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In 2021, scrappy young investors from across the world joined forces to buy GameStop stock, aiming to take down greedy hedge funds. What came next was tragedy, injustice, and a conspiratorial internet cult so stupid we had to do an episode about it.
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Casey Winters is a longtime and legendary advisor and operator. He’s worked with companies like Airbnb, Faire, Canva, Whatnot, Thumbtack, Tinder, and Reddit and until recently was the Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite, where he managed the PM, design, research, and growth marketing teams. Before Eventbrite, he led growth and product teams at Pinterest and Grubhub. In today’s episode, we discuss what Casey calls the “zero interest rate phenomenon” product manager and how to avoid becoming one. He provides valuable insights on thinking outside popular frameworks, shipping products efficiently, and avoiding overreliance on user research. We explore the three types of network effects, how to leverage them, and how to break someone else’s network effect. Finally, Casey shares his contrarian approach to interviewing product managers and his thoughts on the future of PM roles with AI.
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Where to find Casey Winters:
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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseywinters/
• Blog: https://caseyaccidental.com/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Casey’s background
(03:36) What Casey is up to
(05:24) Why the CPO position is frequently short-lived
(07:26) What Casey learned in his role as CPO of Eventbrite
(10:15) The “zero interest rate phenomenon” product manager
(12:17) Advice for thinking outside common frameworks
(18:35) When to bring in research
(21:16) What Whatnot does
(21:59) Casey’s approach to interviewing PMs
(23:29) Red flags in interview responses
(24:27) The future of product management with AI
(27:47) Founder intuition vs. team expertise
(33:33) How to influence founders
(37:17) Adding the delivery driver app at Grubhub
(40:00) Network effects
(43:10) Why Zillow is a sticky product
(44:05) How Grubhub’s network effect got taken over by DoorDash and Uber Eats
(51:47) Don’t underestimate the competition
(54:43) SaaS adding marketplace and vice versa
(01:02:30) Defining marketplaces
(1:03:34) What Substack is nailing
(1:05:43) Tips for B2C subscription startups
(1:13:15) Lightning round
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Referenced:
• Casey Winters on Lenny’s Podcast previously: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/how-to-sell-your-ideas-and-rise-within-your-company-casey-winters-eventbrite/
• Whatnot: https://www.whatnot.com/
• The 700-calorie breakfast you should eat if you want to live forever, according to futurist Ray Kurzweil: https://www.businessinsider.com/what-ray-kurzweil-eats-to-live-forever-2016-4
• The Way of the Gun on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-way-of-the-gun-0fc9590c-3f85-48ab-96e9-1da1b9695065
• Notion AI: https://www.notion.so/product/ai
• Zapier: https://zapier.com/
• Founder intuition vs. team expertise vs. customer expertise: https://caseyaccidental.com/founder-intuition-team-expertise/
• Erika Warren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-warren/
• Alyssa Ravasio (Hipcamp) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-ravasio-23114717/
• Marketplace supply strategy: comprehensive, exclusive, or curated: https://a16z.com/2021/03/31/marketplace-supply-strategy/
• Nassim Taleb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nntaleb
• The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244
• OpenTable: https://www.opentable.com/
• Booking.com: https://www.booking.com/
• Faire: https://www.faire.com/
• How to increase your retention: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-increase-your-retention-issue
• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement: https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271951
• Thinking, Fast and Slow: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555/r
• Profit from the Core: A Return to Growth in Turbulent Times: https://www.amazon.com/Profit-Core-Return-Growth-Turbulent/dp/1422131114/
• Party Down on Starz: https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/party-down/2011
• The Last of Us on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us
• Station Eleven on HBO Max: https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYZWoOQ6F9cLDCAEAAABP
• Kicking and Screaming on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70052286
• Raven by Kelela on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/06uhdSmIYrWRkdnAPjcRcT
• Optical Delusion by Orbital on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2jQbFspnSh7erex6RDKQGJ
• Stakes Is High by De La Soul on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3jlC2uhYNrhikZXLviEnpu
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The Friday variety show is back! Jason kicks it off by interviewing WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski, who's currently suing Reddit (2:08). Then, Molly is joined by Hyper CEO Andrew Hart to discuss the augmented reality market and Hyper's store-mapping technology (30:16). Producer Rachel wraps the show with content creator Humphrey Yang breaking down his creative process, what he considers valuable metrics, and so much more (53:40).
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(2:08) WSB milestones and arbitrage
(12:07) Contra - Get $500 off your first hire at https://contra.com/twist
(13:36) How Reddit works + the WSB controversy
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(24:45) Jaime’s ideal solution
(30:16) Andrew Hart of Hyper
(33:57) Creating the ultimate user experience
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(40:43) Mapping store and onboarding customers
(45:55) Hyper’s development and future opportunities
(53:40) Ok Boomer with Humphrey Yang
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GameStop can feel like a retailer from a bygone era. But last week, it was dragged back into the zeitgeist when it became the center of an online war between members of an irreverent Reddit subforum and hedge funds — one that left Wall Street billions of dollars out of pocket.
Today, we look at how and why the GameStop surge happened, as well as how it can be viewed as the story of our time.
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Wall Street gets stonked as Reddit games the GameStop stock; San Francisco decides to crack down on schools named after Abraham Lincoln and George Washington; and John Kerry is reporting for climate duty.
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In recent weeks, before the stock market plunged, a page on reddit called r/WallStreetBets suddenly started exhibiting enormous influence on a handful of stocks. The emergence of online chat rooms making huge wagers in the market calls to mind the message boards of the dotcom era. But this page is taking it to a new level. On this week's episode, we're joined by Bloomberg News reporter Luke Kawa, who has been covering the page, as well as the page's founder, Jaime Rogozinski, who started it up in 2012.
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In this "Snacktime" episode, we chow down on two stories that were sent to us by listeners. The first, a look at how baseball fans on Reddit mark Major League Baseball's annual July trade deadline -- with a trade of their own. Then, a story involving a husband and wife, dinner at the boss' house, and a steak getting thrown out the window... almost.
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