Linear CEO: Building products yields two things—the product and the learning
lennysan · x · 2026-10-09
Linear CEO Karri Saarinen argues that making products produces two outputs: the product itself, and the learning about what the problem is and what customers want. He warns that in the current AI era there's a real danger of losing that direct connection with the learning, as founders increasingly delegate the building process.
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