What Albert Cheng thinks about language learning

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Head of growth at Chess.com, previously growth and monetization lead at Grammarly and Duolingo and a product manager at Google.

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1. 5 Oct 2025

   Our readingDuolingo's real competence is motivation and habit formation, and language learning was only the first thing it applied that to.

   motivation

   Their wordsI actually in many ways see language learning as like their first vehicle. And what they have a superpower in is that again, the motivation, the habits, etc.

   ↗Finding hidden growth opportunities in your product | Albert Cheng (Duolingo, Grammarly, Chess.com)youtube.com 14th of 26 in this recording