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An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)

Oct 25, 2026 · 1:25:48

On Lenny's Podcast, Rob Snyder, author of The Power of Pull, argues that product-market fit means finding people with PULL—a Project, Unavoidable now, whose List of options have Limitations—who rip the product from your hands. Snyder, who has helped 50+ startups reach $1M ARR, says stake out a PULL hypothesis from firsthand immersion. He recommends founder-magic cold outreach ("Snoop Dogg invested in us"), five-call tests, and cites Jump winning financial advisors who could go to jail without CRM notes. He warns against design partners, pilots, and building first, prescribing the Hail Mary question and goblin mode—Teero's parents door-knocked dental offices. Retention means finding the X after which churn is weird—a startup is a case-study factory repeating one hell-yes customer.

Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO)

Sep 28, 2026 · 21:31

Atlassian CPO Tamar Yehoshua argues AI is expanding—not converging—product roles, making PMs 'AI builders' who must choose between rowing (coding) and steering. She walks through three Atlassian examples: a non-coding Confluence PM shipped 26 PRs in a month as Remix launched in six weeks versus six months pre-AI; the zero-to-one Rovo Claw was vibe-coded by a PM and designer until the PM shifted to steering; and Jira shipped 22 features in about 10 weeks at 3X throughput without PMs touching production code. She details Atlassian's AI Fluency Index and its quarterly AI Builder's Weeks, which have trained over 1,000 people and produced 120 new workflows. She admits no one has figured out how to measure AI-era productivity; Atlassian tracks PRs deployed and features delivered.