Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 148
May 10, 2022 · 56 min
Todd Jackson, a seed-stage investor at First Round Capital, interviewed founders of eight companies (Vanta, Flexport, Cocoon, Good Dog, Snackpass, Rec Room, LaunchDarkly, Pinwheel) about how they chose and validated…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 278
Jun 17, 2025 · 14 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky follows up his tech worker sentiment survey by investigating how people who avoid or effectively manage burnout do it. Drawing on open-ended video surveys and interviews, he introduces ARMOR, a five-part…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresMar 15, 2023
Mar 15, 2023 · 19 min
“I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk coach and instructor Hope Gurion to discuss how leaders can hold empowered product teams accountable to outcomes. You can watch the video of our conversation or check out a lightly edited version of the transcript below. Full Transcript Teresa Torres: Welcome everybody.”
Lenny’s Podcast87 min
Yuhki Yamashata · Jan 8, 2023
Key learnings- Storytelling is a core PM skill; Yamashita suggests resetting your context and retelling the situation as if the listener knows…
- Own the 'why' of a product: when teams can't have detailed specs, a shared understanding of the problem lets people make good…
- Use the 'five whys' on problems, asking not just why a customer wants a feature but why they have the underlying problem in the…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresDec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 2011 · 3 min
Teresa Torres argues that great product management means thinking from the whole business's perspective: a product must not only please customers but also earn money from them, which is the hardest part. She recommends…