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  • By Lenny Rachitsky
  • 290 chapters
  • Updated Nov 1, 2026
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  • Eric Ries (2026-05-13)
  • Jenny Wen (2026-03-01)
  • Jeetu Patel (2026-02-26)
  • Boris Cherny (2026-02-19)
  • Sequoia CEO coach: Why it’s never been easier to start a company, and never been harder to scale one | Brian Halligan (co-founder, HubSpot) — Brian Halligan (2026-02-15)
  • Sherwin Wu V2 (2026-02-12)

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Full transcripts of 289 Lenny's Podcast episodes (2021-2026). In-depth conversations with top product leaders, founders, and operators on product management, growth, engineering, design, AI, and startups.

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Episode: The force that destroys companies from within (and how to resist it) — Eric Ries, Lean Startup

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoJ1vTdHpks

Eric Ries (00:00:00): ... all kinds of famous companies. The thing that destroyed them was not competition, their very success became a liability.

Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:07): I want to hear the OpenAI versus Anthropic story.

Eric Ries (00:00:09): Dario was a first-time founder. Wasn't a hot company at all. The boom hadn't happened yet. ChatGPT hadn't been invented yet. Nonetheless, they were true believers in the safety mission, and so one of their investors suggested they come talk to me. I told them, "Look, if you don't get this right, here's what's going to happen." They were very determined to do something about it. They wrote into their charter, Anthropic has directors on its for-profit board who are appointed by and are accountable to an outside group of trustees who are AI safety experts, who do not have equity in Anthropic. Whenever you see Anthropic do the right thing, like when they refuse to release a model because they think it's too dangerous, think about how much that's costing them.

Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:43): This new book, Incorruptible, is about helping you protect what you've built. What is it that you need protection from?

Eric Ries (00:00:48): We all know this force. I call it the force that no one controls, but everyone obeys, that tends to drag organizations down into mediocrity, to the point that we lose control of them.

Lenny Rachitsky (00:01:00): What's a broad-stroke solution to this?

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Contents

  1. 01Eric Ries (2026-05-13)p.1
  2. 02Jenny Wen (2026-03-01)p.2
  3. 03Jeetu Patel (2026-02-26)p.3
  4. 04Boris Cherny (2026-02-19)p.4
  5. 05Sequoia CEO coach: Why it’s never been easier to start a company, and never been harder to scale one | Brian Halligan (co-founder, HubSpot) — Brian Halligan (2026-02-15)p.5
  6. 06Sherwin Wu V2 (2026-02-12)p.6
  7. 07The rise of the professional vibe coder (a new AI-era job) | Lazar Jovanovic (Professional Vibe Coder) — Lazar Jovanovic (2026-02-08)p.7
  8. 08A child psychologist’s guide to working with difficult adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy — Dr. Becky Kennedy (2026-02-01)p.8
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  1. 09Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn’t even started yet — Marc Andreessen (2026-01-29)p.9
  2. 105 questions to ask when your product stops growing | Jason Cohen (2x unicorn founder) — Jason Cohen (2026-01-25)p.10
  3. 11The non-technical PM’s guide to building with Cursor | Zevi Arnovitz (Meta) — Zevi Arnovitz (2026-01-18)p.11
  4. 12How to show up in any room with a low heart rate: Silicon Valley’s missing etiquette playbook | Sam Lessin — Sam Lessin (2026-01-15)p.12
  5. 13The power user’s guide to Codex: parallelizing workflows, planning techniques, advanced context engineering tips, automating code reviews, and more | Alexander Embiricos — Alexander Embiricos (2026-01-12)p.13
  6. 14Aishwarya Naresh Reganti + Kiriti Badam (2026-01-11)p.14
  7. 15The high-growth handbook: Molly Graham’s frameworks for leading through chaos, change, and scale — Molly Graham (2026-01-04)p.15
  8. 16We replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents—here’s what happened | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) — Jason M Lemkin (2026-01-01)p.16
  9. 1710 contrarian leadership truths every leader needs to hear | Matt MacInnis (Rippling) — Matt MacInnis (2025-12-28)p.17
  10. 18Elena Verna 4.0 (2025-12-18)p.18
  11. 19The 100-person AI lab that became Anthropic and Google's secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge AI) — Edwin Chen (2025-12-07)p.19
  12. 20Why LinkedIn is turning PMs into AI-powered "full stack builders” | Tomer Cohen (LinkedIn CPO) — Tomer Cohen (2025-12-04)p.20
  13. 21What world-class GTM looks like in 2026 | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (Vercel, Stripe, Google) — Jeanne Grosser (2025-11-30)p.21
  14. 22A guide to difficult conversations, building high-trust teams, and designing a life you love | Rachel Lockett — Rachel Lockett (2025-11-23)p.22
  15. 23Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield — Stewart Butterfield (2025-11-20)p.23
