Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2023-09-21

Lenny Rachitsky & Itamar Gilad: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast

Becoming evidence-guided | Itamar Gilad (Gmail, YouTube, Microsoft)

6 books · With Itamar Gilad · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Itamar Gilad recommended Inspired by Marty Cagan, EMPOWERED by Marty Cagan and others, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Lean Enterprise by Jez Humble and others, Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll and others, and Running Lean by Ash Maurya.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Inspired

    Marty Cagan · at 1:07:14

    Inspired by Marty Cagan is a widely respected product management guide that outlines how successful tech companies structure teams and build products that customers genuinely love.

    Recommended
    “one is the series published by s3pg Silicon Valley Pro product group so inspired empowered now I think transformed this has come out I haven't read it yet but I'm sure it's amazing”
    Where to get it
  2. EMPOWERED

    Marty Cagan; Chris Jones · at 1:07:14

    Recommended
    “one is the series published by s3pg Silicon Valley Pro product group so inspired empowered now I think transformed this has come out I haven't read it yet but I'm sure it's amazing”
    Where to get it
  3. The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · at 1:07:36

    The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business and management guide focused on how entrepreneurs can use continuous innovation to create radically successful companies through validated learning and minimum viable products.

    Recommended
    “the other series a bit older this is the lens series The Lynn Stout Upland Enterprise lean analytics there's gold in all these books Linux really really important books”
    Where to get it
  4. Lean Enterprise

    Jez Humble; Joanne Molesky; Barry O'Reilly · at 1:07:36

    Recommended
    “the other series a bit older this is the lens series The Lynn Stout Upland Enterprise lean analytics there's gold in all these books Linux really really important books”
    Where to get it
  5. Lean Analytics

    Alistair Croll; Benjamin Yoskovitz · at 1:07:36

    Recommended
    “the other series a bit older this is the lens series The Lynn Stout Upland Enterprise lean analytics there's gold in all these books Linux really really important books”
    Where to get it
  6. Running Lean

    Ash Maurya · at 1:07:51

    Running Lean by Ash Maurya is a practical business guide that applies lean startup principles to help entrepreneurs systematically test their assumptions, validate business ideas, and build products customers actually want.

    Recommended
    “a running Lane that's another example”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Evidence-Guided
“idmar is a product coach author speaker and former long time product manager at Google where you worked on Gmail identity and YouTube he also just published an awesome new book called evidence guided creating high impact products in the face of uncertainty”
Plugged Evidence-Guided
“so you took that experience and all the experience you've had from coaching product leaders working with companies and you wrote this book called evidence guided which people on YouTube could see sitting there behind you and so I want to talk through some of these stories and then some of these other lessons and Frameworks that emerged”