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Lenny’s Podcast95 min

Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the most important moat

Evan Spiegel · Apr 26, 2026
Key learnings
  • Distribution is often underweighted compared with product-market fit; founders should plan how they will reach users, not just…
  • Software features are easy to copy, so durable advantages come from ecosystems, creator/developer platforms, and…
  • Connecting people to their closest relationships, rather than maximizing total friends, can be the more valuable network effect…
Lenny’s Podcast115 min

Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success

Tom Conrad · Nov 26, 2023
Key learnings
  • Choose where to work by the people you'd collaborate with, not just the product; your satisfaction tracks team relationships more…
  • Trust your gut about a team's values and working style early; Conrad says he has consistently sensed mismatches before joining…
  • Build a model of the whole business equation (investment in, returns out, over a time horizon) so you can see which levers have…