Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 612
Aug 4, 2020 · 5 min
“Hello and welcome to thefree monthly editionof my weekly newsletter. I’m Lenny, and each week I humbly tackle reader questions about product, growth, working with humans, and anything else that’s stressing you out at the office. Q: I’ve seen you share a few PM templates in the past. Do you have a place to find all of your favorite templates? Now I do! Below are all of my favorite templates and frameworks that I rely on. As a bonus, I…”
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 291
Nov 15, 2022 · 10 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky opens a series on how top product teams work, using Figma's CPO Yuhki Yamashita as the first case. The post walks through Figma's planning cadence, its shift from OKRs to narrative 'headlines' and…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 496
Nov 12, 2024 · 18 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyTal Raviv, a long-time individual-contributor PM, argues that flatter tech orgs demand PMs build their own systems to stay effective and healthy. The post offers practical tactics such as finishing meeting action items…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 89
Jul 27, 2021 · 8 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny argues that most teams should skip elaborate prioritization frameworks and use a simple impact-versus-cost sort of T-shirt-sized ideas, then refine it with team input. He stresses that the roadmap must follow a…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 284
May 23, 2023 · 23 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyAn interview-based deep dive into how Ramp's product org works, centered on a culture of velocity: planning only as far out as needed, anchoring strategy to the financial model, organizing teams around business…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 33
Apr 29, 2020
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky argues that a product leader's core job is aligning everyone on the same direction, and that goals are the tool for this. He places goals in a chain from mission to vision to strategy to goals to…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 335
Sep 26, 2023 · 15 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky profiles how Linear, the project-management tool, builds its product, based on an interview with CEO Karri Saarinen. The post's core argument is that a small, craft-focused setup works well: no dedicated…
Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 1,177
Aug 13, 2024 · 12 min
Lenny Rachitsky shares ten time-management tactics he uses daily after years of trying productivity books, emphasizing ones that have lasted beyond a few weeks. The core argument is that small, durable habits, such as…
Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 105
Dec 16, 2021 · 10 min
Guest post by Justin Gage, writer of Technically, offering five practical technical areas product managers should understand to work more effectively with engineers. He argues that a strong technical foundation makes…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 337
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…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 322
Feb 6, 2024 · 9 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky compiles several lightweight decision-making frameworks, ordered from most to least structured, and explains when each fits best. He stresses that frameworks suit only high-stakes, one-way-door choices…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 60
Aug 31, 2021 · 6 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky answers a reader's request for real-world 1-Pagers and PRDs, explaining why good examples are scarce and listing traits of effective documents: problem focus, clear success criteria, just-enough…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 569
Oct 18, 2022 · 7 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky explains how mission, vision, strategy, goals, roadmap, and tasks connect, working from the top down and showing where to begin. He illustrates each layer with well-known company examples and uses a…
The Beautiful Mess · John Cutler♥ 101
Jun 26, 2026
John Cutler critiques the recurring pattern of slides that wrap AI into old SDLC diagrams with logos, claiming the 'bottleneck has moved' and that the answer is settled, even as new methods appear weekly. The essay…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 225
Nov 7, 2023 · 13 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyThe post introduces DRICE, a two-stage prioritization method for product and growth teams. It starts with RICE scoring (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort) to build a shortlist, then applies a deeper 30-minute DRICE…
SVPG · Marty CaganJun 4, 2015
Jun 4, 2015 · 10 min
Marty Cagan argues that the common company process of taking executive or stakeholder ideas, building business cases, prioritizing feature roadmaps, and handing requirements down a line from product to design to…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresOct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023 · 6 min
Teresa Torres argues that product teams should not commit to specific features by specific dates, because product work is inherently unpredictable and date-based roadmaps tend to create chaos, broken trust, and wasted…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresJan 23, 2014
Jan 23, 2014 · 7 min
Teresa Torres argues that product builders make constant decisions, but human judgment is error-prone, so teams should deliberately design decision-making processes. She identifies eight critical decisions in building…
Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 131
Jun 14, 2019 · 13 min
Lenny Rachitsky reflects on seven years at Airbnb, from early engineer to PM, distilling lessons on building a company. He argues that strong culture and values create competitive advantage in hiring, speed, and…
SVPG · Marty CaganSep 6, 2015
Sep 6, 2015 · 5 min
Cagan argues that feature-list roadmaps often tell teams what to build without explaining the underlying problem, producing waste. He proposes replacing them with shared context: a product vision describing the…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 276
May 30, 2023 · 19 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyAn in-depth look at how Notion builds product, drawn from an interview with its Chief Product and Technology Officer. It covers planning cadences, a four-stage product review process, the small size of the PM team, a…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresOct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015 · 6 min
Teresa Torres responds to readers who want to adopt outcome-based product management but face obstacles in their organizations. She identifies four common barriers: fast development cycles that leave no time to evaluate…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresSep 23, 2015
Sep 23, 2015 · 5 min
Teresa Torres argues that product managers often fall into a throughput mindset, filling backlogs and keeping engineers busy rather than driving outcomes. She identifies three recurring failures: not starting from a…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresApr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 · 6 min
Teresa Torres contrasts two product managers: Jim, who is absorbed in delivery tasks and makes all the team's decisions, and Sally, who has time for customer discovery because her team shares the problem-solving load…