book / likes
Hooked
“I really like Hooked. That's a book that I know came out a few years ago, but I find that that model is just such an effective model for thinking about how to create products that are engaging.”
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Ravi Mehta
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01 / belief
A second thing is I think oftentimes people refrain from giving feedback when they feel like that feedback is going to be intrusive.
“A second thing is I think oftentimes people refrain from giving feedback when they feel like that feedback is going to be intrusive.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
02 / belief
Then the next thing is dependency risk, which is we understand what we think the levers are, but we may or may not have the tools that we need in order to make progress.
“Then the next thing is dependency risk, which is we understand what we think the levers are, but we may or may not have the tools that we need in order to make progress.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
03 / belief
I think oftentimes people don't spend enough time just picking up the phone and having a conversation one-on-one with the user of a product and getting into understanding their psychology, what value they're getting and how to really optimize for that.
“I think oftentimes people don't spend enough time just picking up the phone and having a conversation one-on-one with the user of a product and getting into understanding their psychology, what value they're getting and how to really optimize for that.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
04 / belief
Another really interesting, I think, difference is the way that you market and grow for an early stage company is very different than how you might market or grow for a later stage company where you have much larger budgets.
“Another really interesting, I think, difference is the way that you market and grow for an early stage company is very different than how you might market or grow for a later stage company where you have much larger budgets.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
05 / belief
I think about velocity is sort of the quantity of work and latency is how quickly you can go from an idea to actually being able to test that idea and learn whether or not that idea was the right one.
“I think about velocity is sort of the quantity of work and latency is how quickly you can go from an idea to actually being able to test that idea and learn whether or not that idea was the right one.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
06 / belief
The person doesn't need to go into anything confidential, of course, but I think what's really nice about that question is it get you really deep insight into what they value.
“The person doesn't need to go into anything confidential, of course, but I think what's really nice about that question is it get you really deep insight into what they value.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
07 / belief
We understand how to move retention or we think we understand how to move retention.
“We understand how to move retention or we think we understand how to move retention.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
08 / belief
There's not a clear end in sight, and ultimately both the leader and the team are frustrated. So I think the two really effective functional ways of leading are scalable leadership where the team has autonomy, you have confidence or selective micromanagement where for a brief period of time you might take away some of the team's autonomy to set them on the right track, but with the goal of getting back into that scalable leadership mode.
“There's not a clear end in sight, and ultimately both the leader and the team are frustrated. So I think the two really effective functional ways of leading are scalable leadership where the team has autonomy, you have confidence or selective micromanagement where for a brief period of time you might take away some of the team's autonomy to set them on the right track, but with the goal of getting back into that scalable leadership mode.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
09 / belief
Often what I've heard of as the distinction is the vision is sort of the vision that the company sees for the future, and then the mission is the mission that the company has in light of that vision. And I think you can really bring those two together and you can both describe that world and the role that the company plays in a single statement.
“Often what I've heard of as the distinction is the vision is sort of the vision that the company sees for the future, and then the mission is the mission that the company has in light of that vision. And I think you can really bring those two together and you can both describe that world and the role that the company plays in a single statement.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
10 / belief
I think there's a lot of really good dating ideas that haven't been explored yet.
“I think there's a lot of really good dating ideas that haven't been explored yet.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
11 / belief
I think a lot of times people that are at larger companies, they're used to working in a particular way.
“I think a lot of times people that are at larger companies, they're used to working in a particular way.”
- Speaker
- Ravi Mehta
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast