LinguaLeap Assumption Card October 31, 2025 LinguaLeap Assumption Test Cards We selected our three core assumptions to systematically de-risk LinguaLeap across desirability, viability, and feasibility – the three lenses that… Continue Reading
BUSINESS: Eager Sellers Stony Buyers October 31, 2025 While reading this article, I learned about the “9x effect,” a framework that explains why innovative products often fail despite offering real improvements. The… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Purchase Intent — E-commerce Checkout October 31, 2025 Amazon is all about speed. Their one-click checkout is designed to get you from “I want this” to “I bought this” as fast as… Continue Reading
Search In Netflix, Youtube and Airbnb October 31, 2025 NOTE: I ADDED IMAGES BUT IT KEPT DELETING THE WHOLE POST SO THERE ARE NO MORE IMAGES SORRY Netflix is recommendation-heavy. They usually promote… Continue Reading
Would I accept a Job at Facebook? October 31, 2025 This was a question I thought a lot about this summer, while I worked at the Menlo Park office of a SAAS company, which… Continue Reading
Protected: Discovery Patterns – Search & Browse October 31, 2025 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups – Search and Browse October 31, 2025 Netflix Netflix’s recommendation heavy algorithm serves the primary function of maximizing users’ watch time. By indexing heavily on previous user tastes/tendencies and what’s currently… Continue Reading
Discovery Patterns — Search and Browse October 31, 2025 YouTube’s content discovery through search and algorithm suggestions speaks to its underlying business model of ad revenue. YouTube makes money when a user… Continue Reading
Discovery by Design: How Netflix, YouTube, and Airbnb Shape What You Find October 30, 2025 Netflix, YouTube, and Airbnb are each engineered around different business imperatives. Netflix: The Curation Trap Netflix buries search, with their homepage being 80% algorithmic… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Discovery Patterns — Search and Browse October 30, 2025 Netflix When I opened up Netflix, many of the recommended shows and movies filled my screen. I barely had to type in anything—the platform… Continue Reading