  16. 24The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots & why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li — Dr. Fei Fei Li (2025-11-16)p.24
  17. 25“Dumbest idea I’ve heard” to $100M ARR: Inside the rise of Gamma | Grant Lee (CEO) — Grant Lee (2025-11-13)p.25
  18. 26"Sell the alpha, not the feature": The enterprise sales playbook for $1M to $10M ARR | Jen Abel — Jen Abel (2025-11-09)p.26
  19. 27The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins — Melanie Perkins (2025-11-02)p.27
  20. 28How Block is becoming the most AI-native enterprise in the world | Dhanji R. Prasanna — Dhanji R. Prasanna (2025-10-26)p.28
  21. 29Al Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen (Nvidia, Stanford, Netflix) — Chip Huyen (2025-10-23)p.29
  22. 30How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren — Nicole Forsgren (2025-10-19)p.30
  23. 31Inside 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) — Robby Stein (2025-10-10)p.31
  24. 32First interview with Scale AI’s CEO: $14B Meta deal, what’s working in enterprise AI, and what frontier labs are building next | Jason Droege — Jason Droege (2025-10-09)p.32
  25. 33How to find hidden growth opportunities in your product | Albert Cheng (Duolingo, Grammarly, Chess.com) — Albert Cheng (2025-10-05)p.33
  26. 34The secret to better AI prototypes: Why Tinder’s CPO starts with JSON, not design | Ravi Mehta (product advisor, previously EIR at Reforge) — Ravi Mehta (2025-09-29)p.34
  27. 35Why AI evals are the hottest new skill for product builders | Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar (creators of the #1 eval course) — Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar (2025-09-25)p.35
  28. 36Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor) — Brendan Foody (2025-09-18)p.36
  29. 37The ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product | Ethan Smith (Graphite) — Ethan Smith (2025-09-14)p.37
  30. 38$46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder) — Ben Horowitz (2025-09-11)p.38
  31. 39How Devin replaces your junior engineers with infinite AI interns that never sleep | Scott Wu (Cognition CEO) — Scott Wu (2025-09-08)p.39
  32. 40How we restructured Airtable’s entire org for AI | Howie Liu (co-founder and CEO) — Howie Liu (2025-08-31)p.40
  33. 41How 80,000 companies build with AI: products as organisms, the death of org charts, and why agents will outnumber employees by 2026 | Asha Sharma (CVP of AI Platform at Microsoft) — Asha Sharma (2025-08-28)p.41
  34. 42Inside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord (Handshake CEO) — Garrett Lord (2025-08-24)p.42
  35. 43How Intercom rose from the ashes by betting everything on AI | Eoghan McCabe (founder and CEO) — Eoghan McCabe (2025-08-21)p.43
  36. 44The one question that saves product careers | Matt LeMay — Matt LeMay (2025-08-14)p.44
  37. 45Inside ChatGPT: The fastest-growing product in history | Nick Turley (Head of ChatGPT at OpenAI) — Nick Turley (2025-08-09)p.45
  38. 46Brian Chesky's secret mentor who died 9 times, started the Burning Man board, and built the world's first midlife wisdom school | Chip Conley (founder of MEA) — Chip Conley (2025-08-03)p.46
  39. 47He saved OpenAI, invented the “Like” button, and built Google Maps: Bret Taylor on the future of careers, coding, agents, and more — Bret Taylor (2025-07-31)p.47
  40. 48Pricing your AI product: Lessons from 400+ companies and 50 unicorns | Madhavan Ramanujam — Madhavan Ramanujam (2025-07-27)p.48
  41. 49Benjamin Mann (2025-07-20)p.49
  42. 50The AI-native startup: 5 products, 7-figure revenue, 100% AI-written code | Dan Shipper (co-founder/CEO of Every) — Dan Shipper (2025-07-17)p.50
  43. 51I’ve run 75+ businesses. Here’s why you’re probably chasing the wrong idea. | Andrew Wilkinson (co‑founder of Tiny) — Andrew Wilkinson (2025-07-03)p.51
  44. 52Naming expert shares the process behind creating billion-dollar brand names like Azure, Vercel, Windsurf, Sonos, Blackberry, and Impossible Burger | David Placek (Lexicon Branding) — David Placek (2025-06-29)p.52
  45. 53From ChatGPT to Instagram to Uber: The quiet architect behind the world’s most popular products | Peter Deng — Peter Deng (2025-06-22)p.53
  46. 54AI prompt engineering in 2025: What works and what doesn’t | Sander Schulhoff (Learn Prompting, HackAPrompt) — Sander Schulhoff (2025-06-19)p.54
  47. 55How to build a team that can “take a punch”: A playbook for building resilient, high-performing teams | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core Product, Whoop) — Hilary Gridley (2025-06-15)p.55
  48. 5635 years of product design wisdom from Apple, Disney, Pinterest, and beyond | Bob Baxley — Bob Baxley (2025-06-12)p.56
  49. 57Anthropic’s CPO on what comes next | Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram) — Mike Krieger (2025-06-05)p.57
  50. 58Growth tactics from OpenAI and Stripe’s first marketer | Krithika Shankarraman — Krithika Shankarraman (2025-05-25)p.58
  51. 59Unconventional product lessons from Binance, N26, Google, more | Mayur Kamat (CPO at N26, ex-Binance Head of Product) — Mayur Kamat (2025-05-22)p.59
