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  1. Mar 29, 2025

    Takeaways: From Jira Junkies to Profit Prophets

    Takeaways šŸ“˜ Most product teams don’t understand revenue. They know user needs, but not what closes a deal. They talk to customers, but rarely prospects. That’s a big gap. Product decisions often igno...
  2. Mar 24, 2025

    Takeaways: Superhuman's secret to success

    Takeaways šŸ“˜ The early Superhuman team did something most founders would find wild: they ignored most customer feedback. Not because it wasn't useful - but because most users weren't the right users....
  3. Mar 23, 2025

    Increasing Capacity by 37signals

    Takeaways šŸ“˜ You don’t need more people to do more work. Most teams slow down as they grow. Speed and capacity come from clarity, cohesion, and trust—not headcount. A smaller, sharper team gets more d...
  4. Mar 7, 2025

    Brian Chesky’s new playbook

    Takeaways Everyone Must Row in the Same Direction Clarity beats compromise. Instead of negotiating how to run Airbnb, Brian made a clear call: unify under one roadmap, one set of priorities, and one w...
  5. Feb 26, 2025

    Bob Moesta: How to find work you love

    Takeaways Stop Making Progress, Start Job Hunting The moment career progress stops, job searching begins. Most people don’t know how to find a better job because they don’t know themselves. Moesta int...
  6. Feb 6, 2025

    Emily Kramer - The Death of Marketing Channels

    Takeaways šŸ“˜ Most marketers are solving the wrong problem. You don’t need a new channel. You need to know what makes you different. When you figure that out, the rest gets simple. šŸ“˜ The conversation...
  7. Jan 11, 2025

    Leah Tharin - The Death of Classical Sales in B2B SaaS

    Takeaways šŸ“˜ Sales teams built around short-term incentives create long-term drag. Here's what's happening inside most B2B SaaS companies. Sales reps like ā€œGaryā€ overpromise because they're incentivis...
  8. Dec 9, 2024

    Seth Godin & Lenny

    Takeaways Branding: A Promise Kept Every Time A brand isn’t a logo. It’s a promise. In a crowded AI market, success isn’t about having AI—it’s about solving problems. Loyalty comes from defining a cle...
  9. Dec 6, 2024

    Takeaways: How a great founder becomes a great CEO

    To be a founder is a state of being. To be a CEO is a craft. Key takeaways from Lenny's podcast: "How a great founder becomes a great CEO | Jonathan Lowenhar" Most founders struggle to make this disti...
  10. Dec 2, 2024

    Takeaways: Identify your bullseye customer in one day

    Key takeaways from Lenny's podcast: "Identify your bullseye customer in one day | Michael Margolis" Imagine saving months of work on a product idea - by getting it right in one day. That's the promise...
  11. Apr 29, 2024

    10 Insights from "Lessons Learned from 1,000+ YC Startups with Dalton Caldwell"

    I recently listened to Lenny's podcast, where he spoke to Dalton Caldwell, Managing Director at Y Combinator, and discovered a few interesting insights. Here are 10 of them: #1 Airbnb To succeed in a...
  12. May 3, 2021

    Changes at Basecamp

    Basecamp went big this week! There's a lot of hate and negative vibes around the recent Basecamp's corporate policy changes. See the announcement ā€œNo more societal and political discussions on our com...