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Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersJournalists Don't Care About You: A Magazine Editor's Field Guide to Getting PressGuest Jason Feifer · Host Lenny RachitskyEntrepreneur editor-in-chief Jason Feifer explains how to prepare, pick the right writer, and pitch a story that an editor will actually say yes to.
1:03:27ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFind the Cultural Erogenous Zone: A Comms Playbook for Making Ideas SpreadGuest Lulu Cheng Meservey · Host Lenny RachitskyLulu Cheng Meservey, the former Substack comms head, explains how underdog startups can build their own audiences, take smarter risks and shape messages people want to repeat.
1:14:35ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe User Research Reckoning: Why Most Research Is the Wrong KindGuest Judd Antin · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Airbnb head of research Judd Antin explains why the UX research field is shrinking, what kind of research actually moves the business, and how PMs and researchers can fix the system together.
1:28:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersSeven Years in the Making: How StackBlitz Turned Bolt into a $40M ARR Overnight SuccessGuest Eric Simons · Host Lenny RachitskyStackBlitz CEO Eric Simons explains how a browser-based operating system, a bootstrapped team and a better Claude model turned a nearly bankrupt company into one of the fastest-growing products ever.
1:13:36ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersAsk for What You Want: Kenneth Berger on Integrity, Hearing No, and Getting Fired from Slack Three TimesGuest Kenneth Berger · Host Lenny RachitskyThe first PM at Slack turned executive coach lays out a three-step practice for naming your desires, asking for them, and accepting whatever answer comes back.
1:38:00ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersRun Toward the Pain: Ben Horowitz on Hesitation, Confidence and Leading a Company Through the AbyssGuest Ben Horowitz · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Andreessen Horowitz co-founder talks about the psychology of being a CEO, what product managers get wrong about leadership, whether AI is a bubble, and why the US must stay in the AI race.
1:26:42ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersInside Block's AI-Native Bet: Goose, Functional Orgs and Throwing Code AwayGuest Dhanji R. Prasanna · Host Lenny RachitskyBlock CTO Dhanji Prasanna explains how a reorg, an open-source agent and a learning-first culture made the company unusually AI-forward.
57:11ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Artifact to Organism: Microsoft's Asha Sharma on Products That Learn and an Agentic SocietyGuest Asha Sharma · Host Lenny RachitskyMicrosoft's AI platform product chief explains why products are becoming living systems tuned by post-training, why interfaces are shifting toward code and composability, and how agents may reshape the org chart.
1:42:57ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFive Seconds, Real Stakes: Matthew Dicks on How to Tell Stories People RememberGuest Matthew Dicks · Host Lenny RachitskyThe 59-time Moth Story Slam winner and author of Storyworthy explains the single-moment structure of good stories, how to use them at work, and how to calm stage nerves.
1:12:19ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe Three W's: A Practical Framework for Growing as a Product ManagerGuest Vikrama Dhiman · Host Lenny RachitskyGojek's head of product Vikrama Dhiman explains what separates fast-rising PMs from stalled ones, and how to move into product from another discipline.
1:27:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersOptimism, Laziness and "What If": Lessons from the Man Behind Google DocsGuest Sam Schillace · Host Lenny RachitskySam Schillace, who created Writely (later Google Docs) and now helps lead AI work at Microsoft, on disruptive ideas, user laziness, failing on purpose, and where software is headed.
1:35:10ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersTen Growth Tactics That Never Work, According to Elena VernaGuest Elena Verna · Host Lenny RachitskyGrowth leader Elena Verna runs through the growth plays she sees companies waste money on, the three frameworks she trusts instead, and her case for career optionality.
1:09:38ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersRyan Hoover on Experiments, Launches and the Mask Every Founder WearsGuest Ryan Hoover · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Product Hunt founder and Weekend Fund investor talks about starting small, raising money for a reason, launching well, his own regrets and how he now invests.
1:01:13ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersNLX Is the New UX: Microsoft's Aparna Chennapragada on Designing for AgentsGuest Aparna Chennapragada · Host Lenny RachitskyMicrosoft's chief product officer explains how she is building AI products a year ahead of the market, why conversation is a designable interface, and what stays the same for product builders.
1:02:33ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersEmpathy, Half-Built Products and Staying Power: Scott Belsky on Product Sense in the Age of AIGuest Scott Belsky · Host Lenny RachitskyAdobe's chief strategy officer explains how he builds product intuition, why he kills features, how AI could change creative work, and when a founder should quit.
1:50:55ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersTwo Hierarchies for Consumer and Marketplace Startups: Focus First, Tip Second, Dominate LastGuest Sarah Tavel · Host Lenny RachitskyBenchmark partner Sarah Tavel walks through her hierarchy of engagement and hierarchy of marketplaces, and why both start with ruthless focus.
1:40:42ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe IC CEO: How Airtable's Howie Liu Is Re-Founding a 13-Year-Old Product for AIGuest Howie Liu · Host Lenny RachitskyAirtable's co-founder explains why he returned to hands-on product work, split his org into fast- and slow-thinking groups, and what skills every product team now needs.
1:45:10ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersShape Up in Real Life: Fixed Time, Variable Scope, and the Shaping Session That Makes It WorkGuest Ryan Singer · Host Lenny RachitskyRyan Singer, author of Shape Up, explains appetites, six-week time boxes and live shaping sessions, and why copying Basecamp's method without its conditions fails.
2:14:39ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBrains at Work: A Neuroscience Playbook for Meetings, Influence and Team CultureGuest Evan LaPointe · Host Lenny RachitskyCORE Sciences founder Evan LaPointe turns the brain's safety, reward and purpose systems into practical advice for meetings, relationships, culture and focus.
1:21:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersThe Magic Loop: How a Former Amazon VP Says You Can Earn Promotions by Helping Your BossGuest Ethan Evans · Host Lenny RachitskyEthan Evans explains his five-step career loop, how to break through at senior manager, how to invent on purpose, and what he learned from failing Jeff Bezos on a very public launch.
1:34:27ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersMatt Mullenweg on Open Source Ideals, the WP Engine Fight and Why Llama Isn't Really OpenGuest Matt Mullenweg · Host Lenny RachitskyThe WordPress co-creator and Automattic CEO gives his side of the WP Engine dispute, explains his open source philosophy, and talks AI, community building and acquisitions with Lenny Rachitsky.
1:13:37ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersTen Hot Takes From a Bootstrapped SaaS Founder: Pricing, Retention, Tempo and the Middle of the FunnelGuest Patrick Campbell · Host Lenny RachitskyPatrick Campbell, who sold ProfitWell for more than $200 million without outside funding, runs through ten operating topics, from team culture and bootstrapping to pricing, churn and freemium.
1:30:00ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersInside Stripe's Product Engineering Culture: Friction Logs, Engineer Occasions and 45-Minute DeploysGuest David Singleton · Host Lenny RachitskyStripe CTO David Singleton explains how the company hires, builds with early users, sweats the details and ships constantly without breaking a business-critical system.
1:18:58ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersDelta 4, Dharma and Second-Order Thinking: Kunal Shah's Philosophy of Building in IndiaGuest Kunal Shah · Host Lenny RachitskyCRED founder Kunal Shah explains his product framework, why India's market behaves differently, and the habits of curiosity he credits for his success.Load moreShowing 24 of 223