The 2017 List of Online & Offline Resources to Become a Product Manager

It is hard to become a product manager. Product management is a multifaceted role, it is in no ways a specialization career. We wanted to create a comprehensive list of resources where aspiring product managers could go and find the solution that fits their needs. So here it is, a massive list of online and offline resources to become product manager

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Blogs – learn about product management from the experts

• The Art of Product Management – Quora blog discussing how to be a great product manager
• Tech Product Management – best practices & inspiration for product managers
• Product Manager HQ – a blog to help people break into and excel in product management
• Mind the Product – an international community focused on product with over 6k members
• Product School Blog – tips to breaking into a product management career
• Product Talk – articles on how to make better product decisions
• The Product Guy – blog on product management, marketing, startups, and strategy
• This explains everything / Product psychology – course and blog on user behaviour by Nir Eyal
• Sue Raisty: the Cranky PM – product management & the ugly side of software product development
• How to be a good product manager – tips on product management and product marketing

TED Talks – get inspired by these iconic talks

• How great leaders inspire action – an iconic talk on the Golden Circle framework
• The art of choosing – how we make decisions, and how we feel about the decisions we make
• How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too) – three rules for design at scale
• How to get your ideas to spread – what types of ideas grab our attention

Books – gain in depth knowledge about product, design, and marketing

• The Product Book – How to Become a Great Product Manager
• Cracking the PM Interview: How To Land a Product Manager Job in Technology
• Business Model Generation – A handbook for designing tomorrow’s enterprises
• Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
• Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
• Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
• The Lean Product Playbook – How to Innovate with MVPs and Rapid Customer Feedback
• The Design of Everyday Things – A primer on how and why products satisfy customers
• The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
• Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
• Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
• Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity
• The Art of Product Management: Lessons from a Silicon Valley Innovator

Meetups – network with product people in the area

San Francisco:

• Product Management Fast Track – sharing knowledge, tips, and tricks for PMs
• Products that Count – a forum of product makers, data-minded thinkers, & innovators
• Product Management San Francisco – exchange ideas about product design, development, management, metrics, and UX.
• Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies San Francisco – learn how to trade cryptocurrencies and build products using the blockchain, and build your network.
• Full Stack Product Management – this group is for people interested in a career in tech focused product management/project management.
• FinTech School – Practical training on the latest FinTech sector, entrepreneurship and product development topics to individuals, institutions, and entrepreneurs globally.

Silicon Valley

• Lean Product and Lean UX Silicon Valley – discuss Lean Startup, Lean UX, and Agile principles
• Product School Silicon Valley – weekly meetups on product, design, and marketing

New York

• Product School New York – weekly meetups on product, design, and marketing
• Software Product Management Meetup NYC – for product managers, owners, and strategists
• The Product Group Meetup – networking for product managers and strategists
• NYC Product & Code Meetup – discussing the triumphs and struggles of building products
• Techfest Club -the monthly event for women in tech

Courses and training

Product Management:

• Product School (Several locations) – 8 week part-time Product Management training course
• General Assembly (Several locations) – 10 week full-time Product Management immersive

Programming/coding:

• Hack reactor (San Francisco) – 10 week full-time coding bootcamp
• Code Path (San Francisco) – 8 week part time Android and iOS classes
• One Month (Online) – classes to learn to code websites, build apps, and grow your business
• Codecademy (Online) – learn to code interactively for free
• Udemy (Online) – an assortment of coding, marketing, product, and design courses

Marketing:

• Pragmatic marketing (Several locations) – Series of full-day Product Marketing courses
• General Assembly (Several locations) 10 week part-time training course on Digital Marketing
• ClickMinded (Online) – SEO training course on how to drive more organic traffic to your site