  52. 60Microsoft CPO: If you aren’t prototyping with AI, you’re doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada — Aparna Chennapragada (2025-05-18)p.60
  53. 61How Revolut trains world-class product managers: The “local CEO” model, raw intellect over experience, and a cultural obsession with building wow products | Dmitry Zlokazov (Head of Product) — Dmitry Zlokazov (2025-05-15)p.61
  54. 62How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir) — Nabeel S. Qureshi (2025-05-11)p.62
  55. 63How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want? | Jerry Colonna (CEO of Reboot, executive coach, former VC) — Jerry Colonna (2025-05-08)p.63
  56. 64The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can’t stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO) — Michael Truell (2025-05-01)p.64
  57. 65Inside monday.com’s transformation: radical transparency, impact over output, and their path to $1B ARR | Daniel Lereya (Chief Product and Technology Officer) — Daniel Lereya (2025-04-27)p.65
  58. 66Building a magical AI code editor used by over 1 million developers in four months: The untold story of Windsurf | Varun Mohan (co-founder and CEO) — Varun Mohan (2025-04-20)p.66
  59. 67Everyone’s an engineer now: Inside v0’s mission to create a hundred million builders | Guillermo Rauch (founder and CEO of Vercel, creators of v0 and Next.js) — Guillermo Rauch (2025-04-13)p.67
  60. 68OpenAI’s CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI, ex-Instagram, Twitter) — Kevin Weil (2025-04-10)p.68
  61. 69Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor) — Wes Kao (2025-04-06)p.69
  62. 70A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up,” early employee at 37signals) — Ryan Singer (2025-03-30)p.70
  63. 71How to win in the AI era: Ship a feature every week, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and create magic your competitors can't copy | Gaurav Misra (CEO and co-founder of Captions) — Gaurav Misra (2025-03-27)p.71
  64. 72Superhuman's secret to success: Ignoring most customer feedback, manually onboarding every new user, obsessing over every detail, and positioning around a single attribute: speed | Rahul Vohra (CEO) — Rahul Vohra (2025-03-23)p.72
  65. 73Inside 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) — Eric Simons (2025-03-13)p.73
  66. 74Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (co-founder and CEO) — Anton Osika (2025-03-09)p.74
  67. 75Notion’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) — Ivan Zhao (2025-03-06)p.75
  68. 76The 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 (2025-03-02)p.76
  69. 77An inside look at X’s Community Notes | Keith Coleman (VP of Product) and Jay Baxter (ML Lead) — Keith Coleman & Jay Baxter (2025-02-27)p.77
  70. 78OpenAI researcher on why soft skills are the future of work | Karina Nguyen (Research at OpenAI, ex-Anthropic) — Karina Nguyen (2025-02-09)p.78
  71. 79Tobi Lutke (2025-02-02)p.79
  72. 80Linear’s secret to building beloved B2B products | Nan Yu (Head of Product) — Nan Yu (2025-01-30)p.80
  73. 81An operator’s guide to product strategy | Chandra Janakiraman (CPO at VRChat, ex-Meta, Headspace, Zynga) — Chandra Janakiraman (2025-01-26)p.81
  74. 82How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor, founder of Alpine Investors) — Graham Weaver (2025-01-16)p.82
  75. 83Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox) — Drew Houston (2025-01-09)p.83
  76. 84Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach) — Alisa Cohn (2025-01-05)p.84
  77. 85Why great AI products are all about the data | Shaun Clowes (CPO Confluent, ex-Salesforce, Atlassian) — Shaun Clowes (2024-12-29)p.85
  78. 86Behind the founder: Marc Benioff — Marc Benioff (2024-12-22)p.86
  79. 87How Shopify builds a high-intensity culture | Farhan Thawar (VP and Head of Eng) — Farhan Thawar (2024-12-19)p.87
  80. 88Behind the product: Duolingo streaks | Jackson Shuttleworth (Group PM, Retention Team) — Jackson Shuttleworth (2024-12-15)p.88
  81. 89Seth Godin's best tactics for building remarkable products, strategies, brands and more — Seth Godin (2024-12-08)p.89
  82. 90How a great founder becomes a great CEO | Jonathan Lowenhar (co-founder of Enjoy The Work) — Jonathan Lowenhar (2024-12-05)p.90
  83. 91Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO) — Amjad Masad (2024-11-21)p.91
  84. 92Building Wiz: the fastest-growing startup in history | Raaz Herzberg (CMO and VP Product Strategy) — Raaz Herzberg (2024-11-17)p.92
  85. 93Breaking the rules of growth: Why Shopify bans KPIs, optimizes for churn, prioritizes intuition, and builds toward a 100-year vision | Archie Abrams (VP Product, Head of Growth at Shopify) — Archie Abrams (2024-11-07)p.93
  86. 944 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he’d asked himself sooner | Former PM leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google — Shreyas Doshi (2024-10-31)p.94
  87. 95Shreyas Doshi Live (2024-10-31)p.95
  88. 96Meta’s Head of Product (and 29th employee) on working with Mark Zuckerberg, early growth tactics, why PMs are like conductors, and more | Naomi Gleit — Naomi Gleit (2024-10-27)p.96
