Error Handling Economics: Slack, Uber and Banking Apps Analysis November 12, 2025 Slack: The Retention Tax Slack experiences a variety of errors: message delivery failures, channel deletions without any explanations, and search timeouts. On the business… Continue Reading
Freemium conversion analysis across Spotify, Figma and the NYTimes November 5, 2025 Spotify: Premium Through Pain Spotify’s strategy to achieve a staggering 46% conversion rate is strategic friction. Free Spotify users endure ads, can’t skip tracks,… Continue Reading
The Onboarding Paradox: Trust Vs. Delight October 16, 2025 Instagram’s Onboarding Strategy: Delight First, Questions Later Instagram’s onboarding is very minimal. You sign up with your email or phone number, create a username,… Continue Reading
Eager Sellers Stony Buyers October 14, 2025 Navigating The Innovation Paradox: Balancing Innovation with Buyer Psychology According to the Harvard Business Review’s article, Eager Sellers and Stony Buyers, the tension between… Continue Reading
From Validation To Value October 9, 2025 I am currently taking CS 147 as well, which is the Introduction to HCI class here at Stanford. These past two weeks we have… Continue Reading
Navigating the Siiquent-Teomik Merger: Markets, Models, and Mediation October 7, 2025 Market Alignment and Revenue Models Siiquent, headed by Isolde, targets hospitals and large diagnostic labs operating under strict regulatory frameworks and fixed insurance reimbursements…. Continue Reading
The Role Of A Product Manager September 29, 2025 From the reading, I see a product manager as someone who links the different parts of a team/org to bring a product/feature to life…. Continue Reading
Buying My Freedom: Why I Would Join Meta September 25, 2025 Duty to Myself vs. Duty to Others I would 100% accept a job at FaceBook/Meta. In fact, I am waiting with bated breath that… Continue Reading
