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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

At Snap, the design team was small but powerful, with designers also acting as product managers, allowing for tight control over product development.

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How to win in the AI era: Ship weekly, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and more

@ Lenny's Podcast

How to win in the AI era: Ship weekly, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and more

03/27/25

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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Designers at Snap were not just responsible for design; they also had to manage the product roadmap and collaborate across teams, which was key to their success.

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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Snap's unique product development approach, where designers function as product managers, enabled their success as the last major social network to break through.

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Gaurav Misra

05/02/25

@ EO

At Microsoft, I worked on Azure Machine Learning, and at Snapchat, I shifted to product design, merging technology with design.

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Katie Dill

10/16/24

@ Y Combinator

At Stripe, the design process is collaborative, with designers, engineers, and product managers working closely together to ensure a coherent user experience.

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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Snap's success stemmed from a strong product-market fit, which sometimes made it difficult to discern whether new features were helping or hurting growth.

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Bob Baxley

06/12/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

A smaller team can operate with greater efficiency and clarity of vision, which is why Apple can achieve so much with fewer designers.

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Garry Tan

09/20/18

@ Y Combinator

The best products integrate design with product management, engineering, and customer support.

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Jony Ive

10/17/14

@ Vanity Fair

Our core design team is very small, consisting of about 16 to 17 people, and we've worked hard to keep it that way over the last 15 years.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Design in the tech industry was often an afterthought, typically involving superficial changes like color, rather than a fundamental aspect of product development.