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1:09:44ENAndrew Macdonald on Uber’s Membership Strategy, Autonomy and AIGuest Andrew Macdonald · Host Harry StebbingsUber’s president and COO discusses marketplace incentives, autonomous vehicles, the company’s China exit and the challenge of measuring AI’s value.
1:24:26ENJohannes Reck on Building GetYourGuide Through Growth and CrisisGuest Johannes Reck · Host Harry StebbingsThe travel marketplace founder discusses early pivots, fundraising mistakes, pandemic survival and the challenge of scaling in Europe.
1:16:43ENMicha Kaufman on AI, Work and Fiverr’s Next ChapterGuest Micha Kaufman · Host Harry StebbingsThe Fiverr CEO discusses adapting to AI, startup competition, creative work and the uncertainty facing leaders.
1:04:04ENWayne Ting on Turning Lime Around, One Operational Detail at a TimeGuest Wayne Ting · Host Harry StebbingsLime’s CEO explains how vehicle durability, battery swapping and local operations reshaped its economics, and reflects on crisis leadership and recovery.
1:27:25ENMarkus Villig on Building Bolt, Marketplace Growth and Self-DrivingGuest Markus Villig · Host Harry StebbingsThe Bolt founder recounts an unusually lean start, difficult fundraising and global expansion, then explains his view of autonomous vehicles and the future of mobility.
40:33ENScott Gorlick on Uber’s Driver Acquisition and City Launch PlaybookGuest Scott Gorlick · Host Harry StebbingsAn early Uber employee recalls recruiting drivers, building local teams and managing competition as the company expanded.
1:14:40ENTwin Turbines: How Product and Operations Built Uber and OpendoorGuest Brian Tolkin · Host Lenny RachitskyOpendoor's head of product and design, Brian Tolkin, on what an ops-first career teaches about building products, running reviews and staying calm.
1:11:57ENKeeping Commerce Human: Etsy's Tim Holley on Ten Years of Marketplace GrowthGuest Tim Holley · Host Lenny RachitskyEtsy's VP of product on the 2017 culture reset, the face-mask surge, balancing buyers and sellers, and how his product teams are built.
1:04:48ENSkills Over Titles: How LinkedIn's Hari Srinivasan Rewired Hiring Around What People Can DoGuest Hari Srinivasan · Host Lenny RachitskyLinkedIn's VP of product for Talent Solutions explains skills-first hiring, running a web of interlocking marketplaces, and how to get hired as a product manager.
1:50:55ENTwo 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.
1:24:03ENBuilding 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.
1:23:36ENYou Are Not a Marketplace Founder (Yet): A Stanford Professor on Friction, Data and ExperimentsGuest Ramesh Johari · Host Lenny RachitskyRamesh Johari explains what marketplaces really sell, why prediction is not decision-making, and how experiments and rating systems should be designed.
1:04:06ENBuild 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.
1:12:29ENLazy, Vain, Selfish Users and the Rule of Three: An Indian Product Leader's PlaybookGuest Anuj Rathi · Host Lenny RachitskyAnuj Rathi of Jupiter Money walks through how product management took shape in India, and the frameworks he uses for onboarding, working backwards, strategy and marketplaces.







