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building-a-promotion-case helps professionals construct a business-focused promotion argument by diagnosing blockers, applying frameworks from product leaders, and coaching conversation tactics around impact rather than entitlement.

designing-surveys provides tactical guidance on survey construction grounded in product research methodology, emphasizing csat over nps and single-variable question design for measuring satisfaction and feature prioritization.

scoping-cutting aggregates frameworks from product leaders on appetite-driven scope management, feature cutting, and hypothesis validation. provides structured questions and common pitfalls but lacks concrete decision logic for agents.

measuring-product-market-fit applies sean ellis survey methodology and retention curves to help founders distinguish genuine product-market fit from vanity metrics across four maturity levels.

problem-definition guides users through articulating problems clearly rather than jumping to solutions, using frameworks and diagnostic questions to uncover struggling moments, validate urgency, and avoid solution-first thinking.

having-difficult-conversations guides users through five conversation types using four named frameworks (radical candor, sbi, nvc, structured termination), with emphasis on preparation and role-play practice before high-stakes discussions.

conducting-user-interviews guides teams through discovery conversations using principles from 43 product leaders. covers preparation, question design, recruitment, and technique coaching while flagging common mistakes like hypothetical questions and insufficient sample sizes.

usability-testing provides frameworks and heuristics from product leaders for conducting tests at various fidelities, from wizard-of-oz to production. lacks concrete operational guidance for running sessions end-to-end.

evaluating-candidates surfaces structured hiring principles from domain experts to reduce bias in candidate assessment. covers reference-driven evaluation, work trials, and mission alignment, but lacks concrete execution steps.

ai-evals helps users build systematic evaluation frameworks for AI products by designing rubrics, test cases, and scoring criteria aligned with user needs rather than just technical metrics.

writing-prds helps teams structure product requirements by leading with problem context, defining success metrics upfront, and matching format (docs, prototypes, evals) to product type. draws on frameworks from 11 product leaders.

sales-qualification provides frameworks for identifying unqualified leads early, emphasizing aggressive disqualification and first-call fit assessment. grounded in one product leader's approach to prioritizing time allocation.

organizational-design provides frameworks for structuring teams along a speed-versus-coherence axis, drawing on apple and amazon models. guides users through context discovery and trade-off identification but lacks concrete implementation detail.

finding-mentors-sponsors helps users build advisor relationships by distinguishing mentor (advice), sponsor (opportunity), and coach (accountability) roles, then provides frameworks for identifying candidates and structuring initial outreach with low-friction asks.

running-effective-meetings offers meeting design guidance derived from 40 product leaders, distinguishing strategic from operational formats and providing closing question templates to prevent recurring meetings and misalignment.

running-effective-1-1s packages coaching frameworks from product leaders to help managers shift from advising to empowering direct reports through structured conversations about past, present, and future.

startup-pivoting applies the four ps framework to help founders diagnose when and how to pivot, emphasizing rational distance from current ideas and appropriate magnitude of change, guided by product leader insights.

marketplace-liquidity provides diagnostic frameworks for identifying supply-demand imbalances in two-sided marketplaces, emphasizing fill rate as a core reliability metric and flagging common growth mistakes.

team-rituals guides design of repeatable organizational ceremonies using a named-template-adoption framework. provides cultural principles but lacks concrete procedural depth for implementation.

behavioral-product-design guides practitioners through applying behavioral economics to product features, covering loss aversion, friction reduction, and habit loop design. it frames diagnosis and intervention but lacks procedural rigor.

post-mortems-retrospectives guides teams through learning-focused post-mortems and retrospectives using frameworks from 11 product leaders, emphasizing psychological safety, blameless inquiry, and actionable follow-through on systemic insights.

running-offsites provides framework-based guidance for planning team retreats and strategy sessions, emphasizing purpose clarity, team readiness assessment, structural design, and logistics. covers remote-first quarterly in-person bursts and calls out common pitfalls like overpacked agendas.

