Question 1

What are the key takeaways from Sanchan Saxena's episode on Lenny's Podcast?

Accepted Answer

1. Rapid recovery matters more than perfect planning -- the real genius is what you do when things go wrong, not dotting every i before getting started. 2. Gut and intuition are data that is not yet statistically significant -- don't discount your instincts just because you can't prove them yet with numbers. 3. Start with intentionality, not A/B tests -- know where you want to go first, then use experimentation to find the fastest route there. 4. Hire for content over process -- people who know what to build and when are far more correlated with startup success than people who know how to run a process. 5. In a crisis, dissolve sub-teams and shift from feature obsession to belief obsession -- rally everyone around first-principles conviction that the future you are building is possible.

Question 2

What does Sanchan Saxena say about crisis-management and intuition-vs-data?

Accepted Answer

"Things start to materialize when you actually take steps to do something. My biggest advice to people is, oftentimes the analysis paralysis of dotting every eye, crossing every tee sometimes chokes you out of opportunities. When you find something that gives you energy, just jump in with both feet." - Sanchan Saxena "You got to learn the art and the science of product management early on in your career. There's an art piece to it and then there's a science piece to it. If you become too scientific, you miss out on opportunities because you can't see those opportunities using the scientific method of discovery, because they're too tiny or they're so farfetched that people cannot even understand them." - Sanchan Saxena "The real genius isn't to dot every eye, to cross every team before you get started. The real genius is, what do you do when shit goes wrong? And I believe rapid recovery is the key to success. What you do, how quickly you can recover from failure becomes really important." - Sanchan Saxena

Question 3

What are Sanchan Saxena's views on crisis-management, intuition-vs-data, intentionality?

Accepted Answer

Sanchan Saxena: "The real genius isn't to dot every eye, to cross every team before you get started. The real genius is, what do you do when shit goes wrong? And I believe rapid recovery is the key to success. What you do, how quickly you can recover from failure becomes really important." Sanchan Saxena: "I felt like a 4,000 people company was operating as a four people company and a 40 people company, which is one team, no sub-teams, everybody rowing in the same direction. And that was really important."

Sanchan Saxena

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Sanchan Saxena

Why Uber’s CPO delivers food on weekends | Sachin Kansal

Sanchan Saxena

Why Uber’s CPO delivers food on weekends | Sachin Kansal

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Sanchan Saxena

Why Uber’s CPO delivers food on weekends | Sachin Kansal