  89. 97How to see like a designer: The hidden power of typography and logos | Jessica Hische (Lettering Artist, Author) — Jessica Hische (2024-10-20)p.97
  90. 98Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, harnessing founder mode, and more | Anneka Gupta (Chief Product Officer at Rubrik) — Anneka Gupta (2024-10-17)p.98
  91. 99Why most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome your speaking anxiety | Tristan de Montebello (CEO & co-founder of Ultraspeaking) — Tristan de Montebello (2024-10-13)p.99
  92. 100Becoming a conscious leader: Leading without fear, finding your life’s objective function, and getting better at vision and strategy | John Mark Nickels (Uber, Waymo, DoorDash) — John Mark Nickels (2024-10-06)p.100
  93. 101Thinking like a gardener not a builder, organizing teams like slime mold, the adjacent possible, and other unconventional product advice | Alex Komoroske (Stripe, Google) — Alex Komoroske (2024-10-03)p.101
  94. 102How marketplaces win: Liquidity, growth levers, quality, and more | Benjamin Lauzier (Lyft, Thumbtack, Reforge) — Benjamin Lauzier (2024-09-29)p.102
  95. 103Lessons in product leadership and AI strategy from Glean, Google, Amazon, and Slack | Tamar Yehoshua (Product at Glean, ex-Google and Slack) — Tamar Yehoshua (2024-09-26)p.103
  96. 104Rethinking SEO in the age of AI | Eli Schwartz (SEO advisor, author) — Eli Schwartz (2024-09-19)p.104
  97. 105The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway) — Camille Fournier (2024-09-15)p.105
  98. 106Land your dream job in today’s market: negotiation tactics, job search councils, and more | Phyl Terry (Author, “Never Search Alone”) — Phyl Terry (2024-09-12)p.106
  99. 107The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”) — Sean Ellis (2024-09-05)p.107
  100. 108How to consistently go viral: Nikita Bier’s playbook for winning at consumer apps (co-founder of TBH, Gas, advisor, investor) — Nikita Bier (2024-08-25)p.108
  101. 109Unorthodox PM wisdom: Automating user insights, unselling job candidates, logging every decision, more | Kevin Yien (Stripe, Square, Mutiny) — Kevin Yien (2024-08-18)p.109
  102. 110Improve strategy, influence, and decision-making by understanding your brain | Evan LaPointe (founder of CORE Sciences) — Evan LaPointe (2024-08-11)p.110
  103. 111How embracing emotions will accelerate your career | Joe Hudson (executive coach, Art of Accomplishment) — Joe Hudson (2024-08-08)p.111
  104. 112Lessons from scaling Uber and Opendoor | Brian Tolkin (Head of Product at Opendoor, ex-Uber) — Brian Tolkin (2024-08-04)p.112
  105. 113The ultimate guide to performance marketing | Timothy Davis (Shopify) — Timothy Davis (2024-07-28)p.113
  106. 1145 essential questions to craft a winning strategy | Roger Martin (author, advisor, speaker) — Roger Martin (2024-07-25)p.114
  107. 115Building a world-class data org | Jessica Lachs (VP of Analytics and Data Science at DoorDash) — Jess Lachs (2024-07-14)p.115
  108. 116Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead) — Jeff Weinstein (2024-07-11)p.116
  109. 117Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea | Mike Maples, Jr. (Founding Partner at Floodgate, ex-Product at Silicon Graphics) — Mike Maples Jr (2024-07-07)p.117
  110. 118Dylan Field live at Config: Intuition, simplicity, and the future of design — Dylan Field (2024-06-30)p.118
  111. 119The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of Y Combinator, author, podcast host) — Jessica Livingston (2024-06-27)p.119
  112. 120Making an impact through authenticity and curiosity | Ami Vora (CPO at Faire, ex-WhatsApp, FB, IG) — Ami Vora (2024-06-23)p.120
  113. 121Hard-won lessons building 0 to 1 inside Atlassian | Tanguy Crusson (Head of Jira Product Discovery) — Tanguy Crusson (2024-06-16)p.121
  114. 122The paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career | Jeffrey Pfeffer (author of 7 Rules of Power, professor at Stanford GSB) — Jeffrey Pfeffer (2024-06-13)p.122
  115. 123Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze) — Uri Levine (2024-06-09)p.123
  116. 124Inside Canva: Coaches not managers, giving away your Legos, and running profitably | Cameron Adams (co-founder and CPO) — Cam Adams (2024-06-02)p.124
  117. 125The surprising truth about what closes deals: Insights from 2.5m sales conversations | Matt Dixon (author of The Challenger Sale and The JOLT Effect) — Matt Dixon (2024-05-30)p.125
  118. 126Unorthodox frameworks for growing your product, career, and impact | Bangaly Kaba (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Instacart) — Bangaly Kaba (2024-05-26)p.126
  119. 127Why not asking for what you want is holding you back | Kenneth Berger (exec coach, first PM at Slack) — Kenneth Berger (2024-05-19)p.127
  120. 128Be fundamentally different, not incrementally better | Jag Duggal (Nubank, Facebook, Google, Quantcast) — Jag Duggal (2024-05-16)p.128
  121. 129A framework for PM skill development | Vikrama Dhiman (Gojek) — Vikrama Dhiman (2024-05-12)p.129
  122. 130Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers) — Hamilton Helmer (2024-05-05)p.130
