Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
Lenny Rachitsky
Episodes
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Inside Bolt: From near-death to ~$40m ARR in 5 months—one of the fastest-growing products in history | Eric Simons (founder and CEO of StackBlitz)
Bolt's rapid success is driven by innovative technology that simplifies coding for non-developers.
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Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (co-founder and CEO)
Lovable is reshaping software development by allowing users without coding skills to create functioning software products quickly.
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Notion’s lost years, its near collapse during Covid, staying small to move fast, the joy and suffering of building horizontal, more | Ivan Zhao (CEO and co-founder)
Finding product-market fit often takes time and persistence, as shown in the early years of Notion.
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The creator of WordPress opens up about becoming an internet villain, why he’s taking a stand, and the future of open source | Matt Mullenweg (founder and CEO, Automattic)
Matt Mullenweg addresses public criticism, affirming the resilience of the WordPress community amidst controversy.
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An inside look at X’s Community Notes | Keith Coleman (VP of Product) and Jay Baxter (ML Lead)
Community Notes utilizes a bridging-based algorithm that fosters accuracy by seeking agreement from users with differing viewpoints.
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How to find work you love | Bob Moesta (Jobs-to-be-Done co-creator, author of "Job Moves”)
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A founder’s guide to crisis management | Uri Levine (Waze co-founder, serial entrepreneur)
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OpenAI researcher on why soft skills are the future of work | Karina Nguyen (Research at OpenAI, ex-Anthropic)
Soft skills such as creativity, emotional intelligence, and collaboration will be essential for product teams as AI continues to automate more hard skills.
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Tobi Lütke’s leadership playbook: Playing infinite games, operating from first principles, and maximizing human potential (founder and CEO of Shopify)
Dissatisfaction with the status quo can drive innovation and the pursuit of one's maximum potential.
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Linear’s secret to building beloved B2B products | Nan Yu (Head of Product)
Speed and quality can coexist; rapid iterations lead to superior product development.
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An operator’s guide to product strategy | Chandra Janakiraman (CPO at VRChat, ex-Meta, Headspace, Zynga)
Product strategy sits between a company's mission and vision and its action plan, requiring a clear definition and alignment.
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10 growth tactics that never work | Elena Verna (Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey)
Founders should aim for product-market fit and a solid user base before hiring a growth team.
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How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor, founder of Alpine Investors)
Identify and pursue your true passion by envisioning what would make you happy if success were guaranteed.
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How to build your product team from scratch, attract top product talent, go multi-product, and more | Rohini Pandhi (Mercury, Square)
Hiring product managers should be timed to when bottlenecks emerge within the product development process.
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Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox)
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Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
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Inside Gong: How teams work with design partners, their pod structure, autonomy, trust, and more | Eilon Reshef (co-founder and CPO)
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Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian)
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Behind the founder: Marc Benioff
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How Shopify builds a high-intensity culture | Farhan Thawar (VP and Head of Eng)
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