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Karthik Vamsi Tadepalli

Evidence where it exists. Judgment where it doesn't.

Data-driven commissioning · Part 3 · Latest

What Your Commissioning Spreadsheet Cannot Tell You

What Your Commissioning Spreadsheet Cannot Tell You

What the columns of your commissioning spreadsheet actually record, which of them are facts and which are opinions in a fact's clothes, and why even the real ones cannot tell you what will happen. Part three of a series on commissioning.

·26 min read

1.8%
of short-drama subscribers still paying at six months, against 8% for other Entertainment apps

5.5 in 100 pay. 1.8 in 100 stay.

No. 1·4 Sept 2026·RevenueCat, Short drama has cracked mobile acquisition and early monetization, 28 August 2026

  • 1 Sept 2026

    Data-driven commissioning · Part 2

    Best at Getting Paid. Worst at Being Kept.

    Vertical micro-drama is both at once, and the numbers to show it were published three days ago. Part two of a series on data-driven commissioning.

  • 30 Aug 2026

    Data-driven commissioning · Part 1

    Data Won't Tell You What to Make

    What data-driven commissioning actually is, what it isn't, and what you do when the data doesn't exist. Part one of a series.

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