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2 Aug 2026 Lenny's Podcast This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)
“I want to start with something that you wrote online that surprised a lot of people, and I think will surprise a lot of people coming from a long-time chief product officer, long-time product builder, someone that's built a lot of very successful products and teams.”
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- Lenny Rachitsky
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- belief
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- 2 Aug 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…Somebody's giving you first time long time. That's right. I want to start with something that you wrote online that surprised a lot of people, and I think will surprise a lot of people coming from a long-time chief product officer, long-time product builder, someone that's built a lot of very successful products and teams. What you wrote is, "Since its earliest inception, the Whatnot product team was built on the somewhat simple premise. We regret that product management exists." Yes, sir. Not a thing you probably hear from a lot of CPOs.…
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