Building engaging and inclusive remote experiences and systems that get work done | 125+ Miroverse templates | Miro MVP
Berlin, Germany
Joined August 2008
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Hi, I’m Carol.
I help Seed to Series B founders and product leaders uncover UX opportunities and bring clarity to their product.
If your product feels messy, inconsistent, or hard to explain, I can help.
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How are you leveraging working together with your team?
The loudest story about AI is a lonely one. One person with an army of chatbots. Other humans are friction.
That gets the future wrong. The best things aren’t built alone.
In a moment of change, we want to remind the world (and ourselves) what Notion stands for:
— Think Together
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6 @MiroHQ templates for International Women's Day, for leaders, womens and mothers ready to go out on my weekly notes tomorrow 💪
Subscribe here to get them: carolinapoll.myflodesk.com/i…
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The worst dark pattern is the free trial that requires you to input a credit card.
The amount of money earned on people forgetting to cancel must be gigantic.
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Praise rarely helps you make better decisions. Friction does.
The moment you ask “Where did this get confusing?” the tone shifts — and real insight starts to appear.
Do you actively look for friction when testing ideas?
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One of the biggest traps in early product work is polite agreement.
It sounds nice. It feels validating.
But it doesn’t tell you the truth.
If your feedback feels “positive but vague”, it might be a false positive.
Have you run into this?
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Writing online changed my relationship with my work.
Not because of reach or followers. But because it forced me to slow down and notice patterns.
What feels messy.
What matters.
What’s just noise.
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I realized something this week.
I’ve been writing online consistently.
Sharing thoughts about design, clarity, and building products.
Connecting with thoughtful people.
And yet, many of you don’t really know me.
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This year, I wrote 48 posts, reached readers in 66 countries, and had over 300k impressions across platforms.
None of it was overnight. All of it was slow and steady.
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I just published a full breakdown of my first year writing online — including analytics, mistakes, and patterns.
open.substack.com/pub/caroli…
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The fastest way to distort user feedback is to start with an explanation. People respond to your enthusiasm, not their reality.
Start with their experience, not your idea.
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I’ve been reflecting on my first full year of writing online.
The numbers weren’t huge. It wasn’t fast. But the doors that opened because I stayed consistent? Worth every blank page and every tiny post.
If your growth felt slow this year… that’s the real story for most of us.
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Most early-stage products aren’t slowed down by a lack of features.
They’re slowed down by unclear priorities.
When everything feels urgent, nothing moves.
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I shared a story about how I help founders map their real friction points, narrow their scope, and put their energy where it actually creates impact.
It’s one of the simplest ways to save time, money, and momentum.
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