In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why prioritizing AI agent initiatives is so hard, and why familiar planning tools like impact-effort matrices break down

• The three architectural categories every agent falls into

• How to choose the right platform for each category

• Success metrics and ROI frameworks tailored to each architectural type

• How to quickly course-correct when you’ve picked the wrong architecture

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In this episode, my wife Michelle Rial, cartoonist and author, celebrates the launch of her new book Charts for Babies by sharing a pep talk for anyone stuck in a creative rut. She walks through 12 tried-and-tested steps designed to lift you out of a creative block and get back to making things that matter.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why it’s necessary to create work that might feel embarrassing

• The simple mindset shift that stops stalling and gets you to just start

• How to reframe scorn as a positive signal

• The thought process that can help you move out of a state of rumination

• How to treat failed ideas as seeds for future breakthroughs

Claire Vo went from public OpenClaw skeptic to running nine dedicated AI agents that manage her businesses, write code, close sales deals, and make sure she gets to her kids’ basketball games on time. In this episode, she shares her complete power user’s guide to OpenClaw—covering everything from setup and key concepts to practical workflows and building your own team of agents.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What OpenClaw is and why it’s more autonomous and powerful than other AI tools

• How to choose the right setup: Mac Mini, VPS, or a hosted option

• Six ready-to-copy workflows you can start using immediately

• How to run multiple agents with specific roles (Claire’s full 9-agent setup)

• The best tools and integrations to connect your agents to the real world

• Key security considerations and how to think about risk

Contrary to what the headlines might be telling you, PM job openings are at their highest point in over three years, AI roles are hockey-sticking, and tech headcount is growing. Today’s episode is our fourth biannual update on the tech job market (the most optimistic yet) and breaks down seven key trends shaping the job landscape right now.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why PMs have reason to be optimistic

• How the influx of new AI roles is shaping the industry

• The unexpected sign of tech growth

• What current job openings look like for design and software engineering roles

• Surprising trends across remote job opportunities

References:

• AI Practice Copilot for PM Interviews

• Analytical thinking interviews guide

• Google Career Dreamer

• How to pass any first-round interview

• How to use AI for your job interview

• The definitive guide to mastering product sense interviews

• TrueUp

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When I released my full podcast transcript archive, Ben Shih, a non-technical designer at Miro, built LennyRPG: a Pokémon-style RPG where you battle podcast guests with product trivia. In this episode, Ben walks through the exact six-step workflow he used to go from sketch to shipped game, including the tools, prompts, and decisions at every stage, along with the broader lessons he learnt along the way.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to have AI interview you instead of writing the PRD yourself

• When to pivot your framework, rather than force the wrong tool

• How to systematically process 300+ transcripts into game data

• Three core lessons Ben learned from building LennyRPG

References

• Ben Shih

• Brian Balfour

• Claude Code Awesome Skills marketplace

• LennysData.com

• LennyRPG

• Lenny’s Product Pass

• OpenGameArt.org

• Phaser 3

• RPG-JS

• Supabase

• Wispr Flow

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It’s never been easier to launch products, which means the biggest challenge product teams are facing is quickly becoming distribution. April Dunford, the world’s leading expert on B2B positioning and author of Obviously Awesome, has spent 10 years working with more than 300 companies to help them stand out. In this episode, she goes beyond the basics to share tactics for overcoming four of the trickiest positioning roadblocks teams face.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The four roadblocks every team faces when making positioning decisions

• Why cross-functional teams almost always disagree on who they compete with

• How to break the cycle of product pessimism

• Why the “So what?” test is critical for defining your differentiated value

• How to use your GTM strategy to drive positioning decisions

References:

• April Dunford: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunford/

• April Dunf…

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When their team underperforms, most managers jump straight to blaming people. Molly Graham—who’s worked alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Chamath Palihapitiya—explains how that’s one of the biggest leadership traps there is. In this episode, she shares the Waterline Model: a diagnostic model to help uncover the real source of team problems, before touching an org chart.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why blaming people for structural problems is one of the biggest leadership mistakes

• The four layers of the Waterline Model, and why that order matters

• Why you should always “snorkel before you scuba”

• How self-preservation can be a rational response to a faulty environment

• How to make clean, decisive calls when you finally reach the individual layer

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why interview prep is broken (and why there’s no usable feedback loop)

• How the most successful candidates built AI systems to close the gap

• What the free AI Interview Coach does and how to set it up

• How to stop sounding like every other candidate who prepped with AI

• The action checklist for before, during, and after every interview

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to catch the two types of AI quote hallucinations

