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Nir Eyal

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Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and today is a past Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups and incubators. Nir’s last company received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products at NirAndFar.com. For more insights on using psychology to change behavior, join his newsletter and receive a free workbook.

Contributions to UXM

5 pieces
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Class of 2019

Humans, AI and the User Interface of the Future

2
Class of 2017

What Do You Do When Someone "Steals" Your Amazing Idea

3
Class of 2017

Tech Companies: If You Create Addicts, You Need to Help Them

4
Class of 2015

How to Manufacture Desire

5
Class of 2013

Designing to Reward our Tribal Sides