What advice would you give to a new PM starting out?

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Any resources / best practices to follow?

Elizabeth Boyarko · Accepted Answer

Hi! Best of luck with your PM journey :) Start with these books: 1. Hooked - https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-Ho... 2. Inspired - https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-... 3. Zero to One - https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-... 4. Good Strategy, Bad Strategy http://dspace.vnbrims.org:13000/... 5. Intercom on Product Management - https://www.intercom.com/resourc... 6. Lean Analytics - https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Anal... 7. Playing to Win - https://www.amazon.com/Playing-W... I could also recommend this course - https://gopractice.io/course/pm/. It is really helpful if you want to make data-driven decisions.

Palam · Answer

Here are a few things from my side.

1. Talk to your customers. It is good to know how they think / see the product
2. Dig your competitors. Very much under-rated.
3. Lastly ask questions, keep learning.

Elizabeth Boyarko · Answer

@jules_pratt I read these blogs:
gopractice.io
intercom.com/blog/
nngroup.com/articles/

Olive Nwafor · Answer

@elizabeth_boyarko This is lovely, thanks!!

Rachee Jacobs · Answer

As a relatively new PM, some things that I have found helpful:
1. Books: Inspired, Build, Hooked, Continuous Discovery Habits
2. Podcasts: Lenny's Podcast, In Depth
3. Communities: I joined a few slack communities and was able to make connections with more senior PMs.

Good luck!

Jules Pratt · Answer

@racheej Thank you. Slack communities I found a few, but did not find those useful. Possible to point to some good slack communities?

Rachee Jacobs · Answer

@jules_pratt Women in Product: https://join.slack.com/t/womenin... Mind the Product: https://join.slack.com/t/mindthe...

Jules Pratt · Answer

@elizabeth_boyarko Thank you. I have read Hooked, but going to check out others.
Is there any place where I can find best practices for PMs?

Jules Pratt · Answer

@palam_s Thank you! Hopefully will keep learning.

Software Guy (Aarvy) · Answer

@elizabeth_boyarko That is very useful list, thank you for sharing. Gotta bookmark all of them.

Jules Pratt · Answer

@racheej Thanks a ton!

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