Lenny Rachitsky: evaluation

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…I was recently asked to write a forward for a book from one of the revenue leaders I have the most respect for in the world. I read a little bit of it. I couldn't do it because as good as it was, it was dated. It wasn't current enough in AI. I don't know what we said at this... It might've been before we started the pod. The plays all work, but the playbooks don't really work as well. So, many of these GTM books are playbooks, especially folks selling courses and stuff, but they're playbooks. Run from the playbooks, embrace the plays. And so, read all these go to-market and sales books and take great items from them, which was always the goal from a book. Pick two or three things out of it. But I think I'm waiting for the next level of books and GTM and 2026 because everything I've read, it's just too backwards looking. So, just be a skeptic. Grab the plays, but don't adopt the playbook. I just Had the head of growth from Lovable, Elena Vernon on the podcast. She had the same advice. Then all these playbooks that she's used over the last 20 years in growth just don't work anymore at AI companies. Next question. Do you have a favorite recent movie or TV show that you have really enjoyed? What's this one called? What's it called? Pluribus? Is that what it's called?…

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