Ramit Arora

@henrythe9ths So much more fun for the CTOs to skip the constant status update meetings and go build something real all over again 😊

Something strange is happening in tech. CTOs of billion dollar companies are quitting to take IC roles at Anthropic. Workday CTO -> MTS (Mar 2026) You[.]com CTO -> MTS (Mar 2026) Instagram CTO -> MTS (Jan 2026) Box CTO -> MTS (Dec 2025) Super[.]com CTO -> MTS (July 2025) Adept AI CTO -> MTS (Jan 2025) The mission is that real.

@fivosaresti GTME .. great 🪝

Companies are going to start paying GTM Engineers $150K+/year. They can do it all: 1. Set up email infrastructure 2. Build targeted lists 3. Enrich data from multiple sources 4. Score leads into tiers 5. Route leads to reps 6. Run automated outbound 7. Build awareness scores 8. Orchestrate inbound systems That said... I put together a full cheatsheet that covers the entire role from start to finish... • Strategy plays for warm, signal-based, and cold outreach. • Data aggregation across CRM, 1st party, 2nd party, 3rd party, and database sources. • Data enrichment workflows to filter, normalize, score, qualify, and segment. • Data activation across outbound, RevOps, content, and ads. Plus full outbound and inbound sales workflow breakdowns... KPIs for production, distribution, and conversion... And a curated book list to go deeper. Whether you're a GTM engineer, sales leader, or founder doing outbound yourself... This is the only reference guide you need. If you want it for free: Comment "GTME" And I'll send it over ASAP. PS - This cheat sheet includes 20+ tools, 8 book recommendations, and frameworks used by top GTM teams generating millions in pipeline.

@JulianGoldieSEO Yes

I compiled 200+ n8n automation templates you can copy & paste into your business or sell to other companies. Just straight plug-and-play systems for: – Lead gen -Content creation – Email outreach – CRM updates – AI workflows – Slack/Discord bots … and more. LIKE + REPLY “YES” and I’ll send it over. This is completely FREE. Don't even want your email.

@dimitarangg CLAWDBOT

i found a way to book 60 calls/mo with clawdbot it automates cold outreach on X + email + linkedin i put this method into a 73-page doc going over: - the full setup (vps/security/automation) - weekly deployment blueprint - my exact outreach scripts like + comment "CLAWDBOT" and i'll send it to you (must be following + RT for priority) deleting this in 48h

@jspujji GA

I recently spoke to a marketer who ran a $40M brand with just two designers and ONE AI process: He gave me and my team a masterclass on using AI to scale marketing and creative. Most brands use one tool with a bad prompt and hope it will solve all their problems. He chains 7 different tools together for: ideation, image creation, video editing, and iterating based on performance. ALL using AI and two offshore designers. I paid him 6-figures to build these systems for my companies. Now, I’m giving them away for free. Repost + Reply “GA” to get the guide in your DMs.

@lennysan Thanks Lenny for the generosity. This will help refresh so many topics.

Here's all of my transcripts if you want to try this at home dropbox.com/scl/fo/wbdrbwz…

Testing out the new Claude Cowork. I asked it to go through every Lenny's Podcast episode and pull out the 10 most important themes and lessons for product builders. Then, the 10 most counterintuitive truths. I gave it access to a folder with 320 transcripts. First, it said "This is a substantial task - 320 podcast transcripts to analyze!" 15 minutes later... The 10 most Important themes from Lenny's Podcast 1. Activation Is Everything — Slack's "2,000 messages" moment, Gamma's 30-second magic. Get users to value fast. 2. Storytelling as a Superpower — Compelling narratives align organizations better than documents. 3. Positioning Is Strategy, Not Marketing — April Dunford's 5-step framework that starts with competitive alternatives, not messaging. 4. Product Discovery Before Delivery — Teresa Torres' Opportunity Solution Trees and Marty Cagan's Four Risks framework. Talk to customers weekly, not quarterly. 5. Ruthless Prioritization — Shreyas Doshi's LNO Framework (Leverage/Neutral/Overhead) and focusing on opportunity cost over ROI. 6. AI is Transforming Product Development — Model maximalism, evals as core PM skill, CEOs becoming ICs again. 7. Empowered Teams vs. Feature Factories — Marty Cagan's distinction: give teams problems to solve, not features to build. 8. Build Your Operating System — Claire Hughes Johnson's framework for founding documents, operating cadence, and decision frameworks. 9. Pre-Mortems and Risk Anticipation — Shreyas Doshi's technique to surface failure modes before they happen. 10. Small Teams, Outsized Impact — Jason Fried's 2-person/6-week constraints, Shopify's pair programming culture. The 10 most counterintuitive truths: 1. Fear Gives Bad Advice—Do the Opposite — Whatever you're afraid to do (hard conversation, telling the board bad news) is exactly what you should do. 2. Adding Friction Can INCREASE Conversion — Adding personalization questions to signup improved Amplitude's conversion by 5%. 3. Fewer Features = More Value — The Walkman succeeded because Sony REMOVED recording. QuickBooks wins with half the features at double the price. 4. Adding People Makes You Slower (Absolutely) — Companies produce MORE total output after layoffs. Coordination overhead is the silent killer. 5. What Customers Say They Want Is Meaningless — 93% said they wanted energy-efficient homes. Nobody bought them. "Bitchin' ain't switchin'." 6. Goals Are Not Strategy—They're the Opposite — Richard Rumelt says confusing goals for strategy is the most common strategic error. OKRs are often just wish lists. 7. Don't A/B Test Your Big Bets — Instagram and Airbnb actively reject testing for transformational changes. You can't A/B test your way to greatness. 8. Your Gut IS Data — Intuition is compressed experiential learning that isn't statistically significant yet. Don't discount it. 9. By the Time You're Thinking About Quitting, It's Too Late — Stewart Butterfield killed Glitch while it was still growing 6-7% weekly. That's why he could start Slack. 10. Most PMs Are Overpaid and Unnecessary — Marty Cagan himself says feature teams don't need PMs. Nikita Bier calls PM "not real." Nice job @claudeai

