Should You Become a Product Manager?
A lot of our readers have been asking for advice on whether or not product management is the career for them. I thought I’d first lay out a few points about common misconceptions/buzzkills of the PM...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #14
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Dealing with Edge Cases in Product Design The Hubspot Product team talks about...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #15
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) How We Built Flow: A Journey Through Inception, Design, and Technology The...
View Article5 Ways the PM Role Varies Across Companies
There are few professional fields I’ve come across as diverse as the product management field. In all my conversations with other PMs, I haven’t experienced one instance where the roles discussed were...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #16
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) How to Create a Customer Acquisition Plan Ryan Gum, founder of Startup Marketing,...
View ArticleProduct Manager Interview: The Favorite Product Question
One commonly asked question during product manager interviews is “Tell me about your favorite product.” At first glance, it seems like a harmless question and oftentimes feels like the interviewer is...
View ArticleDoes a Product Manager Need an MBA?
Another age-old question in product management circles is whether PMs should have MBAs. At least today, an MBA can be a double-edged sword when it comes to recruiting for product management roles. In...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #17
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Designing Successful Social Products with 3 Habit Forming Feedback Loops Andrew...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #18
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Product/Market Fit for Startups Marc Andreessen, General Partner at Andreessen...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #19
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Product Management 101: Reflections from a Newbie Dhruv Ghulati, Data Product...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #20
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Lessons Learned from Scaling a Product Team – *Must Read* Paul Adams, VP of...
View ArticleProduct Manager vs. Product Marketing Manager
Releasing a customer-facing product, whether it’s a physical entity or virtual software, can be a daunting task requiring large amounts of collaboration among different groups in a company. This post...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #21
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Great Digital Products Don’t Happen by Accident David Gillis, Product Designer at...
View ArticlePMs & Metrics: Conversion Rate
As a PM, what are some important metrics to measure for your product? In each post of this series we’ll be covering a different metric, why this particular metric is important, and how it’s measured....
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #22
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Prioritize Product Development by the Four Stages of Use Ben Yoskovitz, VP of...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #23
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) Behavioral E-mails That Keep Customers Coming Back – *Must Read* In this...
View ArticleAgile Estimation: Sizing Stories
The project has been funded, the team is assembled, and as PM you’ve written out feature stories based on your product roadmap. Now it’s time to talk specifics and figure out the amount of effort each...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #24
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) How Photo App One Minute Grew to Over 22K Users In Just 10 Days Katelan...
View ArticleProduct Manager Weekly Reading #25
Every week, we curate some of the best product reads and post links to help you learn more about product management! 1) How to Create a Solid Wireframe for Your Design Team Chelsea Baldwin, former app...
View ArticleFeature Prioritization 101
One of the most important responsibilities of a product manager is feature prioritization. What is feature prioritization? Our last post covered story prioritization using sizing and estimation – in...
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