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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

As the number of homes on Airbnb scaled from around 100,000 in 2012 to over 6 million today, I led teams tackling everything from supply growth, to guest booking conversion, to marketplace quality. As a result of this experience, I’m often asked what I’d recommend startups do to grow supply in their marketplace. Cost: Small.

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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

As the number of homes on Airbnb scaled from around 100,000 in 2012 to over 6 million today, I led teams tackling everything from supply growth, to guest booking conversion, to marketplace quality. As a result of this experience, I’m often asked what I’d recommend startups do to grow supply in their marketplace. Cost: Small.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. GE started on one floor of a large office building in 2012 and has grown to take over all five floors. By June of 2012 we were close to 100. Getting Started. ” Hiring for Growth.

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The Kinds of Data Scientist

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century ” It is also, arguably, the vaguest. These data scientists design, define, and implement metrics, run and interpret experiments, create dashboards, draw causal inferences, and generate recommendations from modeling and measurement.

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Use Design Thinking to Build Commitment to a New Idea

Harvard Business Review

Mindful that many large transformation programs run into difficulties because of scope complexity and traditional “ waterfall ” software development, Shuttleworth and the team used a design-led approach combined with scaled agile delivery. Designing the Intervention.

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15 Best HCM Software in 2024 (Based on Four Research Parameters)

Vantage Circle

Its modular architecture allows organizations to tailor their solution and scale up or down as needed. Some of the features reviewed by Workday’s customers include the following: “Workday HCM has user-friendly data analytics. It offers Core HR, Talent Management, and Employee Experience modules.

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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included!

Andrew Chen

The reason for this is that the steps for starting and scaling a new startup share many of the same skills as investing in a new startup: 1) First, we seek to understand the existing state of customer growth – including growth loops, the quality of acquisition, engagement, churn, and monetization. There’s a reason for that.

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