795 memorable quotes from Lenny's Podcast guests
“You don't need very many good ideas to be seen as tremendously inventive.”
“No one can be a better version of you.”
“Managers help those who help them.”
“Building a company you hate, that becomes a maligned force in the world, that you have to go pretend you weren't involved with... that's way, way worse.”
“We collectively have so much power it's crazy... we as a group, we get to set the terms by which this is done.”
“People act like having a startup fail is the worst thing that can happen to you. And man, that's not even in the top 10.”
“Marketing is the San Francisco of functions in a company.”
“Great marketers learn the audience and learn the product quickly.”
“If you're writing positioning at your company and you can't tell me what the product is, why it's better, who it's for, go figure that out.”
“If you feel comfortable, it's not a good thing. You always need to feel uncomfortable to stretch yourself to go to the next thing.”
“Generative AI will not replace humans. You always need that human in the loop because AI cannot replace innovation.”
“The importance of testing is becoming much more critical as more code is generated.”
“You got to have confidence in your convictions on how to best play the hand.”
“Talk to this thing like you do a Linear ticket, or a JIRA ticket.”
“It was kind of like, Bolt's this overnight success, seven years in the making.”
“The best product teams, in my mind, have really figured out how to balance the talent portfolio.”
“I always kind of wanted to know, 'How self aware are you, and how curious are you?'”
“I think it's really tempting as a manager, to build a team in your image, because you understand their skillsets and you value those skillsets.”
“SEO is not a dark art. It is simple.”
“You can never really rest on your laurels. You have to create a product people want and understand your users.”
