Episode Summaries

Dec. 7, 2023

Summary: The ultimate guide to adding a PLG motion | Hila Qu (Reforge, GitLab)

Hila Qu is an Executive in Residence (EIR) at Reforge as well as a renowned growth advisor, angel investor, and published author (her book about growth was named one of the top 10 business books of 2018 in China). Previously, she served as the Dir…

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Dec. 6, 2023

Summary: Building a culture of excellence | David Singleton (CTO of Stripe)

David Singleton is the CTO at Stripe, where he oversees engineering and design teams. Since joining Stripe, David has helped grow the technology org across the U.S. and developed new engineering hubs in Singapore and Dublin as well as Stripe&rsquo…

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Dec. 3, 2023

Summary: Ultimate guide to OKRs / Christina Wodtke / Organizing work in big companies

Christina Wodtke is an author, Stanford University professor, and speaker who teaches strategies for building high-performing teams. She’s also the author of Radical Focus, which some consider the de facto guide to OKRs.   Christina s…

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Dec. 1, 2023

Summary: Build better products with continuous product discovery | Teresa Torres

  Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable system for continuous product discovery. She’s coached hundreds of teams at companies of all sizes and over 11,000 (of…

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Nov. 28, 2023

Summary: 10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

Patrick Campbell has been the founder and CEO of ProfitWell, which he bootstrapped and sold for over $200 million to Paddle, where he currently works as the Chief Strategy Officer. He studied Econ and Law at Bradley University where was ranked 1st…

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Nov. 22, 2023

Summary: How to build your product strategy stack | Ravi Mehta (Tinder, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Outpace)

Context Ravi Mehta was previously CPO at Tinder, Product Director at Facebook, and VP of Product at Tripadvisor and taught product strategy at Reforge. Currently, he’s co-founder and CEO of Outpace, a coaching platform designed to help peop…

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Nov. 14, 2023

Summary: How to launch and grow your product | Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund

Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt. After its acquisition, he then went on to founding Weekend fund, were he now spends time in funding & assisting other early-stage startups. He’s the editor of the book Hooked. And in this chat…

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Nov. 4, 2023

Summary: Lessons from scaling Stripe | Claire Hughes Johnson (ex-COO of Stripe)

“I would say, advice to people generally, is be a force for positive momentum, and it will be actually a real career maker.” Context Claire Hughes Johnson was most recently COO at Stripe for the past seven years. Before that, she s…

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Nov. 3, 2023

Summary: Competing with giants: An inside look at how The Browser Company builds product | Josh Miller (CEO)

Josh Miller is the co-founder and CEO of The Browser Company, which built Arc. Previously he worked at Facebook and was the Director of Product at the White House (during the Obama administration). He started a company that was acqui-hired by Face…

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Nov. 2, 2023

Summary: How to hit revenue targets in a recession | Sahil Mansuri (Bravado)

Sahil Mansuri is the CEO of Bravado, the world’s largest online sales community. Sahil is passionate about sales, and his experience dates all the way back to 2008, working for Obama’s presidential campaign. During his time at Glassdoo…

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