retention-engagement assembles 29 product leader frameworks for diagnosing user churn. guides teams through retention curves, aha moments, and habit formation assessment with diagnostic questions and common pitfall flags.

designing-growth-loops helps structure viral and product-led acquisition by categorizing loop types, identifying sharing moments, and applying compounding principles drawn from practitioner experience.

design-systems provides frameworks from product leaders at figma and airbnb for building and scaling design systems. covers core principles, adoption strategy, and common pitfalls, but guidance is conceptual rather than procedurally actionable.

managing-timelines helps product teams diagnose and fix deadline failures by applying phase-based commitments, hill charts, and early shipping strategies drawn from 13 product leaders, while accounting for the planning fallacy and protecting against scope creep.

writing-job-descriptions guides users through a framework centered on 12-month business outcomes, identifying candidate spike skills, and using intentional language to filter cultural fit, drawing from product leader practices.

pricing-strategy guides users through designing iterative pricing approaches using frameworks distilled from 46 product leaders, emphasizing willingness-to-pay research and common transition points across business model stages.

delegating-work teaches frameworks for identifying delegation blockers and calibrating involvement with team autonomy, drawing on product leadership practices. diagnosing obstacles, matching style to context, and designing for success are central moves.

planning-under-uncertainty guides product teams through ambiguous futures using adaptive frameworks. covers uncertainty diagnosis, decision triggers, and flexibility patterns drawn from 44 product leaders. avoids over-planning and analysis paralysis.

skill helps users negotiate job offers by identifying non-salary success factors (tech debt, headcount, budget) and coaching collaborative conversations with hiring managers before discussing compensation.

stakeholder-alignment helps product teams prepare high-stakes alignment conversations by identifying stakeholder motivations, surfacing hidden objections, and structuring communication for maximum buy-in. draws on frameworks from 88 product leaders.

building-team-culture guides teams through articulating existing cultural norms via frameworks tested across startups and large orgs. emphasizes decentralized decision-making, psychological safety, and mapping high-performer behaviors rather than inventing values.

cross-functional-collaboration provides frameworks for diagnosing and resolving team friction, grounded in interviews with product leaders. covers role clarity, communication patterns, and relationship-building but lacks concrete decision procedures.

vibe-coding teaches non-technical users to build functional software prototypes using ai-assisted code generation and natural language prompts, with guidance on iterative refinement and appropriate scope boundaries.

ai-product-strategy guides users through strategic decisions about ai products using frameworks from practitioners. covers problem validation, architecture tradeoffs (build vs buy, model selection), human-ai boundaries, and iteration planning with feedback loops.

personal-productivity guides time management and task prioritization using techniques from experienced product leaders, emphasizing time-boxing and habit-building over unsustainable effort.

media-relations guides users through a three-step pitch framework focused on story preparation, journalist identification, and exclusive outreach. it emphasizes relationship-building over mass pitching and flags common mistakes in approach and timing.

evaluating-trade-offs packages mental models from product leaders for structured decision-making between options, covering constraint mapping, cost quantification, and weighted criteria. lacks concrete procedures and trigger specificity.

enterprise-sales guides users through stakeholder mapping, procurement navigation, and overcoming customer indecision in large deals by applying frameworks from senior product leaders at companies like Stripe and Superhuman.

defining-product-vision helps teams articulate long-term product direction using frameworks from successful leaders. covers scope clarification, future-state thinking, and specificity testing without prescribing repeatable mechanics.

prioritizing-roadmap guides users through multi-stakeholder product sequencing via conversational frameworks, drawing on domain expertise from product leaders. helps separate hypothesis from conviction to surface shared decision context.

product-led-sales guides teams through transitioning from pure product-led growth to sales-assisted expansion by identifying usage signals that trigger qualified leads and designing smooth handoffs between self-serve and sales motions.

career-transitions offers frameworks from 76 product leaders for navigating role, function, stage, or industry pivots. uses motivation diagnostics and low-risk experimentation to test hypotheses before commitment.

writing-specs-designs provides principle-driven guidance on spec and design document creation, emphasizing fidelity assessment, prototyping, and long-term thinking drawn from product leader frameworks.