  123. 131This will make you a better decision-maker | Annie Duke (author of “Thinking in Bets” and “Quit,” former pro poker player) — Annie Duke (2024-05-02)p.131
  124. 132Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour — Kayvon Beykpour (2024-04-28)p.132
  125. 133How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Stanford GSB professor, “Touchy Feely”) — Carole Robin (2024-04-25)p.133
  126. 134Vision, conviction, and hype: How to build 0 to 1 inside a company | Mihika Kapoor (Product at Figma) — Mihika Kapoor (2024-04-21)p.134
  127. 135Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director) — Dalton Caldwell (2024-04-18)p.135
  128. 136A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital) — Todd Jackson (2024-04-11)p.136
  129. 137Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, Optimizely, ChatPRD) — Claire Vo (2024-04-07)p.137
  130. 138Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO) — Dharmesh Shah (2024-04-04)p.138
  131. 139How to speak more confidently and persuasively | Matt Abrahams (professor, podcast host, author, speaker) — Matt Abrahams (2024-03-31)p.139
  132. 140Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more — Kunal Shah (2024-03-24)p.140
  133. 141The ultimate guide to PR | Emilie Gerber (founder of Six Eastern) — Emilie Gerber (2024-03-21)p.141
  134. 142The happiness and pain of product management | Noam Lovinsky (Grammarly, Facebook, YouTube, Thumbtack) — Noam Lovinsky (2024-03-17)p.142
  135. 143Inside TikTok: Culture, strategy, monetization, and more | Ray Cao (Global Head of Monetization Product Strategy and Operations) — Ray Cao (2024-03-07)p.143
  136. 144Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (CTO) — Boz (2024-03-03)p.144
  137. 145How to discover your superpowers, own your story, and unlock personal growth | Donna Lichaw (author of The Leader’s Journey) — Donna Lichaw (2024-02-25)p.145
  138. 146How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO) — Elizabeth Stone (2024-02-22)p.146
  139. 147Making time for what matters | Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (authors of Sprint and Make Time, co-founders of Character Capital) — Jake Knapp + John Zeratsky (2024-02-11)p.147
  140. 148Inside OpenAI | Logan Kilpatrick (head of developer relations) — Logan Kilpatrick (2024-02-08)p.148
  141. 149Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and staying ahead of the competition | Megan Cook (head of product, Jira) — Megan Cook (2024-02-04)p.149
  142. 150Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery) — Jonny Miller (2024-01-28)p.150
  143. 151Geoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market — Geoffrey Moore (2024-01-25)p.151
  144. 152Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt — Richard Rumelt (2024-01-21)p.152
  145. 153The art and wisdom of changing teams | Heidi Helfand (author of Dynamic Reteaming) — Heidi Helfand (2024-01-18)p.153
  146. 154Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon) — Ethan Evans 2.0 (2024-01-14)p.154
  147. 155How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs) — Sam Schillace (2024-01-11)p.155
  148. 156The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg) — Will Larson (2024-01-07)p.156
  149. 157The UX research reckoning is here | Judd Antin (Airbnb, Meta) — Judd Antin (2024-01-04)p.157
  150. 158Strategies for becoming less distracted and improving focus | Nir Eyal (author of Indistractable and Hooked) — Nir Eyal (2023-12-29)p.158
  151. 159The hierarchy of engagement | Sarah Tavel (Benchmark, Greylock, Pinterest) — Sarah Tavel (2023-12-27)p.159
  152. 160The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG) — Christian Idiodi (2023-12-21)p.160
  153. 161Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more — Jason Fried (2023-12-17)p.161
  154. 162How to tell better stories | Matthew Dicks (Storyworthy) — Matthew Dicks (2023-12-15)p.162
  155. 163Failure (2023-12-13)p.163
  156. 164Radical Candor: From theory to practice with author Kim Scott — Kim Scott (2023-12-10)p.164
  157. 165The full-stack PM | Anuj Rathi (Swiggy, Jupiter Money, Flipkart) — Anuj Rathi (2023-12-07)p.165
  158. 166Crafting a compelling product vision | Ebi Atawodi (YouTube, Netflix, Uber) — Ebi Atawodi (2023-12-03)p.166
  159. 167The future of AI in software development | Inbal Shani (CPO of GitHub) — Inbal S (2023-12-01)p.167
  160. 168Interview Q Compilation (2023-11-29)p.168
  161. 169Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Snap, Zero) — Tom Conrad (2023-11-26)p.169
  162. 170Redefining success, money, and belonging | Paul Millerd (The Pathless Path) — Paul Millerd (2023-11-19)p.170
  163. 171Marketplace lessons from Uber, Airbnb, Bumble, and more | Ramesh Johari (Stanford professor, startup advisor) — Ramesh Johari (2023-11-09)p.171
  164. 172Mastering product strategy and growing as a PM | Maggie Crowley (Toast, Drift, Tripadvisor) — Maggie Crowley (2023-11-05)p.172
  165. 173Unpacking Amazon’s unique ways of working | Bill Carr (author of Working Backwards) — Bill Carr (2023-11-02)p.173
  166. 174Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology) — Eric Ries (2023-10-29)p.174
