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Communities

Online Communities

These are smaller online communities I really appreciate. I may not be affiliated with them.

Product Conversations - Weekly discussions on a different product topic.

Product Mind - Mental health and wellness for Product Managers

Product Ops Hub - Resources for Product Ops people

Product Ops HQ - Product Ops Slack group and events

Toronto Events

ProductTO (My event!) - Monthly in-person small group discussions.

Toronto Product Management Association - The local product management association. Monthly meetups and a mentorship program.

ProductTank Toronto - Coming back after several years! Monthly speaker.

Women in Product Toronto - Quarterly(?) events for people who identify as women and non-binary. Their Facebook group is semi-active if you're into that.

Product Leaders Toronto (Director+ Product Leaders) - Saeed Khan's meetup group to bring product leaders together to discuss unique challenges.

Recommended Articles

These are articles I think everyone should read. Mostly a reference page for myself when I need to find my favourite articles.

Product Management

Grant Hunter - What is a Product? A series that dives deep into the meaning of the word "product" behind product management.

What is a Product?
As a product manager and executive, one of the most frequent and frustrating conversations I had with sales was around the definition of “product.” Many wanted to separate services from products, or software from hardware from services. They wanted line items for each component: hard drive, memory card, Wi-fi, processor, and so on. Do you want to buy a hard drive, memory card, Wi-fi, and processor? Or do you want to buy a laptop or perhaps a tablet? Many teams have a hard time getting their arms
ProductGrowthLeadersGrant Hunter

Rich Mirinov - Moving from Services to Products

Moving from Services to Products
I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies. (See this and this and this and this.) At a recent workshop in Christchurch NZ, I spent several hours talking with CEOs about the challenges of changing a company from mostly services
Rich Mironov's Product BytesRichard Mironov

Product Operations

Antonia Landi - The Product Operations Manifesto (I co-authored this!)

The Product Operations Manifesto
What is Product Operations, and what are the principles, commitments, and prerequisite of this function? Read the Product Operations Manifesto in full here.
The Product Operations Manifesto

Adam Fishman - A true masterpiece. Comprehensive overview on how Product and Engineering could work better together.

Balancing Engineering Cultures: Debate Everything vs. Just Tell Me What To Build
Lessons from leaders at New Relic, Credit Karma, Reforge, Hubspot, Trulia, Intercom, VSCO, and more
The FishmanAF NewsletterAdam Fishman

Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles - Product Operations (the book)

Product Operations
Product Operations0

Product Leadership

Giff Constable - Financial Fluency for Product Leaders including valuation.

Financial Fluency: Understanding Valuation | giffconstable.com
giffconstable.com

Recently Read

These live here until I figure out what to do with them, or stick them in an article.

Elena Verna - PLG vs Sales.

Why, When, and How to add Sales to your Product-Led Growth motion.
Most do it for the wrong reasons, too soon, and create dreaded internal channel conflict.
Elena's Growth ScoopElena Verna