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Refine The Core

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Lenny’s Podcast115 min

Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more

Kayvon Beykpour · Apr 28, 2024
Key learnings
  • Treat sacred cows as a built-in roadmap: list what the org believes can't change, then start challenging those assumptions one by…
  • Culture change requires alignment from the top; without leadership backing, pockets of the company advocating for change get…
  • Optimizing the core experience can reignite growth, but balance it with a portfolio of bold bets that add genuinely new…