Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Becoming an AI PM | Aman Khan (Arize AI, ex-Spotify, Apple, Cruise)

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aman Khan is Director of Product at Arize AI, an observability company for AI engineers at companies like Uber, Instacart, and Discord. Previously he ...

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about SAFe and the product owner role | Melissa Perri (author, founder of Product Institute)

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Perri is the founder of Product Institute, author of Escaping the Build Trap, and host of the Product Thinking Podcast. She has worked with st...

Breaking 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)

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Archie Abrams is the VP of Product and Head of Growth at Shopify, where he leads a 600+ person growth org across product, design, engineering, data, ...

Just evil enough: Subversive marketing strategies for startups | Alistair Croll (author, advisor, entrepreneur)

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alistair Croll is the co-author of the best-selling book Lean Analytics and a longtime product manager, entrepreneur, and startup advisor. He was also...

4 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he’d asked himself sooner | Former PM leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shreyas Doshi is a former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo. He’s now a full-time advisor and coach to founders and executives. S...

Meta’s Head of Product (and 29th employee) on working with Mark Zuckerberg, early growth tactics, why PMs are like conductors, and more | Naomi Gleit

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Naomi Gleit is head of product at Meta, joined as employee #29, and is the longest-serving executive at Meta other than Mark Zuckerberg. She’s been ...

How to see like a designer: The hidden power of typography and logos | Jessica Hische (Lettering Artist, Author)

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Hische is a lettering artist and New York Times bestselling author based in Oakland, California. She specializes in typographical work for log...

Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, harnessing founder mode, and more | Anneka Gupta (Chief Product Officer at Rubrik)

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anneka Gupta is the Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, a leading B2B cybersecurity company. She previously spent 11 years at LiveRamp, where she was the...

Why most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome your speaking anxiety | Tristan de Montebello (CEO & co-founder of Ultraspeaking)

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tristan de Montebello is the co-creator of Ultraspeaking, the most effective method I’ve come across for rapidly improving communication and present...

Behind the product: NotebookLM | Raiza Martin (Senior Product Manager, AI @ Google Labs)

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Raiza Martin is a senior product manager for AI at Google Labs, where she leads the team behind NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool that includes ...

Becoming 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)

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

JM Nickels is a Senior Director of Product Management at Uber. Previously, he was Head of Product for Commercialization at Waymo and led product teams...

Thinking like a gardener not a builder, organizing teams like slime mold, the adjacent possible, and other unconventional product advice | Alex Komoroske (Stripe, Google)

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Komoroske is a strategic leader who merges the practice, theory, and mindset necessary to tackle complex problems. He spent 13 years at Google, w...

How marketplaces win: Liquidity, growth levers, quality, and more | Benjamin Lauzier (Lyft, Thumbtack, Reforge)

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Lauzier has been building and scaling marketplaces for almost 15 years. He was the VP of product and growth at Thumbtack, where he rebuilt th...

Lessons in product leadership and AI strategy from Glean, Google, Amazon, and Slack | Tamar Yehoshua (Product at Glean, ex-Google and Slack)

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tamar Yehoshua is the president of product and technology at Glean. Prior to joining Glean, Tamar was chief product officer at Slack, where she led pr...

Becoming a super IC: Lessons from 12 years as a PM individual contributor | Tal Raviv (Product Lead at Riverside)

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tal Raviv is a product manager at Riverside, where he joined as its first PM. Over his 12-year career as an individual contributor, Tal has been an ea...

Rethinking SEO in the age of AI | Eli Schwartz (SEO advisor, author)

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eli Schwartz is a leading SEO consultant and the author of Product-Led SEO. He has worked with industry giants like Zapier, Tinder, Coinbase, Quora, L...

The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Camille Fournier is the author of The Manager’s Path, which many consider the definitive guide for navigating one’s career path in tech. Camille w...

Land your dream job in today’s market: negotiation tactics, job search councils, and more | Phyl Terry (Author, “Never Search Alone”)

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phyl Terry is the author of Never Search Alone, which I’ve seen so many people reference as the most impactful guide they read for finding a job. Ph...

