Episode

Thinking beyond frameworks | Casey Winters (Pinterest, Eventbrite, Airbnb, Tinder, Reddit, Grubhub)

Casey Winters, a growth advisor who has worked with Pinterest, Reddit, Airbnb, Grubhub, and Eventbrite, discusses the 'zero interest rate phenomenon' product manager who over-relies on research and frameworks instead of shipping to learn, and how he interviews PMs by testing real decision-making under uncertainty. He also explains founder intuition versus team expertise, the three types of network effects, why DoorDash and Uber Eats disrupted Grubhub's asset-light model, and why consumer subscription businesses are so hard to sustain.