4 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he’d asked himself sooner | Former PM leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google
Shreyas Doshi is a former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo. He’s now a full-time advisor and coach to founders and executives. Shreyas is known for his incredibly insightful writing on products, which has garnered him a passionate following in the PM and startup community. Last week, we sat down together at the very first Lenny and Friends Summit in San Francisco for a special live episode. We covered:
- Why product leaders often feel overwhelmed with work, and how to combat it
- The importance of developing good taste, and how to do it
- How to reduce frustration in your product leadership role
- The critical skill of truly listening as a leader
- Common pitfalls in annual planning and decision-making
- Lots of laughs
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To learn more from Shreyas, check out these courses:
- Improving Your Product Sense: https://bit.ly/product-sense
- Managing Your PM Career: https://bit.ly/pm-career-course
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Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/shreyas-doshi-live
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Where to find Shreyas Doshi:
- X: https://x.com/shreyas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyasdoshi/
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shreyas.threads
- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shreyasdoshi
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShreyasDoshiVideos
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Where to find Lenny:
- Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com
- X: https://twitter.com/lennysan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction
(05:35) Question one: Why am I so busy?
(10:08) Annual planning as an example
(16:48) Tactical tips for staying less busy
(25:20) Question two: Do I actually have good taste?
(38:09) Question three: Why does my job feel so frustrating?
(43:29) Question four: Am I really listening?
(44:35) Closing remarks
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Referenced:
- Shreyas Doshi on pre-mortems, the LNO framework, the three levels of product work, why most execution problems are strategy problems, and ROI vs. opportunity cost thinking: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/episode-3-shreyas-doshi
- LNO framework: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1492345184171945984
- Time management techniques that actually work: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/time-management-techniques-that-actually
- Part 2: Time management techniques that actually work: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/part-2-time-management-techniques
- Eisenhower quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dwight_d_eisenhower_164720
- Stripe Connect: https://stripe.com/connect
- Jeff Bezos explains one-way door decisions and two-way door decisions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxsdOQa_QkM
- Spotify Is America’s Most Loved Workplace: https://www.newsweek.com/2021/10/29/spotify-americas-most-loved-workplace-1639982.html
- Shreyas on “thinking is cheap”: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shreyasdoshi_thinking-is-very-cheap-doing-is-very-expensive-activity-7225237421813116929-Qzi3/
- Good Product Strategy, Bad Product Strategy from Shreyas: https://x.com/shreyas/status/1244810075908128768
- Shreyas on annual planning and metrics:
https://x.com/shreyas/status/1302423854095036421
https://x.com/shreyas/status/1304628719374544896
- Jensen Huang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenhsunhuang/
- Patrick Mahomes’s website: https://www.adidas.com/us/patrick_mahomes
- Virat Kohli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virat_Kohli
- Reversible and Irreversible Decisions: https://fs.blog/reversible-irreversible-decisions/
- Fail fast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_fast
- 3 levels of product work: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1370248637842812936
- Shakespeare quote: https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/to-thine-own-self-be-true/
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