✍️ Thoughts

✍️ Thoughts

This is where I share my thoughts and ideas on various topics, including product management, entrepreneurship, and human-centered design.

Decoding Khan Academy's Mission: Free World-Class Education for Anyone, Anywhere

Decoding Khan Academy's Mission: Free World-Class Education for Anyone, Anywhere

EdTech Product Management

A deep reflection on Khan Academy's mission, international strategy, and the gap between ambitious goals and ground realities in resource-constrained classrooms. Drawing from my interview experience and secondary research across India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

From Roadmap to Reality: Building My Learning Engineer Agent (and Wrestling with Web Research)

From Roadmap to Reality: Building My Learning Engineer Agent (and Wrestling with Web Research)

A founder-style diary on building an agentic EdTech AI platform, tackling web research reliability issues, and applying STORM-inspired thinking.

Behind Every Great Product - Idea, Tech—or Both?

Behind Every Great Product - Idea, Tech—or Both?

Product Management Technology

Great products are born when visionary ideas meet the right technology—and both are executed with precision. It’s not a battle between idea and tech; it’s a partnership where each fuels the other. Success lies in aligning feasibility, viability, and trust into a seamless user experience.

Why Consumers Pay More for Driverless Rides?

Why Consumers Pay More for Driverless Rides?

Product Management Technology

This analysis examines the surprising 60% price premium for Waymo's driverless rides compared to Uber and Lyft in Phoenix, with data from identical routes at different times of day. The post explores multiple explanations including supply-demand imbalance, novelty factor, strategic luxury positioning, and the socioeconomic implications of this emerging technology.