# Product Circle

> Product Circle is a curated community for experienced product managers (4+ years) in India to learn from each other, share real product lessons and build meaningful connections. Members get a weekly 45-minute AMA, product teardowns every two weeks, member intros, a jobs and opportunities board, a monthly chai meetup and office hours with VCs and founders.

Key facts:
- Membership is by application; every application is read by a person on the team.
- 250+ product managers and founders have joined.
- Run by the team behind Mehman (https://mehman.ai). Mehman is a personal AI for travel.
- How to join: https://productcircle.club/how-to-join · Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKtgxNWm35UZqWcKUf7P3sAyNLVpE13qEbpOxt-JD6C9YQew/viewform
- Contact: team@productcircle.club · Privacy notice: https://productcircle.club/privacy

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## Start here

- [Product Circle: overview](https://productcircle.club/index.md): What the community is, what members get and how to join.

## Membership

- [Product Circle Membership: What PMs and Founders Get](https://productcircle.club/membership.md): What Product Circle membership includes: a weekly AMA, product teardowns, member intros, a jobs board, a monthly chai meetup and office hours with VCs.
- [Weekly AMA for Product Managers and Founders](https://productcircle.club/membership/weekly-ama.md): Every week Product Circle members get a 45-minute AMA with a PM or founder. Questions come from members and are answered live. Bring what you can't ask at work.
- [Live Product Teardowns, Every Two Weeks](https://productcircle.club/membership/product-teardowns.md): Every two weeks Product Circle members take one product apart together, with notes under three labels: what works, what doesn't and what to steal.
- [Member Intros: One-Line Taglines for Product People](https://productcircle.club/membership/member-intros.md): Every new Product Circle member is introduced with a one-line tagline, so people know who to talk to. How intros work, how to write a great tagline, examples.
- [Members-only PM Jobs and Founder Openings Board](https://productcircle.club/membership/jobs-board.md): The Product Circle jobs board is members-only and always open: PM roles and founder openings shared by members for members. How it works and how to use it.
- [Monthly Chai Meetup for Product Managers and Founders](https://productcircle.club/membership/chai-meetups.md): Once a month Product Circle members meet in person over chai. Good conversation, no slides. What the meetup is, who it's for and how to get the most from it.
- [VC and Founder Office Hours](https://productcircle.club/membership/office-hours.md): How Product Circle office hours work: members pick a 20-minute slot with VCs and founders who have raised, built and hired, and bring one real problem.

## About the community

- [About Product Circle: A Community for PMs and Founders](https://productcircle.club/about.md): Product Circle is a curated community for experienced product managers in India, run by the team behind Mehman, with 250+ members so far.
- [How to Join Product Circle: Apply in Three Steps](https://productcircle.club/how-to-join.md): How to join Product Circle in three steps: fill in a short form, a person reads it, and you're added to the group. Every question on the form, and how to answer it.
- [A Community for Senior Product Managers in India](https://productcircle.club/for-product-managers.md): Product Circle is a curated community for experienced PMs in India: weekly AMAs, teardowns, a PM jobs board and monthly chai meetups with 250+ members.
- [A Founder Community in India for Startup Founders](https://productcircle.club/for-founders.md): Product Circle is a curated community for founders and PMs in India: office hours with VCs and founders, co-founder and founding PM openings, AMAs and chai meetups.
- [Product Circle FAQ: Membership, Joining and Perks](https://productcircle.club/faq.md): Answers about Product Circle: who it's for, how to apply, how applications are reviewed, what members get, the AMA, teardowns, jobs board and meetups.
- [Product Management Glossary: 110+ Terms Explained](https://productcircle.club/glossary.md): A plain-English product management glossary: 110+ PM terms from A/B test to working backwards, each defined in a sentence or two, with links to deeper guides.
- [Contact Product Circle](https://productcircle.club/contact.md): Get in touch with the Product Circle team at team@productcircle.club about applications, membership, hosting an AMA or office hours, partnerships and privacy.
- [Privacy Notice](https://productcircle.club/privacy.md): How Product Circle collects, uses and protects your personal data when you apply or join, and how to exercise your rights under India's DPDP Act, 2023.

