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Chief product officer at Whatnot, the live shopping marketplace; earlier at Twitch.
4 things
Star CityOther
Uh Star City on Apple TV. Uh if you liked For All Mankind, it's kind of like the flip of that, but it's the Soviet side.
Lenny's Podcast, "This CPO regrets that product management exists", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-08-02·youtube.com ↗
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBook Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things I still think is the best book written about product management.
Lenny's Podcast, "This CPO regrets that product management exists", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-08-02·youtube.com ↗
The Purpose Driven ChurchBook Rick Warren
the best book anyone's ever recommended to me to read which I now recommend to others, um, is The Purpose Driven Church by a pastor called Rick Warren.
Lenny's Podcast, "This CPO regrets that product management exists", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-08-02·youtube.com ↗
BabelBook R. F. Kuang
Uh and the last one is if you're looking for kind of like fiction or fantasy, which is where I tend to go in the evening, Babel by R.F. Kuang.
Lenny's Podcast, "This CPO regrets that product management exists", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-08-02·youtube.com ↗
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