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Frameworks for product differentiation, team building, and thinking from first principles | Ayo Omojola (Carbon Health, Cash App)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career

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Building Better and Different Products with Io Omangela

Being different or better than existing products is not enough, the product has to be better in a way that matters to the end user./nCash Out as a team prioritized providing value to the end user by offering instant money transfer./nIo Omangela is a guest on Lenny's podcast, which is focused on interviewing product leaders and growth experts.

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Ayo Omojola is Chief Product Officer at Carbon Health, one of the fastest-growing and most innovative health tech companies in the world. Previously, he was a PM leader at Cash App, where he co-created the Cash Card and scaled it to a nine-figure revenue line for Square. He’s also an angel investor in companies like Mercury, Modern Treasury, Faire, and many others. In this episode, we discuss:

• How Cash App broke through the noise and became a consumer app success story

• Why small teams are better than big ones

• Hard-won lessons on team building and hiring

• Why it’s “criminal” not to connect people in your network to things that they need

• Why you sometimes shouldn’t listen to experts

• The importance of first-principles thinking

• Advice for health tech founders

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Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/frameworks-for-product-differentiation-team-building-and-thinking-from-first-principles-ayo-omojola-carbon-health-cash-app/#transcript

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Where to find Ayo Omojola:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ay_o