Notable Quotes
9 memorable quotes from Lenny's Podcast guests
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“The heart of good product is really getting comfortable in the problem space or the opportunity space.”
Teresa TorresBuild better products with continuous product discovery | Teresa Torres
Product Management
“Have a beginner's mind. Go in assuming that you know nothing and listen to your customers.”
Tamar YehoshuaLessons in product leadership and AI strategy from Glean, Google, Amazon, and Slack | Tamar Yehoshua
Product Management
“It's really about helping the product managers focus on what they were actually hired for, the strategic work.”
Melissa Perri + Denise TillesThe ultimate guide to product operations | Melissa Perri and Denise Tilles
Product Management
“The PM job can become a little too internal, influencing my stakeholders and getting alignment and all these things. But if you can't sell or support your own product, I don't trust you to build the product.”
Kevin YienUnorthodox PM tips: Automating user insights, unselling candidates, decision logs, more | Kevin Yien
Product Management
“Product is science. It's really an art, like a game that's being played out.”
John CutlerWhat differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (The Beautiful Mess)
Product Management
“I don't think you're a good PM if you haven't shipped something that's really shitty.”
“You can't do homework. You can't do exercises. You can't do fake stuff. You have to work on real products at real companies with real customers, with real data to get better at product management.”
Fareed MosavatHow to build trust and grow as a product leader | Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack, Instacart, Pixar)
Product Management
“The best product teams, in my mind, have really figured out how to balance the talent portfolio.”
Eeke de MillianoHow to foster innovation and big thinking | Eeke de Milliano (Retool, Stripe)
Product Management
“You can't build a product unless you know how to talk about the product.”