Teardowns and analyses of real companies’ product decisions — onboarding, pricing, prioritization, growth.
Quibi raised $1.75B and shut down in six months. Why Quibi failed comes down to structural product decisions, not bad timing — and its signature Turnstyle feature was itself the subject of a trade-secret lawsuit Quibi ultimately settled by handing the technology over.
“Just build a streak counter” is the most common advice a team hears after watching Duolingo’s flame icon do its work. Teams that follow it literally — icon, counter, a push notification if the day’s session hasn’t happened — tend to see a real week-one lift in daily opens, then a churn cliff by week…