Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation November 15, 2025 Spotify (listening time) Spotify’s personalization investments hinge on listening time. It also has a 30-second rule where a stream only counts if a track… Continue Reading
BUSINESS: What should PulsePoint do? November 15, 2025 Core tensions between innovation and cost structure There’s a lot of tough considerations to make around this case study and whether or not an… Continue Reading
Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up November 13, 2025 The Risk of Staying Silent Staying silent about something that doesn’t align with your values is a moral and psychological battle. As an intern,… Continue Reading
Crisis Management: Error States and Recovery November 13, 2025 Slack Slack is the central hub for so many professional and academic contexts that hinges on timely and accurate communication across channels, workspaces, huddles,… Continue Reading
Breaking down the paywall strategies of Spotify, Figma, NYTimes November 4, 2025 Spotify: premium conversion Any user who lands on the Spotify app starts with a free plan. What does that mean for them? Limited skips,… Continue Reading
SoundSpot: Individual Reflection [Emma Su] October 23, 2025 Leading up to the pitch day, I helped SoundSpot delve into exploratory research and customer interviews. Through initial exploratory research, I discovered that those… Continue Reading
Onboarding Differences Across Social, Productivity, and Financial Apps October 15, 2025 Instagram Account creation (signing up with email or other social media) → verifying an account → profile creation (asks for name, bio, photo) →… Continue Reading
Combatting Loss Aversion in Product Adoption October 11, 2025 Loss aversions are truly rooted in a customer’s subjective value rather than any sort of objective value, meaning that a buyer is going to… Continue Reading
Tensions between Siiquent & Teomik October 4, 2025 Target Markets & Revenue Models Siiquent (Isolde): hospitals, big diagnostic labs Their model takes on a razor blade model approach where the consumables become… Continue Reading
PMs as Stewards of Value Exchange September 26, 2025 Product Manager’s Job This chapter took a deep dive into breaking down both the responsibilities of a product manager and what profile exemplifies a… Continue Reading