12-Month MBA for Product Managers (better than any $127K course)

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Month 1:

• Introduction: Inspired by Marty Cagan

• Leadership: Empowered by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones

• Startups: The Right It by Alberto Savoia

Month 2:

• Product Discovery: Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres

• Interviews: The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

• Product-Market Fit: The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen

Month 3:

• Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

• Value Proposition Design by Alexander Osterwalder and others

• Testing Business Ideas by Alexander Osterwalder and David Bland

Month 4:

• Setting goals: Radical Focus by Christina Wodtke

• Leading with context: No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings

• Teams: Team Topologies by Manuel Pais and Matthew Skelton

Month 5:

• PLG: Product-Led Growth by Wes Bush

• Retention: Hooked by Nir Eyal

• Product-led Certification Course by Pendo with our dedicated 100% discount code not available elsewhere (I’m not an affiliate)

Month 6:

• Marketing: This is Marketing by Seth Godin

• Marketing for tech startups: Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore

• Product Growth: Hacking Growth by Sean Ellis

Month 7:

• Public speaking: Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo

• Copywriting: The Copywriter's Handbook by Robert W. Bly

• Negotiating: Never Split the Difference by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz

Month 8:

• Making decisions: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

• Effectiveness: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen M. R. Covey

• Networking: Superconnector by Ryan Paugh and Scott Gerber

Month 9:

• Leadership: The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

• Financial Intelligence: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

• Accounting: Accounting for Non-Accountants by Wayne A. Label

Month 10:

• Product Analytics: Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz

• A free North Star Framework Compendium: Premium post or Free PDF

• Product Analytics Certification course by Pendo with our 100% discount code not available elsewhere (I’m not an affiliate)

Month 11:

• JTBD: Jobs-to-be-Done by Tony Ulwick

• What to build: Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

• Building products: Build by Tony Fadell

Month 12:

• Strategy: Playing to Win by Roger Martin

• Business portfolio: The Invincible Company by Frederic Etiemble, Alan Smith, Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

Bonus (recommended):

• Career: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a PM Job by Aakash Gupta

• Learning from the best: Working Backwards by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr

• 600+ Free Product Management Learning Resources

• Product Manager Competencies Map

• Product Management Skills Assessments

• Top 16 Free Product Management Courses & Certificates

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Theoretical knowledge is not enough, but it’s a solid foundation. It equips you with a set of thinking tools you can apply to the challenges you might face at work.

All it takes is to read or listen to audiobooks for 45-60 min/day.

You can start networking on LinkedIn or in our Slack community.

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