Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2024-04-07

Lenny Rachitsky & Claire Vo: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast (Apr 2024)

Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, Optimizely, ChatPRD)

4 books · With Claire Vo · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Claire Vo is the chief product officer at LaunchDarkly and the founder of ChatPRD, likely the most popular PM-specific AI product out there. Before LaunchDarkly, she was a longtime chief product officer at Color and Optimizely.

Claire Vo recommended The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick, High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil, Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson, and Circe by Madeline Miller.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Mom Test

   Rob Fitzpatrick · at 39:30

   The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick is a concise startup guide that teaches entrepreneurs how to validate business ideas and conduct effective customer discovery interviews without eliciting misleading flattery.

   Recommended

   “it's am I reading my seven-year-old and my four-year-old books of my grandma's a software engineer you know books are called the mom test which I actually think is like a great book”

   Claire Vo Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, O… 2024-04-07 Listen at 39:30

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
2. 

   High Growth Handbook

   Elad Gil · at 1:19:42

   Why people recommend it: This comprehensive reference guide serves as an operational manual for scaling early-stage startups from small teams into massive, enduring enterprises.

   Recommended

   “high growth handbook I I love and I like scaling people so these are two books that the reason why I recommend them to people is because they have solid Playbook answers”

   Claire Vo Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, O… 2024-04-07 Listen at 1:19:42

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
3. 

   Scaling People

   Claire Hughes Johnson · at 1:19:48

   Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson is a practical management and company-building guide written by a former Stripe executive to help leaders navigate everyday organizational challenges.

   Recommended

   “I I love and I like scaling people so these are two books that the reason why I recommend them to people is because they have solid Playbook answers to like 80 90% of kind of everyday leadership scaling people questions”

   Claire Vo Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, O… 2024-04-07 Listen at 1:19:48

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
4. 

   Circe

   Madeline Miller · at 1:20:17

   Circe by Madeline Miller is a lyrical fiction retelling of the Greek myth that reframes the classic Odyssey story from the perspective of the exiled witch Circe.

   Recommended

   “novel and then one on the fiction side that I've been recommending is Cersei which is a retelling of um cersei's story from her perspective and it's it's like a great reading”

   Claire Vo Bending the universe in your favor | Claire Vo (LaunchDarkly, Color, O… 2024-04-07 Listen at 1:20:17

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon