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23 Feb 2023 Lenny's Podcast An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam

“It's The New Product Development Game, published by Harvard Business Review in 1986. And it looks at a really different approach, one that I resonate a lot with because it's a lot along the lines of how we work at CNN, around rapid development, and time and flexibility being like key anchors of successful product development.”

— Upasna Gautam

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Recorded: 23 Feb 2023
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Episode: An inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam

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…Wow, 10 years old. Intense. He was an engineer, and they were in their very beginning phases of introducing... Well, at that time there was no product, but product-type stuff into his engineering practice. And so he had to read the book and was like, "You need to read this book." So I never forgot about it. And then the third one is actually, it's not a book, but it's an article that I think is still very powerful and relevant to this day. It's The New Product Development Game, published by Harvard Business Review in 1986. And it looks at a really different approach, one that I resonate a lot with because it's a lot along the lines of how we work at CNN, around rapid development, and time and flexibility being like key anchors of successful product development. So, I threw that in there as well. Favorite recent movie or TV show? And it can't be White Lotus.…

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