Tag: ProductInsights

Is YouTube Premium really Ad-free? My Annoyance and a Solution!

Lately, I’ve been annoyed by YouTube. Don’t get me wrong… I love YouTube as a platform. In fact, I spend most of my streaming time on YouTube. From news to upcoming movies, it’s YouTube all the way! And that’s why I’m a YouTube Premium subscriber. My expectation after paying $14/month for YouTube Premium? No Ads….

Untapped Second Order Network Effects: Facebook Jobs and LinkedIn Dating

When we think of LinkedIn, we picture polished profiles, professional accolades, and career milestones. Conversely, Facebook conjures images of family reunions, vacation snapshots, and local community chatter. Yet, a deeper look at their user bases and behaviors reveals a surprising twist: LinkedIn is the de facto elite dating pool, while Facebook serves as an unstructured…

A Case for Instagram Dating

A couple of weeks ago, I came across a quirky idea that an Indian dating site used to onboard more singles. At a popular concert in Delhi, they distributed free water bottles exclusively to single attendees, encouraging them to sign up on their platform. The distributors wore T-shirts emblazoned with “singles ko pani pilao yojana”,…

A Classic Product Management Dilemma: Should Google Launch a Standalone Gemini App?

Last night, I was searching for Gemini App—Google’s LLM Assistant—on my iPhone 15 App Store. The search results stumped me a bit! I was shown two similarly named apps— 1. “Gem AI: Ask AI Chat Anything”, and 2. “GemAI: AI Chat & AI Assistant.” In fact, searching explicitly for “gemini by Google” change little to…

When & How to Build Second Product by Casey Winters

Had a fantastic conversation this week with Casey Winters about the crucial (and often tricky) decision of when to build your second product. Casey is easily one of the foremost experts on scaling startups after product-market fit, and his insights – honed from his experience at Pinterest, Grubhub, and Eventbrite – were pure gold. Why…