How LinkedIn became interesting: The inside story | Tomer Cohen (CPO at LinkedIn)

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tomer Cohen is the chief product officer at LinkedIn, responsible for setting the company’s product strategy, leading product development, user expe...

The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”)

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Ellis is one of the earliest and most influential thinkers and operators in growth. He coined the term “growth hacking,” invented the ICE pri...

Airbnb’s Vlad Loktev on embracing chaos, inquiry over advocacy, poking the bear, and “impact, impact, impact” (Partner at Index Ventures, Airbnb GM/VP Product)

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vlad Loktev spent 10 years at Airbnb, where he started as an IC PM and quickly advanced to lead the core Airbnb marketplace business and then GM the e...

How to consistently go viral: Nikita Bier’s playbook for winning at consumer apps (co-founder of TBH, Gas, advisor, investor)

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nikita Bier is one of the most in-demand consumer, social, and growth experts in the world. He’s the co-founder of TBH (sold to Meta for more than $...

Succeeding as an introvert, building zero-to-one, and why you should PM your career like you PM your product | Deb Liu (CEO of Ancestry, ex-Facebook, PayPal, eBay)

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Deb Liu is the CEO of Ancestry and former longtime VP of Product at Facebook. At Facebook, Deb led the creation of Facebook Marketplace, developed the...

Unorthodox PM wisdom: Automating user insights, unselling job candidates, logging every decision, more | Kevin Yien (Stripe, Square, Mutiny)

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Yien leads product for merchant experiences at Stripe. Before that, he meandered his way from being a technical designer to a product manager, b...

Improve strategy, influence, and decision-making by understanding your brain | Evan LaPointe (founder of CORE Sciences)

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Evan LaPointe is the founder of CORE Sciences, which teaches companies and individuals how our brains work and how that translates to improved collab...

How embracing emotions will accelerate your career | Joe Hudson (executive coach, Art of Accomplishment)

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Hudson is one of the most sought-after executive coaches in Silicon Valley. He is the founder of Art of Accomplishment, a transformational coachin...

Lessons from scaling Uber and Opendoor | Brian Tolkin (Head of Product at Opendoor, ex-Uber)

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Tolkin is the Head of Product at Opendoor. Previously, he was one of the early employees at Uber, where he was instrumental in launching and gro...

The ultimate guide to performance marketing | Timothy Davis (Shopify)

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Davis has led performance marketing for all of Shopify for the past 2.5 years, and as a consultant has helped companies like Pinterest, Linked...

5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy | Roger Martin (author, advisor, speaker)

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Martin is one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and the author of Playing to Win, one of the most beloved books on strategy. He’s w...

What most people miss about marketing | Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, author)

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rory Sutherland is widely regarded as one of the most influential (and most entertaining) thinkers in marketing and behavioral science. He’s the vic...

Building a world-class data org | Jessica Lachs (VP of Analytics and Data Science at DoorDash)

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Lachs is the global head of analytics and data science at DoorDash, where she’s built one of the largest and most respected data organizatio...

Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead)

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Weinstein is a product lead at Stripe, where he helped grow their payment APIs to hundreds of billions in volume and transformed the way founders...

Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea | Mike Maples, Jr. (Founding Partner at Floodgate, ex-Product at Silicon Graphics)

07 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Maples, Jr. is a legendary early-stage startup investor and a co-founder and partner at Floodgate. He’s made early bets on transformative compa...

Dylan Field live at Config: Intuition, simplicity, and the future of design

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, the collaborative design platform that has revolutionized how product teams work. In my first-ever liv...

The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of Y Combinator, author, podcast host)

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Livingston is a co-founder of Y Combinator, the first and most successful startup accelerator. Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 companies, 2...

Making an impact through authenticity and curiosity | Ami Vora (CPO at Faire, ex-WhatsApp, FB, IG)

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ami Vora is the Chief Product Officer of Faire, which connects independent retailers and brands around the world. Before Faire, Ami spent over 15 year...