  167. 175What AI means for your product strategy | Paul Adams (CPO of Intercom) — Paul Adams (2023-10-26)p.175
  168. 176Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf (Latitud, Duolingo) — Gina Gotthilf (2023-10-19)p.176
  169. 177Building beautiful products with Stripe’s Head of Design | Katie Dill (Stripe, Airbnb, Lyft) — Katie Dill (2023-10-15)p.177
  170. 178How to get press for your product | Jason Feifer (editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine) — Jason Feifer (2023-10-12)p.178
  171. 179Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO) — Karri Saarinen (2023-10-08)p.179
  172. 180Brian Balfour: 10 lessons on career, growth, and life — Brian Balfour (2023-10-05)p.180
  173. 181What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda) — Lane Shackleton (2023-10-01)p.181
  174. 182Building Anchor, selling to Spotify, and lessons learned | Maya Prohovnik (Spotify’s Head of Podcast Product) — Maya Prohovnik (2023-09-28)p.182
  175. 183How to drive word of mouth | Nilan Peiris (CPO of Wise) — Nilan Peiris (2023-09-24)p.183
  176. 184Becoming evidence-guided | Itamar Gilad (Gmail, YouTube, Microsoft) — Itamar Gilad (2023-09-21)p.184
  177. 185How to become a category pirate | Christopher Lochhead (author of Play Bigger, Niche Down, Category Pirates, more) — Christopher Lochhead (2023-09-17)p.185
  178. 186Picking sharp problems, increasing virality, and unique product frameworks | Oji Udezue (Typeform, Twitter, Calendly, Atlassian) — Oji Udezue (2023-09-14)p.186
  179. 187When enough is enough | Andy Johns (ex-FB, Twitter, Quora) — Andy Johns (2023-09-10)p.187
  180. 188An inside look at Figma’s unique GTM motion | Claire Butler (first GTM hire) — Claire Butler (2023-09-07)p.188
  181. 189Inside Etsy’s product, growth, and marketplace evolution | Tim Holley (VP of Product) — Tim Holley (2023-09-03)p.189
  182. 190An inside look at Deel’s unprecedented growth | Meltem Kuran Berkowitz (Head of Growth) — Meltem Kuran (2023-08-27)p.190
  183. 191The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework) — Bob Moesta (2023-08-24)p.191
  184. 192Monetizing passions, scaling marketplaces, and stories from a creator economy vet | Camille Hearst (Spotify, Patreon, Apple, YouTube) — Camille Hearst (2023-08-20)p.192
  185. 193The ultimate guide to Martech | Austin Hay (Reforge, Ramp, Runway) — Austin Hay (2023-08-13)p.193
  186. 194Relentless curiosity, radical accountability, and HubSpot’s winning growth formula | Christopher Miller (VP of Product, Growth and AI) — Christopher Miller (2023-08-10)p.194
  187. 195Velocity over everything: How Ramp became the fastest-growing SaaS startup of all time | Geoff Charles (VP of Product) — Geoff Charles (2023-08-06)p.195
  188. 196The ultimate guide to A/B testing | Ronny Kohavi (Airbnb, Microsoft, Amazon) — Ronny Kohavi (2023-07-27)p.196
  189. 197The 10 traits of great PMs, how AI will impact your product, and Slack’s product development process | Noah Weiss (Slack, Foursquare, Google) — Noah Weiss (2023-07-23)p.197
  190. 198LinkedIn’s product evolution and the art of building complex systems | Hari Srinivasan (LinkedIn) — Hari Srinivasan (2023-07-16)p.198
  191. 199M&A, competition, pricing, and investing | Julia Schottenstein (dbt Labs) — Julia Schottenstein (2023-07-13)p.199
  192. 200How to ask the right questions, project confidence, and win over skeptics | Paige Costello (Asana, Intercom, Intuit) — Paige Costello (2023-07-09)p.200
  193. 201Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork and Airbnb, and thriving as a PM | Jiaona Zhang (Webflow, WeWork, Airbnb, Dropbox) — Jiaona Zhang (2023-07-02)p.201
  194. 202Lessons from scaling Ramp | Sri Batchu (Ramp, Instacart, Opendoor) — Sri Batchu (2023-06-25)p.202
  195. 203Building high-performing teams | Melissa Tan (Webflow, Dropbox, Canva) — Melissa Tan (2023-06-18)p.203
  196. 204Leveraging growth advisors, hiring well, mastering SEO, and honing your craft | Luc Levesque (Shopify, Meta, TripAdvisor) — Luc Levesque (2023-06-15)p.204
  197. 205Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google) — Nikhyl Singhal (2023-06-11)p.205
  198. 206Moving fast and navigating uncertainty | Jeremy Henrickson (Rippling, Coinbase) — Jeremy Henrickson (2023-06-04)p.206
  199. 207Storytelling with Nancy Duarte: How to craft compelling presentations and tell a story that sticks — Nancy Duarte (2023-06-01)p.207
  200. 208The power of strategic narrative | Andy Raskin — Andy Raskin (2023-05-28)p.208
  201. 209Gustav Söderström (2023-05-21)p.209
  202. 210Lessons on building product sense, navigating AI, optimizing the first mile, and making it through the messy middle | Scott Belsky (Adobe, Behance) — Scott Belsky (2023-05-18)p.210
  203. 211Frameworks for product differentiation, team building, and thinking from first principles | Ayo Omojola (Carbon Health, Cash App) — Ayo Omojola (2023-05-14)p.211
  204. 212Mastering paid growth | Jonathan Becker (Thrive Digital) — Jonathan Becker (2023-05-07)p.212
  205. 213Building a culture of excellence | David Singleton (CTO of Stripe) — David Singleton (2023-05-04)p.213
