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Product Pass

By Lenny Rachitsky

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Maintain Noise in the Market

Ship every day and talk about it constantly so the product feels alive — with tiered big launches on top

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Minimum Lovable Product

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Model Casting by Personality

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Non-Violent Communication (OFNR) for Difficult Conversations

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One-Page Plan and Operating Rhythm

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Root-Cause Tooling Post-Mortem

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The AI-as-CTO Persona Project

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The Enthusiastic Rehire Test

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The Exposure-Therapy Tool On-Ramp

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The Incognito Cry Test

Go through your own product as an anonymous customer, find what makes you cry, and buy an agent to fix that.

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The Lead-Rich Audit

You don't need SaaStr's scale—count your website visitors and untouched CRM leads to see you're already lead-rich.

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The Learning-Opportunity Command

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The Product-Market Fit Treadmill

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Three Levels of Listening

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