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Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.

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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
1h 22m
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This podcast episode features a conversation with Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze, who shares valuable insights and experiences in the world of entrepreneurship. The main theme is the importance of falling in love with the problem as a core lesson in building successful startups. By identifying and solving problems, ent...

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

02 Jun 2024
1h 3m
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This podcast episode explores the incredible success of Canva, a product-led company that prioritizes its product above all else. Canva's unique team culture, emphasis on personal growth, and focus on delivering a great user experience have been instrumental in their growth and global expansion. The conversation also d...

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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
56m
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This podcast episode explores the challenges of indecision in sales conversations and provides actionable advice for improving the sales process. The research reveals that most sales deals are lost not due to competition, but to customer indecision stemming from their fear of failure. The JOLT effect, a three-step proc...

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

26 May 2024
1h 42m
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This podcast episode features Bangaly, a seasoned professional with experience at major companies like Facebook, Instagram, Instacart, and YouTube. Bangaly shares valuable insights and lessons from his career, emphasizing the importance of understanding work, impact, communication, and building skills in the product an...

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

19 May 2024
1h 13m
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This podcast episode explores the importance of asking for what you want with integrity and the challenges that come with it. It emphasizes the significance of recognizing high stakes in challenging situations, articulating desires, and accepting responses. The section also discusses the relevance of this mindset in th...

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

16 May 2024
1h 35m
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This podcast episode explores the success and growth of Nubank, a financial company that has outperformed major players in the industry. The episode delves into Nubank's focus on building a product that customers are fanatical about and addressing pain points in the industry. It highlights the company's emphasis on cus...

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

12 May 2024
1h 12m
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This podcast episode explores the key principles and skills for product managers, emphasizing the importance of focusing on outputs, outcomes, and impact in their careers. It discusses the significance of execution, collaboration, communication, and continuous improvement. The episode also provides insights on career g...

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Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)

05 May 2024
1h 8m
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This podcast episode explores the relationship between strategy and power in business. It discusses the concept of power and its role in creating durability and competition for a business, using the example of Netflix's scale economies. The episode also delves into the different powers that startups can achieve and emp...

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

02 May 2024
1h 21m
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This podcast episode discusses various aspects of decision-making, highlighting the importance of user testing, mental time travel, decision-making tools and strategies, independent thinking, feedback loops, explicit decision-making, diverse opinions, pre-mortems and kill criteria, and the challenges of quitting. The e...

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

28 Apr 2024
1h 35m
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This podcast episode provides an insider's account of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and the subsequent impact on the company. The speaker discusses their experiences with Musk and the leadership changes under Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal. They also explore the challenges and triumphs of driving cultural change, i...

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

25 Apr 2024
1h 26m
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This podcast episode explores the importance of building robust and meaningful relationships, both personally and professionally. It introduces Carol Dweck's mission to help people develop the skills to create stronger connections along the relationship continuum. The episode discusses the Stanford Business School cour...

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

21 Apr 2024
1h 40m
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This podcast episode explores the importance of vision in product development and the role of product managers in crafting and delivering compelling visions. The speakers highlight the significance of grounding the vision in user research, beautiful designs, and engineering feasibility. They emphasize the power of cros...

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

18 Apr 2024
1h 20m
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This podcast episode explores several key factors and strategies for startup success. The speakers discuss important considerations when deciding whether to continue working on a struggling startup or pivot to a new idea. They emphasize the significance of enjoying the work, having a positive relationship with co-found...

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

14 Apr 2024
1h 21m
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This podcast episode explores GitLab's unique culture of transparency and the benefits and challenges of operating with high levels of transparency in a remote work environment. GitLab's transparency is evident in their open YouTube team meetings and publicly accessible handbook. While transparency fosters collaboratio...

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

11 Apr 2024
1h 27m
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This podcast episode explores the importance of product-market fit for B2B startups, providing a framework for understanding and achieving it. The speakers emphasize the need for a structured approach to finding product-market fit and highlight the significance of efficiency, demand, and satisfaction. They discuss real...

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

07 Apr 2024
1h 27m
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This podcast episode explores valuable advice for accelerating career growth, strategies for effective career growth, setting a fast pace in large companies, setting high standards in talent and product quality, challenges faced by women in tech, navigating the tech industry as women, being scrappy and resourceful, the...

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

04 Apr 2024
1h 41m
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This podcast episode explores the journey of Dharmesh Shah, the founder of HubSpot, in mastering the skill of public speaking. It discusses his approach to developing his public speaking skills, including the use of humor and data-driven analysis. The episode also touches on HubSpot's unique approach to decision-making...

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

31 Mar 2024
1h 11m
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This podcast episode explores various techniques and strategies to manage communication anxiety and enhance overall communication skills. It emphasizes the importance of visualization, cognitive reframing, and breathing techniques in reducing anxiety and increasing confidence. The episode also discusses the use of mant...

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

24 Mar 2024
1h 18m
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This podcast episode explores the concept of "Delta 4" as a framework for evaluating the potential success of products and services. It discusses the psychology behind Delta 4, the success of Indian immigrants in business and tech, cultural influences on risk-taking in India, the differences between DAUs and ARPUs in I...

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

21 Mar 2024
1h 33m
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This podcast episode explores the strategies and challenges of getting press coverage for startups and provides practical tips for crafting effective pitches and press releases. It discusses the impact of press on B2B and B2C businesses, delves into specific strategies for getting press coverage for fundraising announc...

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