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Writing a Book As an Extension of Your Business | Becky Robinson

Peter Winick

Our conversation begins with the difficult topic of measuring the ROI of a business book. So I founded Weaving Influence back in 2012, which is about exactly ten years the summer since I started. Book sales really are not the not the deal Like, yes, it’s nicer to sell more than less, but the revenue isn’t the point.

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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. Long-term, measure the ROI to make sure it’s worth the time. Increase benefits: Guaranteed revenue, online payments.

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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. Long-term, measure the ROI to make sure it’s worth the time. Increase benefits: Guaranteed revenue, online payments.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. In the years following the release of Apple’s podcast app in 2012, smartphones pulled ahead of computers for podcast consumption and have grown to become the dominant way that consumers listen to podcasts.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. In the years following the release of Apple’s podcast app in 2012, smartphones pulled ahead of computers for podcast consumption and have grown to become the dominant way that consumers listen to podcasts.