What distinguishes the top 1% of product managers from the top 10%?
Love or hate Facebook – you have to admit they are building some amazing app technology. Their stock price bears this out – having nearly tripled in the last year. Analysts say this is solely due to their mobile performance.
Deep app linking, anonymous logins, mobile ad platforms, and a slew of supporting infrastructure. If your building an app – this is a must watch.
A friend shared with me Gliffy, a browser-based diagramming tool. It’s super easy to use – drag/drop and away you go. A bit more advanced than Google Drawings but much easier to use than Photoshop. It reminds me a lot of Microsoft Visio.
I think I will use this as my first test tool. I like the simplicity and how I can start drawing without needing to learn anything. I love it when the product gets out of the way and allows me to move on my idea.
It’s an awesome list and I’ve read many of them. But still have many to go.
Good Product Manager, Bad Product Manager, written in 1996 by Ben Horowitz when he was one of the first product managers for the legendary Netscape browser.
Do things that don’t scale, written by Paul Graham of Y Combinator, as a counter-intuitive point on the “scale, scale, scale” mantra in startups. He argues that finding a market fit for your product comes before scaling your product.
How to work with designers and engineers, written by Julie Zhuo of Facebook, basic/simple advice for working with my favorite people. Know what they love and hate, what makes them happy and what motivates (or demotivates them).