Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedTom Verrilli: belief
2 Aug 2026 Lenny's Podcast This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)
“Have a plan. I think the system works this way. I have this belief that if we change the way that discovery algorithms work for XYZ reasons, it will have this impact.”
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- Speaker
- Tom Verrilli
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- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 2 Aug 2026
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…So the lesson here is run experiments, but then make sure you think about the implication of the result at the bigger picture. And then with that [inaudible 01:04:15]. What are we trying to do? Have a plan. I think the system works this way. I have this belief that if we change the way that discovery algorithms work for XYZ reasons, it will have this impact. What's the smallest thing I can do to prove that? Okay, it worked. Great. No change to plan. V2. Oh shit, that didn't work. V3 is going to have to be different. And you just want to always be going through that motion. People not watching on YouTube, Tom is moving his hands.…
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