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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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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

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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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 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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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Innovating continuously was crucial for Snap to fend off competition from larger social networks, which often tried to stifle its growth.

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Nikhil Kamath Cast

04/20/23

@ Nikhil Kamath

Snapchat's success with disappearing pictures and ephemeral content shows the potential for platforms that cater to younger audiences who enjoy feeling misunderstood by adults.

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Ron Conway

10/27/13

@ Y Combinator

Successful entrepreneurs like Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and Silbermann focus on building great products and prioritize user satisfaction over external distractions.

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Dalton Caldwell

05/10/19

@ Y Combinator

Mark Zuckerberg exemplified this by constantly creating prototypes and sharing them with users, which contributed to the genesis of Facebook.

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Shreyas Doshi

08/25/22

@ Lenny's Podcast

At Twitter, I observed the stickiness that comes from combining network effects with core product differentiation, which has enabled Twitter's staying power.

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Jean Lee

01/03/24

@ EO

Simplicity through prioritization was key to WhatsApp's success, especially during its acquisition by Facebook for $19 billion.