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In 2026 the model is not an AI moat. What still defends an AI product is proprietary data that improves the product through use, owning the workflow or system of record, distribution, trust and brand, and process power. AllthingsPM teaches this in its AI PM course lesson on competitive moats.

Good Strategy Bad Strategy teaches you to diagnose the real problem; Playing to Win teaches you to make the choices that answer it. Most PMs should read Rumelt first. AllthingsPM has free summaries of both, 37 minutes in total.

The How I Built This podcast, hosted by Guy Raz since 2016, is a free masterclass in product decisions. AllthingsPM summarizes 11 recent episodes (YETI, Bogg Bag, Banza, Bobbie, Late July, Olipop and more) into the PM lessons, and turns them into practice with its AI PM course and mock interviews.

Obviously Awesome teaches you how to position a product so the right buyers see its value; Crossing the Chasm teaches you which buyers to target next and why. Read Dunford first for a launch, Moore first for a growth stall. AllthingsPM has free summaries of both, 41 minutes in total.

40 real product strategy interview questions for PMs from the AllthingsPM question bank, grouped by type, each linked to its own answer guide, with what a strong answer includes and a free AI mock to practice it.

A product manager case study interview asks you to solve a real business problem out loud or in a take-home. Use a six-step framework (clarify, users, diagnose, options, recommend, measure), practice real prompts from the AllthingsPM question bank, and finish with a scored mock.

Product strategy interview questions ask whether a company should enter a market, fight a rival, price a product or launch something new. Answer with a diagnosis, one clear bet and the counter-argument, then practice on AllthingsPM's 1,062 real strategy questions with an AI interviewer.

The a16z podcast (now The a16z Show) is mostly investor talk, but 33 recent episodes hide sharp product lessons on wedges, evals, agents, pricing and when to kill a product. AllthingsPM summarizes each one and turns the lessons into course lessons and mock interviews.

The 12 best strategy books for product managers, from Good Strategy Bad Strategy to The Cold Start Problem, each summarized with the one idea to use at work. Read all 12 summaries free on AllthingsPM in about 213 minutes.
Reading is the easy half.
The course grades the other half.