Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation – Pratham Hombal November 29, 2025 Spotify, Linkedin, and Tiktok use different forms of personalization to drive a return on investment for core business metrics. Spotify optimizes through one core… Continue Reading
CASE STUDY: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics) – Pratham Hombal November 29, 2025 The case captures a dilemma that feels extremely realistic as a past intern. With such limited power, speaking up risks your job, your reputation,… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Crisis Management — Error States and Recovery – Pratham Hombal November 29, 2025 In Slack, error handling is important when messages don’t send or channels don’t sync. Even though this sounds like just a missed interaction, it… Continue Reading
BUSINESS: Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot? – Pratham Hombal November 18, 2025 Should They Wait? PulsePoint should not wait, but it also should not rush into the process blindly and launch a chatbot immediately. Rather, they… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Subscription Decisions — Paywall and Upgrade Flows November 8, 2025 Spotify Spotify optimizes for freemium conversions by not initially highlighting that the free version includes ads. This lowers signup friction and encourages users to… Continue Reading
November 2, 2025 Netflix, YouTube, and Airbnb each help users find content in ways that match their business goals. Netflix focuses on keeping people watching. Its homepage… Continue Reading
Phase 2: Assumption Testing – Part 1: Test Card Design Description – Green Plate November 2, 2025 Team Name: Green Plate Rationale for Selected Assumptions: After reviewing all mapped assumptions as a team, we selected the three below because they represent… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Purchase Intent — E-commerce Checkout – Pratham Hombal October 23, 2025 Amazon Checkout Flow Based on Amazon’s study checkout flow, I could tell that their platform is highly optimized for speed and ease of checkout…. Continue Reading
Pratham Hombal – Final Project Reflection October 21, 2025 The project was an incredible learning experience for me, especially as someone who comes from a more technical background. I’ve often approached presentations through… Continue Reading