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How to design a referral program

Andrew Chen

It’s said that the first documented referral program was created by Julius Caesar, who in 55 BC would paid his soldiers 300 sestertii (something like a third of their annual pay) to refer a friend to join the army. When do you ask the user to refer? Why do you refer? Is it tied to a holiday, or a particular promotion?

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Organizational Development: Theories on Organizational Change

Walk Me

But organizational development refers explicitly to the changes occurring at the corporate level to enhance organizational performance driven by shareholders. We have included all the terms you need in our cheat sheet for quick reference. These are just listed here for quick reference. These all relate closely to one another.

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

Andrew Chen

And we cover everything from the basics of growth and defining key metrics to know, to the nuances of paid vs organic marketing and the role of network effects and more. Sometimes aren’t these metrics ways to figure that out or is this all when you have product-market fit… like is there a pre- and a post- difference between these?

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What to look for when you’re hiring a Head of Growth

Andrew Chen

After that, it’s time to stamp out these networks in a more repeatable fashion — this is when the market begins to “tip” in your direction, and in the book, I refer to this stage as The Tipping Point. There were projects to help with A/B testing (Morpheus!), Tipping Point.

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

Andrew Chen

What : Incentivize word-of-mouth by paying existing members for every new member they refer to the platform. What : Incentivize content producers to send you traffic by paying them for every member they refer. Retention metrics roundup of articles and links by Andrew Chen. Gustaf Alströmer, ex-Airbnb Growth Lead, Partner at YC.

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

Andrew Chen

What : Incentivize word-of-mouth by paying existing members for every new member they refer to the platform. What : Incentivize content producers to send you traffic by paying them for every member they refer. Retention metrics roundup of articles and links by Andrew Chen. Gustaf Alströmer, ex-Airbnb Growth Lead, Partner at YC.

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How to build a growth team – lessons from Uber, Hubspot, and others (50 slides)

Andrew Chen

Check them out for more practical reference materials on this topic). There’s a long laundry list of skills that are critical, but not often considered core to the product: adtech integrations, signup funnel A/B testing, optimizing notification delivery, testing price points, testing cohort curves, etc.