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2018 essay collection on growth metrics, marketplaces, viral growth in the enterprise, and more (PDF included)

Andrew Chen

Above: One of my favorite moments in 2018, with the a16z team and POTUS44. . Dear readers, Wow, so 2018 was a year with a lot of change – I started a new job, recommitted myself to writing (and tweeting), traveled a little too much, moved back down to Palo Alto (temporarily!), Download a PDF with 2018 essays. Best, Andrew.

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2018 essay collection on growth metrics, marketplaces, viral growth in the enterprise, and more (PDF included)

Andrew Chen

Above: One of my favorite moments in 2018, with the a16z team and POTUS44. . Dear readers, Wow, so 2018 was a year with a lot of change – I started a new job, recommitted myself to writing (and tweeting), traveled a little too much, moved back down to Palo Alto (temporarily!), Download a PDF with 2018 essays. Best, Andrew.

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I presented all of this at the Andreessen Horowitz Summit in 2018, which gathers our portfolio companies, partners, LPs, and close friends. In early 2018, it became the most downloaded app at that time. The intersection of growth hacking, new tech, and pre-existing consumer motivations. Technology changes, but people stay the same.

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

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The biggest gains in optimization don’t come from brute-force A/B tests, but from trying to understand the real barriers to people using your product. Who did what in international expansion in 2018. Question: Is this a channel your competition hasn’t tried yet? Tactic #17: Optimize conversion. Stage : Mid-stage. in record time.