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

Andrew Chen

It has tracking codes so you can see how well it circulates, and you A/B test the whole thing to make sure it’s highly optimized to be viral and spread. You all remember Gangnam Style, our favorite Korean pop song from 2013. Of course, we’ve improved the whole thing based on the latest tech.

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

Andrew Chen

It has tracking codes so you can see how well it circulates, and you A/B test the whole thing to make sure it’s highly optimized to be viral and spread. You all remember Gangnam Style, our favorite Korean pop song from 2013. Of course, we’ve improved the whole thing based on the latest tech.

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

Andrew Chen

The growth team was originally created in 2013, founded by Ed Baker. 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.