Lenny’s Podcast Wiki
An encyclopedia of product management, growth, and startup strategy drawn from 303 episodes of Lenny’s Podcast with Lenny Rachitsky.
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The 28 articles below synthesize insights across multiple episodes, with real quotes from guests and links back to source material.
Growth
| Article | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Product-Led Growth | PLG vs sales-led, when it works, when it fails |
| Network Effects | Types, measurement, and the cold start problem |
| Growth Loops | Content loops, viral loops, paid loops, and why funnels are dead |
| Word of Mouth | How Wise gets 70% of customers through WOM |
| Retention | The metric that validates all others |
| Activation Rate | Finding your magic moment |
| Onboarding | The 100% touchpoint |
Metrics & Experimentation
| Article | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| North Star Metric | Choosing the metric that measures value delivered |
| B Testing | 66-92% of experiments fail. Here is how to run them anyway. |
| OKRs | Setting objectives that actually drive outcomes |
Product Craft
| Article | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Product-Market Fit | The Sean Ellis test, retention curves, and when you know |
| Product Sense | Intuition vs analysis, taste vs metrics |
| Roadmap Prioritization | RICE, ICE, and why most frameworks fail |
| Feature Launches | From silent ship to big bang |
| User Research | Teresa Torres on continuous discovery |
Strategy
| Article | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Go-to-Market | GTM as “any function that touches a customer or makes a dollar” |
| Competitive Moats | Hamilton Helmer’s 7 Powers applied |
| Marketplace Dynamics | Supply-first, liquidity, and the gardener metaphor |
| Platform Strategy | When to build a platform vs stay a product |
| Pricing Strategy | The lever most companies pull last |
| Product Culture | What separates product-led orgs from feature factories |
Leadership & Teams
| Article | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Hiring PMs | Competency models, take-homes, and red flags |
| One-on-Ones | Beyond status updates |
| Performance Reviews | Radical candor vs ruinous empathy |
| IC vs Management | The career fork and when to switch |
| Product-Led Growth | PLG org structures and team design |
Browse By Domain
- Product Management - The craft of building products
- Growth - Acquisition, activation, retention, virality
- Metrics & Analytics - Measuring what matters
- Monetization - Pricing, revenue, unit economics
- Leadership & Org - Managing teams, culture, hiring
- Strategy - Positioning, competitive advantage, GTM
- Career - Growth, transitions, work-life
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Built from 303 episode transcripts, with every quote traceable back to its source episode. Use the graph view (icon in corner) to see how concepts connect.
Source: Lenny’s Podcast