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"VS Mode": The Power of Comparative Analytics
FeaturesAnalytics Strategy

"VS Mode": The Power of Comparative Analytics

How comparing two segments (e.g., 'Invited Users' vs 'Organic Signups') reveals friction points that aggregates hide.

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Cohort Analysis for TTV: Tracking Speed Improvements Over Time
AnalyticsCohorts

Cohort Analysis for TTV: Tracking Speed Improvements Over Time

How to visualize if your product changes are actually speeding up onboarding. Comparing "January Cohort" vs "February Cohort" TTV curves.

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Canonicalizing User Journeys: Removing the Noise
DataCleaningAnalyticsEngine

Canonicalizing User Journeys: Removing the Noise

How to clean up data streams (ignoring retries, loops, and errors) to see the 'Logical' path a user took to value.

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Automating Journey Detection: Why Manual Funnels Fail
AIMachineLearning

Automating Journey Detection: Why Manual Funnels Fail

Humans are bad at guessing user paths. Why algorithmic journey detection finds the 'real' paths (including the messy ones).

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Why General Analytics Tools (Amplitude/Mixpanel) Struggle with TTV
AnalyticsTechnical

Why General Analytics Tools (Amplitude/Mixpanel) Struggle with TTV

General tools are great for event counting, but calculating 'Time Between Event A and Event B per User Distribution' is a SQL nightmare.

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Friction: The Good, The Bad, and The Necessary
UXPsychology

Friction: The Good, The Bad, and The Necessary

Sometimes you need friction which increases TTV but improves retention. How to balance speed vs. quality.

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The "Empty State" Problem: Calculating TTV for Blank Canvases
UXEmptyState

The "Empty State" Problem: Calculating TTV for Blank Canvases

For creative tools (Notion, Figma), TTV relies on the user creating content. Strategies to measure 'time to creation'.

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Handling "Censored Data": Accounts That Haven't Converted Yet
AnalyticsStatistics

Handling "Censored Data": Accounts That Haven't Converted Yet

A technical look at a common analytics problem: how to calculate TTV when 50% of your cohort hasn't finished onboarding yet.

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Insight-Driven Product Management: Moving from Dashboards to Actions
ProductManagementAutomation

Insight-Driven Product Management: Moving from Dashboards to Actions

Critiques the 'Dashboard Fatigue'. Why a dashboard without highlighted insights is dead weight.

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From Insight to Action: A 4-Sprint Plan to Fix TTV
RoadmapSprintPlanning

From Insight to Action: A 4-Sprint Plan to Fix TTV

A template for a PM. Sprint 1: Measure. Sprint 2: Identify Draft. Sprint 3: Ship Fix. Sprint 4: Verify.

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