• Why AI defaults to useless generic themes and insights

• Which LLM is best for analysis work (and which one fabricates the most)

• How to turn vague signal into actual decision clarity

• The final verification pass that stress-tests everything before it hits a deck

Referenced

• Caitlin Sullivan

• Claude Code for Customer Insights (Maven course)

• Claude

• ChatGPT

• Gemini

• NotebookLM

• Maze

• Whoop

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why Meta added “Product Sense with AI” to its PM interview loop

• The rituals that surface hidden failure modes

• Why generative models confidently invent structure when confronted with mess

• What minimum viable quality (MVQ) means and how to define three critical thresholds

• Five strategic context factors that raise or lower your quality bar

• Why you need to estimate your AI feature’s cost envelope early

• How to design guardrails that protect users from model shortcomings

• Four patterns that cover most real-world failure cases

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Referenced:

• AI PM Bootcamp & Certification

• AI Product Sense & AI PM Interview prep

• Dr. Marily Nika: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynika/

• How to build AI Product sense (Part 1)

• Marily’s AI Product Academy Newsletter

• Thriving as a senior IC PM in the AI era

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Key features of each of the seven new products

• Applicable, real-world examples of how people are using them

• Which products are exclusive to Insider subscribers

References:

• Affinity

• Amp

• Canva Business

• Duolingo

• ElevenLabs

• Every

• Factory

• Flourish

• Framer

• Harvey

• Kernel

• Leonardo.Ai

• Lovable

• Manus

• Meta

• Metabase

• Mozart AI

• n8n

• Nvidia

• Perplexity

• Product Pass codes

• Railway

• Sentry

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why chat-native apps could change the tech ecosystem

• How users will discover apps contextually inside ChatGPT

• The three UI modes for ChatGPT apps

• The “one widget per message” constraint

• How tools, widgets, and MCP fit together

• Two build paths: Replit and Chippy

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References:

• Adobe

• AllTrails

• Anthropic

• Apple

• Booking.com

• Bolt

• Canva

• ChatPRD

• Chippy

• Colin Matthews

• Coursera

• Datavant

• Descript

• Devin

• DoorDash

• Expedia

• Figma

• Gamma

• GitHub

• Granola

• Instacart

• Linear

• LinkedIn

• Lovable

• Magic Patterns

• Maven

• Mobbin

• n8n

• OpenAI

• Perplexity

• PostHog

• Railway

• Raycast

• Replit

• Shopify

• Spotify

• Stripe Atlas

• Substack

• Superhuman

• Vercel

• Warp

• Wispr Flow

• Zillow

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why 55% say AI has exceeded expectations and how it’s improving work quality

• Which roles are winning with AI (and which are struggling)

• Where the biggest opportunities are

• Which AI tools have product-market fit

• Which AI tool dominates for most roles

• Why engineers prefer specialized tools

• Why 92% report significant downsides to AI tools

• What AI agents need to take off

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References:

• Airbnb

• Anthropic

• Build your personal AI copilot

• ChatGPT

• Claude

• Cursor

• Figma

• Gemini

• GitHub

• Granola

• How to build your second brain with ChatGPT

• Intercom

• Lindy

• Lovable

• Manus

• Microsoft Copilot

• Midjourney

• Monday.com

• n8n

• Noam Segal

• Notion

• Perplexity

• Replit

• v0

• Zapier

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why context is the PM’s heaviest mental load

• How to build a second brain that challenges you and mirrors your taste

• The wealth of information your second brain can absorb

• A simple loop to keep your second brain fresh

• Three end-to-end use case examples

References

• Amir Klein

• Build your personal AI copilot

• ChatGPT

• Claude

• Figma

• Gemini

• Google Docs

• Lovable

• monday.com

• Notion

• Reddit

• Slack

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How “ludicrous” ambition shows up

• The underrated signs of founder greatness

• How to evaluate an early product

• What a “Jurassic Park” moment in startups means

• How to think about risk as an early employee

• Tactics to “optimize for serendipity” when breaking into rocket ships

References:

• Alex Karp

• Bob McGrew

• Box

• Cristina Cordova

• Daniel Ek

• Dylan Field

• Dropbox

• Facebook

• Figma

• Hacker News

• Ivan Zhao

• Linear

• Meter

• Notion

• OpenAI

• Palantir

• Patrick Collison

• PayPal

• Rasmus Andersson

• Sean Rose

• Slack

• Soleio

• Spotify

• Stewart Butterfield

• Stripe

• Terrance Rohan

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why classic inbound, outbound, virality, events, and lifecycle are weakening in the AI era

