Nan Yu

Product and design leader. Former Meta, where she led teams across the core product organisation. Known for the IC-first product design philosophy — the view that the best product outcomes come from individual contributors who stay close to execution rather than ascending into management too early. Developed the Extreme Version method: when testing a hypothesis, build the most extreme version first to get a clean signal. Advocates treating speed itself as a product value, not merely an operational preference.

Episodes

• Nan Yu on Speed, IC-First Product Design, and the Extreme Version Method — Lenny’s Podcast