Brought to you by Microsoft Clarity —See how people actually use your product | Lenny’s Job Board —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Nancy Duarte is the CEO of Duarte Inc. and has helped create over 250,000 presentations for influential business leaders across the globe, including Apple, TED, the World Bank, and Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth . She’s also written six best-selling books, and her TED talk has garnered over 3 mil...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Lenny’s Job Board —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs | Eco —Your most rewarding app — Andy Raskin helps CEOs align their leadership teams around a strategic narrative—a single story that powers success in sales, marketing, product, fundraising, and recruiting. His clients include Gong, Dropbox, Uber, Salesforce, Square, and IBM. In today’s episode, we discuss: • What a strategic narrative is, and how to craft one • How h...
May 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Microsoft Clarity —See how people actually use your product | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | Eco —Your most rewarding app — Gustav Söderström is the Co-President and Chief Product and Technology Officer at Spotify. He is responsible for Spotify’s global product and technology strategy, overseeing the product, design, data, and engineering teams. Prior to Spotify, he founded 13th Lab, a startup that was later acquired by Facebook’s Oculus. He also served as the Dire...
May 21, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Braintrust —For when you needed talent, yesterday | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | Rows —The spreadsheet where data comes to life — Scott Belsky is an entrepreneur, author, investor, and currently Adobe’s Chief Strategy Officer and EVP of Design and Emerging Products. He founded Behance, an online platform for creative professionals to showcase and discover work, and served as CEO until its acquisition by Adobe. Scott is an early advisor and investor in several bus...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Microsoft Clarity —See how people actually use your product | Eco —Your most rewarding app | LMNT —Zero-sugar hydration — Ayo Omojola is Chief Product Officer at Carbon Health, one of the fastest-growing and most innovative health tech companies in the world. Previously, he was a PM leader at Cash App, where he co-created the Cash Card and scaled it to a nine-figure revenue line for Square. He’s also an angel investor in companies like Mercury, Modern Treasury, Faire, and many ...
May 14, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Braintrust —For when you needed talent, yesterday | AssemblyAI —Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech | Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life — Jonathan Becker is the founder and president of Thrive Digital, where he and his team have deployed more than $3.5 billion in paid acquisition budgets for companies like Uber, Asana, Square, Tempur-Pedic, and MasterClass. He spent the first part of his career mastering SEO and ...
May 07, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Mixpanel —Product analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | Braintrust —For when you needed talent, yesterday — David Singleton is Chief Technology Officer at Stripe, where he oversees engineering and design teams. Since joining Stripe, David has helped grow the technology org across the U.S. and developed new engineering hubs in Singapore and Dublin as well as Stripe’s fifth hub, remote engineering, across the globe. Befor...
May 04, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Rows —The spreadsheet where data comes to life | Braintrust —For when you needed talent, yesterday | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs — Carilu Dietrich is a former CMO, most notably the Head of Marketing who took Atlassian public. These days she’s an advisor to CEOs and CMOs of hypergrowth B2B companies and has worked with companies like Miro, Segment, Bill.com, 1Password, Productboard, Sprout Social, Weights & Biases, and more. In today’s episode, we discuss: * Patterns across...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Linear —The new standard for modern software development | Braintrust —For when you needed talent, yesterday | Rows —The spreadsheet where data comes to life — Elena Verna is a leading growth expert with over 15 years of experience in tech. She was SVP of Growth at SurveyMonkey and interim CMO at Miro, where she built high-performing teams that drove significant growth. She recently served as interim Head of Growth at Amplitude and currently advises and is a board member for ea...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Braintrust —For when you needed talent, yesterday | Linear —The new standard for modern software development — Varun Parmar is the Chief Product Officer of Miro and has over two decades of experience in the tech industry. Prior to joining Miro, Varun held executive positions as Chief Product Officer at Box and Syncplicity (acquired by Dell EMC) and spent six years in product management at Adobe. He also ...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Sprig —Product insights that drive product success. — Ada Chen Rekhi is an executive coach and co-founder of Notejoy. She helps founders scale themselves alongside their teams. She has over a decade of experience leading teams through periods of rapid transition, from the chaos of founding early-stage startups to leadership roles in growing SurveyMonkey and LinkedIn. In today’s podcast, we discuss: • How utilizing a “curiosity loop” can aid you in decision-making • A values exe...
Apr 16, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | LMNT —Zero-sugar hydration | AssemblyAI —Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech — Laura Modi is the CEO and co-founder of Bobbie, the first woman-owned, organic infant formula in the U.S. Previously, Laura spent over five years at Airbnb, where she served as Director of Hospitality. Before that, she spent over four years at Google in finance and operations. In today’s podcast, we discuss: • Biggest lessons ...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Public —Invest in stocks, treasuries, crypto, and more | LMNT —Zero-sugar hydration — Shweta Shrivastava is a Senior Product Leader at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company backed by Alphabet. Prior to joining Waymo, she was the CPO of Nauto, where she also worked on AI-assisted driver tools. Shweta has worked in product for over 15 years in senior roles at several companies, including Amazon and Cisco. In today’s episod...
Apr 09, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Wealthfront —Make smarter stock investments | Lenny’s Job Board —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs | Ahrefs —Improve your website’s SEO for free — Nikita Miller is a product leader, angel investor, and advisor. She has built and led product teams at companies ranging from early-stage startups to multinationals, and she is currently SVP of Product Management at The Knot Worldwide. Nikita is passionate about scaling product teams to support high-growth busi...
Apr 06, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Amplitude —Build better products | Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Ahrefs —Improve your website’s SEO for free — Hila Qu is an Executive in Residence at Reforge as well as a renowned growth advisor, angel investor, and published author (her book about growth was named one of the top 10 business books of 2018 in China). Previously, she served as the Director of Growth at GitLab, where she implemented and scaled their PLG motion, and VP ...
