Episodes
Five years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
41 episodes in 2022
🎙LENNY'S PODCAST
1h 1m Countdown of the top 10 episodes of the year
Host Lenny Rachitsky celebrates the 50th episode milestone of Lenny's Podcast by counting down the top ten most popular episodes of the year. The retrospective curates high-impact frameworks…
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1h 17m Launching and growing a podcast | Chris Hutchins (All the Hacks, Wealthfront, Google)
In this masterclass episode, product leader and 'All the Hacks' host Chris Hutchins joins Lenny Rachitsky to break down the complete tactical playbook for launching, producing, and scaling a…
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1h 1m Founder-led sales | Pete Kazanjy (Founding Sales, Atrium)
In this episode, sales expert and author Pete Kazanjy joins Lenny Rachitsky to demystify B2B sales for founders and technical operators, outlining how to master founder-led selling, build re…
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1h 7m How Notion leveraged community to build a $10B business | Camille Ricketts
In this conversation with Lenny Rachitsky, former Notion Head of Marketing Camille Ricketts shares the frameworks behind community-led growth, building passionate ambassador programs, and pr…
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1h 38m The art and science of pricing | Madhavan Ramanujam (Monetizing Innovation, Simon-Kucher)
Monetization strategist Madhavan Ramanujam breaks down comprehensive frameworks for achieving product-market-pricing fit, designing tiered packaging, selecting value metrics, and leveraging …
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1h 26m How to hit revenue targets in a recession | Sahil Mansuri (Bravado)
In this episode of Lenny's Podcast, Bravado founder and CEO Sahil Mansuri outlines actionable frameworks for navigating macroeconomic downturns, focusing on dynamic milestone forecasting, re…
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1h 30m The ultimate guide to SEO | Ethan Smith (Graphite)
In this masterclass on Lenny's Podcast, Graphite CEO Ethan Smith provides a comprehensive playbook on scaling organic search, covering investment timing, programmatic and editorial content s…
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1h 12m How to be the best coach to product people | Petra Wille (Strong Product People)
In this episode, product leadership coach Petra Wille joins Lenny Rachitsky to discuss how leaders can become world-class coaches for product managers, master the art of storytelling and pub…
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1h 4m What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)
In this episode, veteran tech leader Ian McAllister joins Lenny Rachitsky to break down the frameworks, essential skills, and leadership mindsets that distinguish top 1% product managers. Dr…
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1h 14m Leaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
In this in-depth interview, Lenny Rachitsky speaks with Gergely Orosz, creator of The Pragmatic Engineer, exploring how he transitioned from engineering management at Uber to building Substa…
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1h 7m An inside look at how the New York Times builds product | Alex Hardiman (CPO, the New York Times)
Alex Hardiman, Chief Product Officer at The New York Times, breaks down the organization's product strategy, contrasting civic-minded publishing with Big Tech, navigating high-stakes crises,…
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1h 11m How to work through fear, give hard feedback, and doing layoffs with grace | Matt Mochary
Renowned executive coach Matt Mochary shares practical frameworks for overcoming founder fear, executing humane individual firings and company layoffs, maintaining lean organizational veloci…
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1h 31m How Snyk built a product-led growth juggernaut | Ben Williams (VP of Product at Snyk)
In this interview, Ben Williams, VP of Product at Snyk, breaks down how Snyk built a multi-billion-dollar product-led growth engine through developer-centric acquisition loops, cross-functio…
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1h 8m Lessons from one of the world’s top executive recruiters | Lauren Ipsen (Daversa Partners, GC)
In this episode of Lenny's Podcast, executive recruiter and General Catalyst talent partner Lauren Ipsen shares comprehensive frameworks for hiring world-class product leadership, navigating…
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1h 0m Building Substack | Sachin Monga (Substack, Facebook)
Sachin Monga, Head of Product at Substack, joins Lenny Rachitsky to discuss product development strategy, organizational design, creator-first recommendation mechanics, and the economic shif…
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55m Category creation and brand building | Barbra Gago (Pando, Miro, Greenhouse, Culture Amp)
In this episode, marketing executive Barbra Gago shares tactical frameworks with Lenny Rachitsky on navigating B2B category creation, executing high-stakes company rebrands, and designing op…
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1h 5m How to build trust and grow as a product leader | Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack, Instacart, Pixar)
Fareed Mosavat shares key frameworks for mastering product management craft, transitioning from individual contributor to executive leader, and navigating fractional advisory careers.…
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1h 7m Humanizing product development | Adriel Frederick (Reddit, Lyft, Facebook)
In this in-depth discussion, veteran product leader Adriel Frederick shares practical frameworks from his executive tenures at Reddit, Lyft, and Facebook, focusing on designing human-centere…
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53m Building better roadmaps | Janna Bastow (Mind the Product, ProdPad)
In this episode, Mind the Product co-founder and ProdPad CEO Janna Bastow discusses the principles of outcome-based roadmapping, the origins of the Now, Next, Later framework, and practical …
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1h 5m How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)
Growth executive Adam Fishman joins Lenny Rachitsky to deliver tactical masterclasses on hiring growth talent using the Growth Competency Model, optimizing product onboarding for retention, …
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1h 4m Developing a growth model + marketplace growth strategy | Dan Hockenmaier
