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 Note...
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 fo...
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 tackl...
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 pr...
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 wa...
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 caree...
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 indus...
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...
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 mo...
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 produc...
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 t...
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 ...
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 t...
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 t...
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 ...
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 brai...
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...
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 Ub...
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 cons...
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, o...
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 i...
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 ...
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 b...
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 Floodga...
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 revolutio...
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 accelerato...
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 arou...
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 year...
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 G...
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 a...
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 mo...
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, ...
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 I...
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 lifesty...
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 a...
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 mana...
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 s...
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...
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 consume...
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 Interperso...
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 no...
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-f...
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 th...
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 cr...
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 p...
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 ...
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...
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 fou...
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 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, YouT...
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 foundationa...
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 Ti...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 h...
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...
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 5...
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...
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 Ch...
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...
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 orchestrat...
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 ye...
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...
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 an...
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 A...
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 In...
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...
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 found...
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 ve...
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 w...
Failure
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special compilation episode, we delve into failure—an overlooked source of wisdom. From fr...
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. T...
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 manag...
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 ...
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 w...
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 g...
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...
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...
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 s...
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 ...
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, a...
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 Charli...
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. ...
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 Th...
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,...
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 t...
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 generat...
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 ...
How to get press for your product | Jason Feifer (editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine)
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Sidebar—Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Maui Nui Venis...
Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO)
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Karri Saarinen is the co-founder and CEO of Linear, an issue-tracking tool that has quickly become t...
Brian Balfour: 10 lessons on career, growth, and life
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Jira Product Discovery—Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool bui...
What sets great teams apart | Lane Shackleton (CPO of Coda)
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments | Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify...
Building Anchor, selling to Spotify, and lessons learned | Maya Prohovnik (Spotify’s Head of Podcast Product)
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Sidebar—Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Wix Studio—T...
How to drive word of mouth | Nilan Peiris (CPO of Wise)
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Pendo—The all-in-one platform for product-led companies building breakthrough di...
Becoming evidence-guided | Itamar Gilad (Gmail, YouTube, Microsoft)
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Ezra—The leading full-body cancer screening company | Vanta—Automate complianc...
How to become a category pirate | Christopher Lochhead (author of Play Bigger, Niche Down, Category Pirates, more)
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Mixpanel—Event analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Vanta—Auto...
Picking sharp problems, increasing virality, and unique product frameworks | Oji Udezue (Typeform, Twitter, Calendly, Atlassian)
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Jira Product Discovery—Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool bui...
When enough is enough | Andy Johns (ex-FB, Twitter, Quora)
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Mercury—the powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank | Coda—...