PODCAST · Lenny's Podcast

2023 年 11 月节目

8 期 · 8 期带分节

  • 11-29My favorite interview questions from 100+ guests
    1. 00:00Lenny
    2. 03:21Eeke De Miliano
    3. 03:57Geoff Charles
    4. 04:31Shishir Mehrotra
    5. 08:44Yuhki Yamashita
    6. 09:56Katie Dill
    7. 10:36Karri Saarinen
    8. 11:02Camille Hearst
    9. 11:28Jiaona Zhang
    10. 12:43Noah Weiss
    11. 13:10Ben Williams
    12. 14:41Meltem Kuran Berkowitz
    13. 15:29Paige Costello
    14. 16:13Nikhyl Singhal
    15. 17:51Ayo Omojola
    16. 18:20Scott Belsky
    17. 19:17Lauryn Isford
    18. 19:46Paul Adams
  • 11-26Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success | Tom Conrad (Quibi, Pandora, Pets.com, Snap, Zero)
    1. 00:00Tom’s background
    2. 04:40Landing a gig at Apple
    3. 07:41Pioneering the blinking folder design on iOS
    4. 11:04Advice on choosing where to work
    5. 12:43The importance of trusting your gut when it comes to people
    6. 14:05Lessons from failed ventures
    7. 17:32Why and how Pets.com shut down
    8. 18:30How Tom’s experience at Quibi renewed his passion for building
    9. 28:48Takeaways from Quibi and why it ultimately failed
    10. 31:42Failing is okay
    11. 35:04Tom’s career at Apple
    12. 39:11Lessons from You Don’t Know Jack
    13. 40:24Lessons from building Pandora
    14. 48:24Looking back at Pandora and what could have been done differently
    15. 55:17How Tom became VP of Product at Snapchat
    16. 1:01:31Tom’s philosophy on being involved as CEO
    17. 1:05:51Tom’s current role as CEO of Zero, and what he’s learned along the way
    18. 1:10:37How Zero builds product
    19. 1:18:33Advice on work-life balance
    20. 1:27:22Contrarian corner: why not everyone needs to be a founder
    21. 1:30:08Lightning round
  • 11-19Redefining success, money, and belonging | Paul Millerd (The Pathless Path)
    1. 00:00Paul’s background
    2. 04:33An explanation of the “default path”
    3. 06:32Questions to help clarify which path you are on
    4. 07:35Paul’s thoughts on “remixing your path”
    5. 09:57An explanation of the “pathless path”
    6. 12:06Examples of the pathless path
    7. 13:54Why meaning is hard to find and sustain on a traditional career path
    8. 16:05A case for the three-month sabbatical
    9. 18:16A mindfulness and self-reflection exercise
    10. 20:18Why Paul recommends three months
    11. 22:28Advice to founders on offering sabbaticals
    12. 23:40Other tactics for self-discovery
    13. 27:08The variability of income in self-employed roles
    14. 29:12Methods for staying afloat after leaving your job
    15. 30:42Tips for reframing your thoughts around money
    16. 33:19Why betting on yourself usually works out
    17. 34:46The importance of setting aside time for creative pursuits
    18. 36:22How to dip your toes in and find your path
    19. 37:53Lenny’s personal journey
    20. 39:27Advice on dealing with the naysayers
    21. 40:22How to acknowledge and tame your fears
    22. 44:52The “ship, quit, and learn” framework
    23. 46:39Why the pathless path is one of constant reinvention
    24. 51:27Paul’s response to criticism
    25. 58:02First steps for getting started on your journey
    26. 55:42Lightning round
  • 11-16The ultimate guide to product operations | Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles
    1. 00:00About our guests, Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles
    2. 03:46How common is the product operations role?
    3. 07:41The benefits of having a product ops person in your organization
    4. 09:16How to help PMs embrace the value of product ops
    5. 11:44The three pillars of the product ops role
    6. 15:25How user research fits in
    7. 18:35Why product ops will be an essential role for product managers to thrive
    8. 24:24Which tasks product managers should offload to product ops and which they need t
    9. 28:58Project management vs. product ops
    10. 29:44The jobs of a product ops person
    11. 37:38Why the product ops role will never become obsolete
    12. 39:31How many product ops people you need
    13. 45:13First steps in building out a product ops team
    14. 47:06What to look for in your first hire
    15. 51:11Key skills needed for a product ops person
    16. 57:29Who product ops should report to
    17. 59:50An example of rolling out product ops at Athena Health
    18. 1:09:35Lightning round
  • 11-12Brian Chesky’s new playbook
    1. 00:00Brian’s background
    2. 05:18The current structure of product management at Airbnb
    3. 09:21How fast-moving companies become slow-moving bureaucracies
    4. 12:20Brian’s thoughts on performance marketing
    5. 13:50Airbnb’s rolling two-year roadmap
    6. 15:30Brian’s journey as CEO in a growing company
    7. 18:34Best practices for A/B testing
    8. 20:30Who inspired Airbnb’s new direction
    9. 23:18The first changes Brian implemented at the onset of the pandemic
    10. 24:51Why founders should be “in the details”
    11. 30:15Airbnb’s marketing, communication, and creative functions
    12. 31:38Advice for founders on how to lead
    13. 34:15Tips for implementing Airbnb’s business methodology
    14. 38:48Airbnb’s winter release
    15. 41:47Why Airbnb no longer has separate guest and host teams
    16. 42:38Brian’s thoughts on design trends
    17. 45:36The importance of empowering hosts with great tools
    18. 45:57How setting ambitious goals improves team performance
    19. 50:05Tips for preventing burnout
    20. 56:02Tips for personal and professional growth
    21. 58:19Why Brian says he still has a lot to prove
    22. 1:02:58Paying it forward
    23. 1:05:03A fun fact about Brian
    24. 1:09:26Airbnb’s origin story
  • 11-09Marketplace lessons from Uber, Airbnb, Bumble, and more | Ramesh Johari (Stanford professor, startup advisor)
    1. 00:00Ramesh’s background
    2. 04:31A brief overview of what a marketplace is
    3. 08:10The role of data science in marketplaces
    4. 11:21Common flaws of marketplaces
    5. 16:43Why every founder is a marketplace founder
    6. 20:26How Substack increased value to creators by driving demand
    7. 20:58An example of overcommitting at eBay
    8. 22:24An easy litmus test for marketplaces
    9. 25:52Thoughts on employees vs. contractors
    10. 28:02How to leverage data scientists to improve your marketplace
    11. 34:10Correlation vs. causation
    12. 35:27Decisions that should be made using data
    13. 39:29Ramesh’s philosophy on experimentation
    14. 41:06How to find a balance between running experiments and finding new opportunities
    15. 44:11Badging in marketplaces
    16. 46:04The “superhost” badge at Airbnb
    17. 49:59How marketplaces are like a game of Whac-A-Mole
    18. 52:41How to shift an organization’s focus from impact to learning
    19. 55:43Frequentist vs. Bayesian A/B testing
    20. 57:50The idea that learning is costly
    21. 1:01:55The basics of rating systems
    22. 1:04:41The problem with averaging
    23. 1:07:14Double-blind reviews at Airbnb
    24. 1:08:55How large language models are affecting data science
    25. 1:11:27Lightning round
  • 11-05Mastering product strategy and growing as a PM | Maggie Crowley (Toast, Drift, Tripadvisor)
    1. 00:00Maggie’s background
    2. 04:06Three common traits among the best product managers
    3. 09:33Strategy is an important but small part of the job
    4. 11:14How to get better at simplification
    5. 13:39Tips on simplifying your writing
    6. 15:13Ownership as a PM
    7. 17:53Examples of simplifying your work
    8. 19:39Maggie’s Slack support group
    9. 21:37How to improve on following up on your work
    10. 23:23A realistic time horizon for PMs
    11. 26:31Staying in your role vs. trying a new opportunity
    12. 27:37The importance of “carrying the water”
    13. 28:56Pros and cons of the PM job
    14. 31:42Advice on landing a PM role
    15. 34:36Maggie’s step-by-step process for writing your product strategy
    16. 39:55Not every feature needs a strategy
    17. 46:29The value of working through the process
    18. 48:09Maggie’s one-pager doc
    19. 54:16Contrarian corner
    20. 55:44The worst product Maggie ever shipped
    21. 58:33Why being “data-driven” is a red flag
    22. 1:01:10Content creation as a career accelerator
    23. 1:14:27Closing thoughts
    24. 1:15:17Lightning round
  • 11-02Unpacking Amazon’s unique ways of working | Bill Carr (author of Working Backwards)
    1. 00:00Bill’s background
    2. 04:26Amazon’s workplace evolution
    3. 09:54Amazon’s “fitness function”
    4. 11:44Single-threaded leadership
    5. 18:07Implementing a program orientation with single-threaded leadership
    6. 20:16The GM model vs. single-threaded leadership
    7. 21:31Functional countermeasures needed for single-threaded leadership
    8. 25:22Embracing the “disagree and commit” principle
    9. 30:22Understanding disagreements
    10. 32:41Deciphering Amazon’s “Leaders are right, a lot” principle
    11. 35:25An explanation of the working backwards framework
    12. 41:16PR FAQ process: Amazon’s innovation engine
    13. 44:47Deconstructing the PR FAQ structure
    14. 43:49The concentric circle model for sharing PR FAQs
    15. 44:55The customer problem-solution statement
    16. 47:52Create a product funnel, not a product tunnel
    17. 51:19How Amazon promotes action vs. talk
    18. 54:35Amazon’s flywheel and input metrics
    19. 1:00:51Signs you’ve got a good input metric
    20. 1:04:23How mistakes can still be made with working backwards
    21. 1:06:54Why disagreements aren’t necessarily signs products will fail
    22. 1:08:02Examples of failed Amazon projects
    23. 1:09:55Cultivating risk-taking and accepting failure
    24. 1:13:57Amazon’s “bar-raiser” practice for hiring
    25. 1:18:21Selecting Amazon’s bar raisers
    26. 1:20:41Advice on implementing practices from Working Backwards
    27. 1:23:10Bill’s work as an advisor
    28. 1:26:05Lightning round