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.
On Twitter
- This is peak SF right now. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/… 11 hours ago
- Which countries have the cheapest ways for us to break the law? "Daimler missed its [emissions] targets in the U.S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 11 hours ago
- Arsonist / firefighter. Google cited a study on an “erosion of trust” that sees “72% of people feel that almost al… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 16 hours ago
- #SF condo”s parking has so many OTA capable cars that they added WiFi to the garage. That will save me a ton of time. 19 hours ago
- Maho Beach near SXM is always a great place for planespotting. This would have been a bigger treat. thedailyherald.sx/islands/us-air… 20 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Lobsterclass – free classes on product management
- Getting down to numbers: quantitative research
- Pricing the COVID-19 vaccine
- Favorite things, day 1: podcasts
- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travels
- Favorite things, day 2: credit cards
- Favorite things, day 3: Hawaii
- Favorite things, day 4: TiVo
- Favorite things, day 5: Alaska Airlines
- Favorite things, day 6: First Republic
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
An Average User’s First Google+ Experience: “Ug. This Is Already Too Much Work.”
Much of the discussion of Google+ has been from the point-of-view of very experienced users and early adopters. In my analysis, I’ve really tried to focus on how a normal user would evaluate Google+, especially someone who was a heavy … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, google, social networking
22 Comments
Google should just buy Twitter already. At any price.
I’ve been thinking more about Google+ since my TechCrunch post on the Google circles colliding. Even if you buy the argument that categorizing your friends into buckets offers user value (which I don’t), that is not a defensible feature for … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, google, twitter
5 Comments
Selling value, not price
I had an interesting Twitter exchange this morning with Milk and Honey Spa in Austin, who recently started following me. Have you run a Groupon or daily deal? No. The economics have never worked out and risk to brand has been … Continue reading
Posted in groupon, marketing
2 Comments