How Gamma grew to millions of users by solving a problem first

EO September 16, 2023

• AI collapsed a one-hour activation barrier into one minute
• Manual Stripe payment links validated willingness to pay in under an hour
• Start with the problem — resist building AI in search of one

Product frameworks, sharp problems, and virality in B2B PLG

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth September 14, 2023

• Why a 3x improvement threshold separates products people pay for
• Build a great product first — viral tactics only amplify, never create
• How to map B2B workflows to predict billion-dollar potential

How to validate a SaaS product idea before writing code

TK Kader September 10, 2023

• Starting with product instead of market is why most SaaS founders fail.
• Talk to 100 target customers before writing a line of code.
• Your solution must be 10X better than whatever customers use today.

Empowering Teams Beyond Management with Cameron Herold

Cameron Herold September 6, 2023

Wireframing for non-designers: faster ideas, better communication

Startups For the Rest of Us September 5, 2023

• Low-fidelity sketches catch wrong directions before expensive coding begins
• Imposing constraints — no text, mobile-only — unlocks ideas your brain ignores
• A wireframe invites feedback; a polished mock-up shuts the conversation down

Four steps to building an online course curriculum that sells

Sunny Lenarduzzi September 5, 2023

• Clients buy transformation, not information — stop overstuffing.
• Build the curriculum backwards from the hero outcome, then subtract.
• Test live before recording; micro-wins generate early social proof.

Mobile app design critique: five startup apps reviewed

Y Combinator September 1, 2023

• Watching one real user reveals more than any design review
• Dark icons on dark backgrounds and tiny tap targets are silent conversion killers
• Gamification and onboarding questions that interrupt checkout cost you first-time users

12 steps to create and sell a high-ticket online course

Sunny Lenarduzzi August 29, 2023

• Sell the outcome before building the course — pre-sell first.
• High-ticket works with fewer clients; low-ticket volume rarely survives.
• Build funnels last — traffic and a proven offer must come first.

Jobs to be done explained by Bob Moesta, co-creator of the framework

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth August 24, 2023

• Struggling moments — not products — cause demand; study them first
• Four forces explain why customers switch or stay stuck
• Bitching ain't switching: only past behaviour reveals real intent

Five principles startup CEOs must master to avoid failure

EO August 18, 2023

• Talk to three to five customers every day, not monthly.
• Culture is collective habit — it cannot be declared, only shaped.
• The CEO's job is exactly three things: strategy, team, resources.

Building a healthcare benefits data platform from scratch

EO August 16, 2023

• Product market fit only exists when customers drag you in
• Artemis replaced weeks-long analyst bottlenecks with instant self-service
• Culture becomes the only real lever once you hire an exec team

HubSpot's product-led growth playbook: lessons from VP Chris Miller

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth August 10, 2023

• How a scrappy growth team rebuilt HubSpot's neglected self-service funnel
• PLG is not full self-service — hybrid motions outperform pure automation
• Relentless curiosity and resilience matter more than PLG experience

A/B testing at scale: lessons from Microsoft, Amazon, and Airbnb

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth July 27, 2023

• 80–92% of experiments fail — even at top tech companies
• A statistically significant result can still be 26% likely to be wrong
• One factor at a time beats big redesigns almost every time

What great PMs do: traits, AI strategy, and Slack's product process

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth July 23, 2023

• PMs facilitate decisions — not make them — to keep teams unblocked
• Slack doubled self-service growth by optimising for learning, not output
• AI's core challenge: UI promises must match underlying data quality

Beta testing vs. early access: how to launch your first SaaS version

Rob Walling July 23, 2023

• Charge for early access from day one — never give it away free
• Testing is your job; customers should never be your bug finders
• Mixed early users create conflicting feedback that derails product direction