Thought Leaders
The table below contains a listing of influential thought leaders in the the field of product management. You can learn a lot from them through their various channels which are linked below:
| Category | Name | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations & Methodology | Marty Cagan | Founder of SVPG, author of INSPIRED, EMPOWERED, and TRANSFORMED | Website • LinkedIn |
| Dan Olsen | Author of The Lean Product Playbook, consultant helping companies build products customers love | Website • LinkedIn • X | |
| Teresa Torres | Product discovery coach, author of Continuous Discovery Habits, creator of the Opportunity Solution Tree framework | Website • LinkedIn • X • Substack | |
| Melissa Perri | CEO of Produx Labs, author of Escaping the Build Trap, product strategy expert | X | |
| Strategy | Gibson Biddle | Former VP Product at Netflix, creator of the DHM model (Delight customers in Hard-to-copy, Margin-enhancing ways) | Website • LinkedIn • X • Medium |
| Shreyas Doshi | Former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo. Known for frameworks like the LNO System | Website • LinkedIn | |
| Growth & Scaling | Brian Balfour | Founder/CEO of Reforge, former VP Growth at HubSpot, venture partner at Long Journey Ventures | Website • LinkedIn • X • Reforge |
| Casey Winters | Growth advisor, former CPO at Eventbrite, led growth at Pinterest and Grubhub, partner at Reforge | Blog • LinkedIn • X | |
| Design & Leadership | Julie Zhuo | Former VP Product Design at Facebook, author of The Making of a Manager, co-founder of Sundial | Website • LinkedIn • X • Substack • Medium |
| Education & Community | Lenny Rachitsky | Former Airbnb PM, author of Lenny’s Newsletter, one of the most popular product management publications | Substack |
| Aakash Gupta | Product leader and educator sharing frameworks for product growth and strategy | LinkedIn • X • YouTube | |
| Paweł Huryn | Product leader behind The Product Compass, sharing practical PM frameworks and insights | ||
| Colin Matthews | Product leader focused on AI product management and modern PM practices | ||
| Tech & AI Visionaries | Marc Andreessen | Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), creator of Netscape, influential voice on technology and startups | X • a16z Blog |
| Aaron Levie | Co-founder and CEO of Box, known for his insights on enterprise cloud and AI | X • LinkedIn |