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1:10:27ENHard Skills, Soft Skills and Mentors: Jules Walter's Playbook for Growing as a PMGuest Jules Walter · Host Lenny RachitskyYouTube product lead Jules Walter explains how he builds IQ and EQ skills, asks for honest feedback, and recruits mentors with the smallest possible ask.
1:30:46ENSkip the Funnel of Doom: Cursor's Playbook for Hiring the Top 50Host Lenny RachitskyAdam Ward, Cursor's head of talent, explains how to scope, map and relentlessly pursue the best people instead of hiring whoever survives a recruiting funnel.
1:35:11ENDon't Chase the Fake Rabbit: A Meta Product Leader's Guide to a 60-Year PM CareerGuest Nikhyl Singhal · Host Lenny RachitskyNikhyl Singhal walks through early, mid and late career for product managers, from avoiding ex-growth companies to finding a North Star for "act three".
1:04:53ENThe Pathless Path: Stepping Off the Default Script for Work and LifeGuest Paul Millerd · Host Lenny RachitskyAuthor Paul Millerd explains how to question the default career script, create space to explore, and live with the fears that come with choosing your own work.
1:54:40ENLearning to Take a Punch: Whoop's Hilary Gridley on Leading Through Fear, Ego and Hard ProblemsGuest Hilary Gridley · Host Lenny RachitskyWhoop's head of core product explains how she coaches product teams to handle setbacks, understand how leaders think, build habits through reward loops, and protect their own energy in an AI-anxious era.
1:28:40ENBuild First, Then Product Manage: Kevin Yien's Unorthodox PM PlaybookHost Lenny RachitskyKevin Yien shares contrarian PM lessons on starting as a builder, writing for clarity, decision logs, unsell emails, research automation and career resilience.
1:22:39ENBarrels, Undiscovered Talent and Ugly Babies: Keith Rabois on Building Companies in the AI EraHost Lenny RachitskyKhosla Ventures' Keith Rabois explains how he spots talent, why he avoids customer feedback for consumer products, and how AI is reshaping product, design and engineering roles.
1:05:46ENHire for Balance, Fix Onboarding, Evaluate Companies Rigorously: Adam Fishman's Growth PlaybookGuest Adam Fishman · Host Lenny RachitskyThe former Lyft, Patreon and Imperfect Foods growth leader lays out a four-part competency model for hiring growth talent, explains why onboarding is the most underrated retention lever, and shares a "people, mission, financials" framework for choosing where to work.
1:31:22ENThe Super IC Playbook: 12 Years of Product Leverage Without ManagementHost Lenny RachitskyTal Raviv explains why he stayed an individual-contributor PM for 12 years, how he uses AI and self-reliant teams to scale his impact, and what failure has taught him.
1:08:53ENPlay the Long Game: A Top Recruiter's Playbook for Hiring and Becoming a Product LeaderGuest Lauren Ipsen · Host Lenny RachitskyRecruiter Lauren Ipsen explains how founders should hire their first senior product leader, how PMs should build their careers, and what recruiters often get wrong.
1:31:56ENGive Away Your Legos: Molly Graham's Handbook for Leading Through HypergrowthHost Lenny RachitskyMolly Graham walks through the frameworks she built at Google, Facebook, Quip and CZI, from giving away your Legos and the J-curve to the waterline model and six rules for goals.
1:06:40ENWhat Product Ops Really Does: Pendo's Christine Itwaru on a Role Built to Free Up PMsGuest Christine Itwaru · Host Lenny RachitskyA long-time product ops leader at Pendo explains the job, how it differs from PM, program management and product marketing, when to hire for it, and how to move into it.
48:02ENDon't Do AI for AI's Sake: Marily Nika's Starter Guide to AI Product ManagementGuest Marily Nika · Host Lenny RachitskyMeta product lead Marily Nika explains what a model is, when AI is worth building, how PMs can learn, and what working with research scientists is really like.
1:28:58ENBret Taylor on Failing Forward: From Google Local to Google Maps to Sierra's AgentsGuest Bret Taylor · Host Lenny RachitskyThe co-creator of Google Maps and FriendFeed's like button on career mindset, the future of coding, where AI startups should build, and why agents will bring outcome-based pricing.
1:54:54ENSlow Down, Ask Questions, Sell the Vacation: An Executive Negotiator's PlaybookHost Lenny RachitskyJacob Warwick explains how senior operators win bigger offers by treating a job search like an enterprise sale and negotiating collaboratively rather than confrontationally.
1:05:10ENYou Can't Do Homework to Become a Great PM: Fareed Mosavat on Reps, Sponsors and the Leadership CanyonGuest Fareed Mosavat · Host Lenny RachitskyReforge's Fareed Mosavat explains why product management can only be learned on real products, and what trips people up when they move from IC to leader.
1:10:14ENProgress Beats Pep Talks: Jason Shah on Leading Product Teams Through Web3's Ups and DownsGuest Jason Shah · Host Lenny RachitskyAlchemy's Jason Shah talks with Lenny Rachitsky about Web3 product management, working backwards, leadership habits, pushing back on a CEO, career paths and hiring.
1:40:04ENCompanies Are Equations: Tom Conrad on Pandora, Quibi and the Math Behind Product SuccessGuest Tom Conrad · Host Lenny RachitskyA veteran of Apple, Pandora, Snap, Pets.com and Quibi explains what hits and disasters taught him about choosing teams, business-model math, burnout and why not everyone should found a company.
1:27:22ENAgency Over Job Titles: Notion's Max Schoening on Building in the AI EraHost Lenny RachitskyNotion's head of product on why designers should code, why agency separates the people who thrive, and what makes a product great.
1:07:32ENMinimal Lovable Products, the Airbnb Plus Post-Mortem, and the Trust Bank: Product Lessons from Jiaona ZhangHost Lenny RachitskyWebflow's SVP of Product on the mistakes new PMs make, why Airbnb Plus never had a path, roadmap-as-story, OKRs that stretch instead of sandbag, surviving WeWork, and how to spend your first 90 days.
1:22:31ENPower Is a Tool: Stanford's Jeffrey Pfeffer on the Seven Rules of Getting AheadGuest Jeffrey Pfeffer · Host Lenny RachitskyStanford organizational behavior professor Jeffrey Pfeffer walks Lenny Rachitsky through the seven rules of power, the homework that makes them stick, and the price power exacts.
1:18:22ENShipyards, Sharp Problems and Humility: Two Veteran Product Leaders on the PM Role in the AI EraHost Lenny RachitskyOji and Ezinne Udezue explain how product management is changing, which skills matter now, and what the companies winning with AI do differently.
45:34ENThe Four Questions Shreyas Doshi Wishes He Had Asked Himself SoonerHost Lenny RachitskyA live conversation about scope, strategy, taste, and listening as the hidden drivers of product leadership.
1:09:35ENKill Your Own Project, Diversify Your Growth: Noam Lovinsky's Lessons from YouTube, Thumbtack, Facebook and GrammarlyGuest Noam Lovinsky · Host Lenny RachitskyGrammarly's chief product officer walks through four very different chapters of his career and the principles each one taught him.
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