  206. 214How to achieve hypergrowth in your business and career | Carilu Dietrich (Atlassian, Miro, Segment, 1Password) — Carilu Dietrich (2023-04-30)p.214
  207. 215An inside look at how Miro builds product: Lessons on outmaneuvering competitors, team structure, product quality, and moving fast | Varun Parmar (CPO of Miro) — Varun Parmar (2023-04-20)p.215
  208. 216How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey) — Ada Chen Rekhi (2023-04-16)p.216
  209. 217How to build a cult-like brand | Laura Modi (Bobbie) — Laura Modi (2023-04-13)p.217
  210. 218Product lessons from Waymo | Shweta Shrivastava (Waymo, Amazon, Cisco) — Shweta Shriva (2023-04-09)p.218
  211. 219Driving alignment and urgency within teams, work-life balance, and the changing PM landscape | Nikita Miller (The Knot, Trello) — Nikita Miller (2023-04-06)p.219
  212. 220The ultimate guide to adding a PLG motion | Hila Qu (Reforge, GitLab) — Hila Qu (2023-04-02)p.220
  213. 221Taxi mafias, cash vaults, and 100% MoM growth: The story behind Southeast Asia’s biggest startup | Kevin Aluwi (Gojek) — Kevin Aluwi (2023-03-26)p.221
  214. 222Navigating comms and PR | Lulu Cheng Meservey (Substack, Activision Blizzard) — Lulu Cheng Meservey (2023-03-23)p.222
  215. 223Competing with giants: An inside look at how The Browser Company builds product | Josh Miller (CEO) — Josh Miller (2023-03-19)p.223
  216. 224The ultimate guide to OKRs | Christina Wodtke (Stanford) — Christina Wodtke (2023-03-16)p.224
  217. 225Hot takes and techno-optimism from tech’s top power couple | Sriram and Aarthi — Sriram and Aarthi (2023-03-12)p.225
  218. 226Career frameworks, A/B testing mistakes, counterintuitive onboarding tips, selling to developers | Laura Schaffer (VP of Growth at Amplitude) — Laura Schaffer (2023-03-09)p.226
  219. 227Lessons from scaling Stripe | Claire Hughes Johnson (former COO of Stripe) — Claire Hughes Johnson (2023-03-05)p.227
  220. 228Gustaf Alstromer (2023-03-02)p.228
  221. 229Behind the scenes of Calendly’s rapid growth | Annie Pearl (CPO) — Annie Pearl (2023-02-26)p.229
  222. 230An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam — Upasna Gautam (2023-02-23)p.230
  223. 23110 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell) — Patrick Campbell (2023-02-19)p.231
  224. 232Understanding the role of product ops | Christine Itwaru (Pendo) — Christine Itwaru (2023-02-16)p.232
  225. 233Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable) — Lauryn Isford (2023-02-12)p.233
  226. 234Leading with empathy | Keith Yandell (DoorDash, Uber) — Keith Yandell (2023-02-09)p.234
  227. 235AI and product management | Marily Nika (Meta, Google) — Marily Nika (2023-02-05)p.235
  228. 236How to foster innovation and big thinking | Eeke de Milliano (Retool, Stripe) — Eeke de Milliano (2023-02-02)p.236
  229. 237Lessons from Airtable’s unconventional growth strategy | Zoelle Egner — Zoelle Egner (2023-01-29)p.237
  230. 238An inside look at Mixpanel’s product journey | Vijay Iyengar (Head of Product) — Vijay (2023-01-26)p.238
  231. 239What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess) — John Cutler (2023-01-15)p.239
  232. 240How to price your product | Naomi Ionita (Menlo Ventures) — Naomi Ionita (2023-01-12)p.240
  233. 241Yuhki Yamashata (2023-01-08)p.241
  234. 242Leveraging mentors to uplevel your career | Jules Walter (YouTube, Slack) — Jules Walter (2023-01-05)p.242
  235. 243EOY Review (2022-12-29)p.243
  236. 244Launching and growing a podcast | Chris Hutchins (All the Hacks, Wealthfront, Google) — Chris Hutchins (2022-12-18)p.244
  237. 245Founder-led sales | Pete Kazanjy (Founding Sales, Atrium) — Pete Kazanjy (2022-12-15)p.245
  238. 246How Notion leveraged community to build a $10B business | Camille Ricketts (Notion, First Round Capital) — Camille Ricketts (2022-12-11)p.246
  239. 247How to hit revenue targets in a recession | Sahil Mansuri (Bravado) — Sahil Mansuri (2022-12-04)p.247
  240. 248How to be the best coach to product people | Petra Wille (Strong Product People) — Petra Wille (2022-11-27)p.248
  241. 249What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb) — Ian McAllister (2022-11-20)p.249
  242. 250Leaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer) — Gergely (2022-11-17)p.250
  243. 251Alex Hardimen (2022-11-13)p.251
  244. 252How to fire people with grace, work through fear, and nurture innovation | Matt Mochary (CEO coach) — Matt Mochary (2022-11-10)p.252
  245. 253How Snyk built a product-led growth juggernaut | Ben Williams (VP of Product at Snyk) — Ben Williams (2022-11-06)p.253
  246. 254Lessons from one of the world’s top executive recruiters | Lauren Ipsen (Daversa Partners, General Catalyst) — Lauren Ipsen (2022-11-03)p.254
  247. 255Building Substack | Sachin Monga (Substack, Facebook) — Sachin Monga (2022-10-30)p.255
  248. 256Category creation and brand building | Barbra Gago (Pando, Miro, Greenhouse, Culture Amp) — Barbra Gago (2022-10-27)p.256
  249. 257How to build trust and grow as a product leader | Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack, Instacart, Zynga, Pixar) — Fareed Mosavat (2022-10-23)p.257
  250. 258Humanizing product development | Adriel Frederick (Reddit, Lyft, Facebook) — Adriel Frederick (2022-10-20)p.258