• What an ecosystem flywheel is and how it compounds credibility and distribution

• The six most common ecosystem motions

• How fast-growing teams such as Supabase, Clay, Lovable, and more are using an ecosystem strategy

• How to pick partners using “coverage” and “composition” instead of vanity reach

• What a win-win-win relationship looks like in an ecosystem

• How to start an ecosystem strategy, prove it, then expand without diluting the signal

References:

• Aaron Cort

• AirOps

• Anthropic

• Arrows

• Astro

• Baseten

• Carta

• Clay

• Clio

• Craft Ventures

• Daniel Zarick

• Elena Verna

• ElevenLabs

• Emily Kramer

• Emily Kramer’s newsletter

• Ethan Smith

• Gamma

• GC AI

• Graphite

• Grant Lee

• HubSpot

• Lenny’s Product Pass

• Lovable

• Mercury

• Midjourney

• Navattic

• Supabase

• “The ultimate guide to AEO” Lenny’s Podcast episode

• Tom Orb…

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In this episode, you’ll learn

• Why Lovable has become my go-to for vibe-coding apps and prototypes

• How Bolt plugs into frontier coding agents so you can keep your favorite setup and still ship fast

• How Granola quietly captures meetings from your device audio and turns notes into shareable, searchable summaries

• What makes ChatPRD a PM-native copilot for specs, templates, and Linear workflows

• Five Superhuman power moves beyond inbox zero

• Everyday Raycast workflows that make it an instant Spotlight replacement

• Why Perplexity’s Comet browser became my default for deep research and agentic browsing

• Plus a bunch of practical examples that you can copy

References:

• Anton Osika

• Bolt

• “Building Lovable” podcast episode

• ChatGPT

• ChatPRD

• Claire Vo

• Claude Code

• Comet

• Cursor

• Eric Simons

• Gamma

• GitHub

• Granola

• “Inside Bolt” podcast episode

• Intercom

• Linear

• Lovable

• Magic Patterns

• Perplexity

• Rahul Vohra

• Raycast

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The 80/20 of great sleep (and why temperature control and magnesium often matter most)

• What to wear (and avoid) to reduce PFAS, phthalates, and dye exposure on skin

• A sourcing playbook for nutrient-dense, low-toxin food

• Supplements that you actually need and why

• Practical toxin-mitigation at home: air, water, lighting, EMFs, kitchens, and cleaning

• Low-effort swaps for everyday products (deodorant, soaps, skincare, blue-light blockers)

References

General:

• Andrew Huberman

• Bryan Johnson

• Chemicals in Textiles

• How to Prevent & Treat Colds & Flu

• Justin Mares

• Levels

• Rhonda Patrick

• Surely

• The Great American Poisoning

• Tim Ferriss

• Truemed

• What are EMFs?

Sleep:

• Avocado mattress

• Coyuchi sheets

• Eight Sleep

• Essentia mattress

• Hästens

• Naturepedic mattress

• Woolshire pillow

Clothing:

• Caraway

• Faherty

• Industry of All Nations

• Nads

• Pact

• Paka

• Wax London

Food:

• Beeswax wraps

• Force of Natur…

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References:

• Adobe

• Apple

• arXiv

• Asana

• Brex

• ChatGPT

• Claude Code

• Clay

• Cursor

• Dan Shipper

• Docker

• Fireflies

• Gemini

• Git

• GitHub

• Gmail

• Homebrew

• Intercom

• Jira

• Linear

• Mercury

• Microsoft

• Notion

• OpenAI

• Playwright

• Reddit

• Slack

• VS Code

• Warp

• X (Twitter)

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why we struggle to give tough feedback

• How “start with the Goal” flips defensiveness into motivation

• Why great feedback names Actions and Impacts, not judgments

• How acknowledging your contribution disarms resistance

• Scripts that make tough conversations feel collaborative

• A framing that helps preserve ambition and psychological safety

• A Stanford-tested “wise feedback” sentence that boosts follow-through

• The 3 Ws framework to lock in change

• A live case study: a VP uses GAIN to unwind a founder’s micromanaging habit

References:

• Amy Edmondson

• “Breaking the cycle of mistrust: Wise interventions to provide critical feedback across the racial divide”

• Brian Martin

• Carol Dweck

• Cycle of conflict or cycle of connection?

• FeedbackGPT

• “Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation”

• How to become a supermanager with AI

• How to motivate …

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