Lenny’s Newsletter · Free post♥ 614
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…”
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Feb 27, 2024 · 15 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky compiles 25 high-signal interview questions gathered from roughly 150 podcast guests, grouped by theme: handling hard situations, how candidates think, how they build and drive impact, who they are as…
Lenny’s Podcast128 min
Shishir Mehrotra · Aug 14, 2022
Key learnings- Map your product's growth as loops rather than linear funnels, and draw a diagram of how users bring in other users; Shishir says…
- Remove friction from the moment users share, as Coda did by charging only for document makers, not for people they share with.
- Treat publishing as a discovery channel: users who publish something useful for their niche can expose the product to new…
Lenny’s NewsletterAug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 2025 · 10 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky curates ten more essays for product builders, spanning problem framing, communication, distribution, market sizing, growth, scaling teams, positioning, and ambitious startup ideas. Each pick is paired…
Lenny’s Podcast26 min
Interview Q Compilation · Nov 29, 2023
Key learnings- Ask 'To what do you attribute your success?' and watch for self-awareness and curiosity rather than an answer like 'luck' (Eeke…
- Ask 'What's the hardest thing you've ever done?' to learn how a candidate defines difficulty, how they overcame it, and how much…
- Use the teleportation-device 'Eigenquestion' exercise: candidates may ask only two questions, then must plan, revealing how they…
Lenny’s Podcast72 min
EOY Review · Dec 29, 2022
Key learnings- Start positioning by identifying competitive alternatives, including the status quo, since many B2B deals are lost to 'no…
- Map each product capability to the customer value it enables, then group these into two or three differentiated value themes…
- Treat metrics as insights only when they explain why a behavior happens and change what you do; otherwise they are entertainment…
Lenny’s Podcast78 min
Jackie Bavaro · Jun 16, 2022
Key learnings- Ask your manager directly how to prepare for a future promotion, framing the goal in the future so the manager becomes an ally…
- Treat a strategy as three parts: a vision, a strategic framework with pillars and bets, and a backward-working roadmap used as a…
- A roadmap in strategy is a sanity check, not a commitment; if it can't reach the vision in time, that signals bigger bets or more…