How to validate your startup idea - by Todd Jackson

👋 Hey, Lenny here! Welcome to a ✨ monthly free edition ✨ of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, working with humans, and anything else that’s stressing you out about work. If you’re not a subscriber, here’s what you missed this month: What is a good growth rate Preparing for a PM interview Open thread: How is your product org organized? Subscribed Committing to a startup idea is possibly the most consequential decision you’ll ever make. It’ll impact everything they do for the next 1 to 50 years, and either lead you to fame and fortune or a brick wall to endlessly bang your head against. No pressure. To help you navigate this critical time, Todd Jackson (partner at First Round Capital) spent 2+ months researching, interviewing, and synthesizing lessons from some of today’s most exciting companies to understand what gave them the confidence to commit to their idea. Below you’ll learn how these companies come up with their ide

👋 Hey, Lenny here! Welcome to a ✨ monthly free edition ✨ of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, working with humans, and anything else that’s stressing you out about work. If you’re not a subscriber, here’s what you missed this month: What is a good growth rate Preparing for a PM interview Open thread: How is your product org organized? Subscribed Committing to a startup idea is possibly the most consequential decision you’ll ever make. It’ll impact everything they do for the next 1 to 50 years, and either lead you to fame and fort