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How to design a referral program

Andrew Chen

Yes, the most famous early implementation of referral programs came from Dropbox, which inspired a generation of startups — particularly YCombinator-backed startups — to experiment with similar ideas. Why focus on new users? In the end, probably just worth A/B testing to see what works best. The Payback.

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

Andrew Chen

This includes call-outs in the top level nav, in the footer of every screen, and sprinkled throughout the user experience. Tips : If most of your supply growth is coming from word-of-mouth, and especially if your users have large social graphs, then a referrals program is going to be huge for you. after a great experience).

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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. Disclaimer: This was just one presentation in a 10 year relationship. Teams focusing on user growth have spun up across some of the best companies in the ecosystem! (As

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

Andrew Chen

This includes call-outs in the top level nav, in the footer of every screen, and sprinkled throughout the user experience. Tips : If most of your supply growth is coming from word-of-mouth, and especially if your users have large social graphs, then a referrals program is going to be huge for you. after a great experience).

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

Andrew Chen

Network effects emerge when products, like marketplaces, social apps, B2B collaboration tools, and so on, get more useful the more users that are on them.In For example, the Acquisition Effect is powered by viral growth and the user experience that compels one set of users to invite their others into the network.

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

Andrew Chen

The deck is presented below! Above: Today, I’m going to present a few key topics that you need to figure out as you build a growth team for your company. Many of the key levers for driving more user acquisition, retention, engagement, can sometimes sit outside the toolkit for most great product leaders. Thanks, Andrew.