Hard-won lessons building 0 to 1 inside Atlassian | Tanguy Crusson (Head of Jira Product Discovery)

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tanguy Crusson is the product lead for Jira Product Discovery at Atlassian. In his more than 10 years at the company, he has been instrumental in taki...

The paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career | Jeffrey Pfeffer (author of 7 Rules of Power, professor at Stanford GSB)

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Pfeffer teaches the single most popular (and somewhat controversial) class at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business: The Paths to Power. He...

Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze)

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Uri Levine is the co-founder of Waze, the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google for over $1 billion. He’s...

Inside Canva: Coaches not managers, giving away your Legos, and running profitably | Cameron Adams (co-founder and CPO)

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cameron Adams is the co-founder and chief product officer of Canva. Canva is one of the world’s most valuable private software companies, used by 95...

The surprising truth about what closes deals: Insights from 2.5m sales conversations | Matt Dixon (author of The Challenger Sale and The JOLT Effect)

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Dixon is one of the world’s foremost experts in sales and the author of The Challenger Sale, which sold over a million copies worldwide and was...

Unorthodox frameworks for growing your product, career, and impact | Bangaly Kaba (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Instacart)

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bangaly Kaba was an early growth PM at Facebook, head of growth at Instagram, and VP of Product at Instacart and is currently Director of Product at Y...

Why not asking for what you want is holding you back | Kenneth Berger (exec coach, first PM at Slack)

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kenneth Berger coaches startup leaders on how to prevent burnout, advocate for their desired lifestyle, and make a meaningful impact on the world. He’...

Be fundamentally different, not incrementally better | Jag Duggal (Nubank, Facebook, Google, Quantcast)

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jag Duggal is chief product officer at Nubank, a decacorn neobank founded in Brazil. It’s valued at over $30 billion, is bigger than Coinbase, Robin...

A framework for PM skill development | Vikrama Dhiman (Gojek)

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vikrama Dhiman heads all things product at Gojek, including product management, design, program management, and research, across Indonesia, Singapore ...

Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hamilton Helmer is one of the world’s leading experts on business strategy and the author of the seminal book 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business ...

This will make you a better decision-maker | Annie Duke (author of “Thinking in Bets” and “Quit,” former pro poker player)

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Annie Duke is a former professional poker player, a decision-making expert, and a special partner at First Round Capital. She is the author of Thinkin...

Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kayvon Beykpour was the longest-serving head of product at Twitter and was GM of Twitter’s consumer division until the platform was acquired by Elon...

How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Stanford GSB professor, “Touchy Feely”)

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Carole Robin spent over 20 years teaching the Stanford Graduate School of Business course Interpersonal Dynamics, affectionately known as “Touchy Fe...

Vision, conviction, and hype: How to build 0 to 1 inside a company | Mihika Kapoor (Product at Figma)

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mihika Kapoor is a design-engineer-PM hybrid at Figma, where she was an early PM on FigJam and is now spearheading development on a new product at the...

Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dalton Caldwell is Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator. Prior to YC, he was the co-founder and CEO of imeem (acquired by MySpace in 20...

The GitLab way: Kindness, transparency, and short toes | David DeSanto (CPO)

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David DeSanto is the chief product officer of GitLab, which is the largest remote-only company in the world. They share many of their team meetings on...

A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital)

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Jackson is a Partner at First Round Capital. Before moving into venture capital, he played a crucial role as VP of Product and Design at Dropbox,...

Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, Optimizely, ChatPRD)

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Vo is the chief product officer at LaunchDarkly and the founder of ChatPRD, likely the most popular PM-specific AI product out there. Before La...

Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO)

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dharmesh Shah is the co-founder and CTO of HubSpot (currently valued at $30 billion) and one of the most fascinating founders I’ve ever met. Dharmes...

How to speak more confidently and persuasively | Matt Abrahams (professor, podcast host, author, speaker)

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Abrahams is a renowned communication expert, with decades of teaching, coaching, and consulting experience. At Stanford University, he teaches a ...

Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kunal Shah is one of the most well-known and admired product leaders in India. He is the CEO and founder of CRED, an Indian-based fintech startup valu...

The ultimate guide to PR | Emilie Gerber (founder of Six Eastern)

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Emilie Gerber is the founder and CEO of Six Eastern, a top PR agency that’s worked with over 100 tech companies, from stealth startups to publicly t...

The happiness and pain of product management | Noam Lovinsky (Grammarly, Facebook, YouTube, Thumbtack)

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Noam Lovinsky has had a distinguished career in product, leaving an indelible mark at Facebook, YouTube, Thumbtack, and currently as the chief product...

Product management theater | Marty Cagan (Silicon Valley Product Group)

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marty Cagan is a luminary in the world of product. He’s the author of two of the most foundational books for product teams and product leaders (I...

Inside TikTok: Culture, strategy, monetization, and more | Ray Cao (Global Head of Monetization Product Strategy and Operations)

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ray (Jiayi) Cao is the global head of product strategy and operations for monetization product at TikTok. Prior to TikTok, Ray spent six years at Goog...

Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (CTO)

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Bosworth—or Boz, as most people know him—is the chief technology officer at Meta and head of Reality Labs, the company’s augmented realit...

How to discover your superpowers, own your story, and unlock personal growth | Donna Lichaw (author of The Leader’s Journey)

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donna Lichaw is an internationally sought-after executive coach, keynote speaker, and best-selling author. She helps visionary founders, CEOs, and ex...

How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO)

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Stone is the chief technology officer of Netflix. She previously served as vice president of product data science and engineering, and as vi...

Building a world-class sales org | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Lemkin created and runs SaaStr, the world’s largest community for B2B/SaaS founders, and is the managing director of SaaStr Fund, a $90 millio...

Making time for what matters | Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (authors of Sprint and Make Time, co-founders of Character Capital)

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky are the authors of best-selling books Sprint and Make Time. They have helped more than 300 teams design new products and ...

Inside OpenAI | Logan Kilpatrick (head of developer relations)

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Logan Kilpatrick leads developer relations at OpenAI, supporting developers building with the OpenAI API and ChatGPT. He is also on the board of direc...

Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and staying ahead of the competition | Megan Cook (head of product, Jira)

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Cook is the head of product for Atlassian’s Jira software, which is used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies, has over 125,000 customers globally,...

Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery)

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jonny Miller is the founder of Nervous System Mastery, a course that has helped hundreds of founders and tech leaders cultivate calm, reduce nervousne...

Geoffrey Moore on finding your beachhead, crossing the chasm, and dominating a market

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor, widely known for his seminal book Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to ...

Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Rumelt is a legend in the world of strategy. He’s the author of Good Strategy/Bad Strategy and The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists, bot...

The art and wisdom of changing teams | Heidi Helfand (author of Dynamic Reteaming)

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Heidi Helfand is the author of Dynamic Reteaming, which outlines practical strategies for orchestrating successful team and company org changes. Her w...

Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon)

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Evans is a writer, career coach, course instructor, and retired VP at Amazon. During his 15 years at Amazon, he helped invent Prime Video, Amazo...

How to be more innovative | Sam Schillace (Microsoft deputy CTO, creator of Google Docs)

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Schillace is deputy CTO and corporate vice president at Microsoft. Prior to working at Microsoft, Sam started a company called Writely, which was ...

The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Will Larson is Chief Technology Officer at Carta. Prior to joining Carta, he was the CTO at Calm and held engineering leadership roles at Stripe, Ube...

The UX research reckoning is here | Judd Antin (Airbnb, Meta)

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Judd Antin has spent 15 years leading research and design teams at companies like Yahoo, Meta, and Airbnb. His direct reports have gone on to lead use...

Strategies for becoming less distracted and improving focus | Nir Eyal (author of Indistractable and Hooked)

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nir Eyal is the author of two best-selling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Ch...

