Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
01:19:58 · Lenny Rachitsky, Hector Serrano
[01:19:58] S0: I don't know, I don't know, I don't get a lot of those, or it's just in flex, but it does grow, and it's like wow, I didn't know that was still growing. Anyway, this was incredible. Before we get to a very exciting lightning round, is there anything else that you wanna share or anything else you wanna kinda double down on and leave listeners with? [01:20:19] S1: I guess my last point, which I have mentioned a lot is, like, I would just urge other founders out there to, like, give a chance, like, talent. And, yeah, just just find those people, believe in them, trust in them, give them opportunities. And, yeah, like, not only will they turn into some of your best a players, but also the amount of loyalty they will have to is quite incredible. And whether they stay at your company or they go go on to do other things, like, they will always be there to help you or help you bring in other young talent or guide you in the right direction when things... When new alpha is out there. And, yeah, I'm super grateful to Tanay and Daniel and the whole Wispr team for, like, taking a shot on me. And there's no better place I think I I could've I could've landed, and I'm, like, forever in debt or however you could say that, but I'm just super grateful for the for the opportunity I was given. [01:21:08] S0: That's beautiful. Well, with that, we've reached our very exciting lightning round. I've got five questions for you. [01:21:15] S1: I've seen these. I've seen these in the in the in the podcast.
01:21:15 · Hector Serrano, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:21:15] S1: I've seen these. I've seen these in the in the in the podcast. [01:21:18] S0: It won't be a surprise. Okay. Here we go. First question. What are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people?
01:21:18 · Lenny Rachitsky, Hector Serrano
[01:21:18] S0: It won't be a surprise. Okay. Here we go. First question. What are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people? [01:21:26] S1: One of my... I'm gonna give one book. I'm gonna give one really good book, which might be a a cliche one. But Naval Ravikant's Almanack. I remember reading that about two years ago or maybe a year and a half ago. And it was, like, kind of in this moment where I wasn't... Like, I was sure I wanted to do content, but I also didn't understand why it was important or why it mattered so much. And, like, I read it the first time. Didn't really make that much sense to me. And then I, like, gave you some time, and then things started to, like, line up. Like, it said kind of in the book and, like, how how how does he say it? Like, media is, like, one of the best forms of leverage because you don't have to ask for permission. It's permissionless leverage, and you can just make stuff and put it out in the Internet, and it will continue to work for you. And, like, I started to see that compounding effect over time of, like, me putting myself out there, and it's a book I continue to find myself coming back to and reading. I bought it for my little brother as well recently, and it's, like, something I'm I'm always sharing with friends and always passing on to them to read as well. And I feel like it it gives direction a lot to, like, young people as well in this crazy world that we live in. So I'd definitely say that's one of my favorite books I've I've read.
01:22:36 · Lenny Rachitsky, Hector Serrano
[01:22:36] S0: Yeah. And I've all went through this era of just sharing this profound advice on Twitter, and then you kinda slowed down, and and I love that there's a book that collects it all. And I love that. So much of advice you to, like, you see it and you're like, yeah, that's fine. And then you think back to, wow, he was so damn right. [01:22:50] S1: Have you have you read... What's it? Ego Is the Enemy? [01:22:53] S0: Is that a is that a book, or is that one of his lines? [01:22:55] S1: No. It's a it's a new book. I think I think it's called something. I was just wondering if you read it because I was interested in in in reading it. I was about to buy it. I need to go to a bookstore. There's not that many bookstores in Puerto Rico. But, yeah, I'm looking for a new book. So if anyone wants to drop some comments on the video, I'll let you know. [01:23:09] S0: Does Amazon deliver to Puerto Rico? [01:23:11] S1: Yes. But it's, like, a bit... It takes it takes a while living on the island. Everything is a lot lower... Lot slower. Less dopamine rush. And I'll get twenty four hour delivery. [01:23:21] S0: I love that. Okay. Next question. Do you have a favorite recent movie or TV show you have really enjoyed? [01:23:26] S1: I just watched the Elizabeth Holmes movie with Me too. My girlfriend. Not Yeah. I'm not gonna spoil it, but wow. That was a really good movie.
01:23:26 · Hector Serrano, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:23:26] S1: I just watched the Elizabeth Holmes movie with Me too. My girlfriend. Not Yeah. I'm not gonna spoil it, but wow. That was a really good movie. [01:23:35] S0: One thing that someone shared from the trailer, this is no spoiler, when when he's... You know that trailer when they're kinda staring at each other and he kinda puts his tongue in his mouth? Like, his mouth is kinda doing something funny? Yeah. He Turns out when he's trying not to laugh or just get break character, he puts his tongue against his molars and just presses against them to keep himself from laughing. How about that? [01:23:58] S1: I did not know that. Yeah. But it was a good movie. I liked it. [01:24:02] S0: Epic. Okay. Next question. Favorite slash most interesting AI product you're using right now, ideally not Wispr Flow. [01:24:10] S1: Honestly, I gotta... I commented under your your post the other day, Miso. I don't know. Did you end up downloading it or no? [01:24:16] S0: I just tried to check it out. It's like a travel tool. Right?
01:24:20 · Hector Serrano
[01:24:20] S1: Yeah. It's a travel agent, and I travel a lot. I think I have, like, 55 flights or 60 so far this year. Jeez. Like, 89,000 miles. And traveling is always something I'm, like, not looking forward to because it gets pretty tiring, like, having to book the flights and everything. And I recently came across this product when they launched on X, and I DM'd the founders on Instagram. Was like, yo. Get me off the wait list. Like, I wanna try this out. And ever since I downloaded it, it's now been, like, three months. Like, I can't stop using it and recommending it to friends. And, like, just an example, like, the other day, I slept through my alarm, and I missed my flight to SF from PR. And I texted... I woke up. I texted Miso. I was like, hey. I missed my flight. Can you get me on the next one? And I didn't have to do anything else. Like, took care of everything, booked me on the next flight in, like, two hours. I just chilled, didn't have to pay anything extra. Yeah. It's like it's like the best travel agent I've tried by far. Like, obviously, Instinct is is a good agent and everything, but I don't think for travel, it's anywhere as fast. And then what's also cool about MISO is they have humans on the back end that will escalate things. Like, if they... And if the agent gets stuck, they have, like, direct connections to every major airline and everything, and they can escalate things and take care of it for you. So it's like a lifesaver. I can just text now, hey. I want a flight, and and knows... And and no dissent to me, and I'll get it booked in, like, a few minutes.