Product School
Average Rating4.82
217 Reviews
3 Courses
Founded in 2014 and with a community of over one million product professionals, Product School offers 4-week and 8-week, part-time product management courses to professionals in a live online classroom. The curriculum contains a mix of group activities, real-world case studies, and hands-on mentorship with a focus on highly relevant skills needed for the next generation of software product leaders. Product School students learn how to build digital products from en...
Founded in 2014 and with a community of over one million product professionals, Product School offers 4-week and 8-week, part-time product management courses to professionals in a live online classroom. The curriculum contains a mix of group activities, real-world case studies, and hands-on mentorship with a focus on highly relevant skills needed for the next generation of software product leaders. Product School students learn how to build digital products from end-to-end, lead cross-functional teams, and land their next product job or promotion. Courses are taught by instructors who are real-world Product Leaders working at top Silicon Valley companies, including Google, Facebook, Netflix, Airbnb, PayPal, Uber, and Amazon. Courses begin every month, and classes are held in the evenings or on weekends to ensure that both instructors and students can maintain their full-time jobs.
To apply, candidates should fill out an online application form. Graduates may be eligible to receive industry certificates in Product Management, such as PMC™, PLC™, and PEC™. Product School prepares students for product management interviews to enable them to expand their professional network through access to a private community of over one million product professionals, including alumni, mentors and hiring managers from top technology companies.
In addition to training for individuals, Product School delivers custom product training to Fortune 500 companies seeking to upskill their existing teams or onboard new talent. Product School is committed to pushing the product management industry forward. Product School has published the Amazon bestseller, The Product Book, and hosts over 1,000 free events per year, The Proddy Awards, and ProductCon, the largest multi-city conference in the world for product managers.
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- Patrick CheronStudent • Product Manager Certificate™ • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 22, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Manager Certification
Product school was a great resource in helping me with my industry transfer into product management. My instructor, Toby Martin Hughes, was very informative and is definitely a very talented product management instructor. I am pleased to have attended this class, and look forward towards my career as a PM. - Stephan BeckerProduct LeadVerified by LinkedInJul 13, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Product Leadership Course (PLC)
There's no real school for Product Management, but I think all PMs know that working with industry experts is the best way to gain that key PM skill. Although the content of the PLC course was decent (it's a lot of information you can find elsewhere for much less cost). The benefit really comes from working with a great instructor. Navin Nair taught our class and I really enjoyed his teaching style. He ensured we had a good class discussion around different topics, didn't just "talk abou...There's no real school for Product Management, but I think all PMs know that working with industry experts is the best way to gain that key PM skill. Although the content of the PLC course was decent (it's a lot of information you can find elsewhere for much less cost). The benefit really comes from working with a great instructor. Navin Nair taught our class and I really enjoyed his teaching style. He ensured we had a good class discussion around different topics, didn't just "talk about the slides" but brought some really applicable real-life examples. The exercises we did he also ensured to create we all presented and discussed the different outcomes. - EmSenior Experience Designer • Student • Product Manager Certificate™ • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMar 30, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Not worth the hype
Not sure how Product School has such raving reviews. The majority of the learning takes place virtually via videos and slides. The content is informative but the online learning platform is not super user friendly which is surprising for a school that supposedly is specialized in tech product mgmt. The 36.5 hours of instructor-led learning promised in the course brochure are not really instructor led (it's you working on a group project for 90+ minutes of each 120 minute class). The proj...Not sure how Product School has such raving reviews. The majority of the learning takes place virtually via videos and slides. The content is informative but the online learning platform is not super user friendly which is surprising for a school that supposedly is specialized in tech product mgmt. The 36.5 hours of instructor-led learning promised in the course brochure are not really instructor led (it's you working on a group project for 90+ minutes of each 120 minute class). The project canvases in Mural are poorly designed and not explained well. (Design and communication should be baseline for this space, so I'm confused again as to why the school does not practice what it sells). I also found it frustrating that one of my team members did not collaborate well. Because of the structure of the class, I was stuck with them throughout. The one plus was that I was able to use the language from the syllabus and course content to boost my resume, but in retrospect, I wish I had just signed up for Coursera or another option at the fraction of the cost. Really not worth the $5K price tag. - Michelle CoulterEducation Consultant • Student • Product Manager Certificate™ • San FranciscoVerified by LinkedInDec 10, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
PMC Course
I have thoroughly enjoyed my live PMC sessions with my classmates, project team members and the instructor Ronke Majekodunmi. Before I enrolled in her class, I thoroughly researched all instructors on the syllabus. I wanted to find someone who looked like me so that I could see myself in that role. She was the only one on that list and it has been a fantastic experience being a learner in her class. Ronke breathed life into the lectures, PowerPoints, and videos by provid...I have thoroughly enjoyed my live PMC sessions with my classmates, project team members and the instructor Ronke Majekodunmi. Before I enrolled in her class, I thoroughly researched all instructors on the syllabus. I wanted to find someone who looked like me so that I could see myself in that role. She was the only one on that list and it has been a fantastic experience being a learner in her class. Ronke breathed life into the lectures, PowerPoints, and videos by providing us with real life examples, chunks of wisdom and advice, encouragement, and perspective. I also enjoyed the additional recommended resources she provided throughout the course that added additional context to the lectures. My journey would not have been possible without the exceptional support, guidance, and communication from our instructor. I highly recommend enrolling in her class and listening to her podcast! - Dmitrii KozharskiiProduct Manager • Graduate • Product Leadership Certificate™ • Silicon ValleyVerified by LinkedInSep 23, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
PLC - Shilpa Vir
Great eight weeks! I enjoyed the course instructor Shilpa Vir and how she shared the knowledge: very easy, with all her passion for product management with life examples. Easy to listen, easy to learn and explore new things.
