About
RAKESH AGRAWAL
I am Senior Director of Product at Audible.
I have been designing and marketing Internet services since 1993. I have worked at Tellme, AOL Search, uReach Technologies, washingtonpost.com and startribune.com.
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- 2019 sucked for me for many reasons, but if I can replicate this rate of return in 2020, I will be thrilled. ... to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 hours ago
- #UX In theory, not requiring a promo code is good. But if the click through doesn’t reflect it and you don’t show i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 hours ago
- Anyone have their @googlenest go on to heat indefinitely even after setpoint? twitter.com/rsarver/status… 7 hours ago
- I’m definitely still a capitalist. I grew out of poverty with government subsidized housing and free school lunches… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- I don’t know if the bookers for Real Time are *that* good, but having @SpeakerPelosi @AndrewYang @karaswisher on th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Favorite things, day 5: podcasts
- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travels
- Favorite things, day 6: credit cards
- Favorite things, day 7: Hawaii
- Favorite things, day 8: TiVo
- Favorite things, day 9: Alaska Airlines
- Favorite things, day 10: First Republic
- Favorite hotels from around the world
- Let’s not call Goldman Sachs evil (yet, and for this potential infraction)
- 5 things Andrew Yang must do for the next debate
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- The story behind rakeshlobster
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- LivingSocial merchant agreement
- Bought a smart watch in the past 90 days on an AmEx or Discover? Don't want it? Get your money back
- A look at Groupon's extremely lopsided merchant agreement
- Groupon, LivingSocial and daily deals - merchant FAQ
- Thoughts on this week's suicides and how you can help
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Daily Archives: June 7, 2011
A look at Groupon’s extremely lopsided merchant agreement
See the Groupon, LivingSocial and daily deals merchant FAQ. Last night I posted a Groupon merchant contract I received. When reading this analysis, please keep in mind that I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. It’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in groupon
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How daily deal companies could improve the merchant experience — and why they won’t
There are a number of ways that daily deal companies could improve the economics for merchants. Limit the number of deals people can buy in a set period of time. This would discourage deal habituation. (Of course, this isn’t in … Continue reading
Posted in groupon, livingsocial
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