The best of the ProducTea with Leah
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The best articles by views written since I started this Substack - they are all about how to make great products happen:
Top Guides
These guides were loved by the community the most—one of them has even been included in a University curriculum!
Top Articles
These articles are a home for my thoughts that do not fit into a LinkedIn Post but deliver value in under five minutes.
Can you, or *should* you do product-led growth / sales?
Should you, or more importantly, can you do product-led growth/sales? Let's map it out: It should surprise no one but doing product-led growth is more involved than just deciding to do it. While it is “easier” for some startups a lot of more mature organizations struggle to even comprehend what it means.
Forming Habits & Word of Mouth
Let’s have some fun with understanding habit and how to maximize the strongest acquisition driver out of it: Word of Mouth.
The skill that gets you fired or promoted: managing up
I have a problem on my list today because someone else (whom I pay) promised me something weeks ago and didn’t warn me that they couldn’t deliver in time. I’m out of options and time.
Here's how you don't become that person:
Top Entrepreneur Articles
3,000$/h - from free value to my insane hourly rates
I have transparent pricing on my substack for almost everything I do.
Two things have happened since then, and they are all around the 3,000$/h rate that I list for my advising side of the business:
To Let A Good Thing Die - Closing down a company
In 2021, I started to write an article on LinkedIn. It was called “To Let a Good Thing Die - Closing down a company.” I was in the middle of closing down my brick-and-mortar store, a board gaming business. This was emotionally difficult for me because it felt like admitting defeat. I was no stranger to failed ventures, but this one hit me differently. I almost burned out on something that was supposed to give me joy.
Top Podcast Episodes
S2E17: Leah & Elena Verna - How to Solopreneur
Season 2 of the ProducTea! Elena Verna joins me to openly gossip about our diverse income streams: Advisory, consulting, and everything else in that word salad. We both dive into our different modes of engagement with an emphasis on what the ideal duration and conditions are for each of them.
51: Julie Zhuo - Authentic Leadership
The ProducTea Season 4 is here, and we’re starting it with a friend I admire and respect highly: Julie Zhuo, Co-Founder @ Sundial, Author of THE MAKING OF A MANAGER, ex-VP Design @ FB Summary Intuition and hiring is an uncomfortable topic. We should be rational, have reasons for why we choose to work with someone or not. When should we trust our gut feeli…
42: Jason Fried - Finding yourself in business
Jason Fried, Co-founder and CEO of 37signals (Basecamp with a valuation of 100 billion, no really), is one of the most positive, successful, forward-looking people that I got to know. He doesn’t care about retros and dwelling on the past and constantly pulls forward without looking too much at what other…