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    • 1A Introducing Design for Behavior Change
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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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