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Articles by Mohammed Abdoolcarim
Your AI Growth PM, on call 24/7
I used to be the growth PM at Google Adwords. I experienced firsthand how long it took to run a single growth experiment. A week on research. A week on designs. By the time we shipped, weeks had passed and I had only a handful of experiments to show for it. That frustration is why Murad and I built onBeacon. We recently worked with a top Google Play developer losing 90% of their users within the first 7 days.
Inspiring Design Innovation in the Age of AI
Image courtesy: https://ideas.darden.virginia.edu/10-design-thinking-tools-turn-creativity-and-data-into-growth Everything in our world has been designed. We've come to love and pay a premium for great design and user experiences. Whether it's the magic of a Pixar movie, a cozy stay at an Airbnb, or the beauty of an Apple product, we fall in love with surprise and delight every day thanks to great design and user experiences. AI has enormous potential to elevate design.
Unleashing Excellence for Startup Founders
As an avid tennis player for over 25 years, I have closely studied Novak Djokovic, arguably the greatest tennis player of all time. His unique combination of focus, self-belief and mental strength provides the perfect framework for high performance to increase our chances of success as entrepreneurs and founders in the startup game. Here are 4 key lessons from Djokovic that we can apply to solve challenges and develop the required skills as founders and creators of our startups.
Lessons from the Pro Athlete's Mindset
Credit: https://tennishead.net/novak-djokovic-put-on-a-tactical-masterclass-says-grand-slam-legend/ As an avid tennis player for over 25 years, I have closely studied Novak Djokovic, arguably the greatest tennis player of all time. His unique combination of focus, self-belief and mental strength provides the perfect framework for increasing our chances of success as entrepreneurs or creators in the startup game.
How We Can Fully Democratize Design
Figma's mission began 10 years ago with a decision to move design onto the browser and to enable multiplayer collaborative experiences. Canva, too, created a simple graphic design tool using easy to follow templates on the web. These product decisions helped open up design to not only creative professionals but also to marketers, business owners, other professionals and everyone else in the world. Fast forward to today and design is becoming more ubiquitous.
Designing Your Work Life
Your work is a narrative that threads through your life. Photo by Joshua Ness on Unsplash Let’s take a moment to reflect upon a common question grown-ups tend to ask us when we’re growing up: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question with good intentions but it’s not the most helpful to ask yourself because it assumes that what you want to be when you grow up is something that is final, fixed and absolute.
Build a Business, Not a Startup.
Image Credit: https://www.carwash.com/7-growth-strategies-spur-fresh-success/ “What would you do differently if you started your company today?” my friend asked me over coffee the other day. “My biggest learning was from not building my startup as a sustainable business from Day 1,” I responded. “What do you mean?” she asked, slightly puzzled.
Is conversation really the best UI experience in a conversational UI?
This is an excerpt from "Designing AI-based conversational UIs." Watch the full video on O'Reilly's learning platform. In this video excerpt, Mohammed Abdoolcarim shares best practices for designing for AI-based conversational UIs, such as those employed in messaging apps, drawn from work done at Apple, Google, and GoButler.
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