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Unsolicited Feedback

A product & growth podcast no one asked for.

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Unsolicited Feedback is a podcast by Reforge that invites you into closed-door conversations between growth and product leaders. Brian Balfour (Reforge, HubSpot), Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack), and friends give targeted feedback around recent features and releases across the product and growth multiverse. They make predictions about Threads and Twitter, analyze Zoom's impressive but convoluted product output, and even dissect unparalleled growth loops at LinkedIn. It’s unfiltered, unsolicited, and unlike your basic interview podcast — it’s like the expert happy-hour gossip you actually learn from.

Meet the hosts

Brian Balfour

CEO at Reforge; Formerly HubSpot, Trinity Ventures

Fareed Mosavat

Visiting Partner at a16z; Formerly Reforge, Slack, Pixar

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Episodes

AI Data Wars & Claude's Growth Loops: Who Owns the Fuel, Who Wins the Race?

Jul 15, 2025

OpenAI’s Land Grab - Are Moats Dead? How Startups Can Still Differentiate.

Jun 10, 2025

Ripple Effects: Google’s AI Mode & the New-Grad Hiring Crash

Jun 3, 2025

Everyone vs Everyone: The New Strategic Arena

May 21, 2025

The AI Memo Manifesto: Turning Executive Decrees into Product Team Velocity

May 7, 2025

The Great AI Corporate Divide and the Race for AI Context

Apr 22, 2025

Product Management In The Age of AI

Mar 5, 2025

Product Market Fit Collapse w/ Casey Winters

Jan 29, 2025

ref:AI Presents Strategies to Beat the AI S-Curve [Unsolicited Feedback Live]

Jun 27, 2024

Real-Time Feedback: Apple's WWDC 2024 w/ Aaron White & Fareed Mosavat

Jun 18, 2024

The Future of AI in Marketing, Growth & Content: Season 2 Finale (Part 2) w/ Brian Balfour, Ravi Mehta, Joff Redfern, and Fareed Mosavat

Jun 6, 2024

Key Takeaways from H1 2024 (Part 1) w/ Brian Balfour, Ravi Mehta, Joff Redfern, and Fareed Mosavat

Jun 4, 2024

Microsoft’s Game-Changing Releases: Is Windows Poised to Dominate the AI Era? w/ Kurt Schrader

May 30, 2024

Sonos' Redesign Debacle: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Product Upgrades w/ Kurt Schrader

May 28, 2024

Evaluating AI Models, Unlocking Unstructured Data, and Achieving Reliability w/ Ben Kus

May 23, 2024

Box CTO's Approach to Enterprise AI Tools & Insights from Google and OpenAI's Latest Releases w/ Ben Kus

May 21, 2024

MVPs are Officially Dead: Here's How to Launch and Find Market Fit in 2024 w/ Sachin Rekhi

May 16, 2024

Andrew Chen's Dopamine Culture Post & Its Impact on Product and Marketing Strategy w/ Sachin Rekhi

May 14, 2024

Revolutionizing Productivity: Feedback on Loom, Linear, and Even LaunchDarkly w/ Claire Vo

May 9, 2024

Building ChatPRD and 🌶️ Takes on the Future of Product Management in the AI-Era w/ Claire Vo

May 7, 2024

Critiquing Disney's Strategic Moves & Bundling Choices; Navigating the Future of Streaming w/ Mariah Muscato

May 2, 2024

Tinder's New Safety Feature Delivers More Than Just Security w/ Mariah Muscato

Apr 30, 2024

Feedback on Humane, Limitless, and AirChat: Positioning and Strategy Insights w/ Kieran Flanagan

Apr 25, 2024

The New AI Marketing Playbook Amid Google's Stumbles w/ Kieran Flanagan

Apr 23, 2024

Product Lessons from Netflix's "Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul" with Penelope Talbot-Kelly

Apr 18, 2024

Analyzing Google's Rumored HubSpot Buy & The Future of CRMs w/ Penelope Talbot-Kelly & Austin Hay

Apr 16, 2024

Erik Allebest of Chess.com: Transforming a Niche Business into a Global Phenomenon

Apr 9, 2024

Kipp Bodnar on Marketing Experiments at HubSpot and Harnessing HeyGen to Improve Conversion

Apr 4, 2024

Kipp Bodnar on LinkedIn's Gamification Gambit - Game On or Game Over?

