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Operator-side growth strategy across channel economics, signal quality, payback, and the product constraints on scale.
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Gaming expertise. Impact that travels.
UA & Payback.
A campaign does not become healthy because the dashboard turns green. Sustainable acquisition depends on signal maturity, cohort quality, cash timing, creative reach, and the product’s ability to hold increasingly marginal users. The work here is grounded in mobile gaming, where those constraints surface early, but the economics travel to subscription apps and other paid-growth businesses.
Diagnostic frame
Start with the questions behind the metric.
- Has the cohort matured enough to support a budget decision?
- Is falling delivery a media problem, or an early product signal?
- What spend level can the product and cash cycle actually sustain?
Selected writing
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- Apr 2026 D—05 · Networks 5 min
The Algorithm Saw It Before You Did
When a ROAS campaign loses delivery for no visible reason, the first question is not what changed in the campaign. It is what shipped in the last 72 hours.
- Jun 2026 D—04 · Revenue 8 min
The Scale Ceiling Loop
Every product has a ceiling past which it can't scale. The only way to find it is to push against it deliberately.
- May 2026 D—03 · Analytics 11 min
The Green Dashboard Problem
Soft-launch metrics can be green for the wrong reasons. The question isn't whether the numbers are healthy — it's what made them healthy.
- Apr 2026 D—03 · Analytics 10 min
The Maturity Illusion
Most teams don't lose money because their data is wrong. They lose it because they treat immature data as mature truth — and pivot before the numbers have finished baking.
- Jun 2026 D—03 · Analytics 7 min
More Data, Less Signal
More channels don't just add inventory — they dilute signal until you're reconciling data instead of making decisions.
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