Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2025-11-13
Lenny Rachitsky & Grant Lee: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
“Dumbest idea I’ve heard” to $100M ARR: Inside the rise of Gamma | Grant Lee (CEO)
Grant Lee is the co-founder of Gamma, the AI-powered presentation tool that’s one of the hottest and most interesting AI startups in the world right now. They’re valued at over $2 billion, and they hit $100 million ARR in just over two years, with a lean team of just around 30 people.
Lenny Rachitsky recommended Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t by Steven Pressfield. Grant Lee recommended Shoe Dog by Phil Knight and 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
Recommended“The book I always point people to when they're want when they're struggling with this sort of thing and like, "Okay, I did this and no one like no one cared. It didn't do any good is there's a book by uh Scott Presfield, I think is his name, uh called Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit."”
Where to get it
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Shoe Dog
Recommended“Pre-product market fit, I would say, is Shoe Dog, which is written by Phil Knight, founder of Nike. And you know he talks about two things like one you should tra chase your sort of crazy ideas but these are these should be ideas you're you're you're passionate about”
Where to get it
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7 Powers
Recommended“Postp productduct market fit there's a book called seven powers by Hamilton Helmer where I think when you think about how to build a durable business there's so much in there. I think there's a lot that you can kind of read and reread”
Where to get it
