Lenny Rachitsky

author of Lenny's Newsletter

Outline

For 10 years, the First Round Review has been consistently putting out some of the best actionable/tactical/useful content on the internet. My first First Round Review post changed the course of my life.

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• Firsthand: Seven Years Inside Applied Intuition, the Quietly Dominant Physical AI Company
  I joined Applied Intuition as a new-grad engineer back in early 2019, when it was just a handful of us working above a bar on Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale...
  June 03, 2026

• “AI-Powered” Isn’t a Position
  A playbook for building a distinctive brand when too many AI products sound the same, look the same and have the same positioning.
  May 14, 2026

• Why founders should bet on first-time executives | Praveer Melwani (CFO, Figma)
  In this latest episode of Executive Function, Brett sits down with Praveer Melwani, CFO at Figma. Praveer joined Figma in 2017 as the company's first...
  May 14, 2026

• Guideline's Path to Product-Market Fit — The Early Decisions That Powered Its Acquisition by Gusto
  Ten years after shaking up the retirement fund industry for SMBs, Guideline has been acquired by Gusto. Here, co-founder Kevin Busque shares the early...
  March 24, 2026

• How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product Market Fit
  Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the... November 13, 2018

• 35 Impactful Questions Managers Should Ask Themselves Regularly
  We asked top startup leaders to share the questions they ask themselves to become better managers and assembled their answers into a can't-miss... May 16, 2022

• ‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups
  Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's... September 10, 2015

• Positioning Your Startup is Vital — Here’s How to Nail It
  Arielle Jackson has experience crafting marketing campaigns at Google, Facebook and Square. This is her messaging toolbox. January 28, 2015