How Linear builds product - by Lenny Rachitsky
Karri Saarinen, co-founder and CEO, on taste over metrics, product teams over product managers, strategy over OKRs, plus craft, profitability, and ownership
How Linear builds product Karri Saarinen, co-founder and CEO, on taste over metrics, product teams over product managers, strategy over OKRs—and the importance of craft, profitability, and good judgment Lenny Rachitsky Sep 26, 2023 ∙ Paid 316 6 22 Share 👋 Hey, I’m Lenny and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Subscribe Linear is a story I’ve been wanting to tell for a long time. Not only are they the #1 most requested startup for me to include in this serie
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