Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2025-01-19
Lenny Rachitsky & Elena Verna: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
10 growth tactics that never work | Elena Verna (Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey)
Elena Verna is one of Silicon Valley’s most sought-after growth advisors and operators. She previously led growth at companies like Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, and SurveyMonkey and is currently doing full-time advising for high-growth tech companies.
Elena Verna recommended Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and The Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor. Lenny Rachitsky recommended A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Project Hail Mary
Recommended“I just finished this book that I loved so much. Um it's not a it's not a professional book, but uh it's Project Hail Mary uh by Andy Weir. ... So, highly recommend that.”
Where to get it
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The Bobiverse
Recommended“And the next one that I also started reading right now is Bobiverse. Uh Bobiverse is uh so good. It actually takes into uh account like AI and how we can upload our consciousness in the AI and what can happen with that.”
Where to get it
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A Fire Upon The Deep
Recommended“He has a list of his favorite sci-fi books that I've been working my way through. It's called You may have read it by Werner Vogel, Fire Upon the Deep. Have you heard of this?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Martian
“Uh it's the same author that wrote wrote Martian. Uh Martian also was made into a movie.”