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11 Awesome Patty McCord Quotes in Powerful about Building a Great Culture at Netflix

Get Lighthouse

As McCord quotes in her book, companies that "fostered honest feedback and had more open communication" had a 270% better return on investment over a 10 year period than those that did not. So they let the data do the talking and ran an A/B test. And the payoff? Can you afford to leave 270% of returns on the table?

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10 Effective Company Core Values Examples To Take Inspiration From

Vantage Circle

But in the end, the company declared bankruptcy, and its leaders were sent to prison due to fraudulent accounting practices in 2001. They expect accountability and strategic moves from their employees. Ownership This organizational value of amazon emphasizes accountability on the part of the employee.

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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

Of course, as an investor you can’t run A/B tests or analyze results directly, but you can form hypotheses, ideate, and apply the same type of thinking. One evolution is the number of books and conferences now dedicated to growth. The problem is that the Growth Accounting Framework provides for lagging metrics.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

Above: This small red book is one of the first Michelin Guides, given out with the subtitle, “Free for Drivers.” And you get credits in your account when they accept it too – it’s a reciprocal give/get program. It’s a very indirect problem that requires a clever solution.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

Above: This small red book is one of the first Michelin Guides, given out with the subtitle, “Free for Drivers.” And you get credits in your account when they accept it too – it’s a reciprocal give/get program. It’s a very indirect problem that requires a clever solution.

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a16z Podcast: Why paid marketing sucks, Network effects, Viral Growth, and more

Andrew Chen

And the placements that OpenTable got in the restaurant book both physically in the restaurant but particularly in the restaurant’s website was the key engine that got the network effect started. One growth accounting equation that’s often thrown around is that you know your incremental — your net — MAUs, right?

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What to do when product growth stalls

Andrew Chen

I wrote a whole book about this so I won’t belabor the point, but the main point is, if a product is more useful when more of your friends (or colleagues) are using it, then retention will naturally float up as the product grows. I use tons of A/B testing and experiments in messaging to make this happen.