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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Recent Posts
- A finance guide for millionaires and billionaires
- 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
- TiVo remains king of TV
Top Posts
- Watching American football in Dublin
- Social media and the new world of work -- my take
- Asking meaningless questions: CBS' faulty poll on TSA screening
- Weekly reader: PayPal vs. Square, AmEx, Yahoo! as patent troll and deals
- Are LivingSocial, Google Offers and the rest as bad as Groupon?
- 9 ways to improve the Facebook news feed
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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Favorite things, day 1: podcasts
Podcasts make me smarter. It’s that simple. There is so much great information from so many smart people out there, on any topic you can think of. My favorite podcasts are from experts who know what they’re talking about. Even … Continue reading
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Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travels
Having flown more than two million miles, including more than 45,000 in the past month, Over the years, I’ve developed strategies for coping with the hassles of air travel. I hope you don’t need any of them on your holiday … Continue reading
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Favorite things, day 2: credit cards
There are many reasons I love credit cards. As a payments nerd, I marvel that I can be on the far side of the world, tap a card and walk away with things I want. As a marketing nerd, I … Continue reading
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Favorite things, day 3: Hawaii
(All photos taken by me; message me for licensing.) Sun, sand, beach, surf, ancient cultures, outdoors — there’s so much to love about Hawaii. An archipelago of 8 primary islands, it offers a great break far away from most things. … Continue reading
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TiVo remains king of TV
Twenty years into the existence of the DVR, there is still no substitute for the company that (almost) started it all: TiVo. The company, whose name is synonymous with the digital video recorder, continues to create the best of them … Continue reading
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Favorite things, day 5: Alaska Airlines
What’s not to like about an airline that more or less runs like the good old days of air travel? Courteous staff, clean planes, great terminal facilities at San Francisco and Seattle, where I travel the most. Their social media … Continue reading
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Favorite things, day 6: First Republic
I had somehow left my card in Hong Kong and was on my way to Zimbabwe. ATMs are common, but few businesses take credit cards. So I needed cash. I emailed by banker and she offered a couple of options. … Continue reading
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Favorite hotels from around the world
Here’s a list of my favorites. St Regis Vommuli Resort This is in a class by itself. St Regis New York St Regis Princeville, Kauai (now the Princeville Resort) St Regis Dubai (now the LXR Habtoor Palace) St Regis Deer … Continue reading
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