A Product Manager’s Toolkit (WIP)
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Table of Contents
- Blogposts on how to get started
- Online Courses (free and paid)
- Career (Resume, Salary)
- Toolkits and Frameworks
- Product Leadership
- Book recommendations
- Networking opportunities
- Thought Leaders
- Various inspiration and resources
As a Product Manager, life long learning is not just an attitude, but it needs to be deep engraved into the character. To keep learning and inspiring, I’ve put together all the resources I know about being in Product Management that I’ve researched myself or received from great Product Managers. I hope you will find value in it and let’s get started!
Update
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How to get started in Product Management
4 Ways to get into Product Management
6 Questions to ask before taking that Product Management Job
Brainmates Preso on PM — What is Product Management?
Hot to get into Product Management
How to break into Product Management
I want to be a Product Manager when I grow up
Industry Experience
Starting a side project to launch your product management career
The Full-Stack Product Manager
Want to be a PM — Do a side project
Toolkits and Frameworks
4 Laws of Software Product Economics
280 Group
A Beautiful Mess — Various methods and tools
Auftragsklärungs — Framework
Blackblot Product Management Framework
Design Kit: Discovery and Validation Methods
Pragmatic Marketing Framework and Rules
The Product Manager Talent Dilemma from Mc Kinsey
Thinking Patterns for Product Leaders
Value Proposition Canvas
Product Leadership
Book recommendations
Empowered by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
Inspired by Mary Cagan
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as your Life would depend on it by Tahl Raz
Product — Led Growth by Wes Bush
Range by David Epstein
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
The Art of Product Management by Rich Mironov
The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen
The Product Book from Product School
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
The Startup Owner’s Manual by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
Upstream by Dan Heath
Special thanks for contributing & sharing information
History
Date updated: 18.03.2021
Content added
- Blackblot Product Management Framework
- Productcraft
- “Podcast” Section
- “Social Media Groups Worth Joining” Section
Date updated: 13.03.2021
Content added
- Product Coalition
- Reforge Community
Date updated: 02.03.2021
Content added
- Auftragsklärungs — Framework
- Value Proposition Canvas
Date updated: 27.02.2021
Content added
- Product — Led Growth by Wes Bush
- The Startup Owner’s Manual by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
