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Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersRiding the Lightning: What Hypergrowth Companies Share, According to Atlassian's Former Marketing ChiefGuest Carilu Dietrich · Host Lenny RachitskyCarilu Dietrich draws on her years at Atlassian and her advisory work with fast-growing B2B companies to explain how to build a career, a brand and a growth engine.
1:11:43ENLenny's PodcastPodcastTwo Engines, One Price: Madhavan Ramanujam on Monetizing AI Products from Day OneHost Lenny RachitskyPricing expert Madhavan Ramanujam walks through the ideas in his book Scaling Innovation, from negotiation tactics and proof-of-concept design to a 2x2 for choosing an AI pricing model.
1:42:28ENLenny'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.
1:31:50ENLenny's PodcastPodcastZero to $80M in Six Months: How a Solo Founder Bootstrapped Base44 to a Wix ExitHost Lenny RachitskyMaor Shlomo explains how he built and grew the AI app builder Base44 without outside funding, the stack and habits that let one person compete with well-funded rivals, and how the Wix acquisition came 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.
1:35:10ENLenny'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.
1:42:11ENLenny's PodcastPodcastTwenty Agents, 1.2 Humans: Inside SaaStr's AI-Run Sales TeamHost Lenny RachitskyJason Lemkin explains how SaaStr replaced a ten-person go-to-market team with AI agents, what it took to train them, and who survives the shift.
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.
1:02:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Unreasonable Playbook Behind Gojek: Super Apps, Cash Vaults, and Brand as a MoatHost Lenny RachitskyKevin Aluwi explains how Gojek scaled across Southeast Asia by building brand, running brutal operations, and rejecting copycat strategy.
1:14:41ENLenny's PodcastPodcastCaring Deeply, Measuring Clearly: Melissa Tan on Building High-Performing Growth TeamsHost Lenny RachitskyA growth leader's guide to hiring, developing, and organizing teams—from Dropbox's early lessons to Webflow's operating rhythms.
1:09:48ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersLovable's Anton Osika on Building "the Last Piece of Software" With 18 PeopleGuest Anton Osika · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Lovable CEO demos an AI software engineer live and explains how a tiny, obsessive team reached explosive growth.
1:11:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcastBuild the Skeleton Before the Makeup: Deel’s Playbook for $0 to $295M ARRHost Lenny RachitskyMeltem Kuran Berkowitz explains how Deel used question-answering communities, disciplined SEO, long-tail paid bets and revenue-accountable hiring to scale.
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No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & StartupsPodcast · 2 speakersPricing the Future: Kalshi's Tarek Mansour on Winning the Right to Trade ElectionsHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilThe Kalshi CEO explains how his regulated exchange beat the CFTC in court, why he sees event contracts as hedging rather than gambling, and why he thinks market prices beat polls and pundits.
1:24:37ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersTools Exist to Solve Problems: Austin Hay's Practical Guide to Marketing TechnologyGuest Austin Hay · Host Lenny RachitskyRamp's head of marketing technology explains what MarTech is, where it sits in the org, how to build the data stack, and how to hire for it.
1:04:06ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBuild the Model, Then Garden the Marketplace: Dan Hockenmaier on Growth Models and Marketplace StrategyGuest Dan Hockenmaier · Host Lenny RachitskyFaire's head of strategy and analytics explains how to build a growth model, which marketplace metrics matter, and why marketplaces demand a light touch.
1:38:33ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersPrice Before Product: Madhavan Ramanujam's Masterclass on Monetizing InnovationGuest Madhavan Ramanujam · Host Lenny RachitskyThe author of Monetizing Innovation walks product teams through willingness-to-pay research, segmentation, pricing models, benefit messaging and behavioral pricing.
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.
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.
1:08:16ENLenny'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.
1:33:23ENLenny'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.
1:31:55ENLenny'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.
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.
1:53:54ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom "Worst Idea I've Ever Heard" to $100M ARR: How Gamma Grew Profitably with a Tiny TeamGuest Grant Lee · Host Lenny RachitskyGamma CEO Grant Lee walks through product-market fit, micro-influencer marketing, rapid prototype testing, pricing and lean hiring behind an AI presentation tool with over 50 million users.Load moreShowing 24 of 171