30 Leadership Perspectives shared on Lenny's Podcast
AI Founders Need Monetization From Day One
By Madhavan Ramanujam - Pricing your AI product: Lessons from 400+ companies and 50 unicorns | Madhavan Ramanujam
Founders, especially in AI, must consider pricing early so business viability co-evolves with product development.
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AI Founders Need Monetization From Day One by Madhavan Ramanujam | Founders, especially in AI, must consider pricing early so business... |
PMs Present Options Not Yes Or No by Matt Lemay | Great PMs present clear options with trade-offs instead of simply... |
Transparency Builds Policymaker Trust by Benjamin Mann | Publishing model misbehaviours is a deliberate trust-building approach with policymakers... |
Pricing Rarely Works as Durable Differentiator by John Zorotsky | John argues pricing is seldom the strongest or most durable... |
AI Rewards Generalists Over Specialists by Dan Shipper | Dan argues that AI will let small teams stay small... |
Present Options with a Recommendation by Matt Lemay | Alongside multiple options you must state a recommendation to avoid... |
Surround Yourself With Smart People by Nick Turley | Nick bases career and life choices on the belief that... |
Differentiation Requires Whole Team Input by Jake Knapp | Jake emphasises that defining and scoring differentiation should involve all... |
Dario's Accurate Predictions Shift Timeline Expectations by Mike Krieger | Mike shares that Dario's accurate track record on capability predictions... |
Ben explains that Anthropic retains top people because an egoless,... | |
Sip Seed Funding Preserves Creative Freedom by Dan Shipper | Raising only modest capital and using a callable “sip seed”... |
AI Operations Lead Accelerates Company Productivity by Dan Shipper | Dan recommends bringing on process-oriented people who love tinkering with... |
Build Companies Around Work You Secretly Love by Dan Shipper | Dan urges founders to design companies around the work they... |
Business Model Reveals True Company Priorities by Matt Lemay | Understanding how the business model actually makes money reveals true... |
Outcome-Based Pricing Aligns Vendors as Partners by Brett Taylor | Brett argues outcome-based contracts turn software sellers into genuine partners... |
Small Extinction Risk Warrants Extreme Caution by Benjamin Mann | Ben argues even a one-percent extinction risk warrants extreme caution,... |
Optimizing AI for Work Completion, Not Likability by Mike Krieger | Mike warns against optimising for likability or time-spent and instead... |
Prepare for Accelerating Technological Weirdness by Benjamin Mann | He advises leaders to mentally prepare for accelerating technological weirdness... |
Safety First Drove Anthropic's OpenAI Exit by Benjamin Mann | The Anthropic founders prioritised safety above all, leaving OpenAI to... |
Mike argues product managers remain vital for empathy, comprehension, and... | |
Negotiation as Core Monetization Lever by Madhavan Ramanujam | Sees negotiation as a core monetisation lever, arguing that failing... |
Setting the Resting Heartbeat for Teams by Nick Turley | Nick sees part of his role as establishing the team's... |
AI Will Reshore American Jobs by Dan Shipper | Dan predicts cheap AI intelligence will reshore many US roles... |
Stay Curious During Success by Matt Lemay | When things are going well, stay curious, learn from other... |
Building Things to Predict the Future by Brett Taylor | Brett says he lives by Alan Kay’s idea that building... |
AI Can't Replace Differentiation Thinking by John Zorotsky | Even with AI building the mock-ups, teams must craft the... |
Engineers Gain More Value By Testing Before Coding by John Zorotsky | Engineer founders gain more value by clarifying differentiation and testing... |
Market Share and Wallet Share Need Equal Attention by Madhavan Ramanujam | Leaders should give equal strategic attention, though not necessarily equal... |
Agents Will Drive Next Major Productivity Wave by Brett Taylor | He believes fully autonomous agents will spark economy-wide productivity gains... |
Anthropic Hiring Aggressively Despite AI Productivity Gains by Benjamin Mann | Ben believes the next years are critical, so Anthropic hires... |