Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Episodes

• A guide to difficult conversations, building high-trust teams, and designing a life you love | Rachel Lockett

  Nov 23, 2025

  Effective leaders must understand when to coach their team members versus when to provide direct answers.

• Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield

  Nov 20, 2025

  Embrace a culture of continuous improvement to drive product excellence.

• The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots, and why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li

  Nov 16, 2025

  The evolution of AI has transformed from skepticism to widespread integration across industries.

• “Dumbest idea I’ve heard” to $100M ARR: Inside the rise of Gamma | Grant Lee (CEO)

  Nov 13, 2025

  Emphasize the onboarding process as a way to improve initial user experience and retention.

• "Sell the alpha, not the feature": The enterprise sales playbook for $1M to $10M ARR | Jen Abel

  Nov 9, 2025

  Understand the distinct differences between SMBs and enterprises, as the mid-market categorization can dilute sales efforts.

• The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

  Nov 2, 2025

  Vision is crucial for success; start with 'Column B' thinking and imagine your ideal future.

• How Block is becoming the most AI-native enterprise in the world | Dhanji R. Prasanna

  Oct 26, 2025

  Block's internal AI agent, Goose, saves employees 8 to 10 hours weekly, especially benefitting non-technical teams.

• Al Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen (Nvidia, Stanford, Netflix)

  Oct 23, 2025

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• How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren

  Oct 19, 2025

  Traditional productivity metrics like lines of code are misleading and can be easily gamed.

• Figma’s CEO: Why AI makes design, craft, and quality the new moat for startups | Dylan Field

  Oct 16, 2025

  Differentiation in design is crucial for winning in today's competitive software market.

• Inside Google's AI turnaround: The rise of AI Mode, strategy behind AI Overviews, and their vision for AI-powered search | Robby Stein (VP of Product, Google Search)

  Oct 10, 2025

  Google's mission of accessibility aligns with AI advancements, enabling a new era of information access.

• First interview with Scale AI’s CEO: $14B Meta deal, what’s working in enterprise AI, and what frontier labs are building next | Jason Droege

  Oct 9, 2025

  The future of AI lies in models that can perform tasks rather than just possess knowledge.

• How to find hidden growth opportunities in your product | Albert Cheng (Duolingo, Grammarly, Chess.com)

  Oct 5, 2025

  User retention is critical; companies should focus on keeping their users engaged.

• A 4-step framework for building delightful products | Nesrine Changuel (Spotify, Google, Skype)

  Sep 28, 2025

  Delight in products is a strategic approach to create deep emotional connections with users, ensuring retention and loyalty.

• Why AI evals are the hottest new skill for product builders | Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar (creators of the #1 eval course)

  Sep 25, 2025

  Evaluations (evals) are crucial for systematically improving AI applications.

• From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuo (Facebook VP, Sundial CEO, The Making of a Manager author)

  Sep 21, 2025

  Management roles are evolving as AI becomes integral to workflows, requiring adaptability and a focus on building rather than traditional hierarchical structures.

• Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor)

  Sep 18, 2025

  Evals are becoming the primary bottleneck for AI progress, serving as critical criteria for AI model success.

• The ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product | Ethan Smith (Graphite)

  Sep 14, 2025

  AEO is becoming critical as it allows businesses to show up in AI responses and convert leads more effectively than traditional SEO.

• $46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder)

  Sep 11, 2025

  Founders should run toward fear, not away from it—decisiveness is crucial in leadership.

• How AI is reshaping the product role | Oji and Ezinne Udezue

  Sep 7, 2025

  Product management is evolving with AI and requires PMs to be hands-on with technology.