Lenny’s Podcast118 min
Mayur Kamat · May 22, 2025
Key learnings- Join fast-growing companies, since learning compounds much faster when you ship and learn daily rather than over multi-year…
- Identify your genuine strengths, through structured assessments or peer feedback, and seek roles where success depends on using…
- Early in your career, don't optimize for compensation; most earnings tend to come later, so prioritize learning and fit.
The Looking Glass · Julie Zhuo♥ 126
Nov 6, 2025
Julie Zhuo's personal essay traces how she came to see herself as an "ice queen": someone who learned to suppress emotion and present a composed, controlled surface. The piece frames emotional guardedness as a…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresJan 9, 2019
Jan 9, 2019 · 9 min
“The hardest part of my day is saying no to things I shouldn’t be doing. I’m in a fortunate position. I have a thriving coaching business. I write a popular product blog. I get invited to speak at conferences. I teach at a university. I participate in an”
Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 161
Oct 22, 2024 · 12 min
Lenny Rachitsky and Louise Beryl analyze over 5,000 survey responses from newsletter subscribers to benchmark U.S. product manager salaries by level. The headline finding is the rise of the individual contributor path…
Lenny’s Podcast93 min
Chip Conley · Aug 3, 2025
Key learnings- When working for a founder, open meetings by aligning on the goal, what defines success, and what the meeting must accomplish…
- Build credibility with demanding leaders by getting close to customers, such as visiting hosts in their homes, so your input…
- Keep decks short and principle-focused so they still make sense when a combustible founder derails the meeting.
Product Talk · Teresa TorresMar 31, 2026
Mar 31, 2026
Teresa Torres and Petra Wille argue that product management is not dead but is changing, as the traditional product trio of PM, design, and engineering blends into a new 'product builder' model. AI raises the baseline…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 372
Mar 11, 2025 · 19 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyExecutive coach Natalie Rothfels observes widespread workplace anger among clients and offers a four-step process for turning it into useful insight. Drawing on Buddhist, Internal Family Systems, and somatic ideas, she…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 19
Apr 21, 2020 · 7 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky shares five practical time-management tactics for product managers, who often lack clear deadlines and drown in shallow work. He argues for scheduling protected deep-work blocks, keeping a trusted to-do…
Substack · Shreyas Doshi♥ 58
Jan 8, 2026
Shreyas Doshi argues that many behaviors large companies encourage, such as answering support tickets, talking to many customers, and responding instantly to email and Slack, are designed to keep average performers…
SVPG · Marty CaganJan 18, 2021
Jan 18, 2021
Marty Cagan argues that the pandemic's reduction in commuting gave many people uninterrupted solo time, such as long walks, that is valuable for deep thinking about hard problems. He describes his own experience writing…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 338
Aug 27, 2024 · 9 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky shares seven more practical productivity tactics following his popular time management post. The core argument is that small, concrete habits, such as arbitrary deadlines, physical to-do lists, graceful…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresMay 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
Teresa Torres and Petra Wille push back on the hype around the 'product builder' trend, arguing that whether product managers should code or vibe code is the wrong starting question. They suggest first asking whether…
SVPG · Marty CaganJul 31, 2013
Jul 31, 2013 · 3 min
Marty Cagan, author of product management writing, sets out the personal beliefs that underpin his work and teaching: faith in technology, leadership, honesty, people, giving back, and continuous improvement. He argues…
SVPG · Marty CaganAug 10, 2026
Aug 10, 2026 · 5 min
Marty Cagan reflects on the many competing definitions of the product role and argues that how a product person defines their job reveals a lot about their experience. He highlights an analysis by technology analyst…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 294
Apr 9, 2024 · 14 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky argues that AI will hit the high-level strategic parts of product management, such as strategy, vision, and goal-setting, harder than the people-centric work. He contends that soft skills like…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 118
Mar 30, 2021 · 10 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny explains the Minto Pyramid Principle (lead with the answer, then support it with arguments and data) and the Situation-Complication-Resolution (SCR) framework for structuring business narratives. He shows how…
Lenny’s Podcast142 min
Matthew Dicks · Dec 15, 2023
Key learnings- Build every story around one five-second moment of transformation or realization, and make the rest of the story context that…
- Start stories as close to the end as possible, because the ending moment determines what you need to say and where to begin.
- Apply the dinner test: tell stories the way you would at a dinner table, only slightly elevated, without performance tricks like…
Lenny’s Podcast80 min
Adam Fishman · Oct 13, 2022
Key learnings- Use a competency model (growth execution, customer knowledge, growth strategy, communication and influence) to hire for a…
- Before hiring a growth leader, agree on what you need and where the gaps are, and use the model as a reverse interview to see…
- Give specific feedback by naming the exact competency to improve, instead of vague comments like 'be more strategic'.
Product Talk · Teresa TorresJan 4, 2023
Jan 4, 2023 · 8 min
Teresa Torres reviews 2022, when her business shifted to being course-first and reached far more people than one-on-one coaching ever could. She describes the grind of the pandemic years, including launching several…
SVPG · Marty CaganOct 28, 2017
Oct 28, 2017 · 4 min
Marty Cagan announces the second edition of his book INSPIRED, which he describes as essentially a new work rather than an update. He explains that the field has moved past early Lean Startup and Agile ideas, so the new…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 365
May 13, 2025 · 6 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky revisits the product job market using TrueUp job-board data, finding a mostly optimistic picture for 2025. Open PM and engineering roles are rising, AI-related roles are growing rapidly, layoffs are…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresDec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023 · 8 min
Lily Smith, Chief Product Officer at BBC Maestro, describes how she set out to add deliberate practice to product learning after realizing that reading and talks were not enough to change how she and her peers work…
Lenny’s Podcast115 min
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…
SVPG · Marty CaganSep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 · 3 min
Marty Cagan argues that most tech product companies struggle to find enough very strong product managers, and that strong product teams depend on them. He points to Google's Associate Product Manager program, which…