The hierarchy of engagement | Sarah Tavel (Benchmark, Greylock, Pinterest)

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Tavel is a General Partner at Benchmark and sits on the boards of Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Rekki, Cambly, and Medely. She is a founding member of ...

The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG)

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Idiodi is a partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. After a long product career and founding multiple companies, Christian now spends his t...

Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Fried is the co-founder and CEO of 37signals, the maker of Basecamp and HEY. 37signals is a very different kind of company. With fewer than 80 e...

How to tell better stories | Matthew Dicks (Storyworthy)

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Dicks is a best-selling author, columnist, blogger, podcaster, playwright, and teacher. He wrote my all-time favorite book on storytelling, St...

Failure

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special compilation episode, we delve into failure—an overlooked source of wisdom. From freezing onstage in front of thousands of people, to...

Radical Candor: From theory to practice with author Kim Scott

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Scott is the author of Radical Candor, currently the #1 most recommended book on this podcast. The book has sold over 1 million copies and has bee...

The full-stack PM | Anuj Rathi (Swiggy, Jupiter Money, Flipkart)

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anuj Rathi is the Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Jupiter Money, where he leads product management, marketing, design, growth, and analytics. B...

Crafting a compelling product vision | Ebi Atawodi (YouTube, Netflix, Uber)

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ebi Atawodi is Director of Product Management for the Creator Experience at YouTube, former Head of Product at Uber, and a former Director of Product ...

The future of AI in software development | Inbal Shani (CPO of GitHub)

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Inbal Shani is the chief product officer at GitHub, where she leads core product management, along with product strategy, marketing, open source, and ...

My favorite interview questions from 100+ guests

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special episode of the podcast where I’ve curated my favorite interview questions that guests have shared, among over 100 podcast guests. ...

Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Snap, Zero)

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Conrad is the CEO of Zero and on the board of Sonos. He began his career in engineering at Apple, where he helped build key features that remain i...

Redefining success, money, and belonging | Paul Millerd (The Pathless Path)

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Millerd spent several years working in strategy consulting and on the “default path” before deciding to walk away to work on his own in 2017....

The ultimate guide to product operations | Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Perri is the CEO of Produx Labs, a product management training organization; author of the seminal PM book The Build Trap; and a former Harvar...

Brian Chesky’s new playbook

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Chesky is the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Under Brian’s leadership, Airbnb has grown into a community of over 4 million hosts who have welco...

Marketplace lessons from Uber, Airbnb, Bumble, and more | Ramesh Johari (Stanford professor, startup advisor)

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ramesh Johari is a professor at Stanford University focusing on data science methods and practice, as well as the design and operation of online marke...

Mastering product strategy and growing as a PM | Maggie Crowley (Toast, Drift, Tripadvisor)

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Maggie Crowley is VP of product at Toast and previously vice president and head of product at Charlie Health, senior director of product management at...

Unpacking Amazon’s unique ways of working | Bill Carr (author of Working Backwards)

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Carr is the co-author of Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon. With a background at Amazon of over 15 years, Bill...

Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, and founder of the Long-Term Stock...

What AI means for your product strategy | Paul Adams (CPO of Intercom)

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Adams is the longtime chief product officer at Intercom, where he leads the product management, product design, data science, and research teams....

A step-by-step guide to crafting a sales pitch that wins | April Dunford (author of Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch)

22 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

April Dunford is a speaker, mentor, podcaster, best-selling author, and beloved returning guest to the show. Last year, she joined me on the pod to di...

Scaling Duolingo, embracing failure, and insight into Latin America’s tech scene | Gina Gotthilf (Latitud, Duolingo)

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Gotthilf is a co-founder and the COO of Latitud, a startup platform supporting the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America. Prev...

Building beautiful products with Stripe’s Head of Design | Katie Dill (Stripe, Airbnb, Lyft)

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Katie Dill is the Head of Design at Stripe. Previously, she was Head of Experience Design at Airbnb and Head of Design at Lyft. Katie has been named o...

How to get press for your product | Jason Feifer (editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine)

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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