Author: Charles Du

During a Product Management Interview, many interviewer will ask: “What’s your favorite product?” or “Design X for X.” They ask these product design questions to get a feel of your product vision skills. These questions appear deceptively simple. From the mock interview practice sessions at Product Manager Nation, I often see these 3 common mistakes…

Wireframing is one of the most important skills a product manager can have. It quickly helps you communicate an idea and start valuable conversations. From the live practice sessions at Product Manager Nation, I’ve picked out 3 common mistakes product managers make when they wireframe. The 3 mistakes are: Not focusing on main use cases…

One of the most important skills that we practice in Product Manager Nation is how to brainstorm ideas. Brainstorming sessions are incredibly important in the discovery stage of the product development process. Not only do these sessions uncover new product ideas but they also boost team moral. A successful brainstorming session can generate hundreds of product…

The path to becoming a successful product manager can be a confusing and difficult one. It’s not enough to just to passively watch a few videos, do a few homework assignments, and call it done. How do you progress? How do you grow towards mastery? How do you become confident? This essay will help you…

What’s the Difference between Product Manager vs Project Manager? A Product Manager decides what the product should do. A Project Manager manages the process of building the product. If a Product Manager were a movie director, the Project Manager would be the movie producer. The movie director comes up with a vision of the movie…

In this essay, I’ll share with you typical ranges for a Product Manager salary, how it compares with an engineer’s salary, and a few resources you can use to do more research. The typical Product Manager salary range is between $110,000 – $130,000 USD per a year. This is assuming you have 3-5 years of…

Whenever I teach an “Introduction to Product Management” class, I always get asked: “What is Product Management?” Product Management is common job function inside a software company. People who have this job are called Product Managers. You can think of Product Managers like movie directors, but for software. A movie director decides what the movie…

This is the 3rd of 3 of free previews for my upcoming course: “From Idea to App Store – A Complete Guide from an  Insider” You can preorder the full class (save up to 90%) on the Kickstarter link here: http://kck.st/1Q7UAK2

This is the 2nd of 3 of free previews for my upcoming course: “From Idea to App Store – A Complete Guide from an  Insider” You can preorder the full class (save up to 90%) on the Kickstarter link here: http://kck.st/1Q7UAK2

This is 1 of 3 of free previews for my upcoming course: “From Idea to App Store – A Complete Guide from an  Insider” You can preorder the full class (save up to 90%) on the Kickstarter link here: http://kck.st/1Q7UAK2