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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Colin Bryar and Bill Carr · 2021
Mentioned 10 times across 3 podcasts · 2023–2026
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Mention timeline6 mentions
20232026
Where it's mentioned Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · 6×
2026
Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jun 2026 · 44:58
“there's a whole book on working backwards that goes really deep on this approach ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
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2025
Inside monday.com’s transformation: radical transparency, impact over output, and their path to $1B ARR | Daniel Lereya (Chief Product and Technology Officer)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Apr 2025 · 32:04
“there's a whole book called working backwards from their pr approach ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
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2024
Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jan 2024 · 29:15
“i know you talked to my old boss bill carr who were working backwards yeah what i don't know is if he shared with you that after he published it he actually realized there were ha there was a better title he wishes that he had called the book the invention machine ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 16s
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2023
Product lessons from Waymo | Shweta Shrivastava (Waymo, Amazon, Cisco)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Apr 2023 · 30:43
“there's a book there's a whole book called working backwards now yeah yeah ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
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Building your product strategy stack | Ravi Mehta (Tinder, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Outpace)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jan 2023 · 75:52
“i also really like working backwards i think amazon has such a unique way of going about building product ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
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What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jan 2023 · 38:16
“i was just reading that like um working backwards book about amazon ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
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