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Belief-Driven Onboarding: Why Treating Every New User the Same Is Killing Your Activation
Opinion onboarding self-models

Belief-Driven Onboarding: Why Treating Every New User the Same Is Killing Your Activation

52% of employees are dissatisfied with generic onboarding. The fix isn't better flows, it's understanding what each user believes before you show them anything.
Robert Ta's Self-Model
Robert Ta's Self-Model
· 7 min read
The AI Product Discovery Process That Actually Works
Opinion ai-products product-design

The AI Product Discovery Process That Actually Works

Traditional product discovery asks what should we build. AI product discovery asks what should our AI understand about users. The second question changes everything.
Robert Ta's Self-Model
Robert Ta's Self-Model
· 12 min read
The Belief Elicitation Problem
Deep Dive beliefs self-models

The Belief Elicitation Problem

Every AI product needs to understand what users believe. But asking users directly produces unreliable data. The belief elicitation problem is the gap between what users say they want and what they actually need, and solving it requires a fundamentally different approach.
Robert Ta's Self-Model
Robert Ta's Self-Model
· 13 min read
Onboarding Without Asking Questions: How to Build Self-Models From Behavior Alone
Opinion onboarding self-models

Onboarding Without Asking Questions: How to Build Self-Models From Behavior Alone

Most belief-driven onboarding requires asking users questions upfront. But what if they will not answer? Here is how to bootstrap a self-model from pure behavioral signals - no survey required.
Robert Ta's Self-Model
Robert Ta's Self-Model
· 9 min read

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