If you’re a premium subscriber • Add the private feed to your podcast app at add.lennysreads.com About Colin Matthews was a longtime PM and is the creator of my favorite AI prototyping course, AI Prototyping for Product Managers . He already has two posts in my all-time top 10 — and I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes his third. In this post, Colin shares his hands-on playbook for turning AI prototyping from scattered experiments into a repeatable, team-wide workflow. In this episode, you’ll learn • Colin’s go-to template prompt for rapid prototyping • A six-step guide for shipping fast • How to build reusable component libraries for high-quality mocks • Three tactics to generate better components • What “baselines and forks” are and how they streamline workflows • Where prototypes fit into the product development lifecycle • Common mistakes teams make with AI tooling • Plus: time-saving prompts, tool comparisons, and a better way to add your logo Referenced • Read this post • AI prototyping for product managers • A guide to AI prototyping for product managers • Become a more technical product manager • Bolt • Book a place in Colin’s free 45-minute live online class , coming up on July 8th • Book a place in Colin’s AI Prototyping for Product Managers , which kicks off again on June 30th (use code LENNYSLIST to get $100 off) • Book Colin for one-day team workshops • Cursor • Figma’s MCP • Magic Patterns • Unsplash • v0 Subscribe: YouTube | Apple | Spotify Follow Lenny: Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Podcast Follow Colin: LinkedIn To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com
