Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Paul Adams is the longtime chief product officer at Intercom, where he leads the product management, product design, data science, and research teams. Before Intercom, Paul was the global head of brand design at Facebook, a senior user researcher at Google, and a product designer at Dyson. He’s also a best-selling author , a podcast host , and a public speaker. In today’s episode, we discuss: • Pr...

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 discuss product positioning and differentiated value. Today, April offers invaluable insights from her latest book, Sales Pitch: How to Craft a Story to Stand Out and Win. We go deep on the art of effective pitching and selling, and April shares the sp...

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. Previously, Gina led growth and marketing at Duolingo, which she helped grow from 3 million to 200 million users. She was recently named one of the 500 most influential people in all of Latin America by Bloomberg . In today’s episode, we discuss: • Behin...

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 one of Business Insider ’s 10 People Changing the Tech Industry as well as one of Fast Company ’s 100 Most Creative People in Business and received the Girls in Tech “Creator of the Year” award. In today’s episode, she shares: • What makes a design gr...

Brought to you by Sidebar —Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Maui Nui Venison —The healthiest red meat on the planet delivered directly to your door | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and a former editor at Fast Company . He’s also a podcast host, book author, keynote speaker, and startup advisor. Every...

Karri Saarinen is the co-founder and CEO of Linear, an issue-tracking tool that has quickly become the fastest-growing and most beloved in the world. Before Linear, Karri was the principal designer and co-creator of design systems at Airbnb and the founding designer at Coinbase. In today’s episode, he shares: • How to prioritize craft in product development • The Linear method for modern software...

Brought to you by Jira Product Discovery —Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Wix Studio —The web creation platform built for agencies — Brian Balfour is the founder and CEO of Reforge. Prior to Reforge, he was the VP of Growth at HubSpot and co-founded three other startups. In today’s episode, Brian shares 10 lessons fro...

Brought to you by Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Ezra —The leading full-body cancer screening company — Lane Shackleton is CPO of Coda, where he’s been leading the product and design team for over eight years. Lane started his career as an Alaskan climbing guide and then as a manual reviewer of AdWords ads before becoming a product speci...

Brought to you by Sidebar —Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Wix Studio —The web creation platform built for agencies | LinkedIn Ads —Reach professionals and drive results for your business — Maya Prohovnik is currently Spotify’s Head of Podcast Product. She was employee #1 at Anchor, which was acquired by Spotify in 2019 and now powers more than 80% of all new podcasts cre...

Brought to you by Pendo —The all-in-one platform for product-led companies building breakthrough digital experiences | Wix Studio —The web creation platform built for agencies | Masterworks —Invest in blue-chip art — Nilan Peiris is Chief Product Officer at Wise, one of the fastest-growing (and profitable) tech companies in the world. Wise allows anyone to send money in more than 60 currencies to...

Brought to you by Ezra —The leading full-body cancer screening company | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | LinkedIn Ads —Reach professionals and drive results for your business — Itamar Gilad is a product coach, author, and speaker with over two decades of experience in senior product roles at Google, Microsoft, and various startups. He is also the author of Evidence-Guided: Creating...

Brought to you by Mixpanel —Event analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Round —The private network built by tech leaders for tech leaders — Christopher Lochhead is a 14-time #1 bestselling author, top podcaster, and former 3x public tech company CMO and has been an advisor to over 50 VC-backed tech startups. He is best known as a “godf...

Brought to you by Jira Product Discovery —Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams — Oji Udezue is Chief Product Officer at Typeform and has held leadership roles at Twitter (Head of Product for Creation and Conversation), Calendly (CPO), and Atlassian (Head of Product for communication tools). He is well-known for bringing a product-led-growth (PLG) mindset to t...

Brought to you by Mercury —the powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life — Andy Johns is a former tech exec and VC who had a successful run at several startups—including Facebook, Twitter, Wealthfront, and Quora—but left it all behind a few years ago to take a new directio...

Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Mixpanel —Event analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | AssemblyAI —Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech — Claire Butler was Figma’s first GTM hire and their 10th employee. She led Figma’s early GTM strategy from stealth through monetization. She also helped the team through the journey to find...

Brought to you by Productroadmap.ai —AI to connect your roadmaps to revenue | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments | OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster — Tim Holley  is VP of Product at Etsy where he leads the Etsy buyer experience. With a tenure spanning more than a decade, Tim has seen the company through many transitions (both in culture, in leadership, and in growth), and his team’s pr...

Brought to you by Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | LMNT —Zero-sugar hydration | AssemblyAI —Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech — Meltem Kuran Berkowitz is Head of Growth at Deel, which went from $0 to $300m in ARR in 3 years (fastest company in history to do so). Meltem joined Deel early to lead growth, and currently leads all o...

Brought to you by Sidebar —Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Merge —A single API to add hundreds of integrations into your app | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Bob Moesta is the co-creator of the Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) framework, a close collaborator of Clay Christensen, and CEO and founder of The Re-Wired Group. He has helped launch more than 3,500 new product...

Brought to you by Merge —A single API to add hundreds of integrations into your app | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. — Camille Hearst is Head of Fan Monetization at Spotify, where she finds new ways for fans to connect and for artists to monetize. Previously she was Head of Product for Creators at Patreon, Product Marketing Manager at YouTube, the...

Brought to you by OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster | Mixpanel —Event analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Brave Search API —An independent, global search index you can use to power your search or AI app — Austin Hay is currently Head of Marketing Technology at Ramp and was previously the VP of Business Operations at Runway, the VP of Growth at mParticle, and the fourth employe...

Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Sidebar —Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Merge —A single API to add hundreds of integrations into your app — Christopher Miller serves as the VP of Product for Growth and AI at HubSpot. Having spent the past seven years at HubSpot, Chris has been at the center of one of the biggest B2B growth stories in his...

Brought to you by Ezra —The leading full-body cancer screening company | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Attio —The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups — Geoff Charles is VP of Product at Ramp—the fastest-growing SaaS startup of all time, Fast Company’s #1 Most Innovative Company in North America, and a company I believe we should all study for how they operate, execute, and hire....

This episode is brought to you by DX —a platform for measuring and improving developer productivity. — Dr. Nicole Forsgren is a developer productivity and DevOps expert who works with engineering organizations to make work better. Best known as co-author of the Shingo Publication Award-winning book Accelerate and the DevOps Handbook, 2nd edition and author of the State of DevOps Reports , she has...

Brought to you by Mixpanel —Event analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Round —The private network built by tech leaders for tech leaders | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Ronny Kohavi , PhD, is a consultant, teacher, and leading expert on the art and science of A/B testing. Previously, Ronny was Vice President and Technical Fellow at Airbnb, Technical Fellow and corpora...

Brought to you by Sidebar —Catalyze your career with a Personal Board of Directors | Superhuman —The fastest email experience ever made | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. — Noah Weiss is Chief Product Officer at Slack, where he leads all aspects of the product organization, including the self-service SMB business, the team that launched huddles and clips, and the search and machine-l...