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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- Toyota has been ads that tout that their hybrids don’t need plugs. Well, neither do their ICE vehicles. 3 hours ago
- So far I haven’t heard anyone say AI is *not* a big deal. Unlike crypto, NFTs and DAO, which had a lot of skeptics.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
- Hiring an exec for Comcast to run a loyalty program? Oh joy. Thought bubble: how can you incorporate 2 year contr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 12 hours ago
- RT @ccanonne_: My solution to handle ChatGPT in my Algorithms class: turn the tables and make it an assignment. I prompted ChatGPT with an… 12 hours ago
- This move won’t cause any impersonation issues. twitter.com/williamshatner… 12 hours ago
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- Getting down to numbers: quantitative research
- Pricing the COVID-19 vaccine
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- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travels
- Favorite things, day 2: credit cards
- Favorite things, day 3: Hawaii
- TiVo remains king of TV
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- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travel
- 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
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Funny juxtaposition of Google Offers ad on anti-Groupon story
Original story on Mail Online.
Posted in daily deals, google, groupon
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NOT first! Where the heck is Rocky’s analysis of Yelp?
I had several people comment to me this week that they would like to see more timely updates in response to breaking news on companies. For example, the Yelp S-1 was released on Thursday and I probably won’t post my … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, newspapers, yelp
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LivingSocial tries yet another model
LivingSocial announced a new product today as part of its Instant service. It will allow users in the DC area to order food online for delivery. A premium offering allows users to order food like they order room service, complete … Continue reading
Posted in daily deals, groupon, livingsocial
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What’s wrong with journalism today, part 1
One of the great innovators in online journalism, Jim Romenesko, resigned from his position at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank of sorts. Among journalists, Romenesko practically invented blogging. Some reporters who claimed to never had read a blog … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, newspapers
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Amazon automatically unsubscribing users from AmazonLocal list
Amazon is automatically unsubscribing some users from its AmazonLocal daily deals mailing list. Deal fatigue, the idea that consumers are tiring of daily deal emails, has been one of the longstanding concerns with the daily deals space. Amazon’s move is … Continue reading
Posted in daily deals, livingsocial
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Investing in Groupon is like investing in a leaky bucket
If you’d told me 5 months ago that I would spend a lot of 2011 studying accounting, talking to businesses and saying bad things about a company that everyone once loved, I never would have believed you. It all started … Continue reading
Posted in daily deals, groupon
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