something |
| Activation – June | Growth | From setup → AHA-moment → habit |
| Tactical Go-to-Market 101: How to Go From 0 to 1 | Growth | GTM: Mix out of PLG, Multi channel growth, ABM and outbound (for B2B). |
| P-U-R-S-U-I-T | Discovery, Framework, Ideation | From (P)roblem (U)ser to (T)est Metrics |
| Ultimate Guide: Pricing Pages – by Aakash Gupta | Activation, Pricing | How to setup a pricing page |
| #11: A Case Study: Netflix 2020. Applying my product strategy frameworks… | Planning, Roadmap, Strategy | GLEe + DHM + GEM + SMT + Rolling 4 Quarters Roadmap |
| Want a better pitch? Watch this | Presentation | 5 easy steps to tell a story in a presentation |
| Frameworks for Product Discovery & Differentiation | Discovery, Framework | Framework to discover new features/things to build: What sucks & User value mapping |
| Story Mapping Slides – We help you create successful product culture and process | Discovery, UX | How to do story mapping |
| 7 Things I’ve Learned About Lean Startup | Agile, Framework, Growth | MVP, Discovery, etc. from Lean Startup |
| How to identify and validate product risk – by Aakash Gupta | Discovery, Framework, Planning, Prioritization | Value, Usability, Feasibility, and Business Viability |
| #8 The GLEe Model. A long-term, phased approach to create… | by Gibson Biddle | Strategy | Longterm 3 Phases: (G)et big on DVDs – (L)ead downloading – (E)xpand worldwide |
| How product teams measure progress through outcome OKRs | Planning | Start with customer outcomes and iterate. |
| Assumption Testing | Discovery, Experimentation | Utilize prototype tests, surveys, data mining, and research spikes to design assumption tests, define success criteria, ensure reliability, and make informed decisions |
| Fast Idea Generator | Ideation | 9 easy ways to generate ideas |
| Why Politics in Product Isn’t a Dirty Word—It’s a Reality You Must Master | Communication, Stakeholder Management | Create relationships and influence |
