Results
52 articlesSort
1:28:28EN
Lenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFish Where the Fish Are: Andrew Wilkinson on Boring Businesses, AI Agents and Why Money Didn't Make Him HappyGuest Andrew Wilkinson · Host Lenny RachitskyThe co-founder of Tiny, the "Berkshire Hathaway of the internet", explains how to pick a startup idea, how he runs his life on AI agents, and what actually changed his happiness.
1:44:26ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFind the Must-Have Users First: Sean Ellis on Product-Market Fit and Sustainable GrowthGuest Sean Ellis · Host Lenny RachitskyThe creator of the Sean Ellis test and the ICE framework explains how to measure product-market fit, learn from the users who love you, and then grow in the right order.
23:57ENLenny's PodcastPodcastWrite Your Last Roadmap: Claire Vo on Building When Code Is CheapHost Lenny RachitskyIn a talk at the Lenny and Friends Summit, Claire Vo argues that cheap AI execution has made feature roadmaps dangerous and that teams should plan around convictions and evidence instead.
1:41:33ENLenny's PodcastPodcastTwo Days to a Founding Hypothesis: Inside the Foundation SprintHost Lenny RachitskyDesign Sprint creators Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky walk through a scripted 10-hour process that pins down customer, differentiation and approach before a startup builds anything.
1:33:14ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersEarn the Right to Decide: Reference Customers, Coaching and the Craft of Product ManagementGuest Christian Idiodi · Host Lenny RachitskySVPG partner Christian Idiodi explains why product managers get disliked, how to build products with 25 reference customers, and how leaders can coach and promote people well.
1:24:50ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCrossing the Chasm, Explained by Its Author: Start Small, Win a Segment, Then ScaleGuest Geoffrey Moore · Host Lenny RachitskyGeoffrey Moore walks through the technology adoption lifecycle, the four go-to-market playbooks that fit each stage, and the mistakes that keep B2B startups stuck.
1:36:17ENLenny's PodcastPodcastUnderstaff on Purpose, Never Be Chill: Matt MacInnis on Leading Rippling Through EntropyHost Lenny RachitskyRippling's chief product officer and longtime COO explains why extraordinary outcomes demand extraordinary effort, and the frameworks he uses to hire, set process and keep intensity high.
1:51:30ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersNever Search Alone: Why a Job Search Council Beats Going It SoloGuest Phyl Terry · Host Lenny RachitskyPhyl Terry explains how job seekers can borrow product-management methods and a small peer group to find work they actually want, even in a down market.
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.
1:35:10ENLenny'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.
1:50:55ENLenny'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.
1:11:13ENLenny's PodcastPodcastAfter Code: Cursor's CEO on Logic Design, Custom Models and Why One Winner Will Take the MarketHost Lenny RachitskyMichael Truell explains how Cursor went from a mechanical-engineering pivot to a $300M ARR product, and where he thinks programming is heading.
1:22:31ENLenny's PodcastPodcastFall in Love With the Problem: Uri Levine on Product-Market Fit, Fundraising, and Firing FastHost Lenny RachitskyA tactical founder playbook covering problem validation, product-market fit, fundraising narratives, hard hiring decisions, and user understanding.
1:24:03ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersBuilding a Marketplace: Lessons from Lyft and Thumbtack on Liquidity, Supply and ControlGuest Benjamin Lauzier · Host Lenny RachitskyFormer Thumbtack product and growth VP Benjamin Lauzier explains how to start a marketplace, measure its health, and grow supply cleverly, drawing on his years at Lyft.
1:29:39ENLenny's PodcastPodcastFive Customers, Three Prototypes, One Day: How to Find Your Bullseye CustomerHost Lenny RachitskyMichael Margolis of GV explains how to narrow to the customer most likely to adopt first — and how to prove it with a one-day research sprint.
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.
1:39:23ENLenny'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.
1:02:11ENLenny's PodcastPodcastBuild Like a Lab: Josh Woodward on Finding, Testing and Killing Product Ideas in the AI EraHost Lenny RachitskyThe head of Google Labs, the Gemini app and AI Studio explains how to spot ideas that are almost possible, read early product-market fit in people's eyes, and run a frontier team inside a large company.
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.
1:21:35ENLenny's PodcastPodcastSelling the Mario-on-Blast: Jen Abel's Playbook for Growing Enterprise Sales from $1M to $10M ARRHost Lenny RachitskyEnterprise sales veteran Jen Abel explains why startups should chase tier-one logos, price near $100K, sell vision instead of problems, and hire salespeople who can act like founders.
1:24:56ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersPeople Hire Products: Bob Moesta on Struggling Moments, Context and the Real Jobs to Be DoneGuest Bob Moesta · Host Lenny RachitskyThe co-creator of Jobs to Be Done explains how to find the moment customers change behavior, how to interview them, and where the framework doesn't fit.
1:25:08ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersRahul Vohra on Superhuman: Product-Market Fit Engines, Game Design and a CEO's TimeGuest Rahul Vohra · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Superhuman founder explains how he measures and optimizes product-market fit, why he treats products like games, and how he redesigned his own job to speed up the company.Load moreShowing 24 of 52