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Deb Liu

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Quiet

“Well, first, I love the book, Quiet by Susan Cain. She talks about the power of introverts.”

Lenny's Podcast · 22 Aug 2024

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01 / evaluation

I tell people sometimes we overthink as product manager if we just had the perfect plan, the perfect battle plan, but instead imagine you're a team and you can ship, I don't know, let's say four things.

“I tell people sometimes we overthink as product manager if we just had the perfect plan, the perfect battle plan, but instead imagine you're a team and you can ship, I don't know, let's say four things.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

03 / evaluation

" And I love that for her. And I think she's still earlier in her career, she has so much time ahead of her, but it's really incredible to see her kind of on this path and to know that that's her dream, and that I can help her a little bit along the way.

“" And I love that for her. And I think she's still earlier in her career, she has so much time ahead of her, but it's really incredible to see her kind of on this path and to know that that's her dream, and that I can help her a little bit along the way.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

04 / evaluation

That's amazing. That is because you are there, you're going to change your trajectory of the product, or this thing has a hundred thousand users, you're going to get it to 200,000.

“That's amazing. That is because you are there, you're going to change your trajectory of the product, or this thing has a hundred thousand users, you're going to get it to 200,000.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

05 / evaluation

Because your peers also have influence over people's ratings and their promotions, and I was constantly just trying to figure out how to get them to see her brilliance.

“Because your peers also have influence over people's ratings and their promotions, and I was constantly just trying to figure out how to get them to see her brilliance.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

06 / evaluation

In fact, I actually went back to run the payments team while I was working on that product because the team we had gathered still want to continue working on it, but I needed a second job back on the payments team because they asked me, "We don't think this thing is going to work.

“In fact, I actually went back to run the payments team while I was working on that product because the team we had gathered still want to continue working on it, but I needed a second job back on the payments team because they asked me, "We don't think this thing is going to work.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

07 / evaluation

Well, I think the biggest thing I learned from that entire experience is that people are people, but they respond to the process and respond to culture in different ways.

“Well, I think the biggest thing I learned from that entire experience is that people are people, but they respond to the process and respond to culture in different ways.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

08 / evaluation

And so thus, you end up in a case where you end up fighting over prioritization, and in the end, when you're starving, what you're focused on is what you need to get done on your side. And so really I think instead you either fund something like that, fully get it done quickly, or when you elongate it like this where things are just, you're just creating hostility between the teams.

“And so thus, you end up in a case where you end up fighting over prioritization, and in the end, when you're starving, what you're focused on is what you need to get done on your side. And so really I think instead you either fund something like that, fully get it done quickly, or when you elongate it like this where things are just, you're just creating hostility between the teams.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

09 / evaluation

We started it because we wanted women to be able to connect and build community, but the ultimate goal is to have more women in product management, because what happens was the reason that companies like Facebook and a lot of other tech companies didn't have a lot of women and that we lost so many women was that a decision was made 2004 to require a computer science degree to become a product manager.

“We started it because we wanted women to be able to connect and build community, but the ultimate goal is to have more women in product management, because what happens was the reason that companies like Facebook and a lot of other tech companies didn't have a lot of women and that we lost so many women was that a decision was made 2004 to require a computer science degree to become a product manager.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

10 / evaluation

You have been 50,000 subscribers, you showed up to meet up at events, I think that's not our natural inclination, but I also think that you and I have one thing in common and I hope that our listeners will know this, which is we also are people, who when the occasion comes, we will rise to the occasion because that's what needs to get done.

“You have been 50,000 subscribers, you showed up to meet up at events, I think that's not our natural inclination, but I also think that you and I have one thing in common and I hope that our listeners will know this, which is we also are people, who when the occasion comes, we will rise to the occasion because that's what needs to get done.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

11 / evaluation

Let's talk." And that kind of support is something that's really invaluable, and I think we don't use that enough in our industry honestly.

“Let's talk." And that kind of support is something that's really invaluable, and I think we don't use that enough in our industry honestly.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

12 / evaluation

I would say for both actually, one of the most important things that I think we lack is communication skills because I don't know if you, the communication is the job.

“I would say for both actually, one of the most important things that I think we lack is communication skills because I don't know if you, the communication is the job.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

13 / evaluation

Now, I don't know how to solve that problem, because the actual work matters way more in the day-to-day, but you're being judged on the 5%, which is your presentation or your ability to answer questions on the spot.

“Now, I don't know how to solve that problem, because the actual work matters way more in the day-to-day, but you're being judged on the 5%, which is your presentation or your ability to answer questions on the spot.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

14 / evaluation

I definitely think the growth mindset is absolutely the most important thing because someone who's constantly growing is going to listen to feedback.

“I definitely think the growth mindset is absolutely the most important thing because someone who's constantly growing is going to listen to feedback.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

15 / evaluation

" And I realized that so much is not just, if a great strategy falls in the forest and no one knew about it, it doesn't even matter, right? And so I learned that I was failing at the part that was the most important part of consulting, wasn't just getting to the answer, but it was making sure you could convince people of the answer.

“" And I realized that so much is not just, if a great strategy falls in the forest and no one knew about it, it doesn't even matter, right? And so I learned that I was failing at the part that was the most important part of consulting, wasn't just getting to the answer, but it was making sure you could convince people of the answer.”
Speaker
Deb Liu
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast
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