Author Archives: Rakesh Agrawal

About Rakesh Agrawal

Rakesh Agrawal is a 0-1 product leader. Ex-Amazon, Ex-Microsoft, as well as a number of startups. He tweets at @rakeshlobster.

Rakesh’s travel secrets for the holidays, 2023 edition

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Rakesh Agrawal

Having flown more than two million butt-in-seat miles over the years, I’ve developed strategies for coping with the hassles of air travel. Holiday time is the worst. We may be full of holiday cheer, but airports are an exception, it’s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on living and dying

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Rakesh Agrawal

My brother recently passed away. This caused me to think about the financial and life impacts of life, mortality and death. Please: Designate beneficiaries. Log into your bank and investment accounts and make sure you’ve designated beneficiaries. Also applies to … Continue reading →

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A finance guide for millionaires and billionaires

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Rakesh Agrawal

This guide is primarily targeted to people who have 6 figure incomes and ay least 7 figures in assets. If you’re a billionaire: thanks for reading! Hit me up at billionaire@agrawals.org. We can grab coffee. You can certainly afford to … Continue reading →

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Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travel

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Rakesh Agrawal

Having flown more than two million butt-in-seat miles over the years, I’ve developed strategies for coping with the hassles of air travel. Holiday air travel is a challenge all years. In the time of COVID, it’s even more challenging and … Continue reading →

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Lobsterclass – free classes on product management

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Rakesh Agrawal

Lobsterclass is a free video class series on product management. It encompasses things I’ve learned in my team at Amazon, Microsoft, Aol and various startups. It’s a highly compressed version of what I teach my PM teams. It’s suitable for … Continue reading →

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Getting down to numbers: quantitative research

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Rakesh Agrawal

Are you building the right product? It’s an important question whether you are a startup or a big company. Good research can help guide you. Doing it incorrectly and you’ll go down the wrong path. There are two basic types … Continue reading →

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Pricing the COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Rakesh Agrawal

It’s 2020’s Holy Grail: the coronavirus vaccine. Large parts of the country and the world are shut down in a deadly pandemic. Scientists around the world are racing for a vaccine to end the suffering and re-start the economy. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Favorite things, day 1: podcasts

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Rakesh Agrawal

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

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Rakesh Agrawal

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

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Rakesh Agrawal

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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