Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 18, 2025

👋 Welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Annual subscribers now get a free year of Perplexity Pro, Notion Plus, Superhuman, Linear, and Granola. Subscribe now For more: Lennybot | Podcast | Courses | Hiring | Swag My first-ever deep dive a few months ago into which companies accelerate PM careers most led to a lot of great feedback and ideas

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Productside

MARCH 17, 2025

Did you know that 42 percent of startups fail because they build products no one wants? Many companies pour monthsor even yearsinto developing new features and products, only to realize too late that there is no real demand. The key to avoiding this costly mistake? Validate product ideas quickly. In our recent webinar, Kenny Kranseler. The post How to Validate Product Ideas Quickly (Without Writing a Single Line of Code) appeared first on Productside | Product Management Courses & Training.

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UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

This is a no-fluff breakdown , from a full UX cheatsheet I published here. Learn the 3 tips in 60 seconds. Letsgo. 1. Predictable titleswin A strong design system ensures fonts, colours, and spacing remain uniform. But one overlooked detail? Title structure. Consider a multi-step onboarding flow: Source: builtformars.com This approach forces users to read every title carefully since theres no predictable pattern.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 18, 2025

Unlock innovation with the "Unfinished Story" frameworkdefine product problems through storytelling to inspire creative, user-centric solutions from your team. Read more » The post A storytelling framework to effectively define a problem appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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dscout People Nerds

MARCH 18, 2025

The old adage of customer is king remains true, but theres more to the story. See what Research and Design can do to achieve business objectives.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Picture this: Youre in yet another meeting about the same feature. Engineering, marketing, and sales all have competing priorities. The conversation goes in circles, and no real decisions get made. You, the product manager, feel like youre sinking in quicksand. Sound familiar? This scenario is all too common. Product management isnt just about building great productsits about keeping teams aligned and optimizing product decisions to avoid delays and ship faster.

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Amplitude

MARCH 18, 2025

Use Session Replay to unify qualitative insights across analytics, A/B testing, audience building, and surveys. Visualize customer behavior across the full customer journey.

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Gocious Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

Product management requires staying up-to-date on trends and customer feedback while continuously coordinating with stakeholders. These objectives become especially challenging with complex products and large product portfolios. Managing complex product portfolios becomes easier with invaluable tools like Agile, Stage-Gate, and Waterfall frameworks because they provide structure, promote alignment, and help teams meet their project goals on time and closer to the projected budget.

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Product Talk

MARCH 19, 2025

Is your organization kicking off or in the midst of an organizational transformation? Are you shifting from outputs to outcomes or working to adopt the product operating model ? If you answered yes to any of those questions, keep reading. Hope Gurion and I recently kicked off a new series on organizational change. In our first installment , we discussed how to know if you are ready to change.

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Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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The Product Guy

MARCH 19, 2025

The latest TPG Live brought together product leaders to tackle a critical topic: How do we build sustainable and long-lasting products without sacrificing business impact? Our discussion explored strategies that leading companies are using to integrate sustainability, design for durability, and make smarter decisions about product evolution. For those who missed itor want a refresherheres a recap of the key takeaways and debates from the event.

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Productside

MARCH 20, 2025

Product management in an agency setting isnt your typical one-to-many modelits fast-paced, highly adaptable, and deeply collaborative. Unlike in-house product teams that build and iterate on their own products, agency product managers (PMs) must quickly understand a clients business, dive deep into their challenges, and deliver high-impact solutions within tight timelines.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 18, 2025

“Theres nothing more magical than coming together as a group to envision something and then seeing it come to life.” Creating a product vision is the backbone of every great product, yet for many, it remains a mystery on how to get started with it. In the opening keynote session at #mtpcon London 2025, Ebi Read more » The post How to craft a product vision: Ebi Atawodi at#mtpconLondon 2025 (Director of Product, YouTube) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

Rethinking Pinterests Personalization/UX Strategy [link] In todays digital landscape, personalization isnt just a featureits the foundation of user experience. Nowhere is this more evident than on Pinterest, where billions of Pins are curated into unique feeds for over 400 million monthly users worldwide. Pinterest, positioned uniquely as a visual discovery engine, has significant potential to leverage personalization to foster deeper user engagement, retention, andloyalty.

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Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Tyner Blain

MARCH 20, 2025

What we want from our leaders is for them to set a direction. To inspire us to advance a strategy or realize a vision. What we get too often is dictation, where they tell us what they want us to build. Changing this relationship requires us to change how we interact. As product managers we can change the conversation. Just as you change collaboration patterns through changing how you develop roadmaps, you change the conversation with leaders through how you orient towards supporting them.

