Countdown of the top 10 episodes of the year
December 29, 2022
AI Summary
5 min readThis episode ranks Lenny's top 10 most-downloaded episodes from his first 50, sharing clips that highlight actionable advice on product strategy, growth tactics, career challenges, and leadership from guests like April Dunford, Crystal Widjaja, Julie Zhuo, and others.
Product Positioning Against Alternatives
April Dunford (10th) outlines positioning starting with competitive alternatives: status quo (e.g., spreadsheets, losing 40% of B2B deals to "no decision") and shortlisted rivals. Map unique capabilities to differentiated value themes, define best-fit customers who prioritize that value, and choose a market category where the value is obvious. This ensures claims beat alternatives rather than generic benefits.
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What you'll learn
- 1 **[00:03] Podcast Intro & Milestone Recap**
- 2 **[03:15] #10: Positioning Framework (April Dunford Clip)**
- 3 **[07:17] #9: Why Analytics Efforts Fail (Crystal Widjaja Clip)**
- 4 **[11:43] #8: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome (Julie Zhou Clip)**
- 5 **[19:14] #7: Eigenquestions & PSHE Framework (Shishir Mehrotra Clips)**
- 6 **[27:10] #6: Three Bs of Behavior Change (Kristen Berman Clip)**
- 7 **[34:00] #5: Product-Led Growth & Freemium Strategy (Unnamed Clip)**
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Show Notes
If you ever wanted to distill 3,310 hours of knowledge into 60 minutes, then this episode is for you. For the last 6 months, Lenny’s Podcast has been downloaded more than 2 million times and is now a top 10 technology podcast across both Apple and Spotify. And in this special episode, I’m breaking down the top 10 most downloaded episodes, plus sharing my favorite lessons from each. It's unlike anything I've done before, and I hope you love it. Happy holidays, happy new year, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for listening, sharing, and for supporting the podcast. I’ll see you in 2023!
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The 10 most downloaded episodes of 2022:
* April Dunford on Lenny’s Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/april-dunford-on-product-positioning-segmentation-and-optimizing-your-sales-process/
* Crystal Widjaja on Lenny’s Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/how-to-scrappily-hire-for-measure-and-unlock-growth-crystal-widjaja-gojek-and-kumu/
* Julie Zhuo on Lenny’s Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/julie-zhuo-on-accelerating-your-career-impostor-syndrome-writing-building-product-sense-using-intuition-vs-data-hiring-designers-and-moving-into-management/
* Shishir Mehrotra on Lenny’s Podcast: More from this podcast