Unsolicited Feedback

About Unsolicited Feedback

Tired of interview podcasts? Us too. That's why we created Unsolicited Feedback - the podcast that should have come out 5 years ago, but we're making it anyway. In this podcast, Brian Balfour (Reforge, HubSpot), Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack) and friends provide unfiltered feedback on the products they actually use, along with key product lessons. Essentially, we're taking the conversations that happen between experts at invite-only happy-hours and delivering them to the podcast platform of your choice. Although no one asked for their opinions, they're sharing them. It's like eating Goodles when you want Kraft Mac n Cheese, or Olipop when you want Pepsi - it feels wrong, yet so right. Each week, they analyze recent announcements, features, and releases across product and growth. The hosts make predictions about where Threads and Twitter will be in a year, and analyze unparalleled growth loops at LinkedIn. They give respect where it's due, but also deliver tear-downs when the writing’s on the wall. Sorry, not sorry!

Publisher

Brian Balfour & Fareed Mosavat

Category

business · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

10 Sept 2023

Latest episode

14 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

49 of 65 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   OpenAI’s Triple Threat: ChatGPT Apps, AgentKit, and Sora

   Brian Balfour interviews Ravi Mehta and Adam Fishman about OpenAI's new platforms, including ChatGPT apps and Sora, exploring their impact on product design and the competitive landscape for tech giants.

2. 

   30 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Credit Anxiety: When Nobody Knows What AI Really Costs

   Brian Balfour and Aaron White examine the shift to credit-based pricing models in the AI industry and the implications of widespread adoption of similar agent platforms, discussing the potential impact on consumers.

3. 

   11 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Decoding Atlassian's $610M Acquisition Of The Browser Company

   Brian and Fareed analyze Atlassian's $610 million acquisition of The Browser Company and OpenAI's acquisition of Statsig, revealing the strategic product thinking behind these surprising deals.

Inside a recent episode

OpenAI’s Triple Threat: ChatGPT Apps, AgentKit, and Sora

Published 14 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah. So you have to find the arbitrage opportunities, right? And that's where the most creative kind of breakthroughs come from. The second thing I wanted to say is kind of as I mentioned in the previous conversation is there's a bunch of folks kind of looking at this being like, no, like what does this mean? I don't want to participate in this game. And I just double down and say there is no opting out of this game. You do not want competitors to be earlier to the platform. They will gain not just in the incremental amount more of the benefit, but probably about a 10 X more about around the benefit. […]

Who has been a guest on Unsolicited Feedback

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ravi Mehta
• Adam Fishman
• Shaun Clowes
• Casey Winters
• Andrew Chen

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

44 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

118 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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Quality

84

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

98

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