The key is in our unique culture, which values empowerment and ownership over hierarchy. — A year and a half ago I joined JoyTunes as a senior designer, and I could immediately see that things work differently around here. As a designer, I am used to traditional organizations where there’s a design department, a marketing department, etc, with rigid hierarchies that go top to bottom…

Reflections on bird-watching, data and everything in between. — I love birds. I love that they’re always around, even in the urban jungle, and I also love that birdwatching can take you on an outdoor adventure. But more than anything, I love that no matter how much you plan your quest, birds do their own thing. …

The making of a new product and how the unique culture at JoyTunes made it happen. — I joined JoyTunes 2 years ago as a product manager to take part in the mission of spreading the joy of playing music to homes around the world. This time has been the most interesting, challenging and rewarding of my career. …

Takeaways on leadership and development in a culture with no hierarchy and lots of ownership. — Impact Velocity is at the heart of our culture at JoyTunes. It means reaching the greatest impact in the least amount of time. From the shortest line of code to the entire company structure — it’s at the base of everything we do, every decision we take. …

At JoyTunes, I spend most of my time fine-tuning our note recognition engine to provide our learners real time feedback on their playing. Singer Eden Alene’s record-breaking performance at the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend is a good excuse to share what some of our work looks like. — Several attention-worthy events happened at the 2021 Eurovision song contest, and I’m not just talking about the latest scandal around the Italian winners and their predilections. …

Top 5 things to look for in your next Product Design role. — This time a year ago I was leading the design team at a small startup in Israel. Then Covid-19 hit, and suddenly I was out of a job. …

When data people take numbers and turn them into stories we risk overlooking incorrect assumptions and getting things totally wrong. How can we hedge this risk so that we don’t suffer from analysis paralysis? — Working with data is fun: you take numbers and you tell stories. Sometimes these stories help you better understand what happened in the past and sometimes they can help you predict what will happen in the future. …

The short answer: Data. — I joined JoyTunes’ Customer Success efforts at a time when it became clear that we need to make a radical change in the way we do support. At JoyTunes we work in small multidisciplinary teams called pods, each dedicated to a different business objective, for example user acquisition, retention, monetization…

How Cost Function Optimization Helped us Overcome Data Scarcity When Training Our Model — At JoyTunes we make it our mission to make learning a musical instrument available to every household. Our most popular app at the moment is Simply Piano, that guides millions of people in achieving their piano playing goals. The app’s success, essentially, depends on the ability of its note recognition…