Marketplace strategist Dan Hockenmaier breaks down the mathematical foundations of growth modeling and shares operational frameworks for governing, scaling, and defending complex multi-sided…
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48m Build better products with continuous product discovery | Teresa Torres
Product discovery coach Teresa Torres joins Lenny Rachitsky to deliver a masterclass on continuous discovery habits, explaining how product trios can leverage the Opportunity Solution Tree f…
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56m Using behavioral science to improve your product | Kristen Berman (Irrational Labs)
In this episode of Lenny's Podcast, Irrational Labs CEO Kristen Berman shares how product teams can leverage behavioral science, strategic friction, and the 3B Framework to systematically in…
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1h 6m Customer-led growth | Georgiana Laudi (Forget The Funnel)
In this episode, growth strategist Georgiana 'Gia' Laudi breaks down the Customer-Led Growth framework, explaining how SaaS companies can replace company-centric funnels with Jobs-to-be-Done…
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59m Why product-led growth is the future | Elena Verna (Amplitude, Miro, Surveymonkey)
Growth strategist Elena Verna joins Lenny Rachitsky to break down modern B2B growth frameworks, sharing actionable insights on effectively layering product-led and sales-led motions, structu…
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1h 10m Building a meaningful career | Jason Shah (Airbnb, Amazon, Microsoft, Alchemy)
In this episode, product leader Jason Shah shares actionable frameworks on executive alignment, navigating career development, leading teams through market downturns, and mastering the craft…
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1h 9m When to invest in new acquisition channels | Adam Grenier (Uber, MasterClass)
Growth marketing executive and advisor Adam Grenier joins Lenny Rachitsky to break down frameworks for evaluating emerging acquisition channels, the definition of the modern Growth CMO, and …
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1h 10m How to build a powerful marketing machine | Emily Kramer (Asana, Carta, MKT1)
Marketing leader and MKT1 co-founder Emily Kramer joins Lenny Rachitsky to break down foundational marketing frameworks, including the Fuel and Engine mental model, hiring Pi-shaped marketer…
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1h 15m Overcome imposter syndrome and accelerate your career | Julie Zhuo (Sundial, Facebook)
Former Facebook VP of Product Design Julie Zhuo shares tactical frameworks for overcoming imposter syndrome, mastering design critiques, and developing strong product sense. She also details…
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1h 4m The role of AI in new product development | Ryan J. Salva (VP of Product at GitHub)
In this episode of Lenny's Podcast, host Lenny Rachitsky interviews Ryan J. Salva, VP of Product at GitHub, about the incubation, engineering, and organizational scaling of GitHub Copilot. S…
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1h 8m How to grow a subscription business | Yuriy Timen (Grammarly, Canva, Airtable)
Growth advisor Yuriy Timen shares comprehensive frameworks for scaling subscription and freemium businesses, covering organic growth engines, paid acquisition economics, onboarding optimizat…
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53m Persuasive communication and managing up | Wes Kao (Maven, altMBA, Section4)
In this interview, educator and Maven co-founder Wes Kao breaks down actionable frameworks for persuasive workplace communication, strategic upward management, and engaging cohort-based educ…
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1h 31m The art of product management | Shreyas Doshi (Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo)
In this in-depth interview, product leader Shreyas Doshi breaks down foundational frameworks for product management, covering proactive risk mitigation via premortems, task leverage with the…
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59m The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group
In this in-depth interview, Silicon Valley Product Group founder Marty Cagan breaks down the critical divide between feature factories and empowered product teams, detailing how modern softw…
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1h 22m The art of building legendary brands | Arielle Jackson (Google, Square, First Round Capital)
Marketing expert Arielle Jackson shares practical frameworks for early-stage startups, covering systematic naming methodologies, the tripartite brand strategy of Purpose, Positioning, and Pe…
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1h 31m The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra, Coda, YouTube, Microsoft
Coda co-founder and CEO Shishir Mehrotra joins Lenny Rachitsky to share first-principles frameworks on scaling product growth loops, instituting high-leverage team rituals, framing strategic…
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1h 9m How to launch and grow your product | Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund
In this in-depth conversation, Lenny Rachitsky interviews Product Hunt founder and Weekend Fund investor Ryan Hoover on navigating the psychological realities of entrepreneurship, executing …
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1h 3m How to scrappily hire for, measure, and unlock growth | Crystal Widjaja, Gojek and Kumu
Growth executive Crystal Widjaja breaks down actionable growth frameworks, low-tech experimentation tactics, and data instrumentation principles from scaling Gojek and Kumu into Southeast As…
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53m How to create a winning product strategy | Melissa Perri
Product leadership expert Melissa Perri joins Lenny Rachitsky to unpack why organizational failures stem from flawed strategy deployment rather than skill deficiencies, offering practical gu…
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1h 18m How to unlock your product leadership skills | Ken Norton, Ex-Google
In this in-depth conversation, veteran Google product leader and executive coach Ken Norton joins host Lenny Rachitsky to discuss the shift from tactical execution to authentic product leade…
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55m How to sell your ideas and rise within your company | Casey Winters, Eventbrite
In this in-depth conversation, renowned growth strategist and Eventbrite CPO Casey Winters shares actionable frameworks for effective upward communication, executive leadership, and scalable…
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