🎾 100 Incredible Resources Every Product Manager Needs to Know & Things That May Be Keeping You From Succeeding as a PM

+ meme to share with your Enterprise Software colleagues

This is Sunday 1-1-2-3 with George.

Each week, I want to help you get your week started with progress.

Someone told me that they print out each email I send and cradle it while rolling in a ball on the floor in preparation for the week ahead.

Today we have:

• Top 100 Resources for Product Managers

• Things That Hold You Back as a PM

• Shortening The Timebox

• Lighthearted Thoughts on Being Laid Off

+ a meme for my enterprise software fam

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📚 Top 100 Resources for Product Managers

This week, I got tired of reading yet another blog post that promised to teach how to craft a product vision, and instead resorted to hand-wavy explanations.

I decided to test an idea:

George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian

I wish instead of hand-wavy blogs on product vision & strategy etc, there was a place where you could see 100’s of real-world examples of these artifacts - both good and bad - with reasons why they’re good or bad. Shall I make this?

I asked for pre-orders to validate the demand:

George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian

If you want this, vote with your $ 👇🏼 nurijanian.gumroad.com/l/examples If this gets at least 20 sales in 24 hours, I’ll build it. If it doesn’t reach the goal, I’ll refund everyone’s money.

nurijanian.gumroad.com[PRE-ORDER] Product Vision & Strategy Examples DatabaseDo you wish that instead of hand-wavy blogs on product vision & strategy etc, there was a place where you could see 100’s of real-world examples of these artifacts - both good and bad - with reasons why they’re good or bad?This is it 🙌[Pre-order only. If this gets to 20 sales in 24 hours, I’ll…

It didn’t work out. Only 2 people bought it for $49:

George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian

Only 2 sales Of course if more people saw this + the price was lower, you’d expect it would have hit > 20 For me though, that’s the price/appetite.

But out of this came a great resource that I had missed, and from a source I respect a lot:

Sachin Rekhi @sachinrekhi

@nurijanian In this post I share my ten favorite examples of actual vision narratives:

sachinrekhi.comTop 100 Resources for Product ManagersI’m often asked what’s the best way for a new product manager to learn the fundamentals of the role or for an experienced product manager to continue to master their craft. Most folks are looking fo

There is a lot of goodness here to read. Explore and save:

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ad. The Product Manager's Secret Weapon for Growth and Improvement

• It's like a big book with lots of cool ideas to help you make better products.

• 100+ high-quality content pieces, mapped by product risk, stage & type

• Yes, it’s $49. Waaaay cheaper than looking for weeks without making progress.

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👀 Laid Off

Something more lighthearted today.

This video went viral recently, and since so many people talk about or worry about layoffs, I found it helpful to watch this & release that pressure:

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🍪 Quick Bites

John Cutler @johncutlefish

a bit of advice I'll never forget from @RonJeffries if a sprint goes wrong... shorten the timebox, don't lengthen the timebox

claire vo 🖤 @clairevo

The most common thing I see that holds product leaders (and rising PMs) back is ego. They: - dismiss CEO and exec insight - take too much pride in process - spend too much time on optics - explain away bad results - don’t ask for help

Thiago Ghisi @thiagoghisi

I've read thousands of articles over the last 20 years in Tech. Agile, Career, Distributed Systems, Engineering Management, Metrics, Programming, Testing, Types... Below are The 22 Articles that Impacted my Career the most ➕ my main highlights from each one. 🧵🧵🧵

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😂 Meme

Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke

Enterprise software companies taking 6 years to build something their customers are asking for:

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That's a wrap for today. Stay focused and see you next week! If you want more, be sure to follow me on Twitter (@nurijanian)

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Who's George?

It’s me

I’m an underdog product manager.

Product management in New Zealand (where I live) is still a relatively immature discipline. I also came into it late via data science and UX. I may be older than others, but I often feel like a rookie.

To become better at my craft, I learn and explore new ideas relentlessly.

Then I share high-quality, tried-and-true ideas that can be used right away.

How I can help you:

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see you next week.

— George.