Apr 02, 2023•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Amplitude —Build better products | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | Ahrefs —Improve your website's SEO for free — Casey Winters is a longtime and legendary advisor and operator. He’s worked with companies like Airbnb, Faire, Canva, Whatnot, Thumbtack, Tinder, and Reddit and until recently was the Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite, where he managed the PM, design, research, and growth marketing teams. Before Eventbrite, he led growth and product teams at Pinterest a...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Rows —The spreadsheet where data comes to life | Lenny’s Job Board —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs. — Kevin Aluwi is the co-founder and former CEO of Gojek. With over 2.7 million drivers and over 3 billion orders completed, Gojek is the biggest startup in Indonesia and all of Southeast Asia. In today’s podcast, Kevin shares the story of how Gojek overcame endless obstacles—including being underfunded, being unable to ...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by AssemblyAI —Powerful AI models to transcribe and understand speech | Public —Invest in stocks, treasuries, crypto, and more | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. — Lulu Cheng Meservey was formerly head of comms at Substack (where I host my newsletter and podcast) and is currently the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer at Activision Blizzard. She also writes one of my favorite newsletters, “Flack,” where she shares tactical ...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Writer —Generative AI for the enterprise | Dovetail —Bring your customer into every decision | Linear —The new standard for modern software development — Josh Miller is the CEO and co-founder of The Browser Company, where he helped build Arc, my go-to web browser. In today’s episode, we get an inside look at the unique structure and values of The Browser Company and how their company culture has helped them land some of the best talent in tech. Josh shares ways that his company...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Dovetail —Bring your customer into every decision | Writer —Generative AI for the enterprise — Christina Wodtke is an author, Stanford University professor, and speaker who teaches strategies for building high-performing teams. She’s also the author of Radical Focus , which some consider the de facto guide to OKRs. In today’s episode, we dive into OKRs and how they can be used to help your team achieve b...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Dovetail —Bring your customer into every decision | LMNT —Zero-sugar hydration — Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan are founders, angel investors, and product leaders who host the podcast Aarthi and Sriram’s Good Time Show . They have both held leadership roles at major technology companies including Meta, Twitter, Snap, Microsoft, and Netflix. In today’s episode, we dive into how and why to build your personal brand, how to de...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Public —Invest in stocks, treasuries, crypto, and more | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | Writer —Generative AI for the enterprise — Laura Schaffer is the brand-new VP of Growth at Amplitude. Prior to this role, she spent over 10 years leading product management and growth teams at Twilio, Bandwidth, and Rapid. In today’s episode, we talk about the role of experimentation and data in growth, and Laura shares stories of big wins from her time leading growth teams. She...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Linear —The new standard for modern software development | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. | Dovetail —Bring your customer into every decision. — Claire Hughes Johnson is the former COO at Stripe, which she helped scale from a small startup to the legendary company it is today. She also spent close to 10 years at Google, where she filled several executive roles, including VP of Global Online Sales and Director of Sales and Ops for Gmail, YouTube, Google Apps, and...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Linear —The new standard for modern software development. | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments. | Pando —Always-on employee progression. — Gustaf Alströmer is a Group Partner at Y Combinator, where he’s worked with over 600 startups in his 6.5 years there. He’s also a fellow Airbnb alumnus and even started the original Airbnb growth team. In today’s podcast, Gustaf discusses common reasons startups fail and how he helps coach founders on avoiding these mistakes. He expla...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life: https://miro.com/lenny | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs: https://coda.io/lenny | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny — Annie Pearl is the Chief Product Officer at Calendly. Previously, she was Chief Product Officer at Glassdoor, as well as Director of Product Management at Box. She was named one of the most influential women in Bay Area business by the San Francisco Bu...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Amplitude —Build better products: https://amplitude.com/ | OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster: https://oneschema.co/lenny | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny — Upasna Gautam is a product manager at CNN Digital, where she works closely with editorial staff and journalists to build their internal content management system. She is also a longtime meditation coach and a board member of the News Product Alliance. In today’s episode, we delve i...
Feb 23, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny | Amplitude —Build better products: https://amplitude.com/ | Dovetail —Bring your customer into every decision: https://dovetailapp.com/lenny — Patrick Campbell is the founder and CEO of ProfitWell, which he bootstrapped and sold for over $200 million. In this special episode, we explore 10 big ideas from Patrick, including tips for hiring employees who align with your company values, creating winning pricin...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Amplitude —Build better products: https://amplitude.com/ | Lenny’s Job Board —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs: https://www.lennysjobs.com/talent | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny — Christine Itwaru is a longtime product operations leader at Pendo and more recently has taken on the larger role of Principal Strategist there. Before leading product ops, Christine spent 12 years in product management. In this episode, ...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by Public —Invest in stocks, treasuries, crypto, and more: https://public.com/lenny | Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life: https://miro.com/lenny | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments: https://www.geteppo.com/ — Lauryn Isford is a product growth leader and practitioner, who most recently led Growth at Airtable, and is about to start something new 🤫. In today’s episode, we get into the many tactics Lauryn has learned about optimizing onbo...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brought to you by OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster: https://oneschema.co/lenny | Amplitude —Build better products: https://amplitude.com/ | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs: https://coda.io/lenny — Keith Yandell started at DoorDash as Chief Legal Officer and during his tenure has also led the HR, Customer Support, Marketing, and now Corporate Development teams. In today’s episode, we talk about leadership, and how to lead with empathy. We dig into DoorDash’s unique culture and touch on the ...
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