Great colleagues from different types of business help you to take a further look at the same points. - AlexStudentVerified by LinkedInJul 30, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Product Executive Certificate
My Product Executive Certificate class with instructor Shilpa Vir was a fun, informative and realistic bootcamp for product professionals in both leadership and more tenured in their careers. Real life anecdotes, challenging product norms and reflection really helped bring my product game to the next level. I would recommend this course to those looking to stay at the top of their product game as they lead teams and direct product lines within their organizations. - AbrahamProduct Manager • Graduate • Product Leadership Certificate™ • TorontoVerified by LinkedInJul 10, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Leadership Course
I really enjoyed the course and felt that it was very worth the time. Shilpa was an excellent instructor and brings a lot of great experience and expertise to bear in discussions within the class.
I will only suggest that the ML parts of the course be spun off into a separate course. - Richard BGraduate • SeattleVerified by GitHubApr 27, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Product School - PMC - Shilpa
Instructor is pretty knowledgeable and kind. Very insightful, make sure you ask questions! Also funny.. She is also pretty easy to make laugh ^..^
Metrics and product from inception to launch info is valuable. Enjoyable to learn! - KahanGraduate • Product Manager Certificate™ • SeattleVerified by LinkedInApr 22, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great Experience - Highly recommend
My experience with The Product School was great! The course did a good job of ramping the student up from the basics of product development to the eventual final project. The course is supplemented with the product schools own book that is a great reference for when you don't understand a concept. My Instructor, Farhaz Karmali had a strong background in Product Management and could pull examples from his own experience when teaching us. He's great when explaining different concepts of PM...My experience with The Product School was great! The course did a good job of ramping the student up from the basics of product development to the eventual final project. The course is supplemented with the product schools own book that is a great reference for when you don't understand a concept. My Instructor, Farhaz Karmali had a strong background in Product Management and could pull examples from his own experience when teaching us. He's great when explaining different concepts of PM and even gave us helpful feedback before and after our final projects. All in all a great experience. - Timothy BurgessEntrepreneur • Student • Product Manager Certificate™ • San FranciscoVerified by LinkedInMar 20, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Management
I am a co-founder of a Robo-Advisor startup called WealthAgile. Dr Joel Palathinkal has been doing an amazing job of teaching me Product Management! This course has assisted greatly in creating a new product. Joel's background in Product Management and Fintech has proven invaluable!
I would recommend this course and Joel to anyone. Truly has been an amazingly educational process, that I am sure will continue into the future! - Hassan ArzouniAssociat Product Manager • ApplicantVerified by LinkedInMar 15, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Wonderful journey
February 8th, 2020 marked a very important journey in expanding my expertise in my career as a Product Manager. My experience at Product school has been a pretty amazing to say the least. I would like to give a special thanks to my Instructor Dr. Joel Palathinkal, Dr. Joel is a very influential person. He always made me think out of the box and innovative. What is awesome about him is that he does not give you a yes or no answer, he introduces the answer as storytelling and...February 8th, 2020 marked a very important journey in expanding my expertise in my career as a Product Manager. My experience at Product school has been a pretty amazing to say the least. I would like to give a special thanks to my Instructor Dr. Joel Palathinkal, Dr. Joel is a very influential person. He always made me think out of the box and innovative. What is awesome about him is that he does not give you a yes or no answer, he introduces the answer as storytelling and make you deduce the correct answer for your question. I once asked Dr. Joel how can get useful feedback from customers in order to come-up with a monetization plan, instead of throwing an answer at me, Dr. Joel asked the class a few questions and was able to filter out few people and then he introduced these people to a product and while Dr. Joel was presenting this product this select group was really engage and were actually willing to pay a certain subscription fee. Instead of Dr. Joel telling me filter out the correct audience for your product and then you are able to ask them how much they would pay, Dr. Joel actually showed me a live example for how this should be done. I will definitely miss Dr. Joel classes, and I would highly recommend him as an instructor for my friends and anyone interested in joining Product School. - Hussein HallakVP Products • Graduate • Product Leadership Certificate™ • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMar 03, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Very interesting and eye opening
It's been a very interesting journey. Because the program and the instructor "Vishal" were exactly what I needed to bring together my experience into focus and make a significant impact on my role and with my team in a very short time.
The structure of the course is designed very well, and the selection of the instructor worked very well for me.
Vishal has deep experience that he was generous in sharing with us. In addition to he managed to create a good atmosphere where everyone ...It's been a very interesting journey. Because the program and the instructor "Vishal" were exactly what I needed to bring together my experience into focus and make a significant impact on my role and with my team in a very short time.
The structure of the course is designed very well, and the selection of the instructor worked very well for me.
Vishal has deep experience that he was generous in sharing with us. In addition to he managed to create a good atmosphere where everyone got to share and learn from each other.
Overall this was a superb experience that I would recommend to everyone looking to become a product leader.
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Updated June 17, 2022
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Updated August 02, 2021
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Product School costs around $4,199.
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Product School offers courses like Product Executive Certificate™, Product Leadership Certificate™, Product Manager Certificate™.
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Product School has in-person campuses in Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley and Toronto. Product School also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
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