General Rules for Content and Resources
Most PM content is trite BS masquerading as deep insights. The worst PM content usually is written by someone usually trying to make themselves sound smarter than they are rather than being authentic. You are much better going to ground on a topic you're interested in and learning from the source (example: instead of reading some 'how to be an AI product manager' book, you are generally better off reading AI papers and building with AI).
The best PMs understand their market/domain very very well. Curiosity is a great asset - try to find content that makes you more curious about technology, specific industries, life in general.
Podcasts and youtube videos are great to have on in the background when commuting to get you in the right mindset.
Books
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Tradeoff - Uses somewhat old examples / case studies, but really good mental frameworks for thinking about fidelity vs convenience when building products. very foundational to product strategy.
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Zero to One - This book is memed about but its still a great read on Thiel's lessons from building startups
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Mom Test - extremely helpful for learning how to talk to customers about business ideas
Newsletters
- Stratechery
- Lenny's newsletter (select stories)
Podcasts
You will always learn something
- Acquired - excellent deep dives on companies, good frameworks for thinking about strategy. especially recommend the Meta episode.
- Sharp tech (stratechery / Ben Thompson newsletter)
Great for noobs but educational value fades after a certain level of experience
- Masters of Scale - good deep dives on specific topics. some episodes are generic.
- Exponent (like first 100 episodes) - masterclass in strategic thinking.
- How I built this - honestly these episodes are more 'fun' than educational, but highly recommend listening to some of the big brand names. Very helpful case studies to have in your head.
Youtube
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YC startup school - more modern deep dives on specific topics from YC folk. Worthwhile to watch topics you're interested in / feel naive about - they do a good 10k foot view on these things.
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How to start a startup - sam altman, paul graham, etc. covering foundational topics of starting a startup. Advice is pretty elementary and its 10 years old, but still helpful recommend skimming through it.