Shreyas Doshi is a former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo. He’s now a full-time advisor and coach to founders and executives. Shreyas is known for his incredibly insightful writing on products, which has garnered him a passionate following in the PM and startup community. Last week, we sat down together at the very first Lenny and Friends Summit in San Francisco for a special live episode. We covered: • Why product leaders often feel overwhelmed with work, and how to combat it • The importance of developing good taste, and how to do it • How to reduce frustration in your product leadership role • The critical skill of truly listening as a leader • Common pitfalls in annual planning and decision-making • Lots of laughs — To learn more from Shreyas, check out these courses: • Improving Your Product Sense: bit.ly/product-sense • Managing Your PM Career: bit.ly/pm-career-course — Brought to you by: • WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs • Paragon—Ship every SaaS integration your customers want • Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security — Find the transcript at: lennysnewsletter.com/p/shreyas-… — Where to find Shreyas Doshi: • X: x.com/shreyas • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shreyasdoshi • Threads: threads.net/@shreyas.threads • Linktree: • YouTube: — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: • X: • LinkedIn: — In this episode, we cover: — Referenced: • Shreyas Doshi on pre-mortems, the LNO framework, the three levels of product work, why most execution problems are strategy problems, and ROI vs. opportunity cost thinking: • LNO framework: • Time management techniques that actually work: • Part 2: Time management techniques that actually work: • Eisenhower quote: • Stripe Connect: • Jeff Bezos explains one-way door decisions and two-way door decisions: • Spotify Is America’s Most Loved Workplace: • Shreyas on “thinking is cheap”: • Good Product Strategy, Bad Product Strategy from Shreyas: • Shreyas on annual planning and metrics: • Jensen Huang on LinkedIn: • Patrick Mahomes’s website: • Virat Kohli: • Reversible and Irreversible Decisions: • Fail fast: • 3 levels of product work: • Shakespeare quote: • Rick Rubin: Legendary Music Producer | Lex Fridman Podcast #275: • Blake Burge on Rick Ruben: • Rick Rubin on X: • Dee Hock on X: • Dee Hock quote on listening: • Peter Drucker: • Peter Drucker quotes on listening: • Lenny’s first podcast recording: • A Recipe to Become a Great Listener: — Production and marketing by . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. — Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.