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Adam Fishman

Executive in Residence / Advisor @ Reforge

Former growth exec at Lyft, Patreon, Imperfect Foods, and Mozilla. Now advises startups on growth and product strategy via Reforge.

β€œBuilding a high-performing growth team, covering growth systems, team leadership, and career development.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
ReforgeExecutive in Residence~2021-present
MozillaInterim SVP of New Products~2021
Imperfect FoodsChief Product and Growth Officer~2020-2021
PatreonVP Product and Growth~2018-2020
LyftHead of Growth~2016-2018

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β€œSure. I'm setting my timer for 45 seconds.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

4:50
β€œIt is fishmanafnewsletter.com. I am blessed with great initials that allow me to have that name for a newsletter.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

5:39
β€œWell, I'm pretty busy, but it is a bit of a revolving door, so there's always some pipeline. So even if I can't work with folks right now, sometimes it makes sense for me to work with them a few month...”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

5:58
β€œNo, no, there was not. It was delicious.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

7:18
β€œI did. We talked a bit about that journey and I asked him some questions about how he prepared for the role and stuff like that. And so yeah, it was pretty fun. We swapped some stories and stuff. So y...”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

9:26
β€œI see that. I do see that. That's awesome. Way to go, mom.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

9:48
β€œYeah, it sounds great. I've also chosen some bad companies in my time too, so we can talk about the good, the bad and the ugly.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

10:27
β€œ... Second career. Yeah, actually, announcing today I'm pivoting the newsletter to just talk about therapy and psychology.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

19:37
β€œYeah. I think that's a great example. Seeking the solution in a customer interview is never going to work, right? You seek to understand and then you take that away and you can think through what the ...”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

21:04
β€œ... and I'll try to be a little more brief on that.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

21:25
β€œOne of the challenges of hiring a senior person is that they're all off writing newsletters and making podcast.”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

26:19
β€œNot that we know anybody who does that or anything, but-”
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Adam Fishman

How to build a high-performing growth team | Adam Fishman (Patreon, Lyft, Imperfect Foods)

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