The initial learnings from our launch.. How we dealt with early failure and how we overcame it 😕
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter. This is going to be a series of blogs covering how we came up with the idea of Calm Sleep, scaled...
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- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
How we shipped our MVP in 15 days 🚅
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter. This is going to be a series of blogs covering how we came up with the idea of Calm Sleep, scaled...
- Apr 6, 2021
- 5 min
How we came up with the idea of Calm Sleep. 💭
Here, I am going to cover: Our Mental Model for research We could have easily picked any idea we feel passionate about and started...
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Story of Building Calm Sleep - Constructing a global app from India
Hey there! This is going to be a series of blogs covering how we came up with the idea of Calm Sleep, scaled it to over 700,000 users in...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Being comfortable with discomfort. Why?
“I have no idea what I am doing” “What should I do next?” “I don’t know if I am doing this right or wrong.” “I have been asked to make a...
- Nov 15, 2020
- 12 min
The most valuable lessons learned, Some mindset/habits for a highly effective PM for growth & more..
A few days back, I conducted an AMA with TPF (The Product Folks community). I had a wonderful time answering questions about product and...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
How did we make people fall in love with our product?
How does one fall in love? It doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with a few interactions which extend to understanding your partner. And...
- Sep 27, 2020
- 2 min
“Live in the present”, what does it mean?
A few days back, one fine morning I was driving to Gurgaon. My mind was wandering. From one question to another. What will I accomplish...
- Sep 20, 2020
- 5 min
Stuck on your product and don’t know what to do next? Follow this!
Often, while building products we get stuck. We believe we did everything we could still, it didn’t work. I have come across this...
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
I run a design school. I’ve learned a thing or two about “Learning”..
One day, I sat to myself thinking how did my mom learn cooking? Or How did my dad learn about finances even though that’s diagonally...
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
My learnings, a bible I go through every month!
At 19, I started my 1st company. I was invited to a 5-star hotel for an investor meeting. It was my first. I sold my dream over a Dal...
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
How to design a perfect onboarding experience for your users?
Imagine waking up and finding yourself at the controls of an airplane as a pilot. You have no idea what the controls there means, what...
- Aug 23, 2020
- 4 min
A step by step guide towards launching a successful MVP
A significant number of products die just after the launch. Some take ages to launch a “perfect product”, whatever that means. In the...
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
How do we make better decisions in life?
Have you ever wondered what happens inside your brain? How does this brain of yours make millions of decisions in a day, some consciously so
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Introverts, the solution to all your worries are here…
How often after you have had a conversation with someone, have you wondered “What did they think about me? Did I say something that made...
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Power of storytelling
I received a call from a friend the other day. He seemed anxious, a bit disturbed and confused. He asked me, “Akshay, How is it that some...
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Secret sauce to launching potentially big ideas
Does it happen often that you started working on an idea and then you just can’t let it go? Because you are in love with your idea more...
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
What 1 surgery taught me that 28 years of life didn’t
You are young, energetic, full of life. Working hard to fulfill your dreams. Everything is working out just the way you had imagined. And...
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Framework to figure out what features to launch for your product
Imagine, you are running a commerce platform. In the early days of running it, you decide to launch a chat feature to generate more...
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
The Multiple Orgasm Theory
This will be a quickie, so ignore typos and grammatical errors, if any! It’s quite evident and we all see this around happening on a...
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