@portiachen25347 @paulg Well said

They didn't raise a Seed Round; they inadvertently raised an Endowment. Trading expensive Equity for risk-free Bond yields is technically a capital allocation error, but strategically, it buys the most expensive asset of all: Infinite Runway. They are now Default Alive by financial engineering, not PMF

I talked to a startup today that had been forced to take so much from investors and whose expenses were so low that they could put the money in bonds and fund their operations off the interest. I told them they should.

@Zephyr_hg Ideas

I spent weeks researching 2025's hottest AI opportunities. Found 50 business ideas that actually make money using current tech. Each idea includes revenue paths, MVP scope, and exact tech stack needed. Perfect for solopreneurs ready to capitalize on the AI boom before everyone else catches on. Skip months of market research and failed experiments. Comment "IDEAS" and I'll DM it to you (must be following)

@mikefutia SORA

Sora 2 API + n8n is genuinely insane 🤯 This AI system creates unlimited UGC videos using n8n + the new Sora 2 API. Fully automated. Zero watermarks. HD quality. Game changer for e-commerce brands & creative agencies scaling content production. Most teams spend $10k+/month on influencer content... But now with the Sora 2 API: Drop a single product photo → generate 50+ HD videos with zero watermarks → own full commercial rights → pay a few bucks per video. Here's the workflow: → Drop product image into n8n form → Write your creative brief + choose video length → Sora 2 API generates HD UGC content automatically → Creates unboxings, demos, lifestyle clips & product showcases → Videos delivered instantly with ZERO watermarks 100% built in n8n. Production-ready quality. Want the complete n8n workflow? > Comment "SORA" > Like this post And I'll send it over (must be following so I can DM)

@NanFlorin2 122k

Built ai ad agents with: sora2. nano banana. higgsfield. veo3. what agencies charge $20k+ for… and take 6 weeks to deliver… now takes minutes and costs cents last month those agents pulled $122k this month we’re scaling toward $830k/month 200+ ads daily. flawless avatars. zero agency fees. rt + comment "122k" and i’ll dm you the system (must follow for dm)

@Zephyr_hg Ideas

I spent weeks researching 2025's hottest AI opportunities. Found 50 business ideas that actually make money using current tech. Each idea includes revenue paths, MVP scope, and exact tech stack needed. Perfect for solopreneurs ready to capitalize on the AI boom before everyone else catches on. Skip months of market research and failed experiments. Comment "IDEAS" and I'll DM it to you (must be following)

I am encouraged that the government finally wants to build something. But this effort will fail just like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Ottawa thinks the only way to build is to fund banks and pension funds. That’s because Ottawa is controlled by people who do not understand the real economy. If you want housing, don’t fund banks. Cut regulations. Make it easier to build. If you want data centers, don’t fund banks. Cut regulations. Make it easier to build. Affordable and consistent access to energy should be Canada’s winning strategy. But because we have made it impossible to build, no one wants to build in Canada.

In part two of our @SubClubHQ series with Microsoft's @ramitarora, @drbarnard explores how the Microsoft 365 team approaches ASO & experimentation for the @apppromotion London audience. 🎙️

Next Thursday (the 25th) I’ll be in London for @apppromotion and chatting with @ramitarora about his work growing Microsoft’s app business. Spoiler: it’s run a bit like a startup inside a larger company (Microsoft 365) inside the largest company in the world (Microsoft).

The Met Gala attendees as your startup colleagues, a thread:

@emollick Spot on!

7) Also, despite some chatter, historically California’s tax rates have not led to mass exits of the rich to other states, as this paper studying the effects of tax hikes in California has found.

I think the predictions of the death of Silicon Valley are way overstated: 1) the value of industry clusters like the Valley are huge: "a firm would need orders of magnitude more VC funding in order to compensate for the benefits of being in a specialized product cluster" 1/5

If this gets 20k likes, we’ll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy.

@Schwieb Deepest Condolences Erik. May her soul rest in peace.

Just wow!

@MarkosStavrou @tnachen Ex-founders make for great investors. Try to find an idea to work on the side (a real problem that you face), do market analysis, build a MVP and find investor to pitch/raise funding! You may fail but would start to see how the pieces fit together.

@tnachen Thanks for all this information!! I’m interested in one day also investing in startups. Currently in high school looking to go to college, what degree do you believe would be the most helpful to posses ?

Recently I've passed the 60 mark of amount of startups I've invested in (both via fund and personal), lots of small checks and all of them are quite early, but wanted to jot down few things I learned so far: 1) As many people have mentioned, you don’t truly know what is going to