technical-roadmaps guides users through structured roadmap creation using the Rumelt framework (diagnosis, guiding policies, actions) and emphasizes documentation as a prerequisite for strategy alignment and iteration.

competitive-analysis frames market positioning through asymmetry and status quo threats, grounded in practitioner examples. execution clarity and failure handling are absent.

platform-infrastructure provides conversational guidance on designing and scaling internal developer platforms through strategic questioning about purpose, organizational readiness, and adoption patterns. lacks procedural specificity and executable workflows.

systems-thinking offers a light framework for applying systems-thinking approaches to complex multi-stakeholder problems through mapping, stock/flow analysis, and leverage point identification. lacks concrete procedural steps and actionable triggers.

evaluating-new-technology guides teams through technology selection using frameworks from product leaders, emphasizing problem-first thinking, modularity, and skepticism about vendor claims rather than prescriptive tooling.

sales-compensation provides lightweight guidance on designing sales comp plans through business model assessment, problem identification, and incentive alignment. references two product leaders but lacks procedural depth and decision frameworks.

running-decision-processes delivers decision-making frameworks drawn from product leaders, emphasizing decision classification, blocker identification, and structured process selection to move from deliberation to action.

partnership-bd offers strategic guidance on deal evaluation and negotiation drawn from nine product leaders, covering opportunity assessment, network dynamics, pitch design, and negotiation tactics. lacks step-by-step procedures and executable workflows.

founder-sales guides early-stage founders through direct selling by leveraging founder credibility, refining pitches, and designing discovery processes, grounded in founder-led narrative principles.

conducting-interviews provides a behavioral interview framework informed by 75 product leaders, emphasizing deep probing into past examples and the PEARL methodology to surface genuine capability and self-awareness.

managing-imposter-syndrome provides framework-based guidance for high performers experiencing self-doubt, focusing on reframing discomfort as growth signal and identifying specific underlying fears through diagnostic questions and peer reflection.

shipping-products collects product leadership frameworks for accelerating release cycles. offers diagnostic patterns for identifying blockers and managing quality tradeoffs, but lacks concrete workflow automation.

design-engineering guides organizational decisions on merging design and engineering functions, with emphasis on role clarity, team placement, and hiring strategy rather than hands-on implementation.

energy-management guides users through calendar audits and energy-based task prioritization using five productivity frameworks. lacks concrete procedures and actionable decision logic for agent execution.

dogfooding teaches teams to use their own product intensely as a core practice. it covers assessment, gap analysis, program design, and impact measurement through frameworks from experienced product leaders.

Help users generate and evaluate startup ideas. Use when someone is brainstorming business ideas, trying to find a startup concept, evaluating whether an idea…

Help users craft compelling brand narratives. Use when someone is defining brand strategy, writing company positioning, creating pitch narratives, developing…

Help users convert massive volumes of qualitative and quantitative feedback into high-confidence product decisions through rigorous synthesis and internal…

Help users create and deliver compelling presentations. Use when someone is preparing a talk, building a slide deck, dealing with presentation anxiety,…

Help users build content marketing strategies. Use when someone is starting a blog, building SEO, creating thought leadership content, or deciding on content…

Help users craft product positioning and messaging. Use when someone is launching a product, differentiating from competitors, writing marketing copy,…

Help users set effective OKRs and goals. Use when someone is creating quarterly objectives, defining key results, setting team goals, planning annual targets,…

Help users design effective product onboarding. Use when someone is creating first-user experiences, trying to improve activation rates, designing the first 30…

working-backwards — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

writing-north-star-metrics — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

managing-up — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

engineering-culture — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

organizational-transformation — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

onboarding-new-hires — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

managing-tech-debt — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

running-design-reviews — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

building-sales-team — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

coaching-pms — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

fundraising — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

platform-strategy — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

written-communication — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

product-operations — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

product-taste-intuition — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

community-building — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

building-with-llms — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.

launch-marketing — an installable skill for AI agents, published by refoundai/lenny-skills.