I’m taking this week off to celebrate Memorial Day weekend with my family (per my PTO policy). In honor of Memorial Day, for the next 48 hours, get an annual subscription for just $120 (20% off). The last time I offered a discount was almost two years ago. Baby’s first beach trip If you’re looking for something to read or listen to in the meantime, a few suggestions: The latest podcast episode, with Bangaly Kaba: Don’t miss this one. I promise you’ll leave with something that’ll make you better at your job. Who’s Got the Monkey?: I’ve found myself referencing this essay many times over t ..read more

Brought to you by: • Uizard—AI-powered prototyping for visionary product leaders • Mercury—The powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank • Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security. — Bangaly Kaba was an early growth PM at Facebook, head of growth at Instagram, and VP of Product at Instacart and is currently Director of Product at YouTube overseeing a global team working on creator monetization. Bangaly has also been a growth advisor to dozens of companies, including Twitter, on the board of multiple companies, and is an active angel investor. In our conversation, we dis ..read more

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? Hey, I’m Lenny and 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. For more help, check out my PM recruiting service (helping you hire Sr. PMs and VPs of Product), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), and my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!). Subscribe now Q: This may seem weird, but the skill I’m working on most right now is simply saying no. I don’t say yes to many things, but even t ..read more

Brought to you by: • Sidebar—Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers • Webflow—The web experience platform • Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security — Kenneth Berger coaches startup leaders on how to prevent burnout, advocate for their desired lifestyle, and make a meaningful impact on the world. He’s spent more than 20 years in the tech industry, is a former founder backed by top investors, and was the first product manager at Slack. Kenneth’s core mission is to help startup leaders change the world by learning to ask for what they want, living with int ..read more

Brought to you by: • WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs • Mercury—The powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank • OneSchema—Import CSV data 10x faster — Jag Duggal is chief product officer at Nubank, a decacorn neobank founded in Brazil. It’s valued at over $30 billion, is bigger than Coinbase, Robinhood, Affirm, and SoFi combined, has 100 million customers (more than Bank of America!) while only operating in three countries in Latin America, and 80% to 90% of its growth comes through word of mouth. Prior to Nubank, Jag was a director of ..read more

? Hey, I’m Lenny and 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. Subscribe now Q: How do I know if I should pivot or stay the course? In part one, I shared the largest-ever data set of startup pivots. The Google Sheet within the post (available to paid subscribers) includes the stories behind 40 pivots—why they decided to pivot, how they found their new idea, how long it took them to decide, and more. Today, I’m going to analyze this data and share the many ..read more

Brought to you by: • Uizard—AI-powered prototyping for visionary product leaders • Webflow—The web experience platform • Coda—The all-in-one collaborative workspace — Vikrama Dhiman heads all things product at Gojek, including product management, design, program management, and research, across Indonesia, Singapore and India. He has over 16 years of experience building internet products, consults with Fortune 500 companies, and is among the most well-known and respected product leaders in all of Asia. In our conversation, we discuss: The most common traits among successful product manager ..read more

? Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of ✨ Community Wisdom ✨ a subscriber-only email, delivered every Saturday, highlighting the most helpful conversations in our members-only Slack community. Read more ..read more

? Hey, I’m Lenny and 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. Subscribe now ?? Please take my first-ever reader survey ?? I’ve never run a reader survey in the five years of writing this newsletter. It’s time! Please take my survey. It’ll take 3 minutes, and make the newsletter and podcast more valuable to you. You’re probably thinking, “Why should I spend time on this? Other people will handle it.” Fight that feeling! Please give me your thoughts. Only y ..read more