Lenny Rachitsky

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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Lenny Rachitsky

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Technology

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www.lennysnewsletter.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

LinkedIn’s product evolution and the art of building complex systems | Hari Srinivasan (LinkedIn) 16.07.2023

Brought to you by Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Brave Search API —An independent, global search index you can use to power your search or AI app | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Hari Srinivasan is VP of Product at LinkedIn Talent Solutions, where he oversees LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Jobs, and LinkedIn Learning. He’s also a frequent gues...

M&A, competition, pricing, and investing | Julia Schottenstein (dbt Labs) 13.07.2023

Brought to you by Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Superhuman —The fastest email experience ever made | AssemblyAI —Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech — Julia Schottenstein is a product lead at dbt Labs, a data transformation company, and an active angel investor in data and infrastructure startups. She first got excited about dbt in 2019 when she was a V...

How to ask the right questions, project confidence, and win over skeptics | Paige Costello (Asana, Intercom, Intuit) 09.07.2023

Brought to you by Brave —The independent, global search index you can use to power your search or AI app | Attio —The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups | Round —The private network built by tech leaders for tech leaders — Paige Costello is a beloved product leader with a reputation as a remarkable coach and mentor. She is currently the Head of Core Product at Asana, where she leads...

Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork and Airbnb, and thriving as a PM | Jiaona Zhang (Webflow, WeWork, Airbnb, Dropbox) 02.07.2023

Brought to you by Brave Search API —An independent, global search index you can use to power your search or AI app | Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Superhuman —The fastest email experience ever made — Jiaona Zhang (JZ) is a product leader with a strong background in consumer products and extensive hiring and management experience. She is currently SVP of...

Lessons from scaling Ramp | Sri Batchu (Ramp, Instacart, Opendoor) 25.06.2023

Brought to you by Attio —The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups | Coda —Meet the evolution of docs | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Sri Batchu currently leads growth at Ramp, the fastest-growing SaaS business (and fintech business) in history. Previously, he led growth strategy and operations at Instacart and was one of the first 50 employees at Opendoor, where he built,...

Building high-performing teams | Melissa Tan (Webflow, Dropbox, Canva) 18.06.2023

Brought to you by AssemblyAI —Production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech | Mixpanel —Product analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Melissa Tan is an advisor, investor, and growth expert. She’s worked with fast-growing startups like Dropbox, Canva, Grammarly, and Miro, and for the past 2.5 years has been the Head of Grow...

Leveraging growth advisors, hiring well, mastering SEO, and honing your craft | Luc Levesque (Shopify, Meta, TripAdvisor) 15.06.2023

Brought to you by Mixpanel —Product analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Attio —A powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Luc Levesque is Chief Growth Officer at Shopify and has advised companies like Canva, Twitter, Pinterest, and Patreon on growth and product strategy. Previously he served as an executive at TripAdvisor, wher...

Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google) 11.06.2023

Brought to you by Superhuman —The fastest email experience ever made | Microsoft Clarity —See how people actually use your product | Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments — Nikhyl Singhal is VP of Product at Meta, overseeing teams building messaging, groups, stories, and the main Facebook feed. Before that, he served as the Chief Product Officer at Credit Karma and held various leadership role...

Moving fast and navigating uncertainty | Jeremy Henrickson (Rippling, Coinbase) 04.06.2023

Brought to you by Miro —A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Mixpanel —Product analytics that everyone can trust, use, and afford | Lenny’s Job Board —Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs — Jeremy Henrickson is Rippling’s SVP of Product, responsible for scaling their product and design team across three continents. Previously, as Chief Product Of...

Storytelling with Nancy Duarte: How to craft compelling presentations and tell a story that sticks 01.06.2023

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 Inco...

The power of strategic narrative | Andy Raskin 28.05.2023

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, an...

Lessons from scaling Spotify: The science of product, taking risky bets, and how AI is already impacting the future of music | Gustav Söderström (Co-President, CPO, and CTO at Spotify) 21.05.2023

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...

Lessons on building product sense, navigating AI, optimizing the first mile, and making it through the messy middle | Scott Belsky (Adobe, Behance) 18.05.2023

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...

Frameworks for product differentiation, team building, and thinking from first principles | Ayo Omojola (Carbon Health, Cash App) 14.05.2023

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...

Mastering paid growth | Jonathan Becker (Thrive Digital) 07.05.2023

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, As...

Building a culture of excellence | David Singleton (CTO of Stripe) 04.05.2023

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 hub...

How to achieve hypergrowth in your business and career | Carilu Dietrich (Atlassian, Miro, Segment, 1Password) 30.04.2023

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, Produc...

The ultimate guide to product-led sales | Elena Verna 23.04.2023

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 recen...

An inside look at how Miro builds product: Lessons on outmaneuvering competitors, team structure, product quality, and moving fast | Varun Parmar (CPO of Miro) 20.04.2023

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...

How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey) 16.04.2023

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 p...

How to build a cult-like brand | Laura Modi (Bobbie) 13.04.2023

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 ove...

Product lessons from Waymo | Shweta Shrivastava (Waymo, Amazon, Cisco) 09.04.2023

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 f...

Driving alignment and urgency within teams, work-life balance, and the changing PM landscape | Nikita Miller (The Knot, Trello) 06.04.2023

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...

The ultimate guide to adding a PLG motion | Hila Qu (Reforge, GitLab) 02.04.2023

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 se...

Thinking beyond frameworks | Casey Winters (Pinterest, Eventbrite, Airbnb, Tinder, Canva, Reddit, Grubhub) 30.03.2023

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, res...

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