## Guides

- [45 product manager interview questions, with frameworks and model answers](https://productcircle.club/blog/product-manager-interview-questions.md): 45 product manager interview questions across product sense, metrics, strategy, estimation, behavioural and technical, with frameworks and model answers.
- [Customer interviews: a practical guide with 25 user interview questions](https://productcircle.club/blog/customer-interviews-guide.md): How to run customer interviews that reveal real problems: Mom Test principles, recruiting users in India, a script template and 25 user interview questions.
- [From product manager to founder: an honest guide to making the jump](https://productcircle.club/blog/from-product-manager-to-founder.md): Going from product manager to founder: which PM skills transfer, which don't, how to validate an idea while employed, find a co-founder and plan runway.
- [How to ask good questions in an AMA (with 30 examples)](https://productcircle.club/blog/how-to-ask-good-questions-in-an-ama.md): How to ask good questions in an AMA with a PM or founder: a simple question formula, bad vs good examples, 30 AMA questions by theme and follow-ups.
- [How to become a product manager in India (paths, skills and a 90-day plan)](https://productcircle.club/blog/how-to-become-a-product-manager-in-india.md): How to become a product manager in India: the four main paths, skills that matter, a portfolio, APM programmes, resume tips, interview stages and a 90-day plan.
- [How to do a product teardown (framework, template and worked example)](https://productcircle.club/blog/how-to-do-a-product-teardown.md): A step-by-step product teardown framework built on Works, Doesn't and Steal this, with a copyable template, a worked onboarding example and common mistakes.
- [How to prepare for VC office hours (agenda, questions and follow-up template)](https://productcircle.club/blog/how-to-prepare-for-vc-office-hours.md): How to prepare for VC office hours: what to bring, a 20-minute agenda, questions to ask and expect, and a follow-up email template for founders.
- [How to write a PRD (with a free template and a worked example)](https://productcircle.club/blog/how-to-write-a-prd.md): Learn how to write a PRD engineers actually read: the sections that matter, a copyable PRD template, a worked example and the mistakes to avoid.
- [Networking for product managers: how to build a real network (with templates)](https://productcircle.club/blog/networking-for-product-managers.md): Networking for product managers without LinkedIn spam: give before you ask, outreach templates that get replies, communities, referrals and a follow-up system.
- [North star metric: how to choose one (with examples and an input metrics tree)](https://productcircle.club/blog/north-star-metric.md): What a north star metric is, how to choose one for your product, how to build the input metrics tree under it, with examples and anti-patterns to avoid.
- [Product management communities in India: a fair guide for 2026](https://productcircle.club/blog/product-management-communities-in-india.md): A researched guide to product management communities in India: free meetups, paid memberships and online groups, with a comparison table and how to choose one.
- [Product manager salary in India (2026): by level, city and company](https://productcircle.club/blog/product-manager-salary-in-india.md): Product manager salary in India in 2026, from APM to CPO, by city and company type, with sourced ranges, ESOP basics and how to negotiate your offer.
- [Product prioritization frameworks: RICE, ICE, MoSCoW, Kano and more, compared](https://productcircle.club/blog/product-prioritisation-frameworks.md): Compare 7 product prioritization frameworks: RICE, ICE, MoSCoW, Kano, value vs effort, opportunity scoring and WSJF, with formulas and a worked RICE example.
- [Product roadmap guide: types, template and how to build one](https://productcircle.club/blog/product-roadmap-guide.md): What a product roadmap is, the main types (Now/Next/Later, outcome-based, timeline), how to build one step by step, plus a template and examples.
- [What is a founding product manager? Role, equity and how to get hired](https://productcircle.club/blog/what-is-a-founding-product-manager.md): What a founding product manager does, how the role differs from a PM at scale, when startups should hire one, equity basics, red flags and how to land the role.
- [Your first 90 days as a product manager (a 30/60/90 plan that works)](https://productcircle.club/blog/first-90-days-as-a-product-manager.md): A practical plan for your first 90 days as a product manager: a 30/60/90 table, stakeholder map, documents to read, questions to ask and early wins.

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