Apr 2, 2024

Adam Nash Applies Clay Christensen’s Innovator's Dilemma to Modern Fintech

Mar 28, 2024

Adam Nash Explores the Art of Process-Strategy Fit at eBay and LinkedIn, with a Side of Diet Coke and Legos

Mar 20, 2024

Shaun Clowes Analyzes Cognition Labs' Devin & Reddit’s IPO

Mar 20, 2024

Shaun Clowes Riffs on Waymo, Legos, and Process Advancement

Mar 19, 2024

Casey Winters Dives Deep Into Prioritization, Second Product Mishaps, Meta & Square

Mar 14, 2024

Casey Winters Riffs on Whether Consumer Is Back and What It Means for Product Leaders? 🤔

Mar 12, 2024

Behzod Sirjani and Ravi Mehta Dive Deep on the EV Market Speed Bump for Apple, Rivian and Tesla

Mar 7, 2024

Behzod Sirjani & Ravi Mehta Riff on Leveraging AI to Transform Qualitative Data into Scientific Insights 🧠💡

Mar 5, 2024

Aaron White Dives Deep on Navigating AI's Horizon: Future-Proofing Products in the Age of AI

Feb 29, 2024

Aaron White (Vendr, ProfitWell) Riffs on the Future of AI

Feb 27, 2024

Real-Time Feedback: AI Tools: Flipping the Script on Creation and Generation

Feb 14, 2024

Real-Time Feedback: AI Game Changers and Flops: Emerging Insights for Transformative Product Growth

Feb 8, 2024

Advancing Your Product Career in an AI World

Feb 5, 2024

Andrew Chen Unveils Lessons from Gaming: The Power of Community, Creativity, and Storytelling

Jan 3, 2024

Andrew Chen’s 2024 Predictions: The Future of Product, Growth, and AI

Dec 26, 2023

Meghan Keaney Anderson & Mary Sheehan Cut Through the AI Clutter While Contextualizing the Latest From Google’s Gemini

Dec 12, 2023

Nabeel Hyatt's Lessons from His 2023 Wrapped, Midjourney's Unique Growth Loops, and Google's AI Crisis

Dec 5, 2023

Chris Savage Analyzes InVision's Downfall, Reviews Humane’s Product Reveal, and Discusses the OpenAI Drama

Nov 28, 2023

Laura Schaffer Dissects Cameo's Rise and Fall; Plus New Benchmarks for Companies in 2024

Nov 21, 2023

Cem Kansu Analyzes the Implications of OpenAI's DevDay and Airbnb's Release Strategy

Nov 14, 2023

Austin Hay Examines What's Next for HubSpot's Newest Acquisition, Clearbit; Plus a Defense of Freemium

Nov 9, 2023

Darius Contractor Joins to Unpack Arc's Viral Loops and Show the Slack Redesign Haters They’re Wrong

Nov 2, 2023

Crystal Widjaja unlocks the secrets of unmeasurable metrics and extracts lessons from Convoy's downfall!

Oct 26, 2023

Patrick Campbell Joins for a Growth Model Breakdown of Loom, Plus Patrick Campbell’s Pricing Corner

Oct 19, 2023

Claire Vo Tackles Monetization Strategy for AI Businesses and Protecting the Super ICs in Product

Oct 12, 2023

Joff Redfern Discusses AI's Onboarding Conundrum & Adobe's Web-First Photoshop

Oct 5, 2023

Elena Verna Analyzes Airtable’s Shift to Enterprise and Slack’s Product Roadmap

Sep 28, 2023

Ravi Mehta Analyzes the Switching Costs from Jira to Linear, Plus Unity's Pricing Faux Pas

Sep 21, 2023

Casey Winter's Take on HubSpot's Product Announcements, the Creator Economy & the Future of Marketplaces

Sep 19, 2023

Figma for Devs, Zoom’s COVID product strategy, and Twitter Creator Payouts

Sep 14, 2023

Introducing Unsolicited Feedback

Sep 7, 2023

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