Here are some of the books I’ve managed to read so far in 2022
- Well Designed
- From Poverty to Power by James Allen
- The Housekeeper and the professor
- Scientific Healing Affirmations by Paramahansa Yogananda
Books I read in 2022
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Best of the Web 105
I am currently quite intrigued by the Montessori schooling. Both Google & Amazon founders are Montessori kids and can’t rave about it enough. Acquaint yourself in ‘Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools‘.
“D-Mart managed to grow when the industry was collapsing, unscathed by the first wave of e-commerce. Now, as online players eye India’s brick and mortar space and partner with domestic players, what’s D-Mart up to?” Read more here #paywall
The Ultimate Learning Guide via Shane Parrish: A nice curation of some of the best learnings from Farnam Street blog. Find them here
Indian FMCG space is seeing a lot of startup action. It’s not just that the consumer preferences are changing, traditional FMCG companies have also started picking stakes in snazzy upstarts. I’ve shared some thoughts here
The Broken Window Theory In Product Design. Read here
Rewind (Best of newsletter #71)
‘A mile wide, an inch deep’ by Evan Williams. Read here
‘The days are long but the decades are short’ by Sam Altman. Read here
Lessons learned from scaling a product team from Intercom. Read here
Podcast Episode of the Week: When India’s Cash Disappeared, Part One & Two (Planet Money)
A deep dive into how India’s Demonetisation came to be. The background story of Anil Bokil, who originally came up with the idea and convinced PM Modi to make this happen. Also, has the original Arthkranti PPT.
Listen here & here
Startup Trivia of the Week: PolicyBazaar
In 2008, Yashish Dahiya pitched to Sanjeev Bikhchandani with a powerpoint and a prototype of PolicyBazaar. During the demo, he proved to Sanjeev that he was paying around 60% more for his Car Insurance than what he should be. That demo convinced Sanjeev and team, upon which they invested 20Cr in their Series A for a whopping 49% stake. Ten Years later, Info Edge is still participating in all their funding rounds and PolicyBazaar is currently valued at around $1Bn and Info Edge owns around 13% stake.
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15 Best Articles on Product Design & Product Management
Want to become a PM or get better at it? This list of some of the best articles on Product design/management is a great way to onboard yourself (or your team members) on PMship
Articles:
1) The end of apps as we know them #intercom.io
2) How to do a Product Critique – Julie Zhuo #facebook #medium
3) The making of tiiny
4) Stop making users explore #medium #lauraklein
5) Super Normal: Innovation often starts with the ordinary #medium
6) How to Build Products Users Love – #howtostartastartup #video
7) So you want to manage a product? What no one tells you about the role
8) Product Strategy Means Saying No – Intercom.io
9) This Product Prioritization System Nabbed Pandora 70 Million Monthly Users with Just 40 Engineers
10) How Spotify builds products – Spotify
11) Twitter Will Onboard Users With “Instant Timeline”, Inject Top Tweets From “While You Were Away”
12) Chinese Mobile App UI Trends
13) The only metric that matters
14) Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager
15) Why mobile unbundling isn’t inevitable