  251. 259Building better product roadmaps | Janna Bastow (Mind the Product, ProdPad) — Janna Bastow (2022-10-16)p.259
  252. 260How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods) — Adam Fishman (2022-10-13)p.260
  253. 261Developing a growth model + marketplace growth strategy | Dan Hockenmaier (Faire, Thumbtack, Reforge) — Dan Hockenmaier (2022-10-09)p.261
  254. 262Using behavioral science to improve your product | Kristen Berman (Irrational Labs) — Kristen Berman (2022-10-02)p.262
  255. 263Customer-led growth | Georgiana Laudi (Forget The Funnel) — Gia Laudi (2022-09-29)p.263
  256. 264Growth tactics, retention strategies, and becoming a better writer | Julian Shapiro (Demand Curve, Hyper, Webflow, TechCrunch) — Julian Shapiro (2022-09-25)p.264
  257. 265Building a meaningful career | Jason Shah (Airbnb, Amazon, Microsoft, Alchemy) — Jason Shah (2022-09-18)p.265
  258. 266When and how to invest in new acquisition channels | Adam Grenier (Uber, MasterClass) — Adam Grenier (2022-09-15)p.266
  259. 267How to build a powerful marketing machine | Emily Kramer (Asana, Carta, MKT1) — Emily Kramer (2022-09-11)p.267
  260. 268The role of AI in product development | Ryan J. Salva (VP of Product at GitHub, Copilot) — Ryan J. Salva (2022-09-04)p.268
  261. 269How to grow a subscription business | Yuriy Timen (Grammarly, Canva, Airtable) — Yuriy Timen (2022-09-01)p.269
  262. 270The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group — Marty Cagan (2022-08-21)p.270
  263. 271The art of building legendary brands | Arielle Jackson (Google, Square, Marketer in Residence at First Round Capital) — Arielle Jackson (2022-08-18)p.271
  264. 272The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra of Coda, YouTube, Microsoft — Shishir Mehrotra (2022-08-14)p.272
  265. 273How to launch and grow your product | Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund — Ryan Hoover (2022-08-07)p.273
  266. 274How to own your career growth and become a powerful product leader | Deb Liu, Ancestry (ex-Facebook, PayPal) — Deb Liu (2022-08-04)p.274
  267. 275How to scrappily hire for, measure, and unlock growth | Crystal Widjaja, Gojek and Kumu — Crystal W (2022-07-31)p.275
  268. 276How to create a winning product strategy | Melissa Perri — Melissa Perri (2022-07-28)p.276
  269. 277How to unlock your product leadership skills | Ken Norton, Ex-Google — Ken Norton (2022-07-24)p.277
  270. 278How to sell your ideas and rise within your company | Casey Winters, Eventbrite — Casey Winters (2022-07-21)p.278
  271. 279Nickey Skarstad (Airbnb, Etsy, Shopify, Duolingo) on translating vision into goals, operationalizing product quality, second-order decisions, brainstorming, influence, and much more — Nickey Skarstad (2022-07-18)p.279
  272. 280Manik Gupta (ex-CPO Uber, Google Maps) on how to build consumer apps, why it’s useful to be optimistic about technology, creating inflections in your PM career, the changing CPO role, and more — Manik Gupta (2022-07-14)p.280
  273. 281Merci Grace (ex-Head of Growth at Slack) on PLG, interviewing, storytelling, building a diverse team, hiring salespeople, building a growth team, and much more — Merci Grace (2022-07-11)p.281
  274. 282Sanchan Saxena (VP of Product at Coinbase) on the inside story of how Airbnb made it through Covid; what he’s learned from Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, and Kevin Systrom; much more — Sanchan Saxena (2022-07-05)p.282
  275. 283Teresa Torres on how to interview customers, automating continuous discovery, the opportunity solution tree framework, making the case for user research, common interviewing mistakes, and much more — Teresa Torres (2022-06-30)p.283
  276. 284Brandon Chu on building product at Shopify, how writing changed the trajectory of his career, the habits that make you a great PM, pros and cons of being a platform PM, how Shopify got through Covid — Brandon Chu (2022-06-27)p.284
  277. 285Elena Verna on how B2B growth is changing, product-led growth, product-led sales, why you should go freemium not trial, what features to make free, and much more — Elena Verna 3.0 (2022-06-23)p.285
  278. 286Gibson Biddle on his DHM product strategy framework, GEM roadmap prioritization framework, 5 Netflix strategy mini case studies, building a personal board of directors, and much more — Gibson Biddle (2022-06-20)p.286
  279. 287Jackie Bavaro on getting better at product strategy, what exactly is strategy, PM pitfalls to avoid, advancing your career, getting into management, and much more — Jackie Bavaro (2022-06-16)p.287
  280. 288Gokul Rajaram on designing your product development process, when and how to hire your first PM, a playbook for hiring leaders, getting ahead in you career, how to get started angel investing, more — Gokul Rajaram (2022-06-13)p.288
  281. 289April Dunford on product positioning, segmentation, and optimizing your sales process — April Dunford (2022-06-09)p.289
  282. 290Julie Zhuo on accelerating your career, impostor syndrome, writing, building product sense, using intuition vs. data, hiring designers, and moving into management — Julie Zhuo (2022-06-07)p.290