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Lenny's PodcastPodcastIdeology, Restraint and the Core: Peter Sellis on Building Product Teams That WinHost Lenny RachitskySnapchat's first PM and former Discord head of product speaks candidly about team design, why the median PM is weak, and where consumer growth really comes from.
1:16:05ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Founder Is the Product: A Tactical Guide to Founder-Led SalesHost Lenny RachitskyJen Abel walks through outbound messaging, first calls, co-authored scoping, procurement, and closing for early-stage founders.
20:16ENLenny's PodcastPodcastProduct Management Is Dead. What Comes Next Is an AI-Powered Triple ThreatHost Lenny RachitskyClaire argues that AI is collapsing the PM craft and replacing the product triad with multi-skilled leaders backed by agents, tools and a culture of automation.
1:46:04ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersWhy Growth Stalls: Jason Cohen's Ordered Checklist for Getting UnstuckGuest Jason Cohen · Host Lenny RachitskySerial founder Jason Cohen walks through the questions he asks, in order, when a product's growth slows, from churn and pricing to net revenue retention, saturated channels and whether you need to grow at all.
1:47:58ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 3 speakersBridging the Divide: How Community Notes Built a Trusted Fact-Checking System on DisagreementGuest Keith Coleman, Jay Baxter · Host Lenny RachitskyKeith Coleman and Jay Baxter, the team behind Community Notes, explain how the algorithm works, how a tiny team built it, and why it survived four leaders at Twitter and X.
1:55:28ENLenny's PodcastPodcastPlan Your Chess Moves: Peter Deng on Building Products Used by BillionsHost Lenny RachitskyThe former product leader at OpenAI, Instagram, Uber and Facebook explains how he scales products, assembles teams and hires people who eventually don't need him.
1:35:17ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersLove, Not Just Like: How Nubank Builds Products Customers Tell Their Friends AboutGuest Jag Duggal · Host Lenny RachitskyNubank's chief product officer Jag Duggal explains the culture, metrics and strategy discipline behind a bank that grows mostly through word of mouth.
1:44:35ENLenny's PodcastPodcastMarc Andreessen on Why AI Arrives Just in Time, and Why You Should Not Be FungibleHost Lenny RachitskyThe a16z co-founder argues that AI lands in an economy starved of productivity growth and short of workers, and explains how individuals, parents and founders should respond.
1:08:16ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersPick the Right Growth Engine: Yuriy Timen on Virality, SEO and Paid for Subscription ProductsGuest Yuriy Timen · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Grammarly growth lead Yuriy Timen explains how to tell which acquisition channel fits your product, and how a tighter funding climate is reshuffling the playbook.
1:31:49ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBlue Loops, Eigenquestions and Golden Rituals: Shishir Mehrotra's Playbook for Growth and Great TeamsGuest Shishir Mehrotra · Host Lenny RachitskyCoda's co-founder and CEO explains how his product grows through two loops, how to find the one question that settles many others, and how to hire for the right kind of thinking.
1:33:23ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersProduct-Led Growth Is Really Data-Led Growth: A Practical PlaybookGuest Hila Qu · Host Lenny RachitskyGrowth advisor Hila Qu explains how to add a PLG motion, from avoiding common pitfalls and auditing your funnel to choosing tools and building the team.
1:04:59ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersWhat Makes a Top 1% Product Manager, and What Working Backwards Really MeansGuest Ian McAllister · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Amazon product leader Ian McAllister revisits his famous PM post and explains why most teams misuse Amazon's working backwards process.
1:27:03ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBe the Hero of Your Own Story: Superpowers, Kryptonite and the Leader's JourneyGuest Donna Lichaw · Host Lenny RachitskyExecutive coach Donna Lichaw explains how the stories leaders tell themselves shape their impact, and how to find strengths, reframe imposter syndrome and set goals.
1:39:23ENLenny's PodcastPodcastProven, Better, New: Mark Pincus on Copying Smartly, Killing Hope and Building an Internet TreasureHost Lenny RachitskyThe Zynga founder shares the framework behind his hit games, why starting small beats starting big, and what he sees coming for consumer apps in the age of AI.
1:31:55ENLenny's PodcastPodcastInnovate, Don't Optimize: Lovable's Growth Chief on Rewriting the Playbook for AIHost Lenny RachitskyElena Verna explains how Lovable reached $200M ARR in under a year with about 100 people, and which growth habits she had to throw away to get there.
55:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcastHow Product Leaders Sell Ideas, Simplify Products, and Build Growth LoopsHost Lenny RachitskyEventbrite’s chief product officer explains how to communicate upward, protect product-market fit, and turn early growth hacks into scalable loops.
1:23:59ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFascinating, Tell Me More: Faire CPO Ami Vora on Disagreeing Well and Leading ImperfectlyGuest Ami Vora · Host Lenny RachitskyFaire's chief product officer explains how she handles disagreement, runs product reviews, uses metaphors to align teams and accepts that senior leadership means choosing between imperfect options.
1:18:09ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Reactive to Creative: Ken Norton on the Inner Work of Product LeadershipGuest Ken Norton · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Google product leader and executive coach Ken Norton explains why mindset, not more frameworks, unlocks the next level of leadership.
1:14:06ENLenny's PodcastPodcastWindsurf's Bet: Build the IDE That Makes Today's IDE Look DumbHost Lenny RachitskyVarun Mohan explains how Windsurf pivoted from GPU infrastructure to an agentic code editor, why it forked VS Code, and how he thinks about models, hiring, enterprise sales, and the future of software work.
1:34:14ENLenny's PodcastPodcastGive Away Your Legos, Except the Ones AI Doesn't DeserveHost Lenny RachitskyMolly Graham revisits her famous career advice for a world of AI, grief, burnout and fast-changing jobs.
1:49:17ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersDon't Call It Strategy, Call It an Action Agenda: Richard Rumelt on Diagnosing the CruxGuest Richard Rumelt · Host Lenny RachitskyThe author of Good Strategy Bad Strategy and The Crux explains the kernel of strategy, where competitive power comes from, and why organizations so often fail to choose.
1:12:17ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCoaching Product Managers: Five Ingredients, Honest Storytelling, and the Case for CommunityGuest Petra Wille · Host Lenny RachitskyProduct leadership coach Petra Wille explains how to develop PMs, why storytelling is a career skill, and how communities of practice scale learning.
1:39:50ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCraft Over Metrics: How Linear Builds Software with One PM and No A/B TestsGuest Karri Saarinen · Host Lenny RachitskyLinear co-founder and CEO Karri Saarinen explains how a roughly 50-person, profitable company runs on taste, ownership, paid work trials and a deliberately slow, focused growth path.
53:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersManage Up, Get Specific, Say No by Trading Off: Wes Kao's Playbook for Clearer WorkGuest Wes Kao · Host Lenny RachitskyMaven co-founder Wes Kao walks Lenny Rachitsky through five ideas on writing, teaching, managing your boss and declining requests, after a tour of her path from the Gap to Seth Godin's altMBA.Load moreShowing 24 of 372