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Productside

MARCH 18, 2025

Scaling a product isnt just about selling moreits about refining product-market fit, unlocking the right growth levers, and making sure your go-to-market strategy actually aligns with what your customers need. In this episode of Productside Stories, our host Rina Alexin talks to Rachel Owens , product executive and growth expert. Rachel shares how shes helped SaaS products scale from $1M to $10M in a year.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 18, 2025

In this episode of The Product Experience, we sit down with Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer at Pendo, to explore how shes driving an outcome-driven product culture. She shares how Pendo has scaled, transformed its product org, and leveraged AI for customer insights, sentiment analysis, and risk assessment. Trisha also dives into aligning product teams Read more » The post How to structure your product org- Trisha Price (CPO, Pendo) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

Since joining Microsofts AI team last year, Ive found myself diving headfirst into the world of artificial intelligence. What began as an overwhelming experience, trying to grasp concepts and frameworks, has now turned into a passion project that Im eager to share with you. In just six months, I transitioned from being a complete beginner to confidently speaking at conferences, sharing insights about AI and its impact on business and design.

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Userpilot

MARCH 21, 2025

Optimizing a mobile app isnt just about fixing crashes or improving load times. The real challenge is shaping an experience that keeps users engaged and drives continuous growth. As a product manager, I know that even small friction points cause users to drop off. An unclear onboarding flow, slow screen transitions, or a buried key feature can mean the difference between retention and churn.

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Productside

MARCH 18, 2025

Product PickEm 2025: The Ultimate Startup Showdown The biggest showdown in product management is BACKand this time, its all about the most promising startups. Welcome to Product PickEm 2025, where the best emerging product tool startups go head-to-head in a bracket-style competition, and YOU decide which ones rise to the top. Forget the hype. Forget.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 18, 2025

Plenty of activity at AI unicorn Anthropic this month as the company confirmed it had secured another $3.5 billion in funding – bringing the total raised to $18.2 billion, according to Crunchbase. This latest round of funding comes shortly after the launch of its hybrid AI reasoning model Claude Sonnet 3.7. Although smaller than the Read more » The post Anthropic secures further funding to compete against OpenAI appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

And what you can do aboutit. Taylor Swiftimage via Wikipedia Commons Im a big fan ofuser research. I like testing things withusers. I love gathering data, analysing it and using it to justify design decisions. To paraphrase Taylor Swift: me and research vibe likethat. But not everyone vibes with user research. Stakeholders can be particularly adverse.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 20, 2025

Lightning talks at Business of Software Conferences are fast, focused and packed with insights. These short, high-energy sessions bring sharp perspectives from experts, leaving you with actionable takeaways in just a few minutes. At BoS Europe 2025 , were excited to feature two lightning talks that tackle some of the biggest challenges in leadership and product development.

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Userpilot

MARCH 18, 2025

Choosing the right mobile app engagement platform can determine whether your app thrives or gets abandoned, especially as spending in the mobile app market increased to $36.2 billion in 2024. Users now expect seamless experiences between web and mobile apps, personalized messaging, and real-time responsiveness. However, fragmented tools can’t meet these expectations.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 20, 2025

On March 10 at the Barbican, London, we welcomed over 100 product leaders to our Mind the Product Leadership Forum. During the day, we were joined by great speakers and engaged in some constructive roundtable discussions. We put this event together to help product leaders connect, learn from one another, and grow. Read on for Read more » The post Leading with Fear, Vision, and Taste: Our lessons from the Mind the Product Leadership Forum appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

MARCH 20, 2025

How to build an iOS app in just a few minutes withAI Even in 2025, there is a gap between design and development in product design. What we design in tools like Figma and what is implemented in code are two different things. Depending on how good design handoff is handled and the skills of both designers and developers, this gap can be subtle or huge.

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As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.

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Gocious Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Selecting the right product roadmap software is a crucial decision for any product team. The right tool can streamline planning, improve communication, and ensure alignment between teams and stakeholders. However, with so many options available, choosing the best software for your needs requires careful consideration. This article discusses the six best practices to guide you through the selection process.

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Userpilot

MARCH 17, 2025

Looking for the best tools for interactive user guides for your company? There are plenty of solutions for interactive user guides on review sites, but they dont make the choice any easier. The crux of the issue is to make the right choice, you need to account for your priorities: your different jobs to be done, your budget, and the size of your company.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 21, 2025

YCH Blue Digital Limited's shift to a product-based structure boosted innovation, agility, and accountability, streamlining decision-making and collaboration for greater efficiency. Read more » The post A case study: How we transformed YCH Blue Digital Limited structure: from matrix to